Pvt. Robert McGILL 1
- Born: 25 September 1893, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
- Died: 25 October 1918, Irvine, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 25 3
- Buried: 1918, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
 Cause of his death was Pneumonia, 7 days. As Cert. by Jas. Thomson, M.D.
Another name for Robert was Robert McGILL.2
Birth Notes
10h 20m PM, East Back Road, Irvine
Death Notes
3h 0m PM, 20 Friars Croft, Parish of Dundonald; Age at death 24 years
Burial Notes
Irvine Old Parish Churchyard
Recorded Events in His Life
- He served in the military as a Private in the Cameron Highlanders, 3rd Battalion (Service No. S/17334). He died in active service during World War I.
- He appeared on the 1901 Census of Scotland on 31 March 1901 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
5 Quarry Lane, Irvine, Ayrshire, with parents Charles and Mary, and siblings Charles, William, James, John, and Mary in 1901 census.
- He worked as a scholar on 31 March 1901 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
- He was buried at the Irvine Old Parish Churchyard in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1918.
Monumental inscription on Gravestone D82 in Irvine Old Parish Churchyard:
ERECTED
BY
CHARLES McGILL
AND HIS WIFE
MARY LILLIE
IN MEMORY OF THEIR
BELOVED SON JAMES WHO DIED
20TH NOV. 1877 AGED 4 MONTHS
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTERS
SARAH
DIED 24th AUG. 1896 AGED 9 YEARS
MARY
DIED 29TH FEB. 1912 AGED 14 YEARS
THEIR GRANDSON
CHARLES CALDERWOOD
DIED 9TH MAY 1913 AGED 10½ YEARS
AND THEIR SON ROBERT
LATE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
DIED 25TH OCT. 1918 AGED 24 YEARS
ALSO THEIR SON JAMES
DIED 22ND OCT. 1928 AGED 44 YEARS
THE ABOVE MARY LILLIE
DIED 14TH JAN. 1933 AGED 75 YEARS
THEIR GRAND-DAUGHTER AGNES
DIED 21ST FEB. 1933 AGED 4½ YEARS
DAUGHTER OF JOHN & MARTHA McGILL
THE ABOVE CHARLES McGILL
DIED 25TH FEB. 1938 AGED 84 YEARS
AND THEIR SON CHARLES
DIED 11TH MAR. 1962 AGED 84 YEARS
Note: Some of the dates carved in the gravestone are inaccurate - James died 12 Dec 1876; Sarah died 1895.
- He worked as a house painter (an army engineer) before 25 October 1918 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
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