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Fireman. John Robertson Kyle
Merchant Marine SS Craigendoran
from:Glasgow
(d.3rd Mar 1917)
John Robertson, served as a fireman on the SS Craigendoran with the Merchant Navy. Born Glasgow 27th March 1886 he was the son of John and Mary Kyle, brother of Mary McDermott Kyle, Catherine Kyle and Alice Kyle and husband of Sarah Benson Kyle. He was killed in action aboard the British Collier SS Craigendoran (2789ton) when she was sunk by a German U Boat off the Algerian coast on 3rd March 1917. His name is recorded on the Tower Hill Memorial.
His family received the following scroll: This scroll is written to honour the great company of our men who though trained only to the peaceful traffic of the sea yet in the hour of national danger gave themselves with the ancient skill and endurance of their breed to face new perils and new cruelties of war and in a right cause served fearlessly to the end. And this is written further to ensure that among the rest shall be ever freshly remembered the name and service of John Robertson Kyle.
Pte. Frederick George Kyme
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
from:Devonshire, Bermuda
(d.24th February 1918)
Private Kyme was the son of Thomas James and Mary Ann Kyme of Pigeon Villa, Middle Rd., Devonshire, Bermuda.
He was 42 when he died and is buried in the Pembroke (St John) Churchyard, Bermuda.
Sgt. Albert William Kyne
British Army 15th Btn Cheshire Regiment
from:Eastend
(d.19th July 1916)
Albert Kyne served with the 15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. I have no story as my relatives have died and through bad wills my family history is now in the hands of people who do not care. I, therefore, do not have any of the 3 medals he would have been awarded according to my research. If anyone has any memories or knew him or friends of his in the 15th Cheshires I would be interested to hear them. I only know when he died and that he was commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.
Captain Alexander Bruce Kynoch
Royal Flying Corps 37 Squadron
from:St Pancras, London
(d.8th March 1918)
On 8 March 1918 Capt Alexander Bruce Kynoch from No 37 Sqn RFC and Duke of Wellington's Regiment was flying a BE 12 C3208 from Stow Maries aerodrome, and Capt Henry Clifford Stroud of No 61 Sqn RFC and the Royal Engineers was flying an SE 5a B679 from Rochford aerodrome on a mission to intercept a German bomber raid. Many sorties had been grounded that night because of the weather. The aircraft collided in the darkness over Shotgate and fell into a field on Dollymans Farm
Capt. Kynoch, who had served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Macedonia is buried in the St Pancras and Islington Cemetery in north London. Capt. Stroud is commemorated on a memorial in the field near Rayleigh where his aircraft fell, and is buried at Rochford Parish Church adjoining the airfield from which he flew.
2nd Lt. C. S. Kynoch
Army 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. William Kynoch
British Army 2nd Garrison Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sheffield
Pte. James Henry Kyte
British Army Hampshire Regiment
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