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Waddell MM,
John Brough. b. 1899. Sergeant. 15th Bn, Tank Corps. Scottish.
Originally in the Seaforth Highlanders he transferred to the Tank
Corps. He was promoted to "King's" Sergeant in 1918. He recieved the
Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during
the capture of the village of Courcess on 21st August 1918 on the
Arras-Alvert railway. Born in Dundee to William Waddell and Jane
Wilson Louden. Brother of Frederick William and Dorothea Jane. After
WWI he went to India to work in the jute industry but died of
cholera in 1922 in Chandpur, East Bengal. (added 01/10/99)
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Wales,
Samuel. Corporal. No. 60811. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Scottish.
Served during WWII and died in August 1943, buried in La Reunion War
Cemetery, Bejaia, Algeria. Son of Samuel and Jean Wales, husband of
Lily Wales of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. (added 03/03/00)
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Wallace, John McLuskey,
born 1878 Glasgow. Sapper No. 86275 Royal Engineers 174th Tunnelling
Company (formerly 7950 Scottish Rifles). Died in France 20 March
1916. Buried at Citadel New Military Cemetary, Fricourt. Son of
William and Mary Wallace, husband of Elizabeth and father of Mary,
John, William and Nellie.
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Wallace, Peter Yaun, Private, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. Number 8320. Born
c. 1891 son of William Wallace and Grace (nee Yaun) of 17 Alexandra Street,
Kirkcaldy. Missing believed killed aged 21 on 28th of October 1914 during
the First Battle of Ypres. His name is recorded on Panel 11 of the Menin
Gate, Ypres. (added 27/06/06)
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Walker,
Bertram Amos. b. 1885. Lance Corporal. No. 31259. 2nd Bn, East
Lancashire Regiment. Scottish. Died on 5th July 1918 aged 33 and is
buried at Sarralbe Military Cemetery, Moselle, France. Born in
Gourock, Renfrewshire, son of John Gray Walker and Alice Walker (nee
Johnson) of Glasgow. Husband of Emily Florence Walker (nee Booker)
of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.
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Warnock,
Hugh, Private 1st/5th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Number 201171. Son of Mr J Warnock, 56 Wellington Street, Greenock. Enlisted at Greenock. Killed in action on 1st August 1918. He is buried in Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire, near Soissons, Grave Reference X.E.8.Name submitted by his Niece and Great Nephew. (added 26/3/07)
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Watts,
Alan. Lovat Scouts. British. Served 1939-45. Took part in the D-Day
landings and thereafter. Brother of Robert Watts, son of Alan
Cameron Morrison Watts and Grandson of Harman Watts. (added
24/11/98).
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Watts, Alan Cameron Morrison. b. 1886. Sergeant. Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders. British. Served with the Regiment on the
Western Front 1914-18. Son of Harman Watts and Clara Jane Graham.
Brother of Graham Harman Watts, Archibald Roy Watts and Angus Ronald
Watts. Uncle of Angus William Roy Watts. (added 23/11/98)
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Watts, Angus Ronald. b. 1898. Major. 1st and 3rd Bn, Queen's
Own Cameron Highlanders, 1st Bn, The Royal Scots. British. Enlisted
23rd April 1913, joined 1st Bn, Cameron Highlanders. Home Service
1913-17. Then drafted to France and subsequently posted to 1/4th
Seaforth Highlanders, 51st Highland Division. Wounded October 1918
and invalided to UK. 1919-28 served with 1st Bn, Cameron Highlanders
in India. 1929-31, posted to Depot, Inverness. 1931-35 served with
1st Bn, Cameron Highlanders in Fyazabad India. Discharged to Pension
16th April 1935 with rank of Sergeant. Recalled 1939, commissioned
in 1st Bn, Camerons. Subsequently transferred to Anti-Tank Company,
1st Bn, Royal Scots. Severely wounded by machine gun fire in the
legs at the Battle of Kohima. Invalided home and released from
service 24th October 1945. Medals: 1914-18 War Medal and Victory
Medal. 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Long
Service and Good Conduct Medal. Son of Harman Watts, brothers:
Graham Harman Watts, Alan Cameron Morrison Watts and Archibald Roy
Watts. Uncle of Angus William Roy Watts. He married Margaret
Isabella Stobo (see Stobo Family above) and was the father of Heather Margaret Watts
(later McCallum). Died 12th October 1980. (added 13/11/98)
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Watts,
Angus William Roy. b. 1919. Corporal. 2nd Bn, Queen's Own Cameron
Highlanders, 1934-44, Intelligence Corps 1944-45. British. Joined
the Camerons on Boy Service in 1934. Served in Palestine and India,
Egypt and Libya. Captured at Tobruk, June 1942. POW in Fara Sabina,
Italy, 1942-43. Escaped and at large for 10 months, taken in by the
Bassani family who provided false identity papers, shelter and food
at great risk to themselves. Repatriated 1944. Transferred to
Intelligence Corps. Taken seriously ill with TB and invalided out in
1945. Born Burton on Trent, Staffordshire. Son of Archibald Roy
Watts MC, 1st and 6th Bn, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and 25
Squadron, RAF, and Margaret Smith. (added 12/11/98)
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Watts MC,
Archibald Roy. b. 1891. Captain. 1st, 2nd and 6th Bn, Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders and 25 Squadron, RAF. British. Enlisted in the
Camerons on Boy Service 19th June 1906. Discharged as not having
attained the required physical height standard, 10th August 1909.
