Stranraer Glebe

This is situated in the Main Graveyard at Stranraer. It is to remember all the dead buried in this graveyard. There are a lot of foreign nationals who are buried here and have no other memorial. It is made of local granite. (Grid Reference: NX054607)

 

"A grateful tribute to the men of British Commonwealth and Allied Nations who lost their lives in this district while serving in the Second World War 1939-45
And whose resting place, elsewhere in this cemetery cared for by the Imperial War Graves Commission. "
"They died in freedoms name"

Stranraer Town Memorial

This memorial stands at the side of the main road from Stoneykirk in front of the Sheriff courthouse in Lewis Street. It is of grey polished granite with a Scottish soldier in Bronze on top. It lists 159 names of the first war and 61 of the second. The second war names are below the first war ones. There are no ranks or Regiments/units given. Two other names on the base are in "PEACETIME DUTIES" and in "OTHER CONFLICTS". (Grid Reference: NX060604)

"To the Glory of God and in Memory of the from the Royal Burgh of Stranraer who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War"
1914- 1918 and 1939-1945

Able Seaman J/47150, H.M.S. Watchman., Royal Navy. Died 27 October 1918. Aged 22. Buried in STRANRAER (SHEUCHAN) CEMETERY, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

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Private 41465, 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action 9 April 1917. Aged 26. Enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Buried in BAILLEUL ROAD WEST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France.

Sapper 177744, 7th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died in United Kingdom 24 January 1918. Aged 33. Born and enlisted Stranraer. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

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Rifleman B/200173, 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 28 October 1916. Aged 30. Born Inch, enlisted and resident Stranraer. Formerly 6178, London Regiment. Buried in STRANRAER (SHEUCHAN) CEMETERY, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Private 16268, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 26 September 1917. Born and enlisted Stranraer. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 60 to 61.

Private S/18403, 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action 12 October 1917. Aged 23. Born Glasserton, enlisted and resident Stranraer. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Lance Corporal 1916, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Australian Infantry. Killed in action 19th July 1916 in Chalk Pits, Pozieres, France. Aged 29. Born Stranraer. Son of John and Elizabeth McColm Boe, of 15, Clenoch St., Stranraer. Plumber by trade. Educated at Stranraer Academy. Emigrated aged 25. He was a keen footballer. Captain of the Stranraer "J.M.C.A." team in 1908. A Free-mason. No known grave. Commemorated on VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

Private 16234, 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 26 September 1915. Aged 35. Born and enlisted Stranraer. Husband of Sarah McCartney, of 26, Hanover Square, Stranraer, Wigtownshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, pas de Calais, France. Panel 46 to 49.

Corporal 240454, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action in Palestine 29 November 1917. Born and resident Stranraer, enlisted Ayr. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel. Panel 18.

Private 20917, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds 2 August 1917. Aged 26. Born Ayr, enlisted Stranraer. Buried in BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Private 8177, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died at Gallipoli 12 July 1915. Aged 19. Enlisted Stranraer, resident Leswalt. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey

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Private 285379, 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 20 November 1917. Aged 39. Buried in ORIVAL WOOD CEMETERY, FLESQUIERES, Nord, France.

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Gunner 61086, 139 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 16 May 1917. Born leswalt, enlisted Stranraer. Buried in ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.

Private 43410, 12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (Ayrshire Yeomanry). Died 12 January 1917. Aged 21. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

Private S/16593, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. killed in action 25 September 1917. Aged 23. Born and resident Stranraer, enlisted Glasgow. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Lance Corporasl 7862, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli 12 July 1915. Enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 72 to 75.

Ordinary Seaman J/42735, H.M.S. Harpy, Royal Navy. Died 5 October 1918. Aged 19. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Kent, United Kingdom.

Lance Corporal 10660, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Died of wounds 16 May 1915. Born and resident Newton Stewart, enlisted Stranraer. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Private 23012, 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action 18 August 1916. Born Stranraer, enlisted Glasgow. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 4 D.

Private S/19081, C' Company, 1st/7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 5 August 1917. Aged 33. Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Private 161288, Canadian Forestry Corps. Died 27 December 1919. Aged 47. Born Wigtonshire 1 June 1877. Son of Isabella Dugan, of 38 Shuchan Street, Stranraer. Gardener by trade. Unmarried. Enlisted and passed fit 19 February 1916 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Height 5 feet 5½ inches, girth 36 inches, complexion ruddy, eyes light blue, hair grey; religion Presbyterian. Buried in RED DEER CEMETERY, Alberta, Canada. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2712 - 33

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Private 235129, 1st/4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 26 October 1918. Aged 23. Buried in AULNOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France.

Private 240730, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds in Palestine 14 November 1917. Aged 23. Born carcomb, enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel.

