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William Adie Cameron |
Brother of Private Thomas Caldwell Cameron, 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), No. 6986
CWGC:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 7th Battalion, attached 4th Infantry Brigade, Signals
No: S/13756
Date of Death: 13th November 1917
Age: 22
Buried: Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux
Additional Information: Son of Duncan and Helen Cameron, ‘Tigh-na-Croach’, Pointhouse Crescent, Rothesay. Native of Strontian, Argyll.
SNWM:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 7th Battalion
No: S/13756
Place of Birth: Strontian, Argyll
Date of Death: 13th November 1917
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 7th Battalion
No: S/13756
Place of Birth: Fort William
Place of Residence: Glasgow
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 13th November 1917
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
William Cameron, Private, 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/13756. Killed in Action 13th November 1917.
Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals.
Service Records:
William Adie Cameron, born Fort William, Argyll
Attested at Glasgow 17th September 1914, Cameron Highlanders, No. 13756
Age: 19 years 83 days. Height 5 feet 11 ½ ins. Complexion Fresh. Eyes Gray. Hair Black. Bank Clerk
N.O.K: Mother Ellen, 5 Whitehill Gardens, Dennistoun
Killed in Acton 13th November 1917. Buried at Level Crossing British Cemetery, Fampoux
Soldiers’ Effects:
William Adie Cameron, Private, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, No. 13756. Killed in Action 13th November 1917.
Mother Helen.
Glasgow Herald, 19th November 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
Cameron – Killed in action on the 13th inst., Private William Adie Cameron, aged 22, Cameron Highlanders, sixth son of the late Duncan Cameron, headmaster, Strontian Public School, Argyllshire and of Mrs Cameron, 5 Whitehill Gardens, Dennistoun.
Listed on Strontian Memorial: Private William Cameron, Cameron Highlanders.
Listed on Dennistoun New Parish Church Memorial: William Cameron.
1901 Census, Living at School House, Strontian, Argyll
Father Duncan Cameron, age 45, Teacher in Public School, born Morvern, Argyll
Helen Cameron, age 42, born Longside, Aberdeenshire
Children: Annie F. Cameron, age 17, Pupil Teacher, born Sunart, Argyll
Bessie McA. Cameron, age 15, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
James A. Cameron, age 13, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
Duncan Cameron, age 12, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
Katherine F. Cameron, age 10, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
Charles McA. Cameron, age 8, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
Thomas C. Cameron, age 7, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
William A. Cameron, age 5, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
George A. Cameron, age 3, born Sunart, Argyll