John Wyper Reid Paton
Rank: Private
Service No:33111
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 01/12/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: The King’s Own Scottish Borderers 6th Bn.
Cemetery: Heudicourt Communal Cemetery.
Additional information: Son of James Paton, 227 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr and Mrs Paton, 227 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Father James, mother Jessie and brother James.
1901 census information:
Address: 287 London Road, Glasgow.
Father: James (34) music seller, born about 1867 in Lanarkshire.
Mother: Jessie (38) born about 1863 in Holytown.
Brother: James (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow.
Self: John (2) born about 1899 in Glasgow.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises James 44, Jessie, 48, James 19 and John 12.
Newspaper transcript – Pte J. W. R. Paton, Rutherglen. Mr and Mrs Paton, 227 Main Street, Rutherglen, have been officially notified that their son, Pte John W. R. Paton, K.O.S.B., has been killed in action. He was 19 years of age. Previous to enlistment he was employed in the warehouse of Messrs J. and W. Campbell, Glasgow.
Also commemorated on the memorial in Rutherglen Old Parish Church.