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War Memorial - Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland


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Charles William Duggan
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Major

abt. 1867
10 October 1918
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Royal Army Medical Corps
Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire
Son of Maj. William Nelson Duggan, M.D. (Army Medical Service),
husband of Crystal Duggan,
of Rosemount, Dunmow Hill, Fleet, Hants.
Served in the Sofa Expedition, 1893-4 (Sierra Leone, West-Africa).
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Eric Frank Penn
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Captain

abt. 1882
18 October 1915
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4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
Vermelles British Cemetery, France
Son of William and Constance Penn,
of London,
husband of Gladys Penn,
of Baldslow Place, Baldslow, Sussex.
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John Paterson
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Serjeant
18429

30 September 1918

6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Ledeghem Military Cemetery, Belgium
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James Hope
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Corporal (CWGC: Lance Corporal)
127290
abt. 1889
29 July 1918
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26th Area Det. Second Army Signals Royal Engineers
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France
Son of James and Jean Hope,
of Elvanbank, Elvanfoot, Lanarkshire,
husband of Mrs. L. H. Hope,
of 1, Steel St., Gourock, Renfrewshire.
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John Young Brown
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Lance Corporal
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abt. 1895
26 September 1915
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"C" Coy. 6th Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Loos British Cemetery, France
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown,
of Heathdale, Elvanfoot, Lanarkshire.
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Robert Fairbairn (Probably)
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Private
420509

04 September 1916

8th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Albert Communal Cemetery, France
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James Murray (Probably)
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Private (CWGC: Gunner)
75734
abt. 1885
11 May 1918
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132nd Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France
Eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Murray,
of Aberlady, East Lothian.
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George Bertram
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Trooper
1870
abt. 1898
03 May 1917
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Household Battalion
Arras Memorial, France
Son of William and Jane Bertram,
of Smithwood, Elvanfoot, Abington, Lanarkshire.
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John L. Thomson
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Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Gibson (Probably)
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Private
2531
abt. 1895
02 January 1917
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1st/5th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Belfast City Cemetery, Antrim, UK
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William Percival
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Private
12475
abt. 1896
25 September 1915
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6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Loos Memorial, France
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Percival,
of 4, Bousfield's Lane, Lowther St., Carlisle.
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David Fairbairn
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Private
305325

20 July 1916

8th Bn Highland Light Infantry
attd. 5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Thiepval Memorial, France
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James Robb
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Private
S/10462
abt. 1889
20 July 1918
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1st/6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
La Neuville-aux-Larris Military Cemetery, France
Son of Thomas and Annie Robb,
of The Croft, Crawford, Lanarkshire.

Thomas Robb
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Private
20175
abt. 1891
05 October 1917
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14th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, France
Son of Thomas Robb and Annie Watson Robb,
of The Croft, Crawford, Lanarkshire.
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Thomas Kirk
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Private
S/3190
abt. 1892
25 September 1915
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2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Loos Memorial, France
Adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk,
of March House, Abington, Lanarkshire.
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John Ketchen
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Trooper (CWGC: Private)
831
abt. 1894
19 November 1915
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Lanarkshire Yeomanry
Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of David and Annie Ketchen,
of 14, Strawberry Bank, Linlithgow.
Of Broughton, Peeblesshire.
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Robert Gilchrist
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Flying Officer (Pilot)
175574
abt. 1922
05 December 1944
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143 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Elvanfoot Churchyard, Lanarkshire
Son of James Gilchrist and of Jean Hunter Gilchrist (nee Thomson),
of Crawford.
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Duncan Alistair MacArthur
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Flying Officer
122354
abt. 1915
20 November 1942
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202 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Malta Memorial, Malta
Son of J. C. C. and Bessie J. B. MacArthur,
of Elvanfoot, Lanarkshire.

John Bisset MacArthur
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Aircraftman 2nd Class
969846
abt. 1918
02 June 1940
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Royal Air Force
Elvanfoot Churchyard
Son of James Colin Campbell MacArthur and of Bessie Jane Bird MacArthur (nee Bisset),
of Elvanfoot.
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Sidney Hallas Newbigging
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Sergeant (Pilot)
700221

11 December 1939

Royal Air Force
Glasgow Crematorium, Scotland
Son of Thomas Duncan Newbigging and Alice Mary Newbigging,
husband of Alice Lindsay Newbigging,
of Hessle, Yorkshire.
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Alexander Robb
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Trooper
7931701
abt. 1918
28 October 1942
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46th (The Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment, R. A. C.
Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Son of Grace Robb,
and stepson of Thomas Watson,
of Crawford, Lanarkshire.
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David Smith
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Private
3318798
abt. 1918
31 July 1944
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6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Florence War Cemetery, Italy
Son of John and Janet Smith,
of Crawford, Lanarkshire.
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