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Kenneth Morrison
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 Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:50 pm Post subject: Trooper Wiliam Will Singer **solved** |
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The following man is named on the Dumfries Academy memorial and I'm trying to figure out why - and I'm curious about his cause of death "from exposure".
As far as I can tell he did not serve overseas and I know Edinburgh can get a bit cold but..........
William Will Singer – age 25 – Private (1393) “B” Squadron, 2/1st Lothians and Border Horse died on 22 January 1916 in the Colinton Mains Hospital in Edinburgh and he is buried in Aberdeen (Allanvale) Cemetery.
William was educated at Gordon's College Aberdeen (1901-1904) and at Dumfries Academy. In 1911 he was a clerk in the Inland Revenue in London before moving to Edinburgh. He joined the L&BH in 1913.
(Source:De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour and Robert Gordon's College Roll of Honour)
He was born in 1890 in Aberdeen. Son of the late William Murray Singer of the East Coast Railway Company, Aberdeen and of Ann Amelia Grant (Will) Singer of 17 Comely Bank Street, Edinburgh who's father was a Provost of Peterhead.
So how come a "loon" becomes a "doonhamer"?????????????
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anne park
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 6:23 am Post subject: William Will Singer update |
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William Will Singer Tpr 1393 2nd/1st Lothian & Border Horse B Sqdn b Aberdeen 24/07/1890 e Edinburgh Age 25 Died of Exposure Home 22/01/1916 Son of Mr & Mrs William Murray Singer. 1891 Census: 20 Portland St; Aberdeen. 1901 Census: 11 Gt Western Place, Aberdeen. Fa Occ: Railway Agent. City Roll of Honour: 17 Comely Bank St; Edinburgh. 1911 Census: Brixton: Occ: Clerk. Soldiers Effects: Sis: Mary Isabella. The Roll of Honour: Vol III Page 247: Ann Amelia Grant (nee Will) Dau of Provost John Henderson Will. Educated Gordon' s College & Dumfries Academy Occ: Clerk with Inland Revenue, Edinburgh. Aberdeen (Allenvale) Cemetery U. K. Aberdeen (Allenvale) Cemetery C.975 AJ 27-01-16 P8 BO 01-02-16 Deaths Page 4 City & RGC & Dumfries Academy
I wonder if his name appearing on Dumfries Academy Memorial might be because of his father work. Being a Railway Agent where did that take him?
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anne park
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:20 am Post subject: Aberdeen Journal - Thursday 25 August 1910 Page 4 |
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William M. Singer. who for seven years has been agent for The East Coast Railway at Dumfries, has received the duel appointment of goods agent for Eastern Railway at Kelso.
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Kenneth Morrison
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Brilliant  Well found Anne
So William would have been in Dumfries between the two census - no wonder I couldn't find him 
Thanks ever so!
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