The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

anne park

Robert Cruickshank Age 42 Sgt Royal Marine Artillery who lost his like in the sinking of the HMS Invincible in the Jutland Battle 31-05-1916.
He is mentioned on his parent gravestone in Nellfield Cemetery, Aberdeen.
I can't find him on CWGC
Son of Robert Cruickshank and Catherine Sim.
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Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:15 am Post subject:

Here you go Anne.

CWGC
Sergeant
CRUICKSHANKS, ROBERT
Service Number RMA/5526
Died 31/05/1916
H.M.S. "Invincible."
Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll (Ancestry)

Name:
Robert Cruickshanks
Rank: Sgt
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1874
Birth Place: St Nicholas, Aberdeen
Branch of Service: Royal Marine Artillery
Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action
Official Number Port Division: R.M.A/5526, (Po)
Death Date: 31 May 1916
Ship or Unit: HMS Invincible
Location of Grave: Not recorded
Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial
Relatives Notified and Address: Widow: Elizabeth, 26, Pricry Rd, Eastney, Portsmouth
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Ken

anne park · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:51 pm Post subject: Thanks for the info

I just could not get it...I have got all my info on Aberdeen Family History Society Members so Gavin Bell the MI man sent a few pages of updates I think I just went brain dead.
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Researching WWI info from Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire & Morayshire.