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16th (2nd Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
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Those known to have served with16th (2nd Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Campbell John Keith. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Ferguson Andrew. Pte. (d.18th November 1916)
- Lyall John. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- McKay Alexander. L/Cpl. (d.16th Aug 1916)
- Moodie William Anderson. Pte.
- Reid Alexander. Pte. (d.31st Jan 1917)
- Tyson Bertram. Pte. (d.27th Nov 1917)
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Pte. William Anderson Moodie 16th Btn. Highland Light Infantry William Moodie received a bad leg injury he was captured on the 18th of November 1916 at Mailly on the Somme and became a prisoner of war.
In February or March 1917, William as POW was in the War hospital in Cambrai, (Krg. Laz. Bay 6 Cambrai) being treated for a broken ankle or thigh.
William was re-repatriated from Germany on the 5th of May 1918 and admitted to King George Hospital, Stamford Street, Waterloo, London with a shot gun wound, ankle left, shrapnel wound.
He was discharged from Army on the 12th of December 1918 as no longer physically fit for war service and awarded the British War Medal and Victory medal.
On the 10th of 1929 William Moodie, aged 45 (passenger 175071), previously of 5 Hill Road, Arbroath, departed from Port of Greenock on the Canadian Pacific ship, Montrose, heading to port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Third class passenger, No 57).
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Pte. John Lyall 16th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.1st July 1916) John Lyall returned to Glasgow from Argentina to join the 16th Btn. Highland Light Infantry, a Pals battalion of the Boys Brigade. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
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L/Cpl. Alexander McKay 16th (2nd Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.16th Aug 1916) Alexander McKay was killed in action and is buried at Cambrin Churchyard Extension. Cambrin is a village about 24 kilometres north of Arras and about 8 kilometres east of Bethune, on the road to La Bassee, France.
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Pte. Bertram Tyson 16th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.27th Nov 1917) Bertram Tyson died aged 21 and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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Pte. Alexander Reid 16th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.31st Jan 1917) Alexander Reid served with the Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 31st January 1917 and is buried in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery in Bertrancourt, France.
This 30 year old volunteer’s relatives were puzzled by the untimely end to the soldier’s life, The headstone bears an inscription “Thy purpose Lord we cannot see but all is well that’s done by thee.â€
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