Robert Maitland McKay
Rank: Private
Service No: 3/6354
Place of Birth: Campsie
Date of Death: 17/6/1915
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlander (1st Bn.)
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Samuel and brother George McKay.
1901 census information:
Address: 1 McDonald Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Samuel (35) clerk in calico print works, born about 1866 in Lennoxtown.
Mother: Mary (35) born about 1866 in Glasgow.
Brother: George (8) born about 1893 in Lennoxtown.
Self: Robert (7) born about 1894 in Lennoxtown.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Samuel 45, Mary 45, George 18 and Robert 17.
Commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen and Wardlawhill Church, Rutherglen.