On This Day...

1st September 1886 - William Lambie, son of Robert Reid Lambie and Mary Best, is born in Duntocher, Dumbartonshire.

1st September 1889 - Claude Lambie scores 2 goals for Burnley in a 3-2 home win against Darwen.

1st September 1896 - Patrick Boylan signs for Woolwich Arsenal FC. Plays that afternoon against Rossendale FC in a friendly match, winning 4-0 at Plumstead.

1st September 1917 - John Weir scores in a 5-0 Third Lanark win over Queens Park at Cathkin Park in front of a crowd of 10,000.

2nd September 1892 - Claude Lambie plays well in an 0-8 loss to Royal Arsenal for the Highland Light Infantry in a friendly match at Plumstead.

2nd September 1900 - Annie Lambie, daughter of Claude and Jane Ferguson is born in Bothwell.

2nd September 1912 - John McTavish signs on for the West Riding Police.

2nd September 1914 - Claude 'The Leap' Lambie signs on for the Highland Light Infantry again, aged 44 years.

2nd September 1934 - John James Boylan dies at 2 McDougall Street, Greenock, aged 65 years.

2nd September 1979 - Alexander Claude Lambie, son of Alexander Docherty Lambie and Mary McClements Cavanagh, is born in Larkhall.

3rd September 1898 - Dugald McGregor, son of John and Flora Morrison, dies in Kildatton aged 62.

3rd September 1951 - James Rooney, son of James and Kathleen McGourty, marries Margaret (Peggy) Curtis in Ireland.

4th September 1863 - John Lammie, son of Alexander and Janet Scott, marries Elizabeth Ingram in Glassford.

5th September 1896 - Patrick Boylan makes his first team debut for Woolwich Arsenal at Hyde Road in a 1-1 draw against Manchester City.

5th September 1905 - Thomas Kinloch Lambie, son of William and Mary Kinloch, is born in Calton, Glasgow.

5th September 1998 - Claude Alexander Lambie, son of Alexander and Sarah Kinsella, dies in Vancouver, Canada.

6th September 1878 - Jessie McSymon Lambie, daughter of John and Jessie Davidson, is born in Stirling.

6th September 1885 - Robert Lambie, son of John and Elizabeth Ingram, marries Mary Lloyd in Liverpool.

6th September 1890 - Claude 'The Leap' Lambie scores for Burnley against Accrington Stanley in a 1-1 away match in front of a crowd of 8000.

6th September 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Le Havre in Lancaster ME801 with his new crew, captained by MacDonald. (Pictured above, Jack is second from right,front row)