John Kennedy Gardiner
Rank: Private
Service No: 203310
Place of Birth: Barony
Date of Death: 22/09/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders (1st/5th Bn.)
Cemetery: Gwalia Cemetery
Additional information: Husband of Minnie Gardiner of 10 Hamilton Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Minnie Gardiner.
1901 census information:
Address: 19 Bouverie Street, Rutherglen.
Father: John (60) boiler maker, born about 1841 in Penstone.
Mother: Mary (45) born about 1856 in Barrhead.
Sister: Mary (18) weaver, born about 1883 in Glasgow.
Brother: Andrew (13) message boy, born about 1888 in Glasgow.
Self: John (11) born about 1890 in Glasgow.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. J. K. Gardiner, Glasgow. Mrs Gardiner, 10 Hamilton Road, Rutherglen, has received intimation that her husband, Pte. J. K. Gardiner, Seafortsh, died of wounds on September 22, 1917. He was 28 years of age and before enlisting was employed with Mr Roy, butcher, High Street, Glasgow.
Also commemorated on the Memorial at East Parish Church, Rutherglen.