James Bremner
| Rank | Lieutenant | |
| Medals | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Royal Scots, 1st/8th Battalion | |
| Military Service | The 8th Battn Royal Scots was a Territorial battalion and it is possible Bremner was already serving with it when war was declared. The Battalion became the first Scottish Territorial battalion to make it overseas, crossing to France early in November 1914. It is not known whether Bremner was with them at that time but he was certainly serving by May 1915 when he was wounded during the Battle of Festubert on the 16th of the month. He did not return to the battalion until 16th January 1916. By the time he returned the Battalion had been designated a pioneer battalion and attached to the 51st (Highland) Division with which it spent the rest of the war. He makes few appearances in the Battalion’s War diary although he had a couple of bouts of illness in January and February 1917 which resulted in brief stays in hospital. | |
| Born | 4th June 1890, Strathblane | |
| Death | 24th June 1917 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Died of wounds | |
| Age | 27 | |
| Burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XIII. A. 16. His headstone bears the following quotation: “Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty, Isa. XXXIII XVII”, the same quotation as found on his brother’s gravestone. | |
| CWGC Information | Son of A. H. and Grace Bremner of 5, Cobden Crescent, Edinburgh. | |
| Parents | Alexander H Bremner (1860-1941) & Grace C Raphael(1863-1942), married 1888 | |
| Father's Occupation | Stockbroker | |
| Siblings | Frederick R (1892-1893), David (1889-1916)  David Bremner (standing) with his brother James and his mother c1899 | |
| Spouse | unmarried | |
| Education | Merchiston Castle School 1900-1906 | |
| Occupation | Not known | |
| 1891 Census | Napier Lodge, Strathblane, Stirlingshire | |
| 1901 Census | 19 Merchiston Park, Edinburgh | |
| 1911 Census | Not known | |
| Home Address | Not known | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Epsilon Lair 265 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| 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 Merchiston Castle School, Ancestry, and Find my past. Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Scottish War Memorials Project 8th Battalion The Royal Scots, War Diary August 1915 – March 1919. (TNA WO 95/2851/1) | |
Gallery
David and James Bremner Monument Epsilon
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
