Walter Crichton
Rank: Private
Service No: 2524
Place of Birth: Lanark
Date of Death: 11/11/1914
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: London Regiment (London Scottish) 1st/4th Bn.
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Additional information: Son of Walter and Fanny G Crichton, 8 Millrigg Road, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crichton, Belgrave, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Walter Crichton and sister Fannie.
1901 census information:
Address: Belgrave, New Road, Rutherglen.
Father: Walter (39) commission agent, born about 1862 in Westmuir, Rutherglen.
Mother: Fanny W (35) born about 1866 in Glasgow.
Brother: George K (12) born about 1889 in Glasgow.
Self: Walter (11) born about 1890 in Glasgow.
Sister: Isabella W (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow
Sister: Fanny G (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Glasgow Man Killed. Member of London Scottish. Mr Walter Crichton of 24 Queen Street, Glasgow – a director of the Rangers Football Club – has just received word of the death of his son Walter, who was serving with the London Scottish. In a letter sent to the father, Private W. Weir says that the regiment was in the firing line.
Young Crichton was standing outside the trench when ‘one of those vermin, ? snipers, fired, and dealt him the death blow instantaneously.’ The writer concludes by expressing the keen regrets of the company, as “Walter Crichton was such a good pal.”
It may be interesting to note that Mr Walter Crichton’s other son is Captain G. K. Crichton of the Royal Army Service Corps.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen and Rutherglen Old Parish Church.