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Charles Wotherspoon

Male 1885 - 1916  (30 years)


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  • Name Charles Wotherspoon 
    Born 21 Nov 1885  Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 14 Jan 1886  Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Nov 1916  Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: WOTHERSPOON
      Initials: C
      Nationality: United Kingdom
      Rank: Private
      Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
      Unit Text: 8th Bn.
      Age: 31
      Date of Death: 13/11/1916
      Service No: 2144
      Additional information: Son of John Wotherspoon and Ann McDonald Wotherspoon, of Gigha, Argyll.
      Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
      Grave/Memorial Reference: I. K. 3.
      Cemetery: MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
    Wotherspoon headstone
    Wotherspoon headstone
    Erected by Annie Hanson in memory of her brothers
    Duncan Wotherspoon died 12th Feb 1901 aged 22 years
    Pte Charles Wotherspoon Killed in action in France 13th Nov 1916 aged 29 years
    James Wotherspoon died 13th Oct 1962 aged 78 years
    Also their nephew Peter Mack Wotherspoon died 26th Aug 1979 aged 77 years
    Buried Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 5 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    James Wotherspoon   (Great Grandfather) 
    Mary MacNeill,   b. Abt 1737, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1816, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • Born Achnaha
    Person ID I8131  Clark
    Last Modified 31 Oct 2011 

    Father John Wotherspoon,   b. 31 Dec 1835, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Anne MacDonald,   b. 28 Sep 1850, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart