Life story: Archibald Blair | Lives of the First World War

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1897

birth Partick, Glasgow United Kingdom Source:9413574 3rd November 1897

1927

marriage Alfreda Agnes Brown Source:9413574 5th December 1927

1945

marriage Evelyn Moir Murphy Source:9413574 2nd August 1945

employment Medical Practitioner Source:9414049

service British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry Source:374179

service British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Rifles attached Highland Light Infantry Source:374179

service British Army Temporary Major 1st Assyrian Battalion Source:374179

service British Army Captain 1st Assyrian Battalion Source:374179

1964

death Not War Related London United Kingdom Source:9414049 30th June 1964

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Names

Type	Name
First Names	Archibald
Initials	A
Last Name	Blair
Source	374179

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Unit	Rank
British Army	Highland Light Infantry	Lieutenant
British Army	Scots Rifles attached Highland Light Infantry	Second Lieutenant
British Army	1st Assyrian Battalion	Temporary Major
British Army	1st Assyrian Battalion	Captain

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Jane Waddell	mother
Thomas Blair	father

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Evelyn Moir Murphy	wife	2nd August 1945
Alfreda Agnes Brown	wife	5th December 1927

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Birth certificate of Archibald Blair

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Archibald Blair death certificate

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Call up

Archie was called up at the age of 18 years and two weeks

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Assyria Notes Page 1

Some of my grandfather's notes written after the war

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Assyria notes Page 2

Some of my grandfather's notes written after the war

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Assyria Notes Page 3

Some of my grandfather's notes written after the war

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Archibald Blair in 1921

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Archie Blair

In uniform

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From my grandfather's photograph album

Mesopotamia 1917

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Tigris River 1917

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Persia 1918

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Baghdad 1918

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Baghdad 1918

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Persia 1918

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Baghdad 1818, Archibald Blair on the right

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Hendry of the Highland Light Infantry 1918

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Villiage in flames, Kurdistan 1919

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'General Nightingale's Tent' Kurdistan 1919

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First Assyrians in Mosul, 1920

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Mosul 1920

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First Assyrian camp, Abu Sif, Winter 1919/20

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Horse lines, 1919/20

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Ginger, Grey and Knight, Mosul 1920

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Bowskill, Blair and May, Mosul 1920

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Hambly and Blair, Mosul 1920

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Refugee Camp, Mosul 1920

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Officer, Baqubah 1920

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McDonald, Coutts and Phillips 1917 Kassamain

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Archibald Blair, Baghdad 1918

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Dunsterforce in Persia, February 1918

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Persia 1918

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Arab police, Baghdad 1918

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Kassamain, 1917

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Firts Assyrian Battalion near Mosul, 1920

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Officers in Native Costume

Baqubah 1919. Top row - Capt Gilmour, Capt Hants, Lt Male, Capt Standing. Middle row - Major Knight. Bottom row - Capt Hodgson, Capt Blair, Capt Roberts

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Multimedia

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Birth certificate of Archibald Blair	Marisa151372
Archibald Blair death certificate	Marisa151372
Call up	Marisa151372
Assyria Notes Page 1	Marisa151372
Assyria notes Page 2	Marisa151372
Assyria Notes Page 3	Marisa151372
Archibald Blair in 1921	Marisa151372
Archie Blair	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
From my grandfather's photograph album	Marisa151372
Officers in Native Costume	Marisa151372

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