John Colquhoun killed 1st WW

[rosie17]

Hi Cathy just checked the Helensburgh Roll of Honour book so his name will be on the Memorial Hermitage Park ...In the book listed under Glenfruin Pte .Colquhoun J,,Royal Scots Fusiliers ....entered into rest 3rd May ,1917 ...There is a picture of him if you want a copy just PM e-mail address don't think I have it any more
Rosie

[HOUSE2000]

Thank you so much Rosie for the information. I'll pm my email address and I'd be very grateful if you could send me a photo of John.

Cathy

[rosie17]

Glad to have been able to help Cathy 
Rosie

[Chris5856]

Hi Cathy,

There's a headstone that names John Colquhoun son of Maggie Brown & Archibald B. Colquhoun who died at Arras, 7th of April 1917 in New Kilpatrick Cemetery in Bearsden. Its also the resting place of John's sister Margaret B. Colquhoun. Spanner in the works is the father died in 1952.

Its a strange coincidence the name, year of death and place of death is the same, but father and sister definitely didn't die in 1919. I take it this is not the same John Colquhoun?

Chris

[HOUSE2000]

Thank you Chris5856 for your reply. Although the John Colquhoun you mentioned is not my Grandfather's cousin it certainly is a coincidence that a lot of the details are similar. My relative was killed on 3rd May 1917 and his parents were John Colquhoun and Janet Coubrough. Thank you again.

[IMBER]

Just to explain that in fact John has no known grave. The ARRAS MEMORIAL commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918 and have no known grave. I hope that helps.

Imber

[apanderson]

As Imber explained, John has no 'known' grave, but there's a chance that he might be listed on a family gravestone somewhere. He'll obviously not be buried there, but this would be classed as a commemoration.

An example of this can be seen here: http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=950&highlight=colquhoun&mforum=scottishwargraves

Anne

[HOUSE2000]

Thank you for the replies to my post. I've recently been given a photo of the family gravestone and John is listed on it along with all the other family members.

[rosie17]

Thank you for the replies to my post. I've recently been given a photo of the family gravestone and John is listed on it along with all the other family members.

That's good news Cathy