We remember Archibald Borland Cameron

We remember Archibald Borland Cameron

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Timeline

Timeline

1896
birth Ochiltree, Ayrshire United Kingdom Source:9222582 1896
1911
dates Age 14 Source:9222582 1911
1914
employment Clerk Source:9371329 1914
1914
enlistment Dumfries, Scotland United Kingdom Source:9371329 7th December 1914
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:5436744 12th May 1915
1915
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:9371394 12th May 1915
awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:9371412
service British Army Private 16964 King's Own Scottish Borderers Source:5436744
service British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment Source:5436744
service British Army Corporal 16964 King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion Source:9373254
1918
death Killed in Action Source:9371403 11th April 1918
burial Ploegsteert Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Hainaut Belgium Source:7531072

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Archibald Borland
Initials AB
Last Name Cameron,
Source 9371412
First Names Archie
Initials A
Last Name Cameron
Source 9222582
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 16964 King's Own Scottish Borderers Private
British Army Border Regiment Second Lieutenant
British Army 16964 King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion Corporal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
MM British Award/Decoration
Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
James Cameron father

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Kristen1288
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Kristen1288

External Evidence

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GRoS Birth registration Alison38731
Place of birth - Ochiltree, Scotland Alison38731
1911 Census Alison38731
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards Kristen1288
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects Kristen1288
Ancestry - Medal Roll - King's Own Scottish Borderers 1914-15 Star Vincent96527

Multimedia

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Medal collection of Archibald Borland Cameron Alison38731
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium 1 Vincent96527
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium 2 Vincent96527
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium 3 Vincent96527
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium 4 Vincent96527
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium 5 Vincent96527
King’s Own Scottish Borderers Cap Badge Vincent96527

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