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Pte. James Thomson

British Army 2nd Btn. Cameronians Scottish Rifles

from:Glasgow

(d.10th February 1915)

James Thomson was born in Glenboig, the son of Agnes Anderson Archer from Old Luce, Wigtownshire and Alexander Thomson from Glenboig. His father died young and his mother moved to Caledonia Road, Hutchesontown, Glasgow with her three children to find work. James was a telegraph messenger and a plater's helper before the war as well as a reservist.

He was killed at Neuve Chappelle and not found on 10th March 1915. He was the brother of my maternal grandmother Agnes Archer Thomson, later Ross and Harris. He was in the 2nd Btn, Scottish Rifles



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