Cumnock born Campbell Tanner was a bugler in the RSF, was wounded at the Battle of Loos and transferred to the HLI. He was missing in action on the 11th April 1917.
He worked at Highhouse Colliery.
He was the son of James Tanner and his wife Margaret McCartney, born at Tanyard Lane in Cumnock on 1st October 1889.
He is on Auchinleck War Memorial.
He is on the memorial in Cumnock St Andrew's Congegrational Church.
|
picture by Kevan Aitken |
CWGC
Cumnock Connections tree
In July 2015 the Arras War Memorial was visited by relatives and a wreath placed in his honour.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment