Robert Morton
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 11750
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 17/08/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mrs. Morton, 240 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Wife Janet Morton (later Janet Wright).
1901 census information:
Address: 11, Rosendale Road, Pollokshaws.
Father: Peter (43) iron borer, born about 1858 in Ayr.
Mother: Jane (38) born about 1863 in Glasgow.
Brother: John (20) iron borer, born about 1881 in Glasgow.
Brother: Peter (15) message boy, born about 1886 in Glasgow.
Self: Robert (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (5) born about 1896 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Janet (4) born about 1897 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (3) born about 1898 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Catherine (3 months) born about 1901 in Rutherglen.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Peter 54, Jane 47, Mary 23, Robert 18, James 16, Janet 15, William 13, Elizabeth 11, Catherine 10, Sarah 5, Jessie 3 and Margaret 1,
Newspaper transcript – Information has been received by Mrs Morton that her husband, Corporal R. Morton, H.L.I., was killed, August 17, 1916. He went with the Expeditionary Force in 1914, and was through Ypres and Mons. He leaves a widow and one child.