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War Memorial - Port Patrick, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland


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Andrew Anderson
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Corporal (CWGC: Private)
33091
abt. 1889
10 February 1917
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7th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece
Son of Andrew and Jeanie Anderson.
Husband of Isabella M. Anderson,
of Colonel St., Port Patrick, Wigtownshire.
Native of Auchtermacain, Port Patrick.

John Anderson
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Lance Corporal
23804
abt. 1894
28 March 1918
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1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Arras Memorial, France
Son of Andrew and Jeanie Anderson,
of Auchtermacain, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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Andrew A. Cumming
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1882
06 February 1918
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4th Bn. Royal Scots
Port Patrick Cemetery, Wigtownshire, UK
Son of Andrew Cumming,
of Penvin St., Port Patrick.
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Robert Drynan
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Private
40863
abt. 1897
04 October 1917
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1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Mrs. Grace Drynan,
of 11, Hill St., Port Patrick, Wigtownshire.
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James Eccles
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Private
42097
abt. 1898
08 March 1017
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17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Eccles,
of 94, McLellan St., Plantation, Glasgow.
Native of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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William Kelly (Probably)
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Private
S/14968
abt. 1891
11 April 1917
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8th/10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Arras Memorial, France
Son of Mrs. Susan Drysdale Kelly,
of Galdenoch Mill Leswalt, Stranraer, Wigtownshire.
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James Melrose Kerr
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1891
03 September 1916
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1st/5th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Son of William and Eliza Purves Kerr,
of Kirklea, Waterbeck, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
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William McCulloch
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Petty Officer (CWGC: Chief Stoker)
284877
abt. 1874
09 March 1917
43
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Albacore"
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, UK
Son of James and Mary Heron McCulloch,
of Stoneykirk, Stranraer,
husband of Annie McCulloch (nee Wallace),
of Enoch, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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Charles McGregor
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Serjeant
4354

16 April 1915

1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
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James K. McGregor (Probably James Cecil MacGregor)
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Serjeant




N. S. W. I.

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Simon G. McGregor
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Private
65691
abt. 1889
10 February 1916
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C. Victoria Rifles (24th Bn. Canadian Infantry)
La Laitterie Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of John and Annie M. Grant MacGregor,
of Dunskey, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
Born at Ballikinrain Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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Alexander McKenzie
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Private
240805
abt. 1884
26 August 1918
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"B" Coy. 1st/5th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France
Husband of Sarah McKenzie,
of 13, Hill St., Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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Neil Shaw
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Private
74010

03 May 1918

11th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
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John Smith
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Stoker 1st Class
K/13677
abt. 1891
22 September 1914
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Cressy"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
Son of James and Minnie Ann Smith,
of 8, Hill St., Port Patrick, Wigtownshire.
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John Smith
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Private
12253
abt. 1895
22 October 1915
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9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Mrs. Violet McGury (formerly Smith),
of 9, Hill St., Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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John Smith
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Private
62601
abt. 1901
28 May 1919
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3rd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Glasgow Western Necropolis, Glasgow, UK
Son of John and Mary Smith,
of 6, Hill St., Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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Gilbert Thomson
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Private




Canadians

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James Wither Tully
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Private
12382
abt. 1895
27 March 1916
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1st Bn. Scots Guards
Potijze Chateau Wood Cemetery, Belgium
Son of William and Agnes Jane Tully,
of Colfin, Stranraer.
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Robert Alexander
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Private
T/131633
abt. 1906
07 June 1940
34
Royal Army Service Corps
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Alexander,
of Glasgow,
husband of Jane Alexander,
of Glasgow.
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Denys Finlay Balsdon
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Wing Commander (Pilot)
34065
abt. 1913
18 December 1941
28
Royal Air Force (RAFO)
Port Patrick Cemetery, Wigtownshire, UK
Son of Percy Robert Balsdon and of Mabel Olive Balsdon (nee Finlay),
husband of Phyllis Mary Balsdon (nee Adair),
of Portpatrick.
Service and International Hockey Player.
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Richard Boyle
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Major
64612
Military Cross

24 March 1945

1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
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John Edward Connor
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Chief Petty Officer
C/J 60924
abt. 1902
25 February 1944
42
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Primrose"
Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK
Son of John Retford Connor and Annie Connor,
of Walworth, London.
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Francis Gerard Goudy
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Lance Corporal
1881687
abt. 1912
17 June 1940
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663 Artisan Works Coy. Royal Engineers
Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery, France
Son of Patrick and Agnes Goudy,
of Edinburgh.
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Charles Kilpatrick
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Chief Engineer Officer

abt. 1904
04 March 1943
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Merchant Navy, M. V. "California Star" (London)

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C. Milroy
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Lieutenant




RHR

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Hugh Muir
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Rigger's Mate
R/JX 219480
abt. 1905
22 August 1941
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Tonbridge"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
Son of Thomas and Jessie Muir,
of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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Alexander McCracken
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Stoker
LT/KX 112278
abt. 1920
03 March 1945
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Royal Navy Patrol Service, H. M. S. "Southern Flower"
Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk, UK
Son of Alexander and Elizabeth McCracken,
of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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Alfred McKenzie (Probably)
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Leading Steward
D/LX 26907
abt. 1915
29 January 1943
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Avonvale"
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK
Son of John and Sa Mh McKenzie,
of Garston, Lancashire.
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L. Robson
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Major




Royal Artillery

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