Name:-   Clarkin, James

Nationality:-    UK

Age :-   47

Rank:-   Private (Drummer)

Number:-  21152

Medal:-

Service:-   Army

Regiment / ship:-  1st Garrison Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers

Date of death:-   26th January 1917

Cemetery / Memorial:-    Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chenni, India

Area of cemetery / memorial :-    Face 12

Family information:-  Son of William and Christina Hoy Clarkin, and husband of Isabella Smith Bruce

Extra information:-

1881 Census

107, West North Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

 William Clarkin, head, 43, soldier pensioner, b. Ireland

Andrew Clarkin, son, 21, tinplate worker, b. Aberdeen

Sarah Clarkin, daughter, 17, millworker, b. Aberdeen

Elizabeth Clarkin, daughter, 15, scholar, b. Aberdeen

1901 Census

Henderson Street, Ferry Port on Craig, Fife

James Clarkin, head, 31, soldier, b. Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

Isabella Clarkin, wife, 29, soldiers wife, b. Peterhead

William Clarkin, son, 17, scholar, b. Ayr, Ayrshire

Isabella Clarkin, daughter, 6, scholar, b. Ayr

John Clarkin, son, 2, b. Dundee, Forfarshire

Alfred Clarkin, son, 4 months, b. Tayport, Fifeshire