Robert Speedon Macfarlane
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Service No: N/A
Date of Death: 03/07/1916
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (15th Bn.)
Cemetery: Serre Road Cemetery No. 2
Additional information: Son of William and Agnes I Macfarlane of Edgewen, Burnside, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of late W Macfarlane, Edina Lodge, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Executor William Macfarlane Esq.
1891 census information:
Address: Edina Lodge, Rutherglen.
Father: William (45) paper mill manager, born about 1846 in Linlithgow.
Mother: Agnes (40) born about 1851 in Linlithgow.
Brother: Malcolm D G (10) born about 1881 in Torpichen.
Sister: Alison K (8) born about 1883 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William D (7) born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Self: Robert S (5) born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Donald (3) born about 1889 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Andrew J (1) born about 1890 in Rutherglen.
Also commemorated on the memorial in Rutherglen Old Parish Church and Cathkin Braes Golf Club, Rutherglen.