Name:- CLEGHORN, WILLIAM HOWIE
Nationality:- United Kingdom
Age :- 36
Rank:- Engineer Lieut Commander
Number:-
Medal:-
Service:- Royal Navy Unit
Regiment / ship:- H.M.S. "Mary Rose"
Date of death:- 17th October, 1917
Cemetery / Memorial:- CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Area of cemetery / memorial :- 20
Family information:- Son of John and Margaret Cleghorn, of "Clifton," Alyth, Perthshire
1901 Census
Bayfield, Dundee Road, Alyth, Perthshire
William Cleghorn, head, 44, Jute Spinner & Manufacturer, b. Dundee
Jeannie R Cleghorn, wife, 45, b. Alyth
William H Cleghorn, son, 17, clerk, b. Alyth
James Cleghorn, son, 16, clerk, b. Dundee
Jeannie Cleghorn, daughter, 15, scholar, b. Dundee
Elizabeth Cleghorn, daughter, 13, scholar, b. Dundee
Charles R Cleghorn, son, 10, scholar, b. Dundee
Mary Cleghorn, daughter, 9, scholar, b. Dundee
Frank Cleghorn, son, 7, scholar, b. Bro Ferry, Forfar
Ann Cleghorn, daughter, 5, b. Bro Ferry, Forfar
George M Cleghorn, son 4, b. Dundee
Harry Cleghorn, son 4 months, b. Bro Ferry, Forfar
Ann Brown, servant domestic, 44, b. Kinnell, Forfar
Betsy Farmer, servant domestic, 41, b. Gauldry, Fife
Ellen Shepherd, servant domestic, 2 (?), b. Edinburgh, Midlothian
Extra information:-
THE Alyth GUARDIAN: 26th October, 1917
"In the action in the North Sea on the 17th, when the destroyer “Mary Rose”,
after a magnificent resistance against the fast and heavily-armed German ships,
was sunk fighting to the last, the officers, including Engineer Lieut.-Commander
Wm. H. Cleghorn, and men were officially reported lost.
Lieutenant Cleghorn is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs John Cleghorn of Clifton,
the third son to fall for king and country in this great war. It is only five
weeks since a brother, Captain Herbert Cleghorn, R.E. attached to R.F.C., was
killed at the Front, while a little over a year ago, the youngest of the
brothers, Lieut. Allan Cleghorn, Gordons, died in France, and two still remain,
Lieutenants in the R.E., keeping the flag flying in the face of the enemy."
Confermations & Inventories 1918
Cleghorn, William Howie, Engineer-Lieut. Commander, R.N., sometime of H.M.S. 'Conqueror' afterwards of H.M.S. 'Mary Rose', a native of Scotland, was killed in action, 17 October 1917, testate. Confirmation granted at Edinburgh, 8 January, to Hilda White or Cleghorn, Clifton, Alyth, County of Perth. Executrix nominated in Will or Deed, dated 5 September 1913, and recorded in the Court Books of Commissariot of Edinburgh, 7 January 1918. Value of Estate £1025 5s 6d.
(2006 value using average earning is £170,160.91p)