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Eric De Clemont
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Eric de Clermont.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 1st November 1880. born in London.
Date and Place of Death: 5th December 1918. Gretna
Nationality: British.…
Alexina Ross Dickson
Email from grandson of Alexina in March 2020: Alexina Ross Dickson, born 2/08/1897. My grandmother is the standing lady. The lady on the left can be seen on your large information board situated opposite the large mixing bowl and in the centre of your display so that confirms to me that my grandmother did work there during WW1.…
Mary Gerrie Esson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Mary Gerrie Esson (Married name Banks)
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 9 August 1986, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Date and Place of Death: 18 November 1964, Melbourne, Australia.
Nationality: Scottish/Australian
Biography
Childhood:
Mary was the fourth child born to Alexander Esson (9 July 1858 – 28 June 1945), a butcher in Aberdeen, and Margaret Crofts (25 Mar 1866 – ?…
James Eyre
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : James Eyre
Do they already have a Wikipedia page? If yes, please paste link: No
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1st March 1868.…
Miss Catherine Nancy Fairbairn
CATHERINE NANCY FAIRBAIRN
Date and place of birth : 17 November 1894 Dunraven, Balerno, Midlothian, Scotland
Date and place of Death : 1963 in London
Nationality: British
Do we have photos of this person? No
Biography: Catherine grew up in the small town of Balerno near Edinburgh with her siblings.
Parents: David Bryce Fairbairn married Elizabeth (Bessie) Cunningham in Currie, 1881
Parents occupation : David was a Carpenter Joiner who had a workshop and also a mill in Balerno.…
James M Fairweather
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : James Fairweather.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: Abt. 1871, Blairgowie, Perthshire.
Date and Place of Death: N/A.
Nationality: British.
Biography
Childhood: N/A.…
Anna Crichton Fergusson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Anna Crichton Fergusson
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 19th December 1899, St Ninian’s , Stirlingshire
Date and Place of Death: 1st May 1988, Dundee
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: Youngest of 4, mother died when she was 2 and father remarried twice having 8 more children
Parents: Peter Fergusson and Marion nee Henry
Parents occupations: Fish Dealer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Cordite operative
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Marital status: Married
Children: 5
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
Trivia / any other information: Yes
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Anna Crichton Fergusson 1899-1988
Anna Crichton Ferguson was born on 19th December 1899, Stirlingshire to Peter Fergusson and Marion nee Henry.…
Norman Taylor Fox
NORMAN TAYLOR FOX
Date and place of birth : 23 October 1888 in Longsight, Lancashire
Date and place of Death : 24 May 1954 in Worsley, Lancashire
Nationality: British
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Biography: Norman had one brother named Edward Bowker Fox who was born in Lisburn, Ireland in 1893. Unfortunately Edward died in Dunmurry, Ireland in 1901 aged just 7 years. …
Annie Elizabeth Fulton
ANNIE ELIZABETH FULTON
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth:
26 September 1894 at Edinburgh
Date and Place of Death:
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood: Annie grew up in Edinburgh with her four siblings:
Margaret Storm Fulton 1893
Nellie Archibald Fulton 1897
John Adam Fulton 1899
Grace Laura Fulton 1903
Parents:
Adam Fulton married Elizabeth Thomson 4 March 1892 in Edinburgh
Parent’s occupations:
Adam worked as a Telegraph Inspector for Railway Company.…
John Colville Galletly
JOHN COLVILLE GALLETLY
Date and place of birth: 18 February 1875 at Tillicoulty, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Date and place of Death: 29 May 1920 in Birmingham
Nationality: Scottish
Biography: John grew up in Tillicoulty with his brothers and sisters:
Martha Swinton Galletly 1863
Jane Storrar Galletly 1865
Margaret Grace Galletly 1867
Elizabeth Helen Galletly 1868
Marianne Gumphert Galletly 1869
James Galletly 1872
Jessie Bell Galletly 1873
William Haldane Galletly 1876
Thomas Storrar Galletly 1877
Andrew Mitchell Galletly 1879
Parents: Rev William Galletly and Jane Reikie Storrar who were
married in Edinburgh on 22 April 1862
Parents occupation: William was a Minister in the United Presbyterian Church in Peterhead and then in Tillicoulty.…
Agnes Dalling Gardiner
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Agnes Gardiner (also known as Agnes Dalling and Agnes Muir).
