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Daily Record 04 December 1915 |
In the 1901 census the family is in Prestonpans, Midlothian
Hugh Gracie 32 Contractor In Stone Work Miner (underground) borns Shotts, Lanarkshire
Janet Gracie 33
Lizzie Gracie 8
Peter Gracie 4
Hugh Gracie 1
He was a miner of 8 John Baird Street when he enlisted in the Royal Scots Lothian Regiment in Cumnock aged 19 years and 7 months on 26 May 1915.
He was 5 ft 4 in tall. He embarked for France on 17 Sep 1915 and was killed in action on 20 November 1915.
His father received his bronze star medal on 4 December 1920.
He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres and on Cumnock War Memorial.
His parents were Hugh and Janet Gracie of 10 Urbana Terrace, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire. According to the news clipping they were living in John Baird St.
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