William Paterson
Rank: Private
Service No: 41128
Date of Death: 23/08/1917
Theatre of Death: France
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (10th Bn.)
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial
Additional information: Son of Agnes Patersons of ‘Birchgrove’, Buchanan Drive, Rutherglen and the late William Paterson. His brother Irvine also fell.
Rutherglen Lore information: Private 41128, Cameronians.
Soldier’s effects information: Father William Paterson.
1901 census information:
Address: 179 Dalmarnock Road, Bridgeton.
Father: William (38) leather lace cutter, born about 1863 in Glasgow.
Mother: Agnes (38) born about 1863 in Glasgow.
Self: William (13) apprentice draper, born about 1888 in Glasgow.
Brother: David (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow.
Sister: Maggie (6) born about 1895 in Glasgow.
Brother: Irvine (3) born about 1898 in Glasgow.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. W. Paterson, Rutherglen. Mr and Mrs William Paterson, Birch Grove, Burnside, Rutherglen, have been notified that their son, Pte. William Paterson, Machine Gun Corps, was killed on August 23. Prior to enlisting he was employed by Mr Thomas Copeland furniture and warehousemen, Bridge Street, Glasgow.
* Brother of Irvine Paterson.