McKim, George 25651 ( - 1917)

Private, 4th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Buried at Tyne Cot Memorial

Commemorated at Bellahouston Academy Roll of Honour

George was married in July 1915 and resided at 172 Copland Road, Glasgow. He was the husband of Elizabeth Chapman, Linthouse and son of Mr and Mrs McKim, 8 Ibrox Place, Ibrox, Glasgow.

While at school he was a keen football player and afterwards played for some time in the Former Pupils team. On leaving Bellahouston Academy he was for some years in the office of Messrs France and Morgan, Whitefield Road, subsequently joining the staff of Govan Parish School Board as an Investigating Officer.

He enlisted in the 4th Scottish Rifles in June 1916 and went to France in October of the same year. After being in action on the Somme, France, he was invalided home in January 1917. On 18th May he was once more sent to France and was attached to the 2nd Scottish Rifles as a bomber.

In the fighting between Ypres and Zonnebeke, Belgium, he was killed by the bursting of a shell on 16th August 1917.