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War Memorial - Balfron, Stirling, Scotland


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Hugh Fleming Adam
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Serjeant
17377

15 September 1916

10th/11th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Thiepval Memorial, France
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George Battison
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Royal Engineers

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Peter Battison
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Private
276555

09 April 1917

7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Roclincourt Valley Cemetery, France
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Tom Battison
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Corporal
S/9796

23 April 1917

8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Guemappe British Cemetery, Wancourt, France

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Frank Craig
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Lance Corporal
6968
abt. 1886
10 July 1917
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13th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Alexander and Marion Guthrie Craig,
husband of Maggie E. Craig,
of 8, Stanley St., Kogarah, New South Wales.
Native of Glasgow, Scotland.

Guthrie Craig
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Private
637
abt. 1889
01 May 1915
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4th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Alexander and Marion Guthrie Craig.
Native of Glasgow, Scotland.
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James Edmond
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Second Lieutenan


20 August 1917

6th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
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Andrew Fairweather
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Private
276605
abt. 1893
15 May 1917
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1st/8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France
Son of James and Catherine Fairweather,
of Buchanan St., Balfron, Stirlingshire,
husband of Elizabeth Stevenson Fairweather,
of Boquhan, Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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James Tait Fyfe
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Lance Corporal
3004

16 November 1916

1st/7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Thiepval Memorial, France
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David Horne
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders


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John Aitken Horne (Probably)
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Private
2310
abt. 1889
13 November 1916
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8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, France
Son of Daniel and Jane Horne,
of 60, Commissioner St., Crieff, Perthshire.
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Robert Horne
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Lieutenant
13051
abt. 1894
29 July 1918
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9th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
attd. 5th/4th King's African Rifles
Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania
Son of Thomas L. and Janet R. Horne,
of Glenaine, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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Duncan MacDonald (Probably)
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Private
M2/188095
abt. 1883
30 September 1917
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621st M. T. Coy. Army Service Corps
Annat New Burial Ground, Highland, Scotland
Husband of Isabella H. MacDonald,
of 24, Leyden St., Maryhill, Glasgow
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Finlay Mackinnon
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Royal Air Force


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Peter McCallum
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Canadians

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Hugh McCallum
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Corporal
S/43601
abt. 1894
26 October 1917
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2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCallum,
of Drumtian Cottage, Balfron Station, Stirlingshire.
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James Downes McGill
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Sapper
170724
abt. 1880
05 July 1917
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Training Centre (Newark), Royal Engineers
Exeter Higher Cemetery, Devon, England
Husband of Louisa S. M. Keech (formerly McGill),
of 1, Coast Guard Station, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
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John McLaggan
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Private
28816
abt. 1885
29 November 1918
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6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France
Son of John and Margaret McLaggan,
of Hillhead, Balfron, Stirlingshire.
Native of Aberfoyle, Perthshire.

William McLaggan
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Driver
T4/087877
abt. 1888
16 February 1919
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2nd Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France
Son of John and Margaret Graham McLaggan,
of Stirlingshire.
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John McLaren
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Lance Corporal
202379
abt. 1893
05 June 1917
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5th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Son of Duncan and Margaret McLaren,
of Ettrick Cottage, Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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John McLean
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William McLean
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Archibald Montgomery
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Private
325134
abt. 1891
18 November 1917
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2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of William and Jessie Montgomery,
of 44, Crown Avenue, Clydebank, Glasgow.

William Montgomery
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Lance Corporal
10037
abt. 1893
20 March 1915
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1st Bn. Scots Guards
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France
Son of William and Jessie Montgomery,
of 44, Crown Avenue, Clydebank, Glasgow.
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Alexander Douglas Morrison
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Corporal
S/13683
abt. 1888
25 September 1915
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1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Loos Memorial, France
Son of Robert and Jane Morrison,
of 35, Jamaica St., Edinburgh.
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William Paterson
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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James Shaw
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Private
3/7698
abt. 1871
21 March 1918
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2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, France
Son of Robert and Christina Shaw,
of Hillhead, Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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Alexander Stewart (Probably)
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Serjeant
S/11107

24 November 1917

14th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France
Husband of Flora Stewart,
of 84, Lumsden St., Overnewton, Glasgow.
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Robert Stewart
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Private
54841
abt. 1895
01 November 1918
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11th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps
Preseau Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Robert and Christina Stewart,
of Buchanan St., Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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William Stewart
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Lance Serjeant
276612

23 April 1917

7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, France
Son of Mr. W. Stewart,
of Hillhead, Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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Robert F. Taylor
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Royal Army Service Corps

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Alexander Walker
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Highland Light Infantry

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Alexander Walker Hay
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Private
14595640
abt. 1909
12 May 1944
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1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Cassino Memorial, Italy
Son of Peter and Mary Hay,
husband of Hannah Hay,
of Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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Samuel Gilliland
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Sergeant (Pilot)
1551639
abt. 1921
27 August 1943
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Balfron Churchyard, Sterling, Scotland
Son of Samuel and Jeanie Bell Gilliland,
of Balfron.
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Robert Gourlay
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Third Radio Officer

abt. 1925
05 May 1943
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Merchant Navy, S. S. "Lorient" (Cardiff)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, London
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Charles McFarlane
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S. A. S.

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David Miller
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Gunner
1494970
abt. 1918
30 July 1944
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79 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) H. A. A. Regt. Royal Artillery
Bari War Cemetery, Italy
Son of William and Jean Miller,
of Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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