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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:57 pm    Post subject: Samuel Sandison Sutherland Reply with quote

Samuel Sandison Sutherland L/cpl 1010124 46th Canadian Inf (Saskatchewan Regt) born Unst, Shetland 07/06/1882 enlisted Moose Jaw Age 36 Killed in Action F & F 02-Sep-18 Son of Laurence & Janet (nee Edwardson) Sutherland, Murrister, Uyeasound. CWGC: Son of Laurence and Janet Sutherland, of Murrister, Uyeasound, Shetland. Minister at Maeshowe, Gull-Lake, Saskatchewan. Shetland's Roll of Honour : page 122 : Photo. Dury Cruicifix Cemetery Fr 0427 Plot II Row K Grave7
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Francis Smith Reply with quote

anne park wrote:
a few on my database but nothing with Unst..

I believe that Francis Smith is the brother of Andrew Smith and Gilbert Smith (the names on either side of him).

From Ancestry records (source information below) I know this about Francis:-

Name: Francis Smith
Birth Place: Unst, Shetland
Residence: Edinburgh
Death Date: 31 May 1918
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian
Rank: Private
Regiment: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Battalion: 5th Battalion
Number: S/12860
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Hope this helps you to find details for Francis in your database now that you have his serial number.

I realise the plaque says he was in the G.H. but it is an easy mistake to imagine the engraver making since his two brothers were in the G.H.

Cheers
Morag

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Source Information:
Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.

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This database contains information extracted from 81 volumes of soldiers that died in World War I. It includes over 703,000 individuals. Information listed about may include: name of soldier, birthplace, enlistment place, residence, number, decoraton, rank, regiment, battalion, type of casualty, death date, death place, and theater of war served in.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:06 pm    Post subject: Francis John Smith Reply with quote

Francis John Smith Pte S/12860 5th Cameron Highlanders born Unst, Shetland 24/07/1893 enlisted Edinburgh Age 25 Died of Wounds F & F 01-Jun-18 Son of John William & Lilian (nee Hunter ) Smith, Uyeasound, Unst. June 1918. Brother of Mrs. C. Gray, of 8, Wardlow Terrace, Edinburgh.CWGC: date 31-5-18. Shetland's Roll of Honour : page 113 : Photo. Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Fr 0180 Plot I Row F Grave 6 Shetland & Uyeasound
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2018 5:57 pm    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number Reply with quote

WMR 8849
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2021 2:24 pm    Post subject: Relocation Reply with quote

I have just seen a facebook post from the Presbytery of Shetland which shows that the memorial is now at St John's Church, Baltasound
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