John Maxwell
Rank: Private
Service No: S/20867
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 16/4/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders (5th Bn.)
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial
Soldier’s Effects information: Father William Maxwell.
1901 census information:
Address: 175 King Street, Rutherglen.
Father: William (49) coal miner hewer, born about 1852 in Eastfield.
Sister: Grace (13) born about 1878 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Cornelius (7) born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Annie (15) born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Lizzie (12) born about 1889 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (9) born about 1892 in Rutherglen.
Self: John (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Cadder. The family comprises William 59, Agnes 39, William 20, John 16, Janet 4 and Allan 2.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. J Maxwell, Garnkirk. Official intimation has been received by Mr Maxwell, Low Row, Garnkirk, that their son, Private John Maxwell, Cameron Highlanders, was killed in action on April 16, 1918. He was 23 years of age, and was employed as a miner in Auchengeich Colliery.