Under aged relative KIA

[Guest KevinEndon]

My Grans (god rest her soul) mothers brothers came from Larkhall and two of them died in the war Gavin was 6 in 1901, David was not born in 1901 and died in 1918 so that made him an underage soldier if my maths is correct or were 17 year olds allowed to join up until the government got involved. Please confirm.

Kevin

Here is the family

GAVIN SIM (SNR)IN 1901 WAS 42 LIVING IN LESMAHAGOW

GAVIN (JNR) WAS 6YRS

MICHAEL WAS 10YRS

MICHAEL GETS MARRIED IN 1915 TO ANNIE MCINTYRE IN LARKHALL( MICHAEL'S MIDDLE NAMES 'ROSS')

Gavin(jnr) 14116 private acting corp. 7th btn K.O.S.B. wounded on the 7th july 1915 dies of wounds 5th may 1916

[Guest KevinEndon]

I have lost the edit button so that I can shrink the cwgc entry down.

I meant to add, do you have any relatives who died as an underaged soldier, maybe you would like to add their story below.

Kevin