William Watson Runciman (1889 - 1918)

Born 1889 in Holm and Paplay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 4 Nov 1918 at about age 29 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

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Name

Name: William Watson /Runciman/ ^[1][2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1889

Place: Holm, , Orkneys, Scotland^[3][4][5]

Death

Death:

Date: 04 NOV 1918

Place: Dundee, , , Scotland

Note: aged 28-29 c.o.d. Influenza - 8 days, Pleurisy - 4 days, Bronchial Pneumonia - 3 days^[6][7]

Reference

Reference: 63854

Data Changed

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Date: 25 AUG 2013

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Ancestors of Interest

Ancestors of Interest: @SUB1@

Burial

Burial:

Place: Glasgow, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: In Memory of

Corporal WILLIAM WATSON RUNCIMAN

47208, Royal Air Force

who died age 29

on 04 November 1918

Son of the Rev. Charles Runciman and Mrs. Jeannie Runciman (nee Watson). Born at Holm, Orkney.

Remembered with honour

GLASGOW (CRAIGTON) CEMETERY

Plot C 260 A^[8]

Occupation

Occupation: Corporal, RAF (Electrical Engineer)^[9][10]

Sources

• Source: S1197 Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Url: http://www.cwgc.org/ Abbreviation: C'Wealth War Graves
• Source: S1918 Title: Newspaper clippings Abbreviation: Newspaper clippings
• Source: S209 Title: 1881 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1881 SCT via Ancestry Publication: 1881 Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
• Source: S214 Title: 1901 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via http://Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1901 SCT via Ancestry Publication: 1901 Repository: #R121
• Source: S2970 Title: Statutory Registers Index: SCT, Subject: Births deaths marriages index, Location: Scotland 1855+, Film Number: http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk Abbreviation: SCT: SR Index Note: (index searches)
• Source: S3222 Title: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004) plus subsequent research by Alan RUNCIMAN, Ros RUNCIMAN, Lawrence FLETCHER, Lorna HENDERSON & many, many others, Compiler Address: UK, Australia and New Zealand Abbreviation: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004), plus subsequent research Author: Diane Middleton Jen Jelley Alan Runciman Ros Runciman Laurie Fletcher Lorna Henderson and many others Publication: Jul 2013 Note: imported on 2013/07/24 at 15:44:27.
• Source: S3225 Title: Death Registration Abbreviation: Death Registration
• Source: S3250 Title: Wills, Confirmations & Inventories Abbreviation: Wills, Confirmations & Inventories
• Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855

1. ↑ Source: #S214 Page: Holm & Paplay, OKI Reg 19 ED 3 Pg 4 Sched 21, hsehold of Jeanie RUNCIMAN, extracted Feb 2008
2. ↑ Source: #S1197 Page: Commemoration William Watson s/o Rev Charles & Jeannie (WATSON) RUNCIMAN, Craigton Cem., Glasgow, extracted Sep 2010
3. ↑ Source: #S214 Page: Holm & Paplay, OKI Reg 19 ED 3 Pg 4 Sched 21, hsehold of Jeanie RUNCIMAN, extracted Feb 2008
4. ↑ Source: #S2970 Page: Birth 1889 William Watson RUNCIMAN, reg. Holm & Paplay, OKI, 019/00 0020, extracted from index Jan 2012
5. ↑ Source: #S3222 Page: Birth 1889 William Watson s/o Charles & Jeanie (WATSON) RUNCIMAN; Pg 229
6. ↑ Source: #S3225 Page: District of St Andrew, Dundee, Angus, Scotland CONT 5 NOV 1918 Informant : Thos Douglas, orderly sergeant
7. ↑ Source: #S1197 Page: Dth 4 Nov 1918 William Watson s/o Rev Charles & Jeannie (WATSON) RUNCIMAN, Corporal Royal Air Force #47208, extracted Sep 2010
8. ↑ Source: #S1197 Page: Commemoration William Watson s/o Rev Charles & Jeannie (WATSON) RUNCIMAN, Craigton Cem., Glasgow, extracted Sep 2010
9. ↑ Source: #S3250 Page: 1919, p958
10. ↑ Source: #S3222

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Runciman-589 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.