Sources for Thomas C. Semple:

1. Web site: Kirkintilloch War Memorial, THOMAS C. SEMPLE - 2977 Private1\9th Battalion A.&.S.H.BORN: About 1896ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.FATHER: Mr. William Semple, St. Andrew's Place, 102 Townhead, Kirkintilloch.Killed in action 24th May 1915 - France.COMMEMORATED - Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.Panel 42 and 44.Kirkintilloch Herald 23rd June 1915MISSING MENPrivate Thomas Semple, 2\9th A.&.S.H., who resided at St. Andrews Place, Townhead, also appears to be missing, nothing having been heard of him for a monthKirkintilloch Herald 10th May 1916Pte. Thos. Semple, 2\9th A.&.S. H., belonging to Townhead, has been reported missing since 24th May of last year, when so many Kirkintilloch men sustained casualties. Nothing has been heard of him since, and now his parents have received the official notice that his death is to be presumed. Pte. Semple came from a military family. His grandfather fought through the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, while his father was for seven years in the Cameron Highlanders. He himself was working as a miner at Auchenreoch when he enlisted two months after the outbreak of war. He went over to France with a draft in February of last year.NoteArmy records has Battalion as 1\9th