Robert Bennett Bryce
Rank: Private
Service No: S/18506
Place of Birth: Govan
Date of Death: 18/07/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders (5th Bn.)
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryce, 25 Victoria Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father James Bryce.
1901 census information:
Address: 26 Westmuir Place, Rutherglen.
Father: James (51) engine fitter, born about 1850 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Mary (52) born about 1849 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Alexander (25) engine fitter, born about 1876 in Rutherglen.
Brother: David (25) engine fitter, born about 1876 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (24) joiner, born about 18767 in Rutherglen.
Brother: John (22) bricklayer, born about 1879 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Mary (18) dressmaker, born about 1883 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Isabella (17) power loom weaver, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (14) chair factory worker, born about 1887 in Glasgow.
Self: Robert (10) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises James 61, Mary 61, John 32, Bella 26, William 24 and Robert 20.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen and Rutherglen Old Parish Church.
Newspaper transcript – Mr and Mrs Bryce, 25 Victoria Street, Rutherglen, have received official information that their son, Robert B. Bryce, Cameron Highlanders was killed in action of July 17, in France. e was employed as a pattern maker in the North British Locomotive Works, Polmadie, prior to joining the Army.