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I wonder if someone could look at the service records for James McCluskey d.o.b. 1877 in Glasgow.

His parents are Henry and Agnes nee Woods, and married to Isabella nee Smith in 1899.
He is on the 1901 Scottish census living in Gilbert Street, Glasgow with Isabella.

Thank you

What are you looking for on his service records ?

Is this him ??

James
Last name Mccluskey
Service number 22992
Regiment Manchester Regiment
Unit / Battalion 23rd Service Battalion
Event year 1915
Age 34
Birth year -
Birth town Glasgow
Birth county Lanarkshire
Birth country Scotland
Residence town Manchester
Residence county Lancashire
Series WO 363
Record set British Army Service Records 1914-1920
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War

Or this one

James
Last name Mccluskey
Service number 16688
Regiment Royal Scots
Unit / Battalion 11/S Battalion
Event year 1914
Age 36
Birth year 1878
Birth town Govan
Birth county Lanarkshire
Birth country Scotland
Residence town Glasgow
Residence county Lanarkshire
Series WO 363
Record set British Army Service Records 1914-1920
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
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But this one is recorded as killed in action 1/9/1915 Not listed On the Cwgc site

Thank you Shirley,
Can't be sure if this is him.

His wife married my grandad in 1929 and the family story was that James had died during WW1 but I cannot verify this .

I can't find a death for him in Scotland .

Typing at the same time Shirley,

2nd one looks promising though.

If he was killed in action would it show parents or spouses names would you know ?

Jean, the last one that Shirley posted say that his father was names Thomas and living at 5 James Street looks like Sheffleston Glasgow.

this james was born 1877

Deaths Jun 1906 (>99%)
McCluskey James 29 Newcastle T 10b 43

this one gives no age McCLUSKEY, JAMES

Rank:PrivateService No:103043
Date of Death:15/05/1921
Regiment/Service:The King's Regiment (Liverpool) Depot. Grave Reference: 3. Z3 (R.C.) 88. Cemetery:BOLTON (HEATON) CEME

Thank you Sylvia and malyon,

I don't yet have James full d.o.b. but going by the 1901 census he was born in 1877.
He had children born between 1901 and the last child born 1912 .

Thank you for looking but i can't really say if the last one is him.

In 1911 James and Isabella are living at 16 Sandyford Street (it's a tenement of several flats), Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow. (Same district as in 1901.)

James, head, 35, dock labourer
Isabella, wife, 29
Annie, daughter, 9
Isabella, daughter, 7 [?]
Ellen, daughter, 6
James, son, 4
Joseph, son, 2
Thomas, son, 3 mths
Maggie Smith, relative, 17, single, charwoman

It says they've been married 10 years, and have had 6 children, all living.
Number of years married is a couple of years out from what you said, but because of the relative named Smith, I'm assuming it's the right couple

Sylvia, the place you thought looked like Sheffleston will be Shettleston, which is a district of Glasgow.

James & Isabella's marriage cert will give their ages, and details of parents' names;

1900 MCCLUSKEY JAMES
SMITH ISABELLA
ANDERSTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/10 0387

As I expect you already know, Jean, spending a few credits on Scotlands People will let you see the image of the original document, and print it.

ArgyllGran,

thank you so much for the 1911, I didn't get that far to look at that census, was concentrating on the marriage . which I have found, also Isabella's mother's death in Sandyford Street so we have the right family.

Her father is Thomas Smith ( Pottery worker ) and her mother's name is Margaret Kilpatrick.

James is my Grandmother's older brother, when she died in 1927 my grandad married Isabella in 1929, I presume so that he had someone to look after his children. but the marriage only lasted about a year as Isabella died in 1930.

Just to rule it out - that James who died during WW1, with father Thomas, and home address at 5 James Street -

he's listed as unmarried.

Sorry was on I pad and the battery went . Had then to go out and only just back in


Doesn't look as if he had been found yet ???

Hi Shirley,

No not yet.
I just wanted to find the exact date he died so I could put him to rest so to speak .

I don't know if it would show parents or spouses on a record if he died during WW1.