EADIE James Albert Lieut

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Surname: EADIE;

Forename(s): James Albert;

Initials: JA;

Rank: Lieut;

Born in: Cambuslang;

Previous Battalion: 9 of;

Previous Regiment: Argyll & SH;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 21 Bn;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 27-May-1918;

Other Data: born7/1/1895 at Albert Sq, Cambuslang. Art Student, Glasgow Univ. Father: Wm Eadie (Merchant) Cairndene, Cambuslang, mother: Ann Eadie (nee Lithgow) Glasgow Univ OTC - 2Lt 2/9 A&SH. Medical Board 1/5/17 - left ventricle hypertrophied. KIA 27/5/18, Estate £595/1/10d : Grantee Mrs Annie Duncan Lithgow or Eadie

CatalogueLot 756 Date of Auction: 17th September 1999 DNW (and Dec '14)
Sold for £75
Estimate: £60 - £80
Pair: Lieutenant J. A. Eadie, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, attached Machine Gun Corps

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) extremely fine (2) £60-80
Footnote
Lieutenant James Albert Eadie, 9th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, attached Machine Gun Corps, was killed in action on 27 May 1918. He is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, France
James Albert Eadie was born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire on 7 January 1895. Educated at West Coats, Cambuslang and Glasgow University. Commissioned into the 9th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in September 1915. He was killed in action in France on 27 May 1918, aged 23 years, whilst on attachment to the 21st Battalion M.G.C. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial. With copied service papers and casualty details.

BWM/VIC offered Auctioneum, Bristol, Nov '24;

Other Notes: EADIE, Lieutenant, JAMES ALBERT, 9th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders attd. Machine Gun Corps. 27th May 1918. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Eadie, of Cairndene, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Soissons Memorial - Aisne, France.;

Related National Archives files: WO374/21619;

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