Neil McArthur Thomson
Rank: Private
Service No: 46227
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 2/9/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1st/8th Bn)
Cemetery: Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery
Additional information: Son of Charles Thomson; husband of Jeanie Miller Thomson of 136 Farmloan Road, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs Thomson, 132 Farme Loan Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Jane Thomson.
1901 census information:
Address: 4 Lizzieville Place, Rutherglen.
Father: Charles (41) dyer, born about 1860 in Ireland.
Mother: Elizabeth (43) born about 1858 in Glasgow.
Brother: John (13) born about 1888 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Charles (13) born about 1890 in Rutherglen.
Self: Neil (9) born about 1892 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Daniel (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (1) born about 1900 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Charles 51, Elizabeth 53, Neil 19, John 23, Daniel 17 and James 11.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Rutherglen Old Parish Church.