Thomas Craig
Rank: Private
Service No: 5371
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 14/3/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (18th Bn.)
Memorial: Loos Memorial
Additional information: Son of Alexander Craig.
Rutherglen Lore information: 75 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Sister Isabella Craig.
1901 census information:
Address: 71 Chapel Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Alexander (50) surface man, born about 1851 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Marion (47) born about 1854 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Maggie (16) cotton weaver, born about 1885 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Bella (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
Self: Thomas (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Alexander 59, Marion 57, Maggie 26, William 18, Bella 17 and Thomas 16.
Newspaper transcript – Intelligence has been received of the death in action of Private Thomas Craig, Rutherglen, H.L.I. He was well known in the Royal Burgh, and was formerly employed at the Clyde Paper Mills.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Wardlawhill Parish Church, Rutherglen.