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War Memorial - Strachan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland


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Charles Young Bell
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3798
abt. 1895
20 February 1916
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1st/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France
Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Bell,
of Old Lodge, Glendye, Strachan, Banchory.

George Bell
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Private
710
abt. 1888
06 April 1915
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2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Merville Communal Cemetery, France
Son of D. and Margret Bell,
of Old Lodge, Glendye, Strachan, Banchory, Kincardineshire.
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Arthur Burnett
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Private
242240
abt. 1898
28 July 1918
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5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Soissons Memorial, France
Son of William and Helen Burnett,
of Spital Burn, Glendye, Strachan, Banchory, Kincardineshire.
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Maxwell Cromar
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Private
S/15661
abt. 1899
27 October 1917
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3rd Bn. Gordon Highlanders (CWGC: 2nd Bn.)
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Isabella Cromar,
of Dee Lane, Banchory, Kincardineshire.
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Alexander Middleton
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4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders

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William Ross
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6th Bn. Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Sim
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Private
5925

15 November 1916

4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Thiepval Memorial, France
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Alexander Brown
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King's Own Scottish Borderers

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James Morrison Taylor Birss
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12099
abt. 1886
05 November 1914
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2nd Highland Light Infantry
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
Son of Martha Smith Ferguson Birss,
of Roadside Cottage, Corrachnee, Tarland, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire,
and the late Alex Birss.
Born at Strachan, Banchory, Kincardineshire.
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David Cardyne
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2nd Bn. Scots Guards
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James Hay Copland
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Private
2750
abt. 1881
06 July 1915
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1st/6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Archibald Copland,
of Old Mill of Hirn, Banchory, Kincardineshire.
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Ian Alistair Cameron
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917
abt. 1894
19 July 1916
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32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
V. C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France
Son of James and Margaret A. Cameron,
of Waulkmill, Invercannie, Banchory, Scotland.
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William Wilson
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6th Bn. Huraki Inf. (N. Z.)

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George Boyle
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202248
abt. 1898
07 August 1917
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4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium
Son of John and Margaret Boyle,
of Fingeare, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.
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Michael Hamish Alastair Stuart-Hamilton
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Captain
165790
Military Cross
abt. 1922
12 June 1944
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5th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Ranville War Cemetery, France
Son of Henry R. Stuart-Hamilton and
of Mabel Mary Stuart-Hamilton (nee Ellerbeck),
of Banchory, Kincardineshire,
husband of Esther Lynette Stuart-Hamilton (nee Mackay).
Military Cross
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Edward Hutcheon Goodbrand
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Lieutenant (A)


25 June 1945

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H. M. S. "Khedive"
Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, UK
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John W. Collie
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Serjeant
2879034
abt. 1921
18 September 1944
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Army Physical Training Corps
attd. 10th Bn. Parachute Regiment, A. A. C.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands
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Robert Middleton
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Sergeant (Flight Engineer)
1570263
abt. 1924
27 April 1944
20
630 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany
Son of Robert and Janet Middleton,
of Strachan, Kincardineshire.
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Ronald Hay
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Private
2875406
abt. 1911
20 June 1944
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1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Ranville War Cemetery, France
Son of Robert and Annie Hay,
of Strachan, Kincardineshire.
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Douglas Laing
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Private
2885228
abt. 1916
18 December 1944
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2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Son of Walter and Mary C. Laing,
of Banchory, Kincardineshire.
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William Bell
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Rifleman
14758594
abt. 1927
20 January 1945
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7th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Brunssum War Cemetery, Netherlands
Son of Alexander and Georgina Bell,
of Strachan, Kincardineshire.
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