David McCreath born 30 September 1892, Johnstone.
Private David McCreath (141038) served with the 36th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) He died on 21 March 1918, Somme , France. he is remembered at the Pozieres Memorial (Panel 80 to 93):
Son of Jane Thomson McCreath, of “Bonnyhill”, 31, William St., Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and the late William McCreath.
The Pozieres Memorial relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918.
The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918. The Corps and Regiments most largely represented are The Rifle Brigade with over 600 names, The Durham Light Infantry with approximately 600 names, the Machine Gun Corps with over 500, The Manchester Regiment with approximately 500 and The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery with over 400 names.
