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Mike Morley
Joined: 17 Apr 2013 Posts: 8668 Location: Roberton, Lanarkshire
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:55 pm Post subject: Gunner William Irvine |
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I've only been able to find out the very basic information about this man and can't make a clear link to why he should be on Wigtown War Memorial. Can anyone add to what I have?
Name: William Irvine
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 125978
Regiment: D Battery, 64 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Son of William and Jane Irvine, 19 St John Street, Wigtown.
Died 3 September 1917 aged 39.
Buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3 |
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kinnethmont
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1649 Location: Aberdeenshire
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:29 pm Post subject: Gunner William Irvine |
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Quote: | Son of William and Jane Irvine, 19 St John Street, Wigtown. |
This detail might well indicate he lived there. _________________ Jim
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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Mike Morley
Joined: 17 Apr 2013 Posts: 8668 Location: Roberton, Lanarkshire
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Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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Jim
My louse-up there - it's actually St John St in Whithorn. Senior moment, I'm afraid. However, Ken has identified that Irvine did live in Wigtown so I'll have to check the census. At the age of 39 one would suspect he'd have married and have family. |
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