John
Mearns
Born in Inverbervie
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret Ann Wood Howie Milne
— married
2 Dec 1910 in Gourdon
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 34
in France, Pas de Calais
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Biography
John was born in 1884. John Mearns was seventh of eight children of James and Isabella Mearns née Criggie, and in 1901 was a ploughman at Sillyflat Bothy in Bervie, employed by the family of Peter H Kean and his family.
He was killed on 22 March 1918, the second day of the Kaiserschlacht, the German Spring Offensive, and is remembered on the Arras Memorial in France. His body was never found.
Sources
- Birth records 254/ 6
1910 MILNE, MARGARET ANN WOOD (Statutory registers Marriages 254/ 13) CWGC Private MEARNS, JOHN
Service Number 290930
Died 22/03/1918
Aged 34
"C" Coy. 7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Son of the late James and Isabel Mearns; husband of Margaret Mearns, of 6, Brae Rd. Gourdon, Montrose.
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