Re-enlisted 1st Bn, the Camerons 1911. 1914-18 fought at Ypres,
Loos, the Somme, Arras and Passchendaele. Wounded twice and
mentioned in Dispatches. Commissioned into 6th Bn, Camerons,
September 1916 where he joined his brother Graham Harman Watts who
had received his commission at around the same time. 26th April 1917
at Cavalry Farm near Guemappe, SE of Arras, awarded the Military
Cross. His Company had advanced to within a few yards of the German
trenches where they came under enfiladed fire from three machine
guns. They established a strong point and held it for almost a day.
The citation reads " For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to
duty. When the enemy raided one of our strong points, he moved about
the men encouraging and directing them. He went out in front with a
rifle himself and accounted for several (actually twelve) of
the enemy". In 1918 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and
was commissioned as an Observer in the RAF on its formation in 1918.
Flew with 25 Squadron, a bombing and photo-reconnaissance squadron
equipped with De Havelland 4 aircraft. In June 1918 he took part in
a special raid on the German Imperial Train at Trelon, bombing it
and the Chateau from 500 feet. Flew a total of 50 missions, 34
photo-reconnaissance and 16 bombing raids. Total operational flying
time in France 175 hours 30 minutes. Highest altitude (in an open
cockpit) 21,500 feet. Shot down two enemy aircraft and drove one
down out of control. Returned to Regiment and discharged July 1919.
Recalled 1939 and posted to Home Command-Transport and Searchlight
Units. Promoted to Captain. 1944 posted to Vehicle Driving and
Maintenance School, Craven Arms. Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15
Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, War Medal and
1939-45 Medal. Son of Harman Watts, brother of Graham Harman Watts,
Alan Cameron Morrison Watts and Angus Ronald Watts, father of Angus
William Roy Watts. Died Birmingham 1976. (added 16/11/98)
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Watts,
Graham Harman. b. 1882. Lieutenant. 2nd Bn and 1st Bn, Cameron
Highlanders, King's African Rifles. British. Enlisted 2nd Bn,
Cameron Highlanders 13th August 1897, aged 15. Bandsman. Posted to
1st Bn, 16th November 1907. Appointed Band Sergeant, 16th August
1911. Appointed Company Sergeant Major, 1st October 1914. Appointed
Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 7th April 1915. Commissioned to 6th
Bn, Cameron Highlanders, 25th September 1916. Transferred to King's
African Rifles, 7th September 1917. Died 1st July 1918, Nairobi,
Kenya as a result of Valvular Heart Disease. Buried in the
Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Nairobi. During his time with
the Camerons he served in Gibraltar, Crete, Malta and South Africa.
Sailed to France with the 1st Bn at the outbreak of war in 1914 and
saw continuous service on the Western Front from the 13th August
1914 to August 1917. Son of Harman Watts and Clara Graham. Brothers:
Alan Cameron Morrison Watts, Archibald Roy Watts and Angus William
Watts. Uncle of Angus William Roy Watts. Married Annie Hutton at
Reigate, Surrey, 24th May 1915. One son. (added 13/11/98)
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Watts,
Harman. b. 1847. Quarter Master Sergeant. 26th Regiment of Foot (Cameronians)
and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. British. Enlisted 26th April
1864 in the Cameronians at Farnham, Hampshire. Posted to India
arriving 24th July 1865, posted to Abyssinia March 1868. Posted back
to India, 15th May 1868. Promoted to Corporal, 12th February 1872,
promoted to Sergeant, 30th December 1872. 22nd January 1875, posted
to United Kingdom, promoted to Colour Sergeant, 29th November 1876.
