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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.

c1894, Glasgow

Died of wounds

He died at sea on his way to hospital and was presumably buried at
sea as his name appears on the Helles Memorial.

None

James McEwan (c1858-1903) & Agnes J Lammie (c1857-1937)

Soft Goods Agent (1901)

James E (c1884- ), Jane G (c1886- ), Elizabeth (c1888-)

Unmarried

Glasgow Academy – played for 1st XV 1913-14

Trainee chartered accountant

Not found

1915 – 30 Queen’s Gate, Dowanhill, Glasgow

85 Wilson Street, Partick, Glasgow

Royal Troon Golf Club
Scottish National War Memorial
Western Club

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.

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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