Surname:	MacGillivray
Forename(s):	John Ruxton
Rank:	Private
Service number:	3849
Regiment:	London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) 1st/15th Bn.
Date of death:	1 July 1916 Aged 19
Place of death:	Somme
Buried Commemorated	Unknown Thiepval Memorial

Background

John was born on 5 October 1896 at 58 Carden Place, Aberdeen the son of William and Jane Catherine, m.s. Ruxton, McGillivray. John’s father’s occupation is given as farmer, usually residing at Gaskbeg, Laggan. His parents were married at Old Machar on 8 November 1894.

In the 1911 Census John is, at school, and living with his parents and his younger brother, Wiliam, at Banchor House , Newtonmore where his father’s occupation is farmer.

War Record

John went to France 2 September 1915. Died on first day of the Somme

He is also commemorated on the Kingussie and Insh Memorial in Kingussie Parish Church and on the family gravestone in Kingussie Parish Churchyard.