Lt. Col. William W. Drysdale, DSO
1876 - 1916 (39 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Lt. Col. William W. Drysdale, DSO was born on 4 Nov 1876 in North Pitteadie House, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland (son of William Drysdale and Georgina Begbie); died on 29 Sep 1916 in Longueval, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France. William married Mary Louisa Muir Mackenzie on 19 Jan 1904. Mary (daughter of Sir John William Pitt Muir Mackenzie and Fanny Louisa Johnstone) was born in 1878 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland; died on 11 Oct 1946 in Port Appin, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; was buried in Portnacroish Episcopal Churchyard, Portnacroish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- William Ronald Drysdale was born on 5 Nov 1904; and died.
- John Alexander Drysdale was born on 15 Nov 1908; and died.
- Wing Cmdr James Kenneth Montague Drysdale, RAF was born on 29 Dec 1909 in Farnham, North Dorset District, Dorset, England; died on 15 Sep 1941 in Le Havre, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Sainte Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
2. William Drysdale was born in 1838 in Scotland (son of John (of Kilrie) Drysdale and Mary Carstairs); died in 1902. William married Georgina Begbie in 1868. Georgina was born about 1838; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Georgina Begbie was born about 1838; and died. Children:
- John Drysdale was born on 15 Mar 1869; and died.
- Agnes Begbie Drysdale was born on 18 Sep 1871; and died.
- James Cunison Drysdale was born on 31 Jan 1875; and died.
- 1. Lt. Col. William W. Drysdale, DSO was born on 4 Nov 1876 in North Pitteadie House, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland; died on 29 Sep 1916 in Longueval, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France.
Generation: 3
4. John (of Kilrie) Drysdale was born before 1854; and died. John + Mary Carstairs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary Carstairs Children:
- 2. William Drysdale was born in 1838 in Scotland; died in 1902.
- John Drysdale was born in 1847; died on 12 May 1928 in Scottish Private Hospital, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
- George Russell Drysdale was born about 1854 in Scotland; died on 5 Aug 1909 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.