John Guthrie Wight
| Rank | Second Lieutenant | |
| Medals | 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Highland Light Infantry, 6th (City of Glasgow) Battalion | |
| Military Service | Enlisted in 9th HLI, reaching L/Cpl 2563 before being commissioned. Served in France from January 1915 in the ranks. | |
| Born | c1890, Glasgow | |
| Death | 1st November 1916 | |
| Circumstances of Death | The Battalion made an attack on Boritska and Hazy Trenches on the afternoon of the 1st November but was frustrated by the deep mud and machine gun fire. There was some initial confusion surrounding the death of Wight. At first it was thought that 2nd Lieut JM Whyte had been killed and 2nd Lieut JG Wight wounded but it turned out to be the other way round. Both officers had been commissioned from the ranks and had returned to the battalion within a day or two of each other at the beginning of September 1916. | |
| Age | 27 | |
| Memorial | Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15 C. | |
| CWGC Information | None | |
| Parents | John G Wight (c1849-1922) & Mary Black (c1853-1929) | |
| Father's Occupation | Bookkeeper with a manufacturing chemist | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education |
Not known | |
| Occupation | Shop assistant with Messrs. Baikie & Hogg, Gordon Street, Glasgow (shirt makers, hosiers and glovers) | |
| 1891 Census | Not found | |
| 1901 Census | Gartuck Street, Gorbals, Glasgow | |
| 1911 Census | 37 Leven Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow | |
| Home Address | 230 Kenmore Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Petra Lair 715 | |
| Other Memorials | Pollokshields Church Book of Remembrance (formerly of Titwood Church) | |
| Other Information | He played golf at Whitecraigs and Dundonald Golf Clubs | |
| 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, and Find my past. Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Scottish War Memorials Project Come on Highlanders!: Glasgow Territorials in the Great War, Alec Weir, 2006 | |
Gallery
John Guthrie Wight- Petra - Monument
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
