(Born as John Mitchell Findlay)
| Rank | Lance Corporal, 9th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
| Service Number | S/11185 |
| Born | 19 March 1890 at Partick, Glasgow |
| Parents | David Gordon Findlay, (House Factor, Coal Merchant and Insurance Agent) and Agnes, m.s. Quinney. Father died when John was 3 and mother re-married, William Dow, (step-father, mason and sett maker). They lived at Battery Road, North Queensferry. John seems to have thereafter always used surname Dow. |
| Date of death | 29 April 1916 (Aged 26) |
| Grave | I.B.7, St Mary’s A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Other Memorials | Inverkeithing Memorial. North Berwick War Memorial. Abbey Church War Memorial, North Berwick. Edinburgh University Roll of Honour. Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle) |
Attended Dunfermline High School and Edinburgh University, Faculty of Arts 1908-11 and graduated MA in 1911.
Became a Teacher in North Berwick School, East Lothian. Enlisted 1915.
Census 1911 at Battery Road, J. Mitchell Dow (21) born Partick, Teacher Student, son of William (42) born North Queensferry, Mason, Sett maker, and Agnes (52) born Glasgow.
Killed in Action.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Scottish War Memorials Project
Edinburgh University Roll of Honour
Census 1911
National Archives. Medal Card
Scottish National Archives. Birth Certificate. Marriage Certificate for re-marriage of widowed mother.
Soldiers Died in Great War
Alex Morris
Here dead we lie, Because we did not choose
To live and shame the land, From which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, Is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is, And we were young.
[Here Dead We Lie, A.E. Housman]
When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Your Tomorrow,
We gave our Today
[Kohima, attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds]
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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