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20 September 1914 : 2nd Lieut. Roger Marshall

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The youngest son of five children of parents Anthony and Jessie Marshall of Anstead Farm, Chathill, Northumberland. At the 1891 Census the household included the Marhsall parents, the five children age 13 to two months (Roger), a governess and six domestic servants.  Roger was educated privately at the boys' boarding school Merchiston, Edinbur…


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…