8th August 1880 posted to Malta. May 1881 transferred to the Staff
of the Army, promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant, 1st July 1881.
August 1882 posted to Egypt to serve with Judge Advocate General's
Office. 10th November 1882 posted to Royal Military College
Sandhurst. Retired from the Army, 31st August 1893 after nearly 30
years of service, with almost 10 years spent in India. Medals:
Abyssinian War Medal, Egyptian War Medal. Khedive's Bronze Star,
Silver Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct. Illegitimate son of
Amelia Watts. Married Clara Jane Graham, 11th January 1877, she died
in 1889 and is buried at the Chapel, Sandhurst. Married Sarah Jane
Woodward 1890 (she died in 1853). Father of Graham Harman Watts,
Alan Cameron Morrison Watts, Archibald Roy Watts and Angus Ronald
Watts. Grandfather of Angus William Roy Watts. Died Burton on Trent,
Staffordshire, 1929. (added 16/11/98)
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Watts,
Robert. Royal Scots Greys and 14/20th Hussars. British. Enlisted in
Boy Service with Royal Scots Greys. Transferred to 14/20th Hussars.
Served in India, Palestine and the Middle East. Served with Armoured
Division in WWII. A farrier by trade Robert attended Dunblane
Academy. He was the brother of Alan Watts, son of Alan Cameron
Morrison Watts and grandson of Harman Watts. (added 24/11/98)
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Watts,
W. Private. No. 32891. Royal Scots. Served in the First World War,
he received the British War Medal and the 1914-19 Victory Medal.
(added 08/01/99)
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Watson,
Robert Campbell, Guardsman, 1st Battalion Scots Guards, number 2698026.
Born 22nd April 1920. Son of Charles and Margaret Watson, Cowdenbeith, Fife and husband of Irene Victoria Watson, Rotherhithe, London. Killed in action in Tunisia on 24th April 1943 and buried at Massicault War Cemetery Grave Reference IV.E.18. Name submitted by his nephew from Tain.
(added 22/11/07)
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Wavell,
Archibald John Arthur, Major, MC, 2nd Earl, Black Watch. Born1916, son of Field Marshall The Rt Hon Archibald Percival 1st Earl, Viscount Wavell. 2/Lt 1936, wounded Palestine 1938 and Burma 1944. Major 1949. Shot by terrorists while leading a patrol north of Nairobi, Kenya 1953. Name submitted by a former member of the Royal Norfolk Regiment whose brother served with Major Wavell in India.
(added 21/01/08)
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Webster MM,
James Francis. Private. No. 6565. Scots Guards. British. Served in
WWI and received the Military Medal on 1st May 1918 for service in
Belgium. He was from Salford, England. (added 17/11/98)
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Welch,
Frederick William James, Lieutenant, 9th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Number 251453. Attached Seaforth Highlanders North Africa 1942 – 1943. Killed in action Odon, Normandy, 1st July 1944. His name is recorded on the Bayeux Memorial Panel 14, Column 3. (added 29/05/08)
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Wells,
William McGhie, Private, 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, Number S/10040. Born Dumfries 31st October 1885. Lived in Kilmarnock and worked as a printer. Married with six children. Enlisted Dumfries. Arrived France 27th July 1915. Killed in action aged 29 at the Battle of Loos 25th September 1915. His name is recorded on the Loos Memorial Panel 115 to 119. Name submitted by his Great Grand Daughter in Spain. (added 21/07/08)
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Welsh, Robert Milne
Ballantyne, Captain 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Born 1893. Son
of Alex Welsh and Katherine H Welsh of Innerleithen, Peebelsshire. Killed
in action at Arras 23 April 1917. His name is recorded on Bay 6 of
the Arras Memorial. Informant, Robert Paul Bywater, eldest son of
Eileen Sheila Katherine Welsh niece to Captain Robert Welsh. (added
27/07/05)
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Whyte,
William. b. 1898. Wireman 2nd Class. HMS Ariel. Scottish. Royal
Navy. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Whyte of Glasgow.
