Surname:	McIntosh
Forename(s):	John
Rank:	Private
Service number:	226
Regiment:	4th Cameron Highlanders F Company
Date of death:	5 January 1915 Aged 23
Place of death:	Bedford
Buried Commemorated	Kingussie St. Columba Old Churchyard Kingussie War Memorial and Kingussie and Insh Memorial in Kingussie Parish Church.

Background

John was born on 11 December 1889 at Insh, Kingussie.

In the 1901 Census John was living at Drumguish with his mother and siblings. In the 1911 Census John was living in High Street, Kingussie and working as an Apprentice House Carpenter. He had two younger brothers.

At the time of his death his mother, Annie, was living in Cameron Cottage, Kingussie.

War record

John died of measles at Bedford Barracks 5 January 1915. 

The Bedfordshire Times, in January 1915, reported that between 17 August 1914 and 9 January 1915 the Highland Division lost 27 to measles 14 were from the 4th Cameron Highlanders and in total the Battalion had 141 confirmed cases. Another Kingussie man, John Hendry, also contracted measles at Bedford and died January 1915. The outbreak delayed the Battalion’s departures to France.