Surname | Fleming | |||
First Name(s) | John | |||
Place of Birth | Slamannan | |||
Club(s) | Newcastle United Rangers St. Bernard's Tottenham Hotspur | |||
Service | British Army | |||
Rank | Lance Corporal (Appointment not Rank | |||
Service Number | S/21856 | |||
Previous Service Number(s) | - | |||
Regiment or Corps | Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | |||
Unit(s) | 8th (Reserve) Battalion | |||
Previous Regiment(s) or Corps | - | |||
Unit(s) | - | |||
Type of Casualty (If applicable) | Died* | |||
Theatre of War (If applicable) | Home | |||
Date of Death (If applicable) | 21/03/1916 | |||
Place of Death (If applicable) | Home | |||
Place of Burial/Commemoration (If applicable) | Inveresk Parish Churchyard | |||
Grave/Memorial Reference (If applicable) | B. 784. | |||
Grave Photograph | View | |||
Awards and Decorations | - | |||
Citation(s) | - | |||
Supplementary Notes | *Found with his throat cut at Richmond Camp, Yorkshire. Coroner’s inquest at Hipswell Camp recorded a verdict of “committed suicide whilst temporarily insane.” Some reports record Fleming died of pneumonia. |