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War Memorial - Craigie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland


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John Eric Findlay-Hamilton
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Lieutenant

25 December 1895, Carmunnock, Lanarkshire
16 June 1915, Richebourg-l'Avoue, France
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3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Le Touret Memorial, France
Son of George Douglas Findlay Hamilton and
Georgiana Julia Hamilton Campbell,
of Carnell, Hurlford, Ayrshire.
1901 Scotland Census about John Eric Findlay-Hamilton and family
Residence: Glenlora, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire; Registration district: Lochwinnoch;
County: Renfrewshire
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George D. Findlay
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40
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East India Merchant
Shettleston, Lanarkshire
Georgina J. Findlay
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36
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England
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John E. Findlay
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5
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Carmunnock, Lanarkshire
Mary S. Findlay
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3
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Carmunnock, Lanarkshire

Mentioned as visitor is Margaret I. B. Wallace (27).
Servants were Catherine Sutherland (53), Mary MacDougall (35),
Elizer Frazer (27), Emily Staggord (19), Dolina MacDougall (19),
Agnes M. Angus (23, Isabella Ferguson (26).

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Nigel Kennedy
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abt. 1888
25 October 1914
26
2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Younger son of Jessie Kennedy,
of Daneswood, Ascot, Berks,
and the late John Kennedy,
of Underwood, Ayrshire.
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Matthew Lamont
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Gunner
227756
abt. 1899
30 May 1918
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"C" Bty. 79th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Englebelmer Communal Cemetery, France
Son of John and Isabella Lamont,
of Low Wardnook, Monkton, Ayrshire.
Native of Craigie, Ayrshire.
1901 Scotland Census about Matthew Lamont and family
Residence: Wardneuk, Craigie, Ayrshire; Registration district: Craigie; County: Ayrshire
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Matthew Lamont
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Farmer
Craigie, Ayrshire
Agnes Lamont
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Craigie, Ayrshire
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Martha Lamont
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Farmer's Daughter
Craigie, Ayrshire
Minnie Lamont
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Scholar
Craigie, Ayrshire
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Mathew Lamont
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Edinburgh
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Hugh Smith Gordon
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Private (CWGC: Rifleman)
4842
abt. 1895
15 September 1916
21
18th Bn. London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
London Cemetery and Extension, France
Son of Elizabeth Gordon, nee Dick Smith
of Waterside, Fenwick, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
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Hugh Paton
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Private
41067
abt. 1898
28 March 1918
20
1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Arras Memorial, France
Son of Alexander and Sarah Paton,
of Craigie, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

John Alexander Paton
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41043
abt. 1891
28 March 1918
27
1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Arras Memorial, France
Son of Alexander and Sarah Paton,
of Craigie, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
1901 Scotland Census about John Alexander, Hugh Paton and family
Residence: Craigie Village, Ayrshire; Registration district: Craigie; County: Ayrshire
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Alexander Paton
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Shoemaker
Craigie, Ayrshire
Sarah Paton
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Shoemaker's Wife
Inch, Wigtonshire
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John A. Paton
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Scholar
Craigie, Ayrshire
James Paton
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Scholar
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
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Hugh Paton
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Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
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James Williamson
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Corporal
3135514
abt. 1916
25 June 1944
28
11th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel, France
Son of Thomas and Annie Williamson,
of Hurlford, Ayrshire.
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James Lamont
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Trooper
1237
abt. 1906
14 March 1942
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Div. Cavalry Regt. New Zealand Armoured Corps
and Long Range Desert Group
Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Son of John Lamont and of Isabella Lamont (nee Graham),
of Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland.
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