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War Memorial - Cortachy, Angus, Scotland


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The Hon. Patrick Julian Harry Stanley Ogilvy
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26 June 1896
09 October 1917
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1st Bn. Irish Guards
Cement House Cemetery, Langemark, Belgium
Son of the late David William Stanley,
10th Earl of Airlie (Lt. Col. XII Royal Lancers,
killed in action at Diamond Hill, Pretoria, 1900),
and of his wife, Mabell Gore, Countess of Airlie.
Born at Cortachy Castle, Kirriemuir, Scotland.
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William Whyte
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Lieutenant

abt. 1893
28 September 1918
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4th/5th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, France
Only son of Archibald and Margaret L. Whyte,
of Inverquharity, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.
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Andrew W. Bennett
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Corporal




18th Bn. Canadian Expeditionary Force

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James Dickson
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abt. 1899
25 October 1918
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1st/6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Ramillies British Cemetery, France
Son of John and Jane Steel Dickson,
of Gertrude Cottage, Cortachy, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.
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James Fearn
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abt. 1888
24 April 1917
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1st/6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Ext., Aubigny-en-Artois, France
Nephew of Mrs. A. Lamond,
of Wester Kinwhirrie, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.
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Stewart Kennedy
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Lance Corporal
240505
abt. 1898
27 September 1917
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4th/5th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of James and Grace Kennedy,
of The Knowe, Cortachy, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.
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William Leighton
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Lance Corporal
39612
abt. 1891
20 September 1917
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12th Bn. Royal Scots
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Mrs. Agnes Leighton,
of Marchburn, Clova, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.
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John H. C. Leighton
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Private
40531
abt. 1893
28 October 1918
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6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Perreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery, France
Son of David and Agnes Leighton, of Marchburn, Clova, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.
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William Low
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Gunner
120762

10 November 1917

2nd/1st (Lowland) Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boezinge, Belgium
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Charles Robbie
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Private
6309
abt. 1884
08 October 1917
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19th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
Passchendaele (Passendale) New British Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Charles and Isabella McKenzie Robbie,
of Blanche Cottage, The Clash, Cortachy, Kirriemuir, Scotland.
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John Stirton
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Private
S/21698

21 March 1918

1st/7th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France
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William Aitken Baillie
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Sergeant (Pilot)
1345039
abt. 1921
08 December 1942
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Gweru Cemetery, Zimbabwe
Son of John and Margaret Aitken Baillie.
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Alexander Laing
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First Radio Officer

abt. 1922
11 September 1941
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Merchant Navy, S. S. "Stonepool" (West Hartlepool)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Son of David and Helen Man Laing,
of Cortachy, Angus.
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