Edward McBride

2862 Private

‘H’ Company, 1/7 Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: Killed in Action on 25 April 1915

Buried: Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 42 and 44

Family history: He lived with his aunt at 39 Calendar View, Laurieston. His father, a widow, resided at 89 Grahamsdyke Street, Laurieston with his four other sons and daughter. Edward was employed at the Caledonian Railway Company at Grangemouth and he enlisted in the Territorials on 4 July 1914. He arrived in France with the Battalion on 15 December 1914.

For details of the action leading to his death see article in the General link - 25 April 1915 - A Bloody Day at St Julien