William Whyte was lost at sea at the age of 20, when his ship the
HMS Ariel was sunk on Friday 2nd August 1918. (added 10/05/01)
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Wield,
William J.G. b. 1913. Captain. No. 124773. King's Own Scottish
Borderers & Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Scottish. Enlisted in
1935, served in Malta, Palestine, France and Belgium before joining
the RIASC in 1941 and serving in Burma (now Myanmar). He returned
home for 5 months in 1945 before signing up for another 5 years
service with RIASC. He disembarked at Rangoon in May 1946, during
the uprisings later that year he drowned trying to save another's
life. He is commemorated in Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar. He was
mentioned in Dispatches and suffered severe burns earlier in his
career. He was married to Anges Reid Cannon and father to two girls
and one son. Born in Annan, Dumfriesshire to William and Elizabeth
Thomson Graham Wield. (added 13/04/99)
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Wight,
Robert, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 8th Battalion Royal Scots, Number 33. Born Tranent, Haddingtonshire on 14th February 1874 son of James and Margaret Wight of Retreat Cottage, Elphinstone. Husband of Margaret Wight of Main Street Elphinstone. Enlisted in Tranent. Killed in action on 16th May 1915 aged 41 during the first stages of the Battle of Festubert while holding captured trenches under heavy artillery fire. His name is recorded on the Le Touret Memorial Panel 4. Name submitted by a distant relative in London.(added 13/04/99)
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Williamson,
Isaac Gordon. b. 1914. Private. Royal Scots. British. Served during
WWII in the Far East where he was captured in Hong Kong by the
Japanese and spent the rest of the war as a POW. After the war he
married in 1948 and lived unitl 1992. (added 28/03/00)
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Willison, Alexander, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, Number 275512. Son of James and Margaret Willison, Parkhead, Glasgow. Died of malaria aged 35 while serving in India on Sunday 28th April 1918. His name is recorded on the Kirkee 1914- 1918 Memorial Face 2. When Alexander died in 1918 he left a son David (aged 7) and daughter Margaret (aged 5) orphaned back in Glasgow, their mother Elsie, nee Forbes, Alexander's wife, having died from complications after the birth of her daughter. Alexander's daughter was adopted by his brother James Willison (formerly of The Royal Scots and then The Royal Regiment of Artillery) and his wife Elizabeth Ogg, who was a lifelong friend of the children’s mother from their childhood days in Aberdeenshire. All three emigrated to New Jersey, USA in 1926. His son was adopted by members of his late wife's family who emigrated to British Columbia, Canada with the boy around the same time. Name submitted by his Great - great Nephew. (added 22/11/07 and amended 3/12/09).
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Wilson,
Frederick. King's Own Scottish Borderers. British. (added 16/11/98)
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Wilson,
John. Private. No. S/2123. 10th Bn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
Scottish. Killed in action at Flanders, Belgium on 3rd/4th November
1915 aged 28. He is commemorated in the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire. Resided in Glasgow. Enlisted
at Stirling. Husband of Helen Margaret Robertson, who died sometime
before 1st December 1920. They had three sons and one daughter
eventually living in or around Kingston, Ontario, Canada. (added
10/05/01)
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Wilson,
Thomas, Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Number Clyde Z/2324. Born 4th July 1897 in Rutherglen, son of Thomas and Sarah Wilson of 43 Farie Street, Rutherglen. Fitter in the North British Locomotive Works. Killed in action aged 17 on 4th June 1915 at the Third Battle of Krithia, near the Kereves Dere when the Battalion went forward in support of the attack and “was practically destroyed”. His name is recorded on the Helles Memorial, Panel 8 to 15. Name submitted by his Second Cousin in Glasgow. (added
02/09/09)
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Wightman,
George Cairns, Sergeant, DCM, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, Number 6913204. Born Swinhill 26th June 1915 brother of Mary, Sergeant John W Cairns Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and Sergeant Robert Cairns RA and step son of Alexander Thomson, 12 Victoria Street, Larkhall. Employed in the London Street grocery branch of Larkhall Co-operative Society. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal London Gazette 19 August 1941. "On 8th May when approaching enemy defences at Halfaya Pass, sudden and very heavy fire was opened on this NCO's carrier Pl from about 500 yards by 2 field guns or 5 A/Tk guns and numerous Heavy and Light MG's. The leading carrier was immediately hit, the Officer i/c Platoon was seriously wounded (he subsequently died) and the driver killed. Sgt Wightman went forward in his carrier under this very heavy fire to tow the damaged carrier and occupants to safety. He made two attempts, each time leaving his vehicle under heavy close range fire to adjust the tow ropes, but another direct hit made the carrier impossible to tow. He therefore removed the wounded Officer and put him in his carrier. He then removed the weapons from the damaged carrier and rendered the wireless set unserviceable before abandoning the vehicle, and drove his carrier to safety. This was all carried out under heavy close range fire of all calibres of weapons. His action under heavy fire in full view of the enemy showed the greatest coolness, gallantry and unselfish devotion to duty and to his Platoon Commander." Sergeant Wightman died on active service on 20th November 1941 aged 26. He is buried at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Grave Reference 16.D.16. Name submitted by his step-niece in Australia.
