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Record #23409

Name :: : Anthony Campbell ROSS (1897 - 1917)
aka : Sapper Ross
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 20 Feb 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 8 Aug 1917 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Morayshire, Forres

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Lens

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 31 Mar 1913
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Scotian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Quarrier's Orphan Homes of Scotland
Agency: : Quarriers

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Sapper Anthony Campbell Ross. Could not confirm as British Home Child through LAC, however, confirmed with actual shipping documents.

1901 Scottish Census records place Anthony Ross with his mother and grandparents at 48b North Road, Forres, Morayshire. At 5 years of age he was born about 1896 in Forres, Morayshire. He is with his maternal grandparents, Jessie and John Campbell. His mother, Annie Ross, and siblings James (15), Mary Ann (3), and John (3 months). John Campbell was a Mason by trade, Annie Ross was a Domestic Servant by occupation.

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Anthony C Ross
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Birth Date: abt 1897
Departure Date: 22 Mar 1913
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Destination Port: Halifax, Canada
Ship Name: Scotian
Shipping Line: Allan Line
Official Number: 149547
Master: Henry Marchart
Additional Information: Noted as Quarrier's Party.

Attestation paper was signed 30 Jun 1915 in Nieppe, France where Anthony was serving with the 3rd Field Company, CE from May 1914 until joining the Expeditionary Force. Anthony Campbell Ross was born 30 Jun 1915 in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. He was a Painter by trade. His Next of Kin was Mrs. A. Ross of 23 High Street East, Forres, Moryashire, Scotland. 5'5" in height with blue eyes and brown hair, he had a tattoo reading 'Unity Bonny Scotland' on his right forearm. His religion was listed as Presbyterian.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty confirm that he was Killed in Action west of Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France. He is buried in Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery - British Extension, Bully les Mines, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot: IV. D. 11.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56444174

ContributorsCreated : 2013-12-10 10:56:24 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-10 10:57:16 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
23777	ANDREWS, Annie Evelyn	1906	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
23196	ANTCLIFF, Robert	1910	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
13741	ASH, Ernest William	1910	ENG, , Isle of Wight	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
15784	BAKER, Edgar Frank	1896	ENG, LDN, London	Jul 1909 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
9242	BALL, Elizabeth	1907	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
22557	BALLANTYNE, Robert B	1898	SCT,	Apr 1912 : Scotian	CAN	Quarriers
9276	BARHAM, Ada	1906	ENG, , Norwich	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
15533	BATCHELOR, Hannah	1908	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
12377	BELL, Dorothy	1911	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
22602	BRAGGINGTON, Elsie	1907	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
22098	BRAMALL, Ernest	1909	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
8414	CAUNT, Evelyn	1907	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
9311	CHALLIS, John Henry	1907	ENG, , Guisborough	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
4006	COX, Frederick Arthur	1908	ENG, OXF, Headington	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
19907	CREIGHTON, Robert Thomson	1897	SCT, , Coatbridge	Apr 1912 : Scotian	CAN	Quarriers
16412	CUMMING, George Simpson	1901	SCT, BAN, Aberlour	Mar 1913 : Scotian	CAN	Quarriers
16413	CUMMING, William	1899	SCT, BAN, Aberlour	Mar 1913 : Scotian	CAN	Quarriers
10834	DADE, James	1905	ENG, , Ipswich	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
15508	DAW, Frederick	1906	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
4533	DAWSON, Lucy Lavinia	1906	ENG, YKS, Rotheram	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
15551	ELMS, Lily	1907	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
3510	FRENCH, Mabel Edith B.	1905	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos	sussexgirl
12789	GENTLE, Horace	1908	ENG, , St Albans	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
4574	GEORGE, Gwendoline	1909	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
4570	GEORGE, Matilda	1906	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
4573	GEORGE, Susan	1907	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
8609	GREEN, Lilian Margaret	1896	ENG,	May 1913 : Scotian	CAN	Sailing Alone
22462	HAYNES, William Richard	1906	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
10889	HIRST, Lily	1906	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
22101	HOLE, Anthony W	1910	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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