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William (Pollock) Leiper |
William (Pollock) Leiper
CWGC: (William Pollock Leiper)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Battalion
No: S/40775
Date of Death: 6th May 1917
Age 21
Buried: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
Additional Information: Son of John and Mary Pollock Leiper, 37 Roselea Drive, Dennistoun.
SNWM: (William Leiper)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Battalion
No: S/40775
Formerly Lovat Scouts, No. 3790
Place of Birth: Larkhall, Lanarkshire
Date of Death: 6th May 1917
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
SDGW: (William Leiper)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Battalion
No: S/40775
Formerly Lovat Scouts, No. 3790
Place of Birth: Larkhall, Lanarkshire
Place of Residence: Glasgow
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 6th May 1917
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
MIC:
William Leiper, Private, Cameron Highlanders, Nos. 5518 & S/40775
Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals
Soldiers’ Effects:
William Leiper, Private, 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, No. 40775. Died of Wounds 6th May 1917
Mother & Sole legatee, Mary S.
Glasgow Herald, 15th May 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
Leiper. Died on 6th May from wounds received in action, Private Willie Leiper, Cameron Highlanders, aged 21 years, younger son of Mr and Mrs John H. Leiper, 37 Roselea Drive, Dennistoun (late of Larkhall).
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Private Willie Leiper, Cameron Highlanders, 37 Roselea Drive, Dennistoun.
(Possibly) Listed on Bluevale Church Memorial, Duke Street, Glasgow (housed in Dennistoun New Parish Church:
W. Leiper.