John Monney
Rank: Private
Service No: S/1749
Place of Birth: Barony
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders (8th Bn.)
Memorial: Loos Memorial
Additional information: Son of Robert and Isabella Dunn Monney of 11 Hamilton Road, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Robert Monney, 11 Regent Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Father Robert Monney.
1901 census information:
Address: 3 Springfield Place, Glasgow.
Father: Robert (39) spindle maker, born about 1862 in Paisley.
Mother: Bella (39) born about 1862 in Glasgow.
Sister: Catherine (6) born about 1895 in Glasgow.
Self: John (4) born about 1897 in Glasgow.
Sister: Sarah (3) born about 1898 in Glasgow.
Sister: Bella (1) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
Newspaper transcript – Mr and Mrs Monney, 19 Regent Street, Rutherglen, have been notified that their son, Private John Monney, Seaforth, who had been missing since the battle of Loos, is presumed to have bee killed on that day. He was 19 years of age and prior to enlistment worked in the Farme Pit, Rutherglen.