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David Ritchie Orr
« on: Sunday 21 December 25 14:19 GMT (UK) »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Pvt David Ritchie Orr - Argyll and Southerland Highlanders - died 9/8/1915 - aged 31 years - buried Cathcart Cemetery - service no - 4/9516

The Commission is in the process of producing a headstone to mark the grave of Pvt Orr.

Son of David and Agnes Lennox Orr; husband of Isabella Orr. Aged 31 years.

FIND A GRAVE Also commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial.

Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial
Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153804359/david-ritchie-orr

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/289117292/david-ritchie-orr

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Thank You
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Re: David Ritchie Orr
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 21 December 25 14:27 GMT (UK) »
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Pvt David Orr Birth Place   Glasgow, Lanarks
Death Date   9 Aug 1915
Enlistment Place   Glasgow, Lanarks
Regiment   Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Battalion   4th Battalion Regimental Number   4/9516

Web: Scotland, National War Memorial Index, 1914-1945

David Orr - Rank   Pte - Birth Place   Glasgow
Death Date   9 Aug 1915 - Death Place   Home
Service Number   4/9516 - War   WW1
Military Unit   Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 4th Bn
Regiment   The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

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Re: David Ritchie Orr
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 21 December 25 14:35 GMT (UK) »

18 Aug 1915
Greenock Telegraph(Greenock, Strathclyde, Scotland)

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Re: David Ritchie Orr
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 21 December 25 14:42 GMT (UK) »
A possible Orr family that might fit the bill

1901 28 Albert Dr. Cathcart.

Agnes Orr 47 Head
John Orr 20 Son
David Orr   16   Son. Apprentice Joiner.
John S Brown 22 Lodger. Grocers Assistant.
Andrew Ross 18 Lodger. Grocers Assistant.

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Re: David Ritchie Orr
« Reply #4 on: Monday 22 December 25 13:17 GMT (UK) »
 A David Ritchie Orr of 28 Albert Drive, Croshill died aged 52 in 1896. He was an accountant. So, name and timing sits well with the Agnes and sons in 1901 census. Crosshill and Cathcart are adjacent.
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Re: David Ritchie Orr
« Reply #5 on: Monday 22 December 25 15:35 GMT (UK) »
The David who died in 1915, was married in the Dunoon area in 1911, to an Isobella Kerr Kernohan. No obvious children in indexes. An Isabella Kerr Orr, maiden name Kernohan, died in Glasgow area in 1973 aged 87.
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Re: David Ritchie Orr
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 23 December 25 07:44 GMT (UK) »
There is an Ancestry tree called 'Kathleen Ritchie' family tree that might be worth checking (sorry, no Ancestry sub so can only see limited details). It has the David who was married to Isa(o)bella, as

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DAVID RITCHIE Orr 2nd cousin x 3

Another, "Karen Forrest" family tree also looks to have this couple, albeit with Kernochan spelling.
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