Joseph McCaig MM
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 330083
Place of Birth: Johnstone, Renfrewshire
Date of Death: 15/07/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (9th (Glasgow Hdrs.) Bn.)
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Additional information: Son of James and Rebecca McCaig of 12 Union Place, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of James McCaig, 12 Union Place, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father James and brothers James and William McCaig.
1901 census information:
Address: 22 Ewing Street, Kilbarchan.
Father: James (30) iron dresser, born about 1871 in Houston, Renfrewshire.
Mother: Rebecca (33) born about 1868 in Kilbarchan.
Brother: James (9) born about 1892 in Kilbarchan.
Brother: John (7) born about 1894 in Kilbarchan.
Self: Joseph (6) born about 1896 in Kilbarchan.