Born 1895 Greenock
Married 1914 Agnes Lund
Children James, Flora, Joesph, William, John
Widowed 1935
Married Amelia Beckett Malone (my gt Granny) 1937
Children Elisabeth, John & Edward
Died 1960
With thanks to his granddaughter Kathy Holmes for the information and images.
Enlisted 24/08/14. Discharged 18/2/1916.
In the attached photo - sitting on his knee is his daughter Elisabeth Beckett Mitchell and standing next to him is his stepdaughter Isa Malone. This photo is around 1940.
James (b1895) also had a brother William (b1893) who was also in the 1/5th Argylls, William survived also, his other brother Edward (b1891) was is 2nd Btn HLI and died 25/9/15.