1961 Corporal Ian Donald MacLaren
'A' Company
6th(Perthshire)Battalion(Territorial)
The Black Watch(Royal Highlanders)
13th November 1916
Born at 12.20pm on 09/09/1894 at Rockhill, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. His parents were John MacLaren (16/03/1861-03/02/1939) and Jean Laird Colquhoun (1857-10/07/1935). They were married on 01/06/1887.
Ian had a brother Malcolm Colquhoun (20/09/1891-23/10/1918) and 2 sisters, Jean Lorimer (1888-23/05/1973) and Magdalen Flora Leslie
(10/10/1896-26/11/1995).
In the 1901(Scottish) census, the family were recorded as living at Cluny Villa, Tayside Road, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. John was working as a bookseller and stationer.
The 1911(Scottish census, recorded the family still living at the same address and John in the same employment. It also showed that Ian was now working as a factors clerk.
Ian enlisted in Aberfeldy and was sent to France on 02/05/1915. He was killed in action on 13/11/1916.
The Scotsman – Thursday, November 23, 1916
Deaths
MacLaren - Killed in action on 13th inst. Ian D. MacLaren, Black Watch, beloved son of Mr and Mrs John MacLaren, Westcroft, Aberfeldy
The Scotsman – Tuesday, November 13, 1917
In Memoriam
In ever-loving memory of our beloved son and brother, Corporal Ian D. Maclaren, Black Watch, who fell in action at Beaumont Hamel, 13th November 1916. – Westcroft, Aberfeldy.
He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the 1914-1918 British War and Allied Victory medals.
His brother also served in ww1, enlisting as a Private in the Royal Fusiliers before rising through the ranks to become a
Captain in the Leicestershire Regiment.
He was awarded a Military Cross that he earnt at the Masnieres - Beaurevoi line, west of Walincourt between 7th & 8th of October 1918.
Perthshire Advertiser - Wednesday 06 November 1918
Aberfeldy Officer killed in action.
Captain M.C. Maclaren, Leicestershire Regiment, elder son of Mr & Mrs John Maclaren, West Croft, Aberfeldy was killed in action on October 23rd. He enlisted in August 1914, in the Royal Fusiliers, went to France in July 1915 and was for some time Q.M.S.
He obtained a commission in the Leicestershire Regiment in October 1916 and was wounded (shrapnel wound in the ankle)
in May 1917. Shortly afterwards he returned to France and was promoted acting Adjutant to his battalion.
Captain Maclaren was educated in Breadalbane Academy Aberfeldy and after serving an apprenticeship in the Bank of Scotland Aberfeldy, received an appointment on the staff of the National Bank of India, London.
His only brother Corporal Ian D. Maclaren, Black Watch, was killed at Beaumont Hamel in November 1916.
He is buried in Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extension Plot B.37, Neuvilly, Department du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.