EARLY, John ^{1 3 4}

   Another name for John was AIRLY, John.⁵

  General Notes:

"John ... married a Margaret Connolly of Hamilton and moved to Lochore, Fife around about 1st World War with the mines as a lot of Lanarkshire people did at this time. He was a tunneler in the Royal Engineers during the Battle of the Somme."

from a Facebook entry by John's great grandson Gary Early

"Name:John Early
Regiment or Corps:The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), Royal Engineers
Regimental Number:18443, 151383"

from British Army WWI Medal Rolls ^{4 6}

John married Margaret CONNELLY, daughter of Michael CONNELLY and Mary BANNAN, on 15 July 1904 in Cambusland or Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Margaret CONNELLY was born about 1885.)