Roll of Honour
Private
John Stewart Nisbet
Student
John Stewart Nisbet was born on the 23rd June 1895 at Fern Tree Cottage, Denny, Stirlingshire, the second son of Provost Christopher Allan Nisbet, a Grocer, and Catherine Nisbet (née Stewart), who had married on the 16th December 1885 in Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. The family were living at Lynemore in Denny and later at 110 Glasgow Road, also in Denny.
John was educated at Denny Public and Stirling High School before studying at Glasgow University, matriculating in 1914-1915, taking Zoology and Chemistry classes. He joined the Scottish Horse Field Ambulance stationed in England in July 1915 and was on hospital duty for some time.
Nisbet sailed for German East Africa around May 1917 and contracted dysentery during the voyage and died on the 17th July 1917. He is buried in the Dar Es Salaam war cemetery in Tanzania. He was 22.
Private John Stewart Nisbet is commemorated on the Denny Cemetery Memorial, Denny Town Memorial, Stirling Civic Memorial, Broompark Church Memorial (housed in Denny Westpark Church), Family Gravestone in Denny Cemetery, and the Denny and Dunipace (Published) Roll of Honour.
Comments and Citations
University of Glasgow Faculty and Registry records.
Biography: Information contributed by Anne Anderson.
Photograph: University of Glasgow Roll of Honour Records (GUAS Ref: CH 4/4/2/2/208).
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