The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Glasgow, - University
War Memorial Chapel

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The First World War Memorial in the University of Glasgow War Memorial Chapel
(Photo courtesy of The University of Glasgow photographic Unit)

4506 members of the University of Glasgow community served in the First World War. The names of 755 men and women who fell are recorded on tablets at the east end of the War Memorial Chapel. A further 432 who died in the Second World War are commemorated on a separate set of tablets.

Amongst those commemorated are

Captain John Alexander Harper, MC. Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alex. R. Harper and Agnes Harper, of 8, Oughton Terrace, Ibrox, Glasgow. Killed 14 February 1917. Aged 28.
Buried GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES.

A biography of Captain Harper, including a description of his death in action, is presented on the web page for the University of Glasgow Story.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Wood Rutherford. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Sir Robert Rutherford and Lady Rutherford, of "Fairholme," The Millway, Reigate, Surrey. KIlled 22 August 1915. Aged 31.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

A biography of Lieutenant Rutherford, including his photo and a description of his death in action, is presented on the web page for the University of Glasgow Story.

The University of Glasgow War Memorial Chapel
Photo : Scotland's Churches Trust

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