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Thomas Barrie |
Brother of Lance Corporal George Alston Barrie, Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion, No. 16230
CWGC:
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, ‘A’ Company, 11th Battalion
No: S/3493
Date of Death: 5th May 1916
Age: 27
Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of the late Thomas and Margaret Barrie, ‘Harplaw’, Hillview, Shettleston. Husband of Elizabeth Barrie, 562 Main Street, Shettleston.
SNWM:
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 11th Battalion
No: S/3493
Place of Birth: Shettleston
Date of Death: 5th May 1916
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 11th Battalion
No: S/3493
Place of Birth: Shettleston
Place of Residence: Shettleston
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 5th May 1916
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
Thomas Barrie, Corporal/Sergeant, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. S/3493. Killed in Action 5th May 1916
Medal Entitlement: 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals.
Soldiers’ Effects:
Thomas Barrie, Sergeant, 11th (Service) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. S/3493
Killed in Action 5th June 916. Widow Elizabeth.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Thomas Barrie, Sergeant, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Harplaw, Shettleston
Service Records:
Thomas Barrie, born Shettleston
Attested at Glasgow, 2nd September 1914, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. S/3493
Age 25 years 79 days. Complexion Fresh. Eyes Grey. Hair Dark. Chemist/Blacksmith?
Posted Private, 2nd September 1914. Appointed Lance Corporal, 11th Battalion, 23rd November 1914
Promoted Corporal, 11th Battalion, 9th June 1915. Appointed Lance Sergeant, 11th Battalion, 15th November 1915
Promoted Sergeant, 11th Battalion, 21st September 1915. Killed in Action 5th May 1916
Deceased Soldier’s Living Relatives Form, completed by widow Elizabeth Barrie, 562 Main Street, Shettleston, 5th May 1919:
Mother: Margaret Barrie, Brothers John Barrie age 24, James Barrie age 22, Robert Barrie age 18, Hugh Barrie age 18, Sisters Jean Barrie age 33, Marguerite Barrie age 28, Annie Barrie and 14, all resident at ‘Harplaw’, Hillview, Shettleston.
Marriage to Elizabeth Ramsay, 5th September 1914
1891 Census, Living at 47 Salamanca Street, Parkhead, Glasgow
Father Thomas Barrie, age 28, Iron & Steel Forgeman, born Glasgow
Mother Maggie Barrie, age 29, born Glasgow
Children: Jeanie F. Barrie, age 14, Scholar, born Shettleston
Thomas Barrie, age 2, born Glasgow
Mary S. Barrie, age 1, born Glasgow
1913 Electoral Register:
Thomas Barrie, Chemist, Lodger (Son of Thomas Barrie, Steelworker), Ruth Street, Glasgow