George Lammie McEwan

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Rank	Captain
Medals	1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment	Highland Light Infantry, 1st/6th (City of Glasgow) Battalion
Military Service	Served in OTC at Glasgow Academy No specific details are known of McEwan’s service in 6th HLI. This was a territorial battalion stationed in Glasgow at the outbreak of war. The battalion landed in Gallipoli on 3rd July 1915 and was almost immediately involved in the last British attempt to capture Achi Baba starting on the 12th July. McEwan was probably wounded during the fighting on the 12th or one of the following days but the exact circumstances are unknown.
Born	c1894, Glasgow
Death	21st July 1915
Circumstances of Death	Died of wounds
Age	22
Memorial	Helles Memorial, Panel 173 to 177 He died at sea on his way to hospital and was presumably buried at sea as his name appears on the Helles Memorial.
CWGC Information	None
Parents	James McEwan (c1858-1903) & Agnes J Lammie (c1857-1937)
Father's Occupation	Soft Goods Agent (1901)
Siblings	James E (c1884- ), Jane G (c1886- ), Elizabeth (c1888-)
Spouse	Unmarried
Education	Glasgow Academy – played for 1st XV 1913-14
Occupation	Trainee chartered accountant
1901 Census	85 Wilson Street, Partick, Glasgow
1911 Census	Not found
Home Address	1915 – 30 Queen’s Gate, Dowanhill, Glasgow
Glasgow Necropolis	Compartment Sigma Lair 11
Other Memorials	Royal Troon Golf Club Scottish National War Memorial Western Club
Other Information	In CWGC and SNWM McEwan’s rank is given as Lieutenant, but on the Medal Rolls Index Card and his parents’ gravestone his rank is Captain.
Acknowledgements and Sources	Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk) Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org Family Search – www.familysearch.org The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/ Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com

Gallery

George Lammie McEwan Monument -Sigma

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Credits

Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.

A Registered Scottish Charity: No SC037918
Photographers: Ruth Johnston, Scott Kerr, David Hanlon, John Gair