Lance Corporal William McCubbing
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1878-11-24
Place of birth: Newabbey Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland
Next of kin: John McCubbing; father; Drum, Dumfries, Scotland
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Butcher
Occupation (normalized): Butcher, General
Address:
1325 - 15 Ave., W., Calgary, Alberta
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-09-05
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, IV. C. 7.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 2336301
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(50th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal, 50th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: New Abbey War Memorial
Awards
Military Medal
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 468056
LAC ID:
143053
Service file: B6673-S009
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCubbing, of Dumfries, Scotland; husband of Agnes McCubbing, of 1320, 11th Avenue W., Calgary. Served for 1 year in the King's Own Scottish Borderers.
He is commemorated on the New Abbey War Memorial located in a small enclosure next to the Abbey at New Abbey approximately 6 miles south of Dumfries on the A710 (Derek Robertson, The Scottish War Memorials Forum).
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 103rd Regiment, Calgary Rifles Draft Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 50th Battalion Military Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-02