Private 22524, 15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 11 September 1916, in St Omer Hospital, of wounds received in action. Aged 29. Born in Stranraer, 11 June 1886, enlisted Glasgow. Son of Charles and Jessie McDowall Findlay. Also commemorated on the Roll of the Coplawhall Car Works (Glasgow Corporation), Glasgow, and in War Memorial Chapel in Edinburgh Castle. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 53.

Private 17688, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action in the Dardenelles 4 June 1915. Aged 34. Born Glenluce, enlisted Dumfries, resident Stranraer. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey

Private 267612, 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Stranraer. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Lance Corporal 277154, 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died of wounds 15 March 1918. Aged 22. Born and resident Stranraer. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Private 7408, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in asction at Gallipoli 30 December 1915. Born Stoneykirk, enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY, Turkey. Plot II. Row B. Grave 15.

Private 6714, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli 30 December 1915. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Stranraer. Son of the late David Gibb. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY, Turkey. Plot II. Row B. Grave 17.

Private 40031, 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died of wounds 16 September 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Buried in DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France.

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Private 10322, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action 20 December 1914. Aged 28. Born Inch, enlisted Stranraer. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Private 3/6977, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 9 May 1915. Aged 24. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

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Able Seaman CLYDE/Z/5057, Howe Battalion R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 8 June 1917. Aged 20. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN Pas de Calais, France.

Private 33259, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action 11 April 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Stranraer, enlisted Ayr. Formerly 5036, 78 Training Reserve. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

[Transcribed as John E] Private 36651, 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow), highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 4 October 1918. Aged 23. Born Inch, enlisted Glasgow, resident Stranraer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hall, of 33, Dalrymple St., Stranraer, Wigtownshire. Buried in SEQUEHART BRITISH CEMETERY No.2, Aisne, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 13.

Private 4562, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 11 November 1914. Born Leswalt, enlisted Irvine, resident Stranraer. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 19 and 33.

Private 17537, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in the Dardenelles 6th June 1915 [SDGW states 1916]. Born, resident and enlisted Stranraer. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to 222.

Corporal 10324, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 14 May 1918. Aged 29. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Private 16089, 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 29 December 1916. Aged 23. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

Private 37407, 8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action 29 July 1918. Born Stonykirk, enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Formerly 30077, Highland Light Infantry. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.

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Private 13166, 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 28 August 1916. Aged 26. Born and resident Stranraer, enlisted Glasgow. Buried in CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.

Private 47606, 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 12 March 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Stranraer, enlisted Ayr. Buried in MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY, Pas de Calais, France.

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Driver T4/214792, 864th Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Killed in action in the Balkans 28 March 1917. Born Kirkcolm, enlisted Bradford, resident Stranraer. Buried in SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON, Greece. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 41.

Private 241052, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots fusiliers. Killed in action 5 September 1918. Born Kirkmaiden, enlisted Stranraer, resident Stoneykirk. Buried in QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 34.

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[Spelt KERNAN on CWGC] Private 23078, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rfiles). Killed in action 21 September 1918. Born Stranraer, enlisted Glasgow. Buried imn MEATH CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN, Nord, France. Special Memorial 2.

Sapper WR/276954, Royal Engineers. Died 17 December 1918

Private 7404, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli 9 [SDGW] or 10 [CWGC] June 1915. Born Leswalt, enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Buried in REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES, Turkey. Plot XII. Row B. Grave 10.

Private 21339, 11th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 21. Born Girvan, enlisted Glasgow, resident Stranraer. Son of Hugh and Jean Kirkwood, of Main St., Symington, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Formerly GS.3676, Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 108 to 112.

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Private 7030, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died at Gallipoli 14 July 1915. Aged 18. Born and resident L:eswalt, enlisted Stranraer. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey

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Private M2/148911, 956th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps. Died 19 August 1917. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY Egypt

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Private M/318303, 911th M.T. Company 39th Motor Amb. Convoy., Royal Army Service Corp. Died 6 December 1917. Aged 31. Born Inch, enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq,

Private 249324, 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Died 2 September 1918. Aged 32. Buried in DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France.

Private 22162, 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died in India 12 January 1918. Aged 55. Born Camlachie, Glasgow, enlisted Irvine, resident Stranraer. Awarded the Distiguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). Commemorated on MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI India,

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Private 241436, 1st/4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action 20 July 1918. Aged 31. Born Newlace, enlisted Stranraer. Buried in MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY Marne, France.

Sergeant 27482, 28th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 7 May 1917. Aged 21. Born Kirriemuir, Forfar, enlisted Glasgow, resident Stranraer. Formerly 4618, Highland Light Infantry. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Private 8112, C' Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli 30 December 1915. Aged 21. Enlisted Stranraer. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY Turkey

[Spelt McCluskie on SDGW and CWGC] Private 16439, 8th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action in the Balkans 19 September 1918. Born Kirkmaiden, enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot III. Row D. Grave 1.

