William Gilchrist

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Chemist

Birthplace Tweedmouth Date of Birth: November 12, 1891

Biography

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William Gilchrist

Gender: Male

Date and Place of Birth: 12/11/1891 Tweedmouth

Date and Place of Death: N/K

Nationality: British

Biography

Childhood:

Parents: Alice Dixon Gilchrist

Parent’s occupations: Assistant sub-postmistress (mother)

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: B.Sc Durham

Occupation: Science Student in 1911

Place of residence at Gretna: N/K

Job title at Gretna: Chemist at Dornock

Marital status: Ethel T (nee Leith) Gilchrist 1939 Q2 Northumberland

Children: N/K

Travels: N/K

Awards/recognitions: N/K

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Books published (Title, year of publication, publisher): N/K
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Enlisted February 1916 as a Chemist as Pioneer 146362 Royal Engineers. Transferred September 1916 to Army Reserve Class W under the Ministry of Munitions’ Explosive Supply Store.

Remembered on the Dornock Souvenir and gave family address, Manse House, West End, Tweedmouth, Berwick-on-Tweed.

In 1939 works as a Chemist (Cement and Explosives) in Berwick.