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24 February 1915: Lieut. Colin Edward Cumming MA
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His parents were Robert (a bank manager) and Margaret (née Duff) at Stafford and he was one of six children. He was educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh and Edinburgh University. He was an active member of the OTC and commissioned in the RFA Reserve 16 Sept 1909. He gave this up to taken an engineering cadetship in the Transvaal gold-mini…
21 March 1915 : 2nd Lieut. Lewis Neil Griffith Ramsay
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Parents Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, Professor of Classical Archaeology in Oxford and Lady Ramsay, Agnes Dick (née Marshall). Older siblings Agnes, Andrew, Mary and Helena. The family lived at 41 Braid Avenue, Edinburgh. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh; Aberdeen University and Christ’s College, Cambridge; and Imperial C…
22 March 1918 : Acting Corporal Peter Aitken
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Third son of Peter Aitken and Jessie (née Russell) of Bellencrieth Nursery, Bathgate. Peter was one of nine children, of whom one (George) died in childhood, age 2. Peter was employed at the Bathgate Post Office and enlisted March 1916 John Aitken (Born 1897) South Staffordshire Regiment Enlisted May 1915, Served with The Royal Scots, The…
22 January 1918 : 2nd Lieut. Robert Cadzow, R.F.C.
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Son of Robert Cadzow and Christina (née Fleming) At the 1901 Census, age 2, Robert was at home with his parents and younger brother Andrew and maternal grandmother Mrs Helen Fleming. There were also four servants, and four farm labourers living on the farm. Sisters, Helen and Janet were born in 1902 and 1903. He was educated in the state …