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McMurray Photos of WW1 Soldiers etc.

1-1-12 : Lance Corporal Douglas Sharp at the gate to a house called Barchuill on Memory Lane, Gatehouse. Note the black button which was often a symbol of mourning for a relative.

2-140 : This is probably Mrs Beddie who lived at Barchuill

1-12-05 : Ayrshire Yeomanry in Ann Street, July 1913. Mustering prior to a search for a missing person. (ex FMF)

3-77 : 7 horsemen in what is now the town car park

1-4-08 : Cadet Bugler	1-9-03 : KOSB officer, probably Andrew Veitch
1-9-10 : Machine Gun Corps, probably Andrew Straiton.	2-87 :

1-10-11 : The soldier with the Australian uniform is probably William Keelan (or Keenan).

2-81 : James Pritchard (5th Camerons) & Daniel Pritchard (Australian Machine Gun Corps).	3-39 : prob. Cameron Highlanders. On L. is Don Keith Clyne.
3-54 : Man on R. is Ayrshire Yeomanry.
2-27 : This man was obviously quite popular, if only with the photographer	3-90 :
4-46 :	5-80 :
3-10 : outside the Murray Arms Hotel	3-118 :
3-91 : Same man, same horse, 2 slightly different poses.	4-26 :
4-75 : Sheila Wallace thinks soldier on R is a McGaw.	5-47 : Artillery (probably in camp at Buddon, Dundee)

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1-3-03 : Gathering at Gatehouse town clock, but was this for the declaration of war or was it for armistice day ?.

4-63 : 1921 Official opening of the Girthon & Anwoth War Memorial.