Here's the family in 1901
Roadside
William Cochran 48 cloth draper b Lochwinnoch
Margaret Cochran 39 b Kirkconnel
John Cochran 18 draper's assistant b Kirkconnel
Mary Cochran 16 dressmaker b Penpont
Alex Cochran12 b Keir
William Cochran 7
Andrew Cochran 5
Thomas Cochran 2
Cumnock Chronicle 13 Sep 1918
On 9 Sep 1918 killed in action at Alexandria, Signaller, HLI, 22 yrs, son of Mr and Mrs Wm Cochrane, Craigmore, 173, Glaisnock St., Cumnockand a week later, it seems he wasn't killed in action but died while on service.
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| photo by Bobby Grierson, added 7/3/2018 |
His enlistment papers survive
He was 21 years and 180 days old, a draper, 5 ft 5 and weighed 8 st 7lbs when he enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry in Glasgow in 17th August 1915. The papers also reveal that he died in hospital in Alexandria after an operation for appendicitis. He was admitted on the 5th September and died on the 9th.
In a will dated 15 Apr 1917 he left £10 to his sister, Mrs Jas Rodger, Georgeville, Ayr Rd, Cumnock and the rest of his property to his parents.
His family members were
His parents and brother Thomas Gibson Cochrane, 22 of Craigmore, Cumnock, brother John 36 of Georgeville, Quebec, Canada, brother William 29 of Glaisnock Cottages, Cumnock, sister Mrs Rodger 33 of Georgeville, Ayr Rd, Cumnock. This information provided by his father in 1920.
He was serving with the Royal Scots, Lothian Regiment (203275) and was previously with the Highland Light Infantry (4542). He was sent out with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force on 22 Dec 1916. He was buried in the British Cemetery in Cairo on the 9th Sep 1918 and on the Cumnock War Memorial.
See him on Cumnock Connections family tree
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