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Norman Connor M.M. & Bar |
CWGC:
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion
No: 2997
Awards: Military Medal & Bar
Date of Death: 4th September 1917
Age: 21
Buried: Coxyde Military Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of John and Jeannie Connor, 76 Armadale Street, Dennistoun. Native of Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire.
SNWM:
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion
No: 2997
Place of Birth: Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
Date of Death: 4th September 1917
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow)
No: 2997
Place of Birth: Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 4th September 1917
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
British Army Recipients of the Military Medal:
Sergeant Norman Connor, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 2997. Killed in Action 4th September 1917
Military Medal & Bar.
MIC:
Norman Connor, Private/Sergeant, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 2997. Military Medal. Killed in Action.
Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals.
Soldiers’ Effects:
Norman Connor, Sergeant, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 2997. Killed in Action, France or Belgium, 4th September 1917. Father John. Executor Dative Daniel McG. Shields.
London Gazette, Sixth Supplement (No. 29953), 16th February 1917, Page 1750
War Office, 19th February 1917.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the undermentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men: 2997, Acting Sergeant N. Connor, Highland Light Infantry.
London Gazette, 25th May 1917, Supplement 30095, Page 5190
His Majesty the King has been graciously please to approve of the award of a Bar to the Military Medal to the undermentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men: 2997, Sergeant N. Connor, Highland Light Infantry.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour:
Norman Connor, Sergeant, Highland Light Infantry, 76 Armadale Street, Dennistoun.
1901 Census, Living at School House, Shore Road, Row, Dunbartonshire
Father John Connor, age 57, School Master, born Ireland
Mother Jeanie Connor, age 43, born Mochrum, Wigtownshire
Children: John James Connor, age 20, Clerk, Caledonian Railway Share Office, born Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
Agnes Stewart Connor, age 18, Assistant Teacher, born Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
Jeanie Connor, age 13, Scholar, born Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
Norah Connor, age 10, Scholar, born Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
Henry B. Connor, age 7, Scholar, born Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
Eva Connor, age 4, born Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
Norman Connor, age 4, born Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire