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Surname: McLAREN
Forename(s): David Balfour
Place of Birth: Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Service No: 32941
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 15th (Scottish) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-08-20
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Plot H. Row 3. Grave 7.
CWGC Cemetery: CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
David Balfour McLaren was the son of John and Margaret McLaren (née - ). Both parents were born in Scotland.
1891 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: Becks House - David Balfour MacLaren, aged 7 years, born Scotland, son of John and Margaret MacLaren. [The names of their other children were: Hugh Malcolm MacLaren (born Scotland, c. 1866), Ann Fraser MacLaren (born Scotland, c. 1885) and Alexander MacLaren (born Silsden, c. 1890).
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: Skipton Road - David McLaren, aged 17 years, born Scotland, son of John and [stepson of?] Isabella McLaren. [Margaret may have died in 1891.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte David B. McLaren, 32941, Sco. Rif.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/c David B. McLaren, 32941, 9/Sco. Rif.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/C David Balfour McLaren, 32941, 10th Sco. Rifles. Date and Place of Death: 20.8.17 France or Belgium in action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Bother - Hugh M. £1 2s. 4d. Sister - Annie F. £5 7s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for David.
David is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
McLAREN, Lance Corporal David B., Scottish Rifles, formerly of Skipton Road, [Silsden], and son of the late Mr. John McLaren, Rutherglen, Glasgow, died of wounds Aug. 20, 1917.
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 15th (Scottish) Division
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21 September 1917
McLAREN – August 20th 1917, died of wounds in hospital, Lance-Corporal David B. McLaren, Scottish Rifles, son of the late Mr. John McLaren, formerly of Skipton Road, Silsden.
21 September 1917
FORMER SILSDEN RESIDENT DIES OF WOUNDS
Lance-Corporal David B. McLaren, Scottish Rifles, son of the late John McLaren, Craigmaddie, Braeside Avenue, Rutherglen, died of wounds in hospital on August 20th. Lance-Corporal McLaren formerly resided with his parents in Skipton Road, Silsden, his father being then employed as manager at the firm of Messrs. John Knox, Airedale Shed.
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21 September 1917
McLAREN – Died of wounds, Aug. 20th, Lance-Corpl. David B. McLaren of the Scottish Rifles, son of the late Mr. John McLaren, of Craigmaddie, Braeside Avenue, Rutherglen, Scotland, and formerly of Skipton Road, Silsden.
21 September 1917
FORMER SILSDEN RESIDENT DIES OF WOUNDS
Lance-Corpl. David B. McLaren, of the Scottish Rifles, son of the late Mr. John McLaren, of Craigmaddie, Braeside Avenue, Rutherglen, Scotland, died from wounds in hospital on August 20th. Lance-Corporal McLaren formerly resided with his parents in Skipton Road, Silsden.
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