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Dennis Morgan

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Category: 1917-18
Published: 14 September 2026
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Dennis Morgan

Argylls

2/9th Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
He is remembered with honour on Helensburgh War Memorial, Column 3 Line 21.

  • D.O.B.: October 16th, 1896
  • P.O.B.: Helensburgh
  • D.O.D.: December 30th, 1917
  • P.O.D.: Somme
  • Buried: Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel Le Grand.
  • Rank: Private
  • Service No.: s/40072

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

The family home was at 65, West Clyde Street, Helensburgh. The son of Hugh Morgan and Elizabeth Morgan (nee Whiteford).
Siblings: Dennis had two sisters, Annie and Mary and three brothers, John, Hugh and Bernard, two of whom served with the colours and survived the war.
Dennis Morgan
 Dennis Morgan was born at 67, Sinclair Street, Helensburgh and was brought up in Maitland Street, in the town, in a family of six children.
He was employed as an engine cleaner with the Railway Company before enlisting.
Dennis enlisted in October 1914 at the age of 18. He died at the Somme, killed in action. He was 21 years old.

William Chalmers Milne

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Category: 1917-18
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William Chalmers Milne

Argylls

1/7th Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
He is remembered with honour on the Scottish National War Memorial, the Congregational Church Memorial and Helensburgh War Memorial, Column 3 Line 20.

  • D.O.B.: c. 1898
  • P.O.B.: Portsoy, Banff
  • D.O.D.: April 23rd, 1917
  • P.O.D.: Arras
  • Buried: Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux
  • Rank: Private
  • Service No.: 278535

level crossing cemetery

The family home was at 43, West King Street, Helensburgh. The son of James Milne (mason) and Cecilia Milne.
Siblings: William had two brothers, Robert and Alexander (too young to fight), and sisters, Cecilia and Margaret.
William Milne
 William Milne was born at Portsoy in Banff and moved to Helensburgh, the eldest of a family of five, where his father was a mason. It would appear that he enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders immediately on leaving school.
William died, killed by a sniper, at Arras. He was 19 years old.
The inscription on his headstone reads: 'Until He Come'.

Andrew McShee M.A

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Category: 1917-18
Published: 14 September 2026
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Andrew McShee M.A.

Argylls

11th Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
He is remembered with honour on the Thiepval Memorial, the Victoria Park Church Roll of Honour, Glasgow Education Authority Roll of Honour, Jordanhill College Roll of Honour and Helensburgh War Memorial, Column 3 Line 19.

  • D.O.B.: September 9th, 1879
  • P.O.B.: Barony, Lanarkshire
  • D.O.D.: January 20th, 1917
  • P.O.D.: Somme
  • Buried:
  • Private
  • Service No.: s/14075

Theipral Memorial

The family home was Stanwick, 38, Lomond Street, Helensburgh The son of Arthur McShee (boilermaker).
Andrew McShee was born in Lanarkshire. He attended Jordanhill Teacher Training College before becoming a science master at Hyndland School in Partick.
He married Catherine Anderson (a nurse) and had two children. Catherine succumbed to T.B., and the two children were raised by an uncle, David McArthur in Rhu.
Andrew died, when a shell landed on the Lewis Gun Team whilst on attachment to the Machine Gun Corps. He was 38 years of age. His remains were not recovered.

Dugald (Dougall) McMillan

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Dugald (Dougall) McMillan

Argylls

9th Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
He is remembered with honour on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (Louverval Memorial), the Park Church Roll of Honour, and Helensburgh War Memorial, Column 3 Line 18.

  • D.O.B.: c. 1893
  • P.O.B.: Helensburgh
  • D.O.D.: November 24th, 1917
  • P.O.D.: Battle of Cambrai, France
  • Buried:
  • Rank: Private
  • Service No.: 325329

 

The family home was 88, West Clyde Street and then 52, West Princes Street, Helensburgh. The son of Archibald and Rachel McMillan.
Siblings: Dugald had three sisters, Harriet, Helen and Andrana and one brother, Hamilton, who fought with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and survived the war.
Dugald  McMillan
 Dugald McMillan was born and brought up in Helensburgh where his father was a plumber. On leaving school, he was apprenticed to J.W.McCulloch as a house painter. He was a member of the local pipe band.
Dugald joined the local Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders with his brother, Hamilton. Hamilton was gassed but survived the war.
Dugald was killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai at the age of 25. His remains were not recovered. 

Daniel Sellars McMillan

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Daniel Sellars McMillan

Merchant Navy

Merchant Marine
He is remembered with honour on the Tower Hill Memorial, the Park Church Roll of Honour, and Helensburgh War Memorial, Column 3 Line 17.

  • D.O.B.: c. 1864
  • P.O.B.: Arran
  • D.O.D.: March 6th, 1917
  • P.O.D.: off Fastnet
  • Buried: Lost at sea
  • Captain
  • Service No.:

 

The family home was Knapdale, The Avenue, Craigendoran, Helensburgh, with his wife and three daughters. The son of John and Mary McMillan of Arran.
Siblings: Not known
Daniel McMillan
Daniel McMillan was born in Arran. He was employed by Messrs Hardy and Co., Glasgow and had lived at Craigendoran for 17 years with his wife, Jeannie Russell McMillan and their three daughters.
Whilst sailing from Havana with a cargo of sugar bound for Queenstown, his ship, Caldergrove, was torpedoed by a U-boat off Fastnet.
Daniel was lost at sea at the age of 53.

James Wilson McLennan

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James Wilson McLennan

Argylls

7th Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
He is remembered with honour on the Park Church Roll of Honour and Helensburgh War Memorial, Column 3 Line 16.

  • D.O.B.: c. 1898
  • P.O.B.: Glasgow
  • D.O.D.: April 23rd, 1917
  • P.O.D.: Arras
  • Buried: Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux
  • Private
  • Service No.: 277351

 

The family home was 33, East King Street and then 48, Portland Place, John Street, Helensburgh The son of Elizabeth and the late William Ross McLennan.
Siblings: James had three sisters, Maggie, Elizabeth and Eva, and three brothers, Donald, John and William
James McLennan
 James McLennan was born in Helensburgh and brought up in the town where his father was a guard with the North British Railway Company. He was employed with the N.B. Railway as a porter before enlisting in 1915.
James died, killed in action, at Arras. He was 19 years of age.
He gravestone reads ‘At Rest’.

James McLaughlin

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Published: 14 September 2026
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James McLaughlin

Royal Scots Fusiliers

6/7th Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers
He is remembered with honour on the St Joseph's Church Roll of Honour and Helensburgh War Memorial, Column 3 Line 15.

  • D.O.B.: c. 1893
  • P.O.B.: Helensburgh
  • D.O.D.: July 31st, 1917
  • P.O.D.: Ypres
  • Buried: Tyne Cot Cemetery
  • Private
  • Service No.:

 

The family home was 24, East King Street and then 56, East King Street, Helensburgh. The son of Sarah McLaughlin.
Siblings: He had one younger brother also named James. 
James McLaughlin

James McLaughlin was born in Helensburgh and brought up in the town by his widowed, Irish mother. He was employed with the North British Railway and then with the Postal Service at Rosneath.

James died, killed in action, at Ypres. He was 24 years of age.

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