Name:- McLaren, Alexander
Nationality:- UK
Age :- 21
Rank:- Private
Number:- 202607
Medal:-
Service:- Army
Regiment / ship:- Scottish Horse attached to 4th/5th Bn., Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Date of death:- 31st July 1917
Cemetery / Memorial:- Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Area of cemetery / memorial :- Panel 37
Family information:- Son of Robert McLaren and Mary Ann Matheson McLaren of Rosemount Cottage, Rosemount, Blairgowrie. Rosemount is about one and a half miles south of Blairgowrie.
Extra information:-
1891 Census ... (is this his grandfather's details? they have "fish" in common)
Walnut Grove, Kinfauns, Perthshire
Alex McLaren, head, 54, salmond fisher and gas stocker, b. Kinnoull, Perthshire
Agnes McLaren, wife, 52, b. Scone, Perthshire
Robert McLaren, son, 21, salmond fisher, b. Scone
Thomas McLaren, son, 17, apprentice blacksmith, b. Scone
Margaret McLaren, daughter, 15, dressmaker, b. Kinnoull
Ann McLaren, daughter, 13, scholar, b. Kinnoull
James McLaren, son, 11, scholar, b. Kinnoull
Monumental Inscription in Blairgowrie Cemetery
In loving memory
of
Robert McLaren
River Bailiff
Rosemount Cottage
died 29th July 1949
aged 79 years
also his wife
Mary Ann Matheson
died 12th November 1955
aged 75 years
and their sons
Pte. Alex McLaren
died in prisioner of war camp
July 1917
and wee Jim
died 30th Dec. 1903 aged 2 1/2 years