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17 March 1917 : Cpl Malcolm McNiven Gilchrist

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He was the son of the late Archibald Gilchrist and his wife Catherine (née McNiven) of 1 Whitefield Avenue, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire.  He was educated at Stonelaw School, Rutherglen. Before the First World War he was an architectural draughtsman. He joined, under conscription, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 17 March 1916 and served in F…


24 April 1917 : Pte George Kemp

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Third son of Peter Kemp (a farm manager) and Isabella (née Sellar) and one of five boys and two girls.  George was Police Constable in the Lanarkshire Constabulary before the war.  He enlisted in July 1915 and served in France and Flanders from June 1916. He was killed in action at Beauchamp, between Cambrai and Peronne 24 April 1917. He is…