James Nimmo
Rank: Private
Service No: 241192
Place of Birth: Burnbank, Lanarkshire
Date of Death: 19/04/1917
Theatre of Death: Egypt
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (1st/6th Bn.)
Cemetery: Gaza War Cemetery
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mrs. Nimmo, 28 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Mother Penelope B Nimmo.
1901 census information:
Address: Melbourne Place, Blantyre.
Father: Robert (25) house joiner, born about 1876 in Glasgow.
Mother: Penelope (19) born about 1882 in Glasgow.
Self: James (2) born about 1899 in Blantyre.
Brother: William (1) born about 1900 in Hamilton.
Uncle: William (14) pit head worker, born about 1887 in Cambuslang.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. James Nimmo, Rutherglen. News has been received by Mrs Nimmo, 28 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen, of the death of her son, Pte. Jas. Nimmo, killed in action on April 19. Her husband is in the Royal Engineers.