A/6742 JOHN COULTER 2ND BAT ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS

[weshallremember]

HELLO

RESEARCHING DETAILS FOR JOHN COULTER

HE WAS BORN IN OLD KILPATRICK DUMBARTONSHIRE 20TH MARCH 1893

K I A 30TH OCTOBER 1914

HE DOES NOT SEEM TO APPEAR ON THE OLD KILPATRICK MEMORIAL 

SEE PLAQUE

ANY IDEA'S

THANKS

TREVOR

 

 

 

[Gunner 87]

29 minutes ago, weshallremember said:

HELLO

RESEARCHING DETAILS FOR JOHN COULTER

HE WAS BORN IN OLD KILPATRICK DUMBARTONSHIRE 20TH MARCH 1893

K I A 30TH OCTOBER 1914

HE DOES NOT SEEM TO APPEAR ON THE OLD KILPATRICK MEMORIAL 

SEE PLAQUE

ANY IDEA'S

THANKS

TREVOR

 

 

 

Hi Trevor,

John Coulter was awarded the 1914 Star after disembarkation on the 6th October 1914 as well the VM and BWM of course. Neither Medal Rolls record any further information other than 2nd Battalion on the VM and BWM roll.  Listed on his Register's of Soldiers' Effects is his father Robert. On one of the Pension Index Cards John's mother is the claimant, Margaret Coulter of 9 Burn Street, Balmuir by Glasgow. 

Edited 15 July , 2022 by Gunner 87

[weshallremember]

thanks

yes i have most of his details

birth census etc

just wondered why he is not named on the old Kilpatrick memorial

trevor

[Gunner 87]

Trevor, just to add a little information if you didn't have it already, this is the transcript from the reports dated 18/05/15 and 26/06/15 British Red Cross and Order of St John Enquiry List, Wounded and Missing, 1914-1918.  

Also attached is the article from the Sunday Post 11th September 1921 mentioning forty nine local men. Could it be that John had moved away by the time he enlisted? 

Edited 15 July , 2022 by Gunner 87

[tullybrone]

45 minutes ago, weshallremember said:

thanks

yes i have most of his details

birth census etc

just wondered why he is not named on the old Kilpatrick memorial

trevor

This is a “general overview” reply -

After the war local War Memorial Committees were formed in many localities to raise funds for the erection of a memorial go local men - either casualties only or to include all men who served.

They were civilian bodies that did not have access to military records. They placed local adverts for the names of men to be nominated to be named on the memorial.

There are various reasons why men are not recorded on a memorial - such as

Some NOK declined to put names forward.

Some NOK had left the locality before the request for names was circulated. My ggm had left Bedlington by 1920 so her 2 KIA sons are not recorded on the town memorial there but they are recorded on the local church memorial.

Steve

Edited 15 July , 2022 by tullybrone

[weshallremember]

hi Steve

thanks for your reply

i understand the difficulty when things were recorded after the war

but i do find it annoying that their are 49 names listed on the plaque 

and he and maybe others born in old KILPATRICK are not

ITS LIKE THEY WERE FORGOTTEN  BY THERE LOCAL COMMUNITY AFTER THE WAR

[weshallremember]

result

he is listed on the clydebank roll of honour

coulter j   pte

 

trevor

WW1 clydebank roll of honour.pdf

[weshallremember]

pics of town hall memorial dumbarton rd

 

trevor