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JIMMCGINLAY
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: Largs Cemetery |
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Located on Kilbirnie Road, Largs.
CWGC REPORT:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=74127&mode=1
The posts below are in alphabetical order but there are a number of additional posts of headstones dicovered later that have been added on at the end.
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JIMMCGINLAY
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: AIRD, ALEXANDER STEWART
Initials: A S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Nav./Bomber)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 13 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 03/05/1944
Service No: 177565
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Annie Weir Donaldson Aird.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. A. 13.
Cemetery: SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: ANDERSON, JAMES FORD
Initials: J F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal)
Date of Death: 16/08/1915
Service No: 1874
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 19.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BARNETT, HENRY EDWARD
Initials: H E W
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry
Unit Text: 2/28th Inf. Bn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 08/08/1942
Service No: WX7056
Additional information: Son of Hamilton and Eliza Barnett, of Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII, B, 3.
Cemetery: CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BEGG, JOHN
Initials: J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 15th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 15/07/1917
Service No: 31594
Additional information: Son of the late Rev. Robert Begg, B.D., and of Mrs. Begg, Cumberland House, John St., Largs, Ayrshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. A. 4.
Cemetery: RAMSCAPPELLE ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BLACKSTOCK, DUNCAN
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chief Officer
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: M.V. Oakbank (Glasgow)
Age: 53
Date of Death: 01/09/1945
Additional information: Husband of Helen Blackstock, of Largs.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec S. Grave 427.
Cemetery: LARGS CEMETERY
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BLAIR, ROBERT WINGATE
Initials: R W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Joiner 4th Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Fraserburgh.
Date of Death: 31/12/1943
Service No: C/MX 118398
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Grave 317.
Cemetery: LARGS CEMETERY
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BOYLE, Edward George
BOYLE, James
CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BOYLE, The Hon. JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 18/10/1914
Additional information: Son of David, 7th Earl of Glasgow, and Dora, Countess of Glasgow; husband of Katherine Isabel Salvin Boyle (now Lady Trenchard, of Dancers Hill House, Barnet, Herts).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 12 and 13.
Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BOYLE, THE HON. PATRICK JAMES
Initials: P J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 04/05/1946
Service No: 124470
Additional information: Son of Captain Patrick James Boyle, R.N., D.S.O., Mentioned in Despatches, D.L., 8th Earl of Glasgow, and the Countess of Glasgow, of Fairlie.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Lord Glasgow's Private Burial Ground.
Cemetery: LARGS CEMETERY
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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BOYLE, P.N.
BOYLE, Richard
CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BOYLE, RICHARD
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Service No: 64612
Awards: M C
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 52. E. 4.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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BOYLE, Patrick John Salvin
CWGC ENTRY - Not applicable
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BOYLE, PATRICK JOHN SALVIN
Initials: P J S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 29/05/1944
Service No: 44816
Additional information: Son of Capt. the Hon. James Boyle, and of Katherine Boyle (nee Bowlby); husband of Mary Elizabeth Boyle (nee Fuller), of Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 2.
Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
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BOYLE, Patrick James
MURRAY, Malcolm Wolfe
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BRUCE, ALEXANDER FRASER
Initials: A F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: "D" Coy. 16th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Service No: 14331
Additional information: Son of John and Catherine Bruce, of "Alexanderville", Scott St., Largs, Ayrshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 15 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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CWGC ENTRY:
Name: BURRELL, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: Motor Boat Reserve.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 18/11/1914
Additional information: Son of George and Anne Jane Burrell, of Gleniffer Lodge, Paisley.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 6.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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