James McCafferty
Rank: Private
Service No: S/22185
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 27/3/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (14th Bn.)
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs McCafferty, 12 Mitchell Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Sarah McCafferty.
1901 census information:
Address: 25 Stonelaw Street, Rutherglen.
Self: James (26) coal miner, born about 1875 in Rutherglen.
Wife: Susan (26) born about 1875 in Ireland.
Son: Thomas (5) born about 1896 in Glasgow.
Daughter: Mary Ann (3) born about 1898 in Glasgow.
Son: Hugh (1) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises James 36, Sarah 35, Thomas 15, Hugh 12, James 10 and Charles 5.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. J. McCafferty, Rutherglen. Mrs. McCafferty, 12 Mitchell Street, has received intimation that her husband, Private James McCaffety, A. and S.H., was killed on March 22nd. He was 41 years of age, and was a miner in Farme Colliery, Rutherglen. He leaves a widow and family of five.