James Hunter Lawrie
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |  |
| Medals | British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | King's Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd Battalion attached 7th /8th Battalion | |
| Military Service | 1915 Commissioned into 3rd Battalion KOSB on 12th July. He landed in France on 11th May 1916 and joined the 7/8th Battalion (46th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division) on the 16th May. Most of Lawrie’s short time with the battalion was spent in trench work in the Hulluch Sector until the battalion left for the Somme on the 21st July. The battalion took over trenches on 7th August and 2 days later Lawrie, and several other men, were killed by a shell. | |
| Born | c1896 | |
| Death | 9th August 1916 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Killed in action. | |
| Age | 20 | |
| Burial | Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, I. D. 74. His parents chose the phrase ‘He died for us’ to be added to the headstone.  James Hunter Lawrie Grave 1919/20 prior to erection of GWGC stone – courtesy of Lawrie B Short | |
| CWGC Information | Son of Ephraim S. and Margaret Lawrie, of 317 Onslow Drive, | |
| Parents | Ephraim S Lawrie (c1863-1925) & Margaret Hunter (c1860-1932) | |
| Father's Occupation | Slater of E S Lawrie & Co, St Mungo Street, Townhead, Glasgow | |
| Siblings | Andrew (1888-1914), Jane F Lawrie (1890-1959), Catherine M (1893-1947), Rev Dr John S (1897-1978), Margaret (1899-)  James Lawrie (in the middle) with his younger brother Ephraim (John) and his sister Margaret (Meg) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Haghill Public School | |
| Occupation | Apprentice civil engineer with Kyle, Dennison & Laing | |
| 1901 Census | 27 St Mungo Street, Glasgow | |
| Home Address | 317 Onslow Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Sextus Lair 341-342 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial
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| Other Information | 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 Mr Lawrie B Short, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum, Ancestry, and Find my past. Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Scottish War Memorials Project A Border Battalion: the history of the 7/8th (Service) Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers. 1920. | |
Gallery
James Hunter Lawrie - Glasgow University Photo
James Hunter Lawrie Monument - Sextus
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
