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War Memorial
Cairn Ryan (Cairnryan), Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland


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Robert McHarrie
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Captain

abt. 1896
09 June 1918
22
5th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, France
Son of James McHarrie,
of Stranraer, Wigtownshire.
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Archibald Gifford Moir
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Lieutenant

abt. 1890
25 April 1915
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7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Mr. A. P. Moir,
of Marshill, Alloa.
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Archibald Douglas Moir
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Midshipman

abt. 1900
17 October 1917
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Mary Rose" (CWGC)
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent
Son of James Whitehead Moir (Solicitor),
of Dunmar, Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
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William Ross
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Second Lieutenant (CWGC)

abt. 1898
12 April 1918
20
9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
Son of John M. and Jessie M. Ross.
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J. L. Kirkland
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Corporal




Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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A. Bell
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Private




Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Downie
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Private
202758
abt. 1897
01 August 1918
21
13th Bn. Royal Scots

Son of William and Grace Downie,
of "Stewart Lea," 60, Midton Rd., Ayr.
Native of Cairnryan, Wigtownshire.
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W. Edmonds
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Royal Engineers

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Adam Ion
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Private
10529
abt. 1881
09 October 1917
36
2nd Bn. Scots Guards
Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Thomas Parr Ion and Jessie McGowan Ion,
of Stronord, Palnure, Newton Stewart,
husband of Agnes Ion,
of The Police Station, Cairnryan, Stranraer, Wigtownshire.
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T. Milroy
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Private
252132

30 October 1917

49th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium
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A. Neil
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Private
2425
abt. 1896
17 November 1915
19
Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal)
Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Andrew and Clementina Neil,
of 7, Bogton Avenue, Muirend, Cathcart, Glasgow.
Of Stranraer.
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Samuel Preston
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Private
SP/2186

13 November 1916

24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Thiepval Memorial, France
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George Trueman
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29068
abt. 1894
14 June 1916
22
14th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Vermelles British Cemetery, France
Son of Annie Thorburn (formerly Trueman),
of Drummuckloch, Stranraer, Wigtownshire.
Born at Port Logan, Wigtownshire.

A. Trueman
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Driver (CWGC)
831773
abt. 1896
27 August 1918
22
"A" Bty. 306th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Aire Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Mrs. Thorburn,
of Drummuddloch, Cairmyan, Stranraer.
Born at Kirkmaiden.
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W. Trueman
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Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William James Dorman
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Captain

Order of the British Empire
abt. 1900
02 September 1944
44
3rd Bn. Scots Guards
Bayeux War Cemetery, France
Son of James William and Annie Dorman,
husband of Ruby Dorman,
of Goodmayes, Essex.
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