William Towers 1918 obituary
obituary
TOWERS, William Private S/14913 ~ 2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Born Rockfield Cottage, Potterhill, Paisley, eldest son of Thomas Peacock (writer of 16 Moss Street) & Margaret Galbraith Towers resident of Wallacelea, Glenpatrick Road, Elderslie. Educated John Neilson Institition & member of Victoria Place Baptist Church. Formerly a law apprentice with Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, Writers, Glasgow. Enlisted at Glasgow with A.&S.H., November 1915 serving with Signaliers Headquarters. Killed 17th April 1918 aged 22 ~ Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
The cited information was sourced from Book published by Renfrewshire Family History Society in 2016 ISBN 978-0-9539599-2-1 (Ref: p. 275) The author/originator was James Meikle Smith. This citation is considered to be direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.- Source/Citation References (3)
- Parent Source: Paisley's Fallen in the War 1914-1918
- Individual: William Towers
- Occupation: law apprentice William Towers