Private 4745, 19th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died 8 January 1917. Aged 32. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France.

Private S/18516, 5th Battalion, Queen's Own cameron Highlanders. Killed in action 18 October 1916. Born Leswalt, enlisted and resident Stranraer. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 15 B.

Private 273113, 12th Battalion, Royal Scots. Died 1 May 1917. Aged 20. Born Stoney kirk, enlisted Ayr, resident Stranraer. Formerly 3008, Ayrshire Yeomanry and 203571, Royal Scots Fusiliers. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

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2nd Lieutenant, 235th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died 30 November 1917. Aged 21. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL Nord, France.

Able Seaman ClydeZ/5050, Howe Battalion R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 14 August 1917. Aged 20. Buried in ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE Pas de Calais, France.

Private 557, 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died 25 April 1915. Commemorated on LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Turkey,

Private S/7388, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 31. Born Stranraer, enlisted Edinburgh. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

Captain, 5th Battalion attached 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 9 June 1918. Aged 22. Buried in SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL, Pas de Calais, France.

Bosun, S.S. Polandia (Liverpool), Mercantile Marine. Died 24 November 1917. Aged 41. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom.

Private 8092, 4th RegimentSouth African Infantry. Died 9 April 1917. Aged 33. Son of Margaret McKenzie, of 3, Station St., Stranraer, . Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ,

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Private 7206, 1.5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died during the Gallipoli Campaign 14 August 1915. Biorn and enlisted Stranraer. Buried inALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section K. Grave 29.

Private 18982, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 28 June 1915. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey

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Lance Corporal 13116, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 5 May 1915. Aged 22. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Private 183699, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). Died 28 April 1917. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.

Private 41398, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 20 May 1917. Aged 31. Buried in CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France.

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Private 240990, B, Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 1 October 1918. Buried in PROVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France.

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Private 41025, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 26 September 1917. Aged 28. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Private 55486, 15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 1 October 1918. Aged 20. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.

Lance Corporal 3192, 8th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died 11 August 1918. Aged 33. Commemorated on VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL Somme, France.

Sapper 93258, 218th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 9 July 1917. Aged 22. Buried in COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Private 14090, 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 23 August 1917. Aged 21. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Private 25517, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died 1 July 1916. Buried in Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Somme, France.

2nd Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 25 March 1918. Aged 22. Buried in ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France.

Private 302957, 1st/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 23 November 1917, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL Nord, France.

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Private 8079, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 13 July 1915. Aged 24. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey

Private 27418, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died 21 October 1918. Aged 24. Buried in STRANRAER (SHEUCHAN) CEMETERY, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Private 25936, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 11 January 1917. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq

Private 859919, 43rd Canadian Infantry (manitoba regt). Died 26 October 1917. Commemorated on MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL Belgium

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Lance Corporal 7860, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 12 July 1915. Aged 36. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey

Private S/9540, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 5 September 1916. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

Private 14676, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Died 23 August 1918. Aged 21. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX Pas de Calais, France.

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Sergeant 1863, 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 27 December 1916. Aged 33. Buried in HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU Somme, France.

Private 282550, 7th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died while a Prisoner of War 2 September 1917. Aged 23. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq

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Private 4567, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 14 March 1915. Aged 35. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Private 6715, A, Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 29 December 1915. Aged 27. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY Turkey

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Lance Corporal 7852, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 12 July 1915. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey

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Leading Seaman 4051B, S.S. Stanhope., Royal Naval Reserve. Died 17 June 1917. Aged 32. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Private 40405, 4th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 21 March 1917. Aged 18. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

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Private 203701, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 27 March 1918. Aged 29. Resident of 19 Prince's St., Stranraer, Wigtownshire.. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

Private CH/2420 (S), 1st R.M. Battalion R.N. Div., Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 2 September 1918. Aged 19. Resident of Innermessan, Stranraer, Wigtownshire.. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.

Private 41431, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 25 July 1918. Aged 19. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.

Private 41282, 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Died 23 April 1917. Aged 33. Resident 11, Green Vale St., Stranraer, Wigtownshire., ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

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2nd Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 9 April 1917. Aged 29. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Pas de Calais, France.

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"Their name liveth for evermore"

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Flight Sergeant 935055, Royal Air Forve Volunteer Reserve. Died 3 July 1943. Aged 27. Buried in CAMPBELTOWN (KILKERRAN) CEMETERY, Argyllshire, United Kingdom.

Bombardier 935132, 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. Died 23 October 1943. Aged 25. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy,

Sub Lieutenant, H.M.S. Manistree, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 24 February 1941. Aged 40. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Gunner 3130451, Royal Artillery. Died 17 September 1944. Aged 26. Buried in CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY, Italy,

Lance Sergeant 1486587, 104 Battery, 18th L.AA. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 18 January 1940. Aged 45. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Private 3320377, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Died 16 July 1942. Aged 22. Buried in KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, India,

Private 3188902, 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 21 April 1941. Aged 20. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Sapper 3188722, 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 1 June 1940. Aged 21. Commemorated on DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France.

