These pages will grow to include details of the men who are mentioned on the war memorial

'Mrs McCormack, Forth Street, has received a letter from the chaplain stating that her husband, Pte J McCormack, of the 13th Royal Scots, has been killed in action. He enlisted in the Irish Guards shortly after the outbreak of war, but owing to weak eyesight he was discharged. He was determined to do his bit however, and re-enlisted in the Royal Scots. Pte McCormack was only 25 years of age, and leaves a widow and three children for whom sympathy will be felt.'

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Thiepval Memorial on the Somme

Private James McCormack 29776
13th Bn Royal Scots
Died on Sunday 18th August 1916

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

James McCormack's name is recorded on Pier and Face 6D and 7D of the Thiepval Memorial. The memorial can be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929)

Note : James McCormack's wife took a job as a porter at the West Calder railway station in order to support their three children after her husband died. She was killed by an Edinburgh express train in 1918 whilst at work