Name:- Russell, Peter Lamont
Nationality:- UK
Age :- 22
Rank:- Private
Number:- 9293
Medal:-
Service:- Army
Regiment / ship:- 2nd Bn., Scots Guards
Date of death:- 18th December 1914
Cemetery / Memorial:- Ploegsteert memorial
Area of cemetery / memorial :- Panel 1
Family information:- Son of William Russell, "Loanfoot", Fowlis Weater, Crieff, Perthshire and Catherine Lamont Russell
Extra information:-
1901 census
3, Terminus Street, Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Elizabeth Lamont, head, 72, housekeeper, b. Dull, Perthshire
Elizabeth Lamont, grand-daughter, 17, jute weaver, b. Blairgowrie
Peter Russell, grandson, 8, scholar, b. Glencarse, Perthshire
Peter Keir, boarder, 28, railway porter, b. Tulloch, Perthshire
In the Blairgowrie Advertiser 6th February 1915 page 4, there is an obituary for Peter Russell. It says he was "brought to Blair as a child and spent his boyhood here"
There was a memorial service held for Peter and George MacKenzie in Blairgowrie Parish Church .
In the Blairgowrie High School Register he is listed as being the son of William Russell, Terminus Street, Blairgowrie. His date of birth is the 8th January 1893. He left school on 30th August 1906.