1878 Mar 7 Born Midlothian
1881 at 32 Market 32 Street, Inveresk. His father is a Plasterer
1891 census with his parents at Inveresk, Musselburgh
1899 Dec 15 Enlisted in RE # 4086
1900 Apr 6. Listed as a RE deserter
1901 census at Miller St, Clydebank. at Trades Hotel and Model Lodging House. He is a Blacksmith
1920 Nov 10. Joined with RIC no 75373 & ADRIC no 180/194. ex-Soldier & Miner
1921 Jan 21 Permitted to resign
Not this man
1895 Nov 5 Enlists in A & S Highlanders. Indicates born Edinburgh May 1897. Father John Selkirk, Cathcart, Renfrew
1903 May 15 Transfers to reserve
1904 Mar 22 Re-enlists in RGA Militia. He was 30 and had already served 12 years in A&S Highlanders. He was born at Orminston, Trament, Edinburgh. He was living at Loghgelly, Fife and was a Miner. NOK was mother Isabella. Brothers Robert, George & William