John Fleming | Service Record


SurnameFleming
First Name(s)John
Place of BirthSlamannan
Club(s)Newcastle United
Rangers
St. Bernard's
Tottenham Hotspur
ServiceBritish Army
RankLance Corporal (Appointment not Rank
Service NumberS/21856
Previous Service Number(s)-
Regiment or CorpsQueen'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 PhotographView
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.