Hawick News – James Amass

13 November 1914

Mrs. Amass of 10 Allars Crescent, Hawick received a letter advising her husband James Amass of the Cameron Highlanders has been killed in action. Sergeant Amass, a native of Suffolk had been previously stationed at Stobs Camp in 1912-1913. He leaves a wife and young son. (A photograph of Sergeant Amass can be found in ‘Hawick & District and the Great War 1914-1918’ by Derek Robertson)