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Name: James Lennox Torrance Number: 92744 Regiment: Royal Field Artillery. Rank: Driver. Born: 30 August 1895 Kilnside Road, Paisley. Died: 29 October 1918 of Influenza/Pneumonia      Age 23 Buried: St. Pol British Cemetery, France. Son of Gavin and Jeanie L. Torrance, 'Dalblair', 24 Whitehill Avenue, Stepps. 1901 Census: 17 Union Avenue, Ayr. 1911 Census: 'Dalblair', 24 Whitehill Avenue, Stepps. CWGC site:   Yes. SNWM site:   Yes. Kirkintilloch Herald mention 6 November 1918. Commemorated on family stone, Riddrie Cemetery, Glasgow. James Torrance had been a bank clerk with the National Bank of Scotland, St. Rollox office and is commemorated on the Bank War Memorial now re-erected in the Royal Bank headquarters in Gogarburn, Edinburgh.