(added 5/02/08)
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Wood DCM,
Alexander. b. 1893. Sergeant. No. 330243. Highland Light Infantry.
Scottish. Born in Glasgow. Pre-1914 Territorial, served throughout
WWI, in the rank of Sergeant he was awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He
set a magnificent example, inspiring the men with him to hold on at
all costs though both flanks had gone, and to keep shooting down the
enemy. One night he led a patrol which encountered an enemy patrol,
whom they dispersed, killing eight, and taking four prisoners"
Re-enlisted in September 1939, served in Orkneys with 12th Garrison
Battalion. Invalided out in 1943. An Iron driller to trade. Married
to Agnes McConnell in 1919. He died on 1st April 1952. (added
10/08/01)
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Wood,
Alexander. b. 1921. Staff Sergeant. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.
Scottish. He enlisted in 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron
Highlanders in July 1939, served bfiefly with 1st Btn at Aldershot
but was not posted to France. Transferred to TA Battalion in Tain;
Volunteered for service with Commando, joined 11 (Scottish) Commando
and served in Cyprus and Syria. On disbandment of 11 (Scottish)
Commando, he was posted to 2nd Btn, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders,
served in Eritrea, Abyssinia and Egypt. He was captured at Tobruk in
June 1942, POW in North Africa and Italy, escaped in Italy and
returned to UK in Spring 1944. Attached to East Lancs Regiment as
Instructor. Transferred to Military Provost Staff Corps from which
he was demobbed as Staff Sergeant in July 1946. Born in Glasgow, son
of Alexander Wood and Agnes McConnell (see above). Serving as a
ship's steward in the Merchant Navy when he enlisted in QOCH.
Employed after WWII in Post Office in Brechin, Girvan, Paisley,
Letham, and Fordoun. He died on 24th December 1989. (added 10/08/01)
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Wood,
William Adamson, Private, Number 1711, 7th Battalion Royal Scots. Brother of Frank Wood of 3 Mall Avenue, Musselburgh, Midlothian. Died aged 19 on 28th June 1915 in the attack from Trench H10 near Gully Ravine, Gallipoli. He name is recorded on the Helles Memorial, Panel 26 to 30. Name submitted by his Great Nephew. (added 23/01/07)
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Woolvine,
George R. b. 1916. Gunner. No. 1545284. 64 (The Queens Own Glasgow
Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. English. Killed in
action at Medjez El Bab pass, Tunisia on 28th December 1942. Born
Brighton, resided in Glasgow. Son of Mary Woolvine (later Hamilton).
(added 21/05/01)
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Wright,
Adam Brown. b. 1922. Gunner. No. 14563800. 5th Bn, The Devonshire
Regt., 86 Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Artillery. Scottish. Son of Donald
and Mary Wright of Glasgow. He died in August 1944 and is buried in
Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France, aged 22. (added 07/09/00)
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Wright,
Charles Gibson Miller. Private. No. 5350. "A" Coy, 1/8th Royal
Scots. British. Served during WWI. Killed in action in October 1916
and is buried at Engelbelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. (added 15/06/00)
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Wright,
Hugh, Lance Corporal, Number 2003820, Royal Engineers, attached Headquarters 49th Division. Born 30th October 1917. Son of David and Mary Wright of 599 Duke Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow. Died aged 26 on 21st October 1944 and buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Limburg, Belgium, Grave Reference V.A.12. Name submitted by his Second Cousin. (added 18/12/06)
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Wright,
Hugh, Private, Number 4511, 6th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Born 1884 Son of Hugh Wright of Gowanbrae, Blairmore, Argyll. Died aged 32 on 30th June 1916. Buried in Glasgow Southern Necropolis (Central Division) Grave Reference 231. Name submitted by his Great Nephew. (added 18/12/06)
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