Gender: Female.
Date and Place of Birth: 4th October 1898, Birdgend, Kincross.
Date and Place of Death: 1981, Kircaldy, Fife, Scotland.…
Annette Hamilton Geddes
ANNETTE HAMILTON GEDDES
“Miss Geddes”
Date and place of birth: 1881 in Newhills Registration District of Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date and place of death: 15th October 1976 in Aberdeen, Scotland
Nationality: British
Biography: Annette grew up in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire with her siblings:
Mary Hosie Geddes 1878 – 1948
Eliza Maggie Geddes 1880-1884
James Fraser Geddes 1883 – 1973
Alexander Marr Geddes 1885 – 1973
Marjory Inglis Geddes 1887 – 1960
Frances Beryl Geddes 1890 – 1991
Godfrey Power Geddes 1895 – 1964
Parents:
James Lawrence Geddes married Marjory Fraser Burr in 1877 Newhills Registration District, Aberdeenshire.…
Edward James Gibson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Edward James Gibson
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: December 4th 1868, Macduff, Banffshire.
Date and Place of Death: March 31st 1952, Annan
Nationality: Scottish
Biography
Childhood: 13 Duff Street, Macduff, Banffshire.…
Rachel Gillan
Her name was Rachel Gillan, born 12/6/1899 in Calton, Glasgow and she lived in either Stevenson Street or Kite Street. I believe that she had had some sort of prior experience in industry before getting the job at Eastriggs and the story passed down was that she shared a house or rented a room in the town with a friend.…
David Gilmour
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): David Gilmour.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 28/04/1867 – Dystart, Fifeshire.
Date and Place of Death: 01/12/1942 – Kircaldy.
Nationality: Scottish.…
Smillie Kay Gilmour
Smillie Kay Gilmour was born on 14th April 1892 at Mill Square, Catrine, Sorn, Ayrshire.
Fawcett Gray
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Fawcett Gray
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 03/03/1853, at Geashill, Kings County, Ireland (4)
Date and Place of Death: 1933 aged 80 at Edmonton, Essex (1)
Nationality: Irish
Biography
Childhood
Born in Ireland, unable to find out any information about siblings.…
John Owen Grinsted
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): John Owen Grinsted
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 02/12/1875 Fulham
Date and Place of Death: 18/04/1954 Leeds
Nationality: British
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Childhood:
Parents: William and Sarah (nee Fisher) Grinsted
Parent’s occupations: Joiner (father)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Engineer’s Pattern Maker in 1911.…
Andrew Halliday
‘Mary Ellen’s Story: Mary Ellen Hind was born in Carlisle and lived on London Road until she was about six years old when the family moved to Annan. She began working at the Dornock Factory in 1916 at the age of nineteen, where she met and married her husband Andrew Halliday. Mary Ellen, better known as “Nellie”, was in her ninety seventh year when we spoke at her Eastriggs home on Wednesday 14th April 1993.…
Frederick Clarkson Harold
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Frederick Clarkson Harold
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: April 1883 Wood Green, London
Date and Place of Death: 22nd July 1948, Tavistock , Devon
Nationality: English
Childhood: Large family and moved around
Parents: Charles William and Mary Anne nee Rowe
Parents occupations: Supervisor inland revenue
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: Chemical engineer/analytical chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: 18 The Ridge , Eastriggs
Marital status: Married
Children: None known
Travels: Travelled professionally to South America ( Chile)
Awards/recognitions: None known
Positions held: None known
Trivia / any other information: Yes
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Biography
Frederick Clarkson Harold 1881-1948
Frederick Clarkson Harold was born in the second quarter of 1883 at Wood Green, London to Charles William and Mary Ann nee Rowe.…
