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Military Information

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  • Service no: N/A
  • Rank: Lieutenant
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  • Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
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Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07.09.1888
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
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  • Mother:

    Margaret Howie Smith, Clifton, Alyth

  • Father:

    John Cleghorn, Clifton, Alyth

  • Siblings:

    Margaret, William, Ruth, Eva, Herbert, Alfred, Beatrice, Christian & Allan

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  • Age at Death: 82
  • Date of Death: 03.10.1970
  • Place of Death: Alyth
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More about John Smith Cleghorn

Fought in World War 1. In Edinburgh University Roll of honour: Dundee High School. B.Sc. 1911. A.M.I.C.E. R.E. 2nd Lieutenant Sept 1915; Lieut. June 1916. 1.2nd and 41st Highland Field Coy. (T.) Resident Engineer Turnberry Aerodrome. France. 51st Division, 1916 and 1917[1]

Possibly he applied for a patent [2]for a folding table in 1933

In Edinburgh University Roll of honour: Dundee High School. B.Sc. 1911. A.M.I.C.E. R.E. 2nd Lieutenant Sept 1915; Lieut. June 1916. 1.2nd and 41st Highland Field Coy. (T.) Resident Engineer Turnberry Aerodrome. France. 51st Division, 1916 and 1917

Information courtesy of Helen Anne Ross

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