Second Lieutenant John Halliday

Second Lieutenant John Halliday, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action in France on 8th May 1918 during the German Spring Offensives aged 26. He had been born in Ednam, Roxburghshire and was the son of John and Catherine Halliday of Eccles Mains and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, France.  He had been employed as a roadman at Eccles when he enlisted as a Private in the 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was wounded twice in 1915 and on recovery he was posted to the 1st/6th Argylls as a Lance Corporal. He was commissioned into the Yorkshire Regiment in January 1918.  The photos show troops in defensive positions.