Private 3189174, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 25 May 1944. Aged 23. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL Myanmar

Carpenter, H.M.S. Naval Auxilary (Merchant Navy). Died 18 May 1940. Aged 36. Commemorated on LIVERPOOL NAVAL MEMORIAL, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

Ordinary Seaman P/X18901A, H.M.S. Patroclus, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 3 November 1940. Aged 25. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Sub Lieutenant, H.M.S. Vvictorious, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 5 August 1944. Aged 21. Buried in TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY, Sri Lanka,

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Sapper 14213541, 255 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 2 March 1944. Aged 20. Buried in MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY Italy

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Sergeant 352525, Royalk Air Force. Died 3 April 1945. Aged 42. Buried in NAPLES WAR CEMETERY, Italy,

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Private 1647344, 8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Died 16 October 1944. Aged 27. Buried in BOLOGNA WAR CEMETERYItaly

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Gunner 1766463, 153 Battery, 51 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 23 March 1946. Aged 25. Buried in MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy

Chief Engineer, M.V. California Star. Died 4 March 43. Aged 39. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom.

Donkeyman, H.M.S. Princess Victoria, Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.). Died 18 May 1940. Aged 51. Commemorated on LIVERPOOL NAVAL MEMORIAL, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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Captain EC/9655, 1st Battalion, 4th Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles. Died 31 May 1944. Aged. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL Myanmar

Andrew Love actually changed his name to Cairns prior to his death. Captain 167512, 7th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment formerly Pipe-Major, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 6th February 1942. Aged 34. Son of Andrew Love Cairns and Margaret Cairns; husband of Agnes Steele Cairns (nee Webster), of Juniper Green, Edinburgh. Buried in COLINTON PARISH CHURCHYARD, SOUTHERN EXTENSION, Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland. Section N. Grave 27.

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ACM 1821279, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 31 May 1944. Aged 19. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Bosun, H.M.S. Princess Victoria, Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.). Died 18 May 1940. Aged. Commemorated on LIVERPOOL NAVAL MEMORIAL, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

Private 3189495, 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 24 June 1944. Aged 26. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Private 3194145, 7th (Airborne) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 23 September 1944. Aged 27. Commemorated on GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Gelderland, Netherlands,

Sergeant 1990881, 220 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 15 February 1944. Aged 27. Buried in ANZIO WAR CEMETERY Italy

Flight Sergeant 1556367, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 16 November 1944. Aged. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore

Greaser, H.M.S. Avenger, Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.). Died 15 November 1942. Aged 26. Commemorated on LIVERPOOL NAVAL MEMORIAL, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

Sapper 1896460, 263 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 6 June 1944. Aged 29. Commemorated on BAYEUX MEMORIAL Calvados, France.

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Private 7655022, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died 1 September 1941. Aged 34. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Corporal 3188646, 5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action 14th July /1943 in Francofonte, Sicily. Aged 26. Buried in SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot VI Row F Grave 16.

Driver 3190352, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died 11 December 1946. Aged 26 (CWGC states 27). Son of Samuel James Woods McNairney and Mary Ann Lowe McNairney; husband of Louise McNairney, of Edinburgh. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Second Engineer, M.V. Inverdargle (Glasgow), Merchant Navy. Died 16 January 1940. Aged 45. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom.

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Sergeant (Flt. Engr) 1329560, 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 31 March 1944. Aged 39. Buried in HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.

Flying Officer 117925, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 27 August 1943. Aged 32. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Buried in AUCHY-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD Pas de Calais, France.

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Private 3190847, 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 18 July 1944. Aged 23. Buried in BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France.

Driver T/14496757, 253 (Airborne) Comp. Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 25 May 1945. Aged 18. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Driver 192566, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 30 March 1941. Aged 24. Buried in BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY Libya

Warrant Officer 509005, Royal Air Force. Died 30 September 1945. Aged 35. Buried in INCH PARISH CHURCHYARD Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Greaser, S.S. Princess Maud (Stranraer), Merchant Navy. Died 31 May 1940. Aged 42. Buried in STRANRAER (GLEBE) CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.

Sergeant 2326455, Eight Army Signals, Royal Signal Corps. Died 10 December 1944. Aged 32. Buried in CESENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy,

Other Conflicts

Private 22186456, The King's Own Scottish Borderers attached to The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 23rd September 1950. Aged 19. Buried in UN Memorial Cemetery, Korea. Plot 39. Row 6.

Peacetime Duries (Northern Ireland)

Staff Sergeant, HQ Company, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 25th November 1976. Aged 29. Married. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.)

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