BORN COATBRIDGE, LANARKSHIRE 1894. SON OF CATHERINE & JOHN SYME. ENLISTED IN GLASGOW. EX. 8019, 2ND DRAGOONS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH BLACK WATCH REGIMENT. KILLED ON 14/04/1917, AGED 23. LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 12/05/1917. HULL ADDRESS UNTRACED.
HIS PENSION WENT TO CATHERINE SYMES, AT 26 MAR STREET, ALLOA
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
12470
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/04/1917
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
