We remember John Blair

We remember John Blair

Timeline

Timeline

birth Edinburgh United Kingdom Source:8521897
1915
dates Age 22 Source:8529048 22nd May 1915
1915
location 97 Iona Street, Leith United Kingdom Source:8529048 22nd May 1915
employment Plumber Source:8529048
enlistment Leith United Kingdom Source:8521897
service British Army Private 1272 Royal Scots 7th Battalion Source:8521896
1915
death Injuries received in Railway Collision (Body not identified) Quintinshill, Gretna Parish, Dumfriesshire United Kingdom Source:8521896 Source:8529049 Source:8529048 22nd May 1915
burial Edinburgh (rosebank) Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Edinburgh United Kingdom Memorial Ground - Gretna Railway Disaster Source:8521896

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names John
Initials J
Last Name Blair
Source 8521895
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
97 Iona Street, Leith United Kingdom known 22nd May 1915
Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1272 Royal Scots 7th Battalion Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Elizabeth Sutherland mother
John Blair father

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Yvonne27542
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Yvonne27542

External Evidence

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List of those involved in the Gretna Rail Disaster Yvonne27542
Statutory Death Register (Scotland) Yvonne27542
Register of Corrected Death Registration Entries for soldiers’ deaths in the Quintinshill Disaster Yvonne27542
Quintinshill Roll of Honour Yvonne27542

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