"Mr Joseph Gibson, Annan Street, West Calder, has been officially notified that his son, Pte Joseph Gibson, of the 11th Royal Scots, has been wounded in action in France. He is now in the 23rd general Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the face. Pte Gibson went through the South African War, and re-enlisted in december 1914. When he was at home he worked as a coal miner. He is now 42 years of age."