John Buchanan
Rank: 2nd Corporal
Service No: 176469
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 03/01/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers (289th Army Troops Coy.)
Cemetery: Duhallow A.D.S Cemetery
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. R Buchanan, 38 Greenhill Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Georgina Buchanan
1901 census information:
Address: 197 Firhill Road, Maryhill, Glasgow.
Father: Rob (43), cotton yarn gasser, born about 1858 in Dunoon.
Mother: Georgina (34) born about 1867 in Glasgow.
Sister: Mary (14) cloth cutter born about 1887 in Barrhead.
Brother: Robert (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow.
Sister: Janet (10) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
Self: John (7) born about 1894 in Glasgow.
Sister: Jane (3) born about 1898 in Glasgow.
Brother: George (1) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
Sister: Lizzie (3 months) born about 1901 in Glasgow.
Newspaper transcript – Cpl. J. F. Buchanan, Glasgow. Mr and Mrs Buchanan, 38 Greenhill Road, Glasgow, have been informed that their son, Corporal John F. Buchanan, R.E., was killed in action on January 3. He was 23 years of age, and before enlisting was employed by Mr Bryson, painter, Rutherglen.