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| Francis Pirie |
I.G.S 1895.2 CLASPS:-Tirah 1897/8 & Punjab Frontier 1897/8, QSA;Clasps;-Elandslaagte, Defence of
Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek and Belfast and KSA usual clasps to 5261 Pte. F. Pirie, Gordon Highlanders.
Private Pirie was born in the parish of St. Nicholas in Aberdeen in December 1876. He enlisted On December 11th, 1894 and was
described at the time as being 5’ 3 ½” and weighing 119 lbs.
The 1881 census finds him living at Duncan’s Court in Aberdeen with his widowed mother and 4 brothers ages 13,8,3 and 1,
He married Jane Slaven on Feb 24th, 1896 at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Glasgow and had two daughters and a son. (Ellen,
Elizabeth and Francis) In 1911, he joined the HLI and served in the early part of the Great War earning a 1914 trio.
Between attesting for the Gordons and later the HLI, he switched religions from Presbyterian to Catholic (presumably to marry
Jane) and lost a couple of tattoos.
PROVENANCE:Spink October, 1999 (anniversary auction)
Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek and Belfast and KSA usual clasps to 5261 Pte. F. Pirie, Gordon Highlanders.
Private Pirie was born in the parish of St. Nicholas in Aberdeen in December 1876. He enlisted On December 11th, 1894 and was
described at the time as being 5’ 3 ½” and weighing 119 lbs.
The 1881 census finds him living at Duncan’s Court in Aberdeen with his widowed mother and 4 brothers ages 13,8,3 and 1,
He married Jane Slaven on Feb 24th, 1896 at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Glasgow and had two daughters and a son. (Ellen,
Elizabeth and Francis) In 1911, he joined the HLI and served in the early part of the Great War earning a 1914 trio.
Between attesting for the Gordons and later the HLI, he switched religions from Presbyterian to Catholic (presumably to marry
Jane) and lost a couple of tattoos.
PROVENANCE:Spink October, 1999 (anniversary auction)
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