Stanley Cyril Forster Bannerman
Bannerman was commissioned into the Special Reserve as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps in 1910, was promoted Lieutenant in October 1914 and Captain in March 1915. He had been called up on 6th August 1914 and arrived in France on either 9th or 13th August. He was involved in the fighting at Mons in August, The Aisne in September and First Ypres in October/November 1914. He served at the front until early 1917 when he spent several months at home recovering from trench fever. On his return to the conflict he was attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery until his death during Third Ypres. This information on his military service is taken from an obituary and no further details are known.
1889, Glasgow
Died of wounds
Son of Robert and Mary A. Bannerman, of 1, Crown Circus, Dowanhill, Glasgow.
Robert Bannerman (c1837-1902) & Mary Ann Woods (-aft 1920)
Miller & Bannerman, wrights and builders, 128 Pitt Street, Glasgow
3 half siblings – Walter (c1876-1912), Robert (1878-1939), Jessie, Mrs W G Brodie (1879-1925)
Unmarried
Kelvinside Academy
The High School of Glasgow
1911 – Agricultural student
Woodside Place, Glasgow
16 Blythswood Square, Glasgow
16 Blythswood Square, Glasgow
1 Crown Circus, Glasgow
Kelvinside Academy War Memorial
The High School of Glasgow War Memorial
West of Scotland Agricultural College, Auchincruive
Scottish National War Memorial – not listed
Bannerman left a will, value of estate £3485 12s 0d
He was a member of the Democratic Unionist Association and of the Committee of the West of Scotland Branch of the Navy League.
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Stanley Cyril Forester Bannerman - Monument - Gamma
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.