5117: Soldier killed three weeks before Armistice

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posted on 2024-01-18, 14:21 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

John McCamley was 18 years old when he died of wounds on 15 October 1918 - just three weeks before the Armistice. He was underage when he joined the Cameronians; official records of his gravestone show his age as 19, which was later amended by hand to 18.

The son of John and Bridget McCamley of Cowcaddens, Glasgow, John McCamley is buried in Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3 in Belgium.

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Michael Gallagher

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John McCamley

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

1914

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Glasgow

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Photograph of John McCamley, prior to the war.

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Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow (10/04/19)

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