Montgomerie, William Manson 182360 (1880 - 1918)

Gunner, 503rd Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

Buried at Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt

Commemorated at Hillhead High School

William Manson Montgomerie, second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Montgomerie, Manston, Uddingston, was one of a large family, all of whom were connected with the School from the beginning, and all of whom also have remained deeply attached to it, some of them across estranging seas. William Montgomerie was a good cricketer, and played for Uddingston and Kenmure.

In civil life he was cashier in the firm of Thomas Scanlan & Co. Early in 1917, though then nearing the age limit, he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery, and by September he was serving the guns in France.

Towards the end of August, 1918, while pushing forward in pursuit of the enemy, he was struck by a shell and severely wounded. The doctors thought he would recover, but the shock proved too much for him, and he passed away on the 1st September, 1918.

An older brother, Mr. J. Love Montgomerie, of the Singapore Mounted Volunteers, gave his life in an attempt to quell the riots that broke out in Singapore in the early days of the war.

Gunner Montgomerie leaves a wife and two children, to whom the School respectfully offers its sincerest smypathy.