Malcolm James Henderson Fleming
| Rank | Lieutenant |  |
| Medals | 1914-15 Star; British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion | |
| Military Service | 1911 Joined the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 11 June 1912 Commissioned Lieutenant 30 October 1914 At the outbreak of war the battalion was at Greenock on coast defence duties. 1915 Left Dunfermline for Egypt with his regiment on 31 May and was at Gallipoli by the end of June. On 12th/13th July what turned out to be the last attempt to break through the Turkish lines at Achi Baba took place. Fleming volunteered to lead a bombing party and was severely wounded on the 12th. | |
| Born | 27 April 1883, Kilmory, Skelmorlie | |
| Death | 14th July 1915 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Died on the hospital ship Asturias on 14 July and was buried at sea.  HMHS Asturias (torpedoed and sunk by the Germans 20 March 1917. | |
| Age | 32 | |
| Memorial | Helles Memorial, Panel 183 and 184 | |
| CWGC Information | Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fleming, of Kilmory, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire. | |
| Parents | James Fleming (c1848-1921) and Jane B Henderson (c1846-1944), married 1874 | |
| Father's Occupation | Not known | |
| Siblings | Margaret (c1876-1966), Marion (c1881-1949), Agnes (c1885-) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Boutenburn Raspur (sic) School, Largs Fettes College, Carrington House, 1897- Fleming spent six months in Hanover followed by six months in Lausanne perfecting his French and German. He matriculated at the University of Glasgow between 1912 and 1913 to study an Arts course but did not graduate. | |
| Occupation | He served his apprenticeship as an engineer with engineering firms in Paisley, and with Siemens, Berlin, and on returning home was offered a post with Messrs. Fleming, Reid & Co., Worsted Spinners, Greenock, and at the time of the outbreak of the war had become a sub-manager with them. | |
| 1891 Census | Kilmory House, Shore Road, Largs, Ayrshire | |
| 1901 Census | Fettes College, Edinburgh | |
| 1911 Census | Kilmory, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Lambda Lair 169 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial Skelmorlie 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 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 De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, 1914-1924, volume 1 www.roll-of-honour.com/Ships/HMHSAsturias.html
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Gallery
Malcolm J H Fleming
(Image from De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, volume 1)
Malcolm James Henderson Monument
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
