Category: 1917

Private Andrew Briggs

Private Andrew Briggs
6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
Died 11 April 1917

Private S/40523 Andrew Briggs was the son of farmer Andrew Briggs and his wife Jeannie Skilling. He was born on 2 September 1895 at West Kirkland. In 1901 the family were living at Glenturk Moorhead and in 1911 at …

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Private Robert Boyd

Private Robert Boyd
2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 7 April 1917

Robert Boyd was born on 1 February 1880 at Bank Street, Wigtown, the son of general labourer, Robert Boyd, and his wife, Helen McKay. The 1881 census returns show the family living at Church Lane. Ten years later …

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Private George Brown Anderson

Private George Brown Anderson
2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Died 20 June 1917

George Brown Anderson was born on 15 December 1897 at 21 Harbour Rd, Wigtown, the son of Andrew Anderson, a sewing machine agent, and his wife, Agnes Brown. The family soon left Wigtown and were living in …

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