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George Dunlop Pte S/21435 1st Gordon Highlanders b Tillicoultry,Clackm. e Stirling Killed in Action F & F 27/09/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dunlop, of 44, Mitchell Crescent, Alloa. B Coy. Soldiers Will 4 Pages. Vis-En-Artois Memorial M. R. 16 Panel 10 Tillicoultry & Tillicoultry E.U.
Congregational Church font.
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Kenneth Morrison
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WILLIAM FERGUSON.
Named on the Torthorwald Parish War Memorial in Collin Village, Dumfriesshire as:
WILLIAM C. FERGUSSON,
William Currie Fergusson – age 37 – Private (S/16319) 1/7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
William had been an under-gardener at Harvieston Castle, Tillicoultry for about 7 years when he enlisted in December 1915. He was mobilised in June 1916 and went to France in the November. He was posted to the 1/7th Argylls in April but was gassed and evacuated to the 22nd General Hospital in Camiers in the May. He returned to his battalion but was wounded and died in the 50th Casualty Clearing Station at Sezanne.
(Source:D&G Standard 17/8/1918 p.3 and Service record - as Ferguson)
Born 1881 in Torthorwald as Fergusson. Son of the late Thomas and Margaret (Wright) Fergusson of Collin, Torthorwald. Husband of Betsy McIntosh (Nicolson) Ferguson of West Lodge Harvieston Castle, Tillicoultry who he married as Ferguson in 1907 in Anderston, Glasgow.
Died of Wounds on 27 July 1918 and buried in Sezanne Communal Cemetery, Marne, France.
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pwl1951
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Location: Swadlincote, Derbyshire
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| Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 6:54 pm Post subject: Crawford family 1901 |
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| DerekR wrote: | These three Crawfords MAY have been the sons of Henry and Margaret of Tillicoultry.
Any further information would be welcomed.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 275799
Date of Death: 03/10/1918
Regiment/Service: 10th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Cemetery: TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave Reference VI. G. 21.
Lived Tillicoultry
CRAWFORD, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 351
Date of Death: 28/06/1915
Regiment/Service: 8th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Memorial HELLES MEMORIAL
Panel Reference Panel 92 to 97.
Born and lived Tillicoultry
CRAWFORD, ROBERT
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: S/17819
Date of Death: 24/09/1918
Regiment/Service: 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Awards: M M
Cemetery BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave Reference III. B. 4.
Additional Information: Born Tillicoultry |
From 1901 census, the Crawford family were living at 4 Park Street, Tillicoultry;
Henry, head, aged 27, coal miner; Margaret, wife, aged 29; Robert, son aged 8; William H., son aged 6; Henry, son aged 4; James, son aged 2; John, son aged 1; all born in Tillicoultry.
Henry married Maggie Jane Hodge in 1893 at Tillicoultry.
William Hodge Crawford was born in Tillicoultry in 1894. |
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Mike Morley
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Location: Roberton, Lanarkshire
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Name: CONN, JAMES FULLARTON CALDWELL
Initials: JFC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 7th Bn
Date of Death: 1/5/1917
Age: 25
Additional Information: Only son of the Rev. Joseph Conn, B.D., and Christina Conn, of The Manse, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire.
Grave Reference: III D 3
Cemetery: Wimereux Communal Cemetery.
Also named on memorials at Cargilfield Prep School, Fettes College and Tillicoultry Parish Church where there is also a memorial window dedicated to him: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-post-90076.html |
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