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250635 L/Cpl John Boag British Army 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders from:Glasgow (d.29th July 1916) John Boag is my 3x great uncle. He was the son of Thomas Boag and Elizabeth Stewart who were from a wealthy Glasgow merchant family. John and his brother, Thomas, both died during WWI. John having served in the 1st Batalion Cameron Highlanders died on 29th July 1916 "at home" and "of wounds". His brother, Thomas, served in the 12th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers and after serving in Italy and the Middle East campaigns died on 28th June 1918 of injuries from British shrapnel that was fired to help their advancement in France. Their sister, Mary Hastie Boag, was my 2x great granny. I never met her but my father has memories of her. There were 5 children before the war, three girls and 2 boys and my father said that Mary never quite got over the loss of her brothers. The above is from my own research as there is no family member surviving who has the information on John and Thomas to hand as neither were married or had issue before the war. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**