John Bruce

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Rank	Air Mechanic 3rd Class
Regiment	Royal Flying Corps, RD Unit
Military Service	John Bruce attested on 10th December 1915 and was posted to the Army Reserve. He was mobilized on the 26th November 1917 and posted to the Royal Flying Corps. He joined the Recruits Depot at Aldershot on the 1st December.
Born	1882 Glasgow
Death	7th December 1917
Circumstances of Death	Died at Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot
Age	36
Burial	Glasgow Necropolis Buried on 13 December 1917
CWGC Information	Husband of Annie Bruce, of 66, Kyle St., Glasgow
Parents	John Bruce (c1844-) and Margaret Russell (c1843-)
Father's Occupation	Carter
Siblings	Ann (1865-), Catherine (1868-), Grace (1870-)
Spouse	Annie Murray (born c1882), married 27th June 1902 at Glasgow. Children John b. 1903, Hugh b. 1905, Helen b 1908, James b 1910
Education	Not known
Occupation	1901-1917 – Cabinet maker. In 1917 Bruce seems to be employed by Bennett Furnishings.
1891 Census	Stanhope Street, St Rollox, Glasgow
1901 Census	161 Stirling Road, Glasgow [living with aunt and uncle Borthwick]
1911 Census	66 Kyle Street, Townhead, Glasgow
Glasgow Necropolis	Compartment Quintus Lair 159
Other Memorials	Scottish National War Memorial
Other Information	His widow later lived at 117 Croftside Avenue King’s Park, Glasgow. It is interesting that of the fourteen First World War casualties actually buried in the Necropolis this is one of only two official CWGC headstones. This suggests that the families of the other twelve men already owned lairs within the Necropolis but in two cases a family who lived locally considered the Necropolis to be their ‘local’ cemetery and chose to have their loved one buried there at the time of his death.
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 Service Record for John Bruce (TNA AIR 79/999)

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John Bruce - Quintus - Monument

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Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.

A Registered Scottish Charity: No SC037918
Photographers: Ruth Johnston, Scott Kerr, David Hanlon, John Gair