Joseph Gourlay McKinstrie
Rank: Private
Service No: 220218
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 10/12/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders (7th Bn.)
Cemetery: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Ellen McKinstrie of Rutherglen; husband of Agnes Loch McKinstrie of Drummond Place, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Samuel McKinstrie, Muirbank House, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Wife Agnes L McKinstrie
1901 census information:
Address: 108 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Samuel (45), tailor, born about 1856 in Ireland.
Mother: Helen (44) born about 1857 in Glasgow.
Sister: Mary (23) machine help, born about 1878 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (18) lawyer’s clerk, born about 1883 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Samuel (17) civil servant post office, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Self: Joseph (15) chemical apprentice, born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Nathaniel (12) born about 1889 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Helen (10) born about 1891 in Rutherglen.
Brother: John (8) born about 1893 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Catherine (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Robert (5) born about 1896 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Thomas V (1) born about 1900 in Rutherglen.
Grandmother: Jane (77) annuitant, born about 1824 in Ireland.
Also commemorated on the Memorial at Bridge of Allan and also on the family headstone in Rutherglen Cemetery.
