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MORAYSHIRE ROLL OF HONOUR 295
McGILLIVRAY, Alexander. No. 55374. ? te -> Highland Light Infantry ; born at Inchyru
Village, Perthshire, 31st Dec, 1898, parents residing in Forres for eighteen years ; joined at
Forres, Oct., 1916 ; served in France. Son of Alexander and Cecilia McGillivray, 6, Fraser's
Buildings, Pilmuir, Forres. Occupation, sawmill engine driver.
McGILLIVRAY, Alexander. No. 788, Sgt., 90th Winnipeg Rifles ; born at Forres, July 6th,
1887 ; joined at Winnipeg, Canada, August, 1914 ; served in France ; wounded in right leg,
April, 1915, and in August, 1917. Son of John and Margaret McGillivray, 70c, High Street,
Forres. Occupation, tailor.
McGILLIVRAY, Alexander. No. 7793, Pte., 2nd Seaforth Highlanders ; born at High Street,
Forres, 14th March, 1867 ; joined at Forres, 9th Sept., 1914 ; served in France. Son of
Alexander McGillivray, West End, Forres, and Elizabeth Fraser or McGillivray. Occupation,
saw mill engine fireman.
McGILLIVRAY, Angus. Wagoner, 144 Bty., American Field Artillery ; born at Kintessack,
Dyke, Dec. nth, 1891 ; joined at Los Angelos, California, 1917 ; served in France. Son of
James William McGillivray, Kintessack, and Margaret MacBean or McGillivray. Occupation,,
gardener.
McGILLIVRAY, Donald. No. 286785, Bdr., R.G.A., and Seaforths ; born at Archiestown, 13th
Dec, 1885 ; joined at Elgin, 4th August, 1914 ; served in France. Son of Farquhar and
Margaret McDonald McGillivray, The Square, Archiestown. Occupation, postman.
McGILLIVRAY, George. No. W.R.289059, Pte., 3rd Btn. Royal Scots ; born at Califer Hill,
Forres, 20th Nov., 1891 ; joined at Edinburgh, July, 1917 ; served in Egypt. Son of James
McGillivray, Califer, Forres, and Mary McHattie or McGillivray. Occupation, railway
clerk.
McGILLIVRAY, George. No. 3760, Pte., 6th Seaforths ; born at Forres, Nov. 2nd, 1895 ;
joined at Forres, Oct., 1915 ; served in France ; suffered from shell shock and trench fever,
Sept., 1916, and from trench fever, Jan., 1917. Son of John and Margaret McGillivray, 70c,
High Street, Forres. Occupation, coach painter.
McGILLIVRAY, James. No. 106429, Sgt., 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles ; born at Forres, May
8th, 1889 ; joined at Yorkton, Sask., Canada, 1915 ; served in France ; wounded in hands
and legs, 1916. Son of John and Margaret McGillivray, 70c, High Street, Forres. Occupation,
saddler.
McGILLIVRAY, John. No. 13311, Pte., 15th Highland Light Infantry ; born at Rothes, 17th
March, 1890 ; joined at Glasgow, Sept., 1914 ; served in France. Occupation, tramway
employee.
McGILLIVRAY, John. No. 3965, Pte., 6th Seaforth Highlanders ; born at Forres, August 12th,
1883 ; joined at Forres, Oct., 1915 ; served in France ; killed in France in Battle of the Ancre,
Nov. 13th, 1916. Son of John and Margaret McGillivray, 70c, High Street, Forres. Occu-
pation, baker's vanman.
McGILLIVRAY, Peter. No. 221138, Pte., 6th Gordon and 6th Seaforth Highlanders and Labour
Corps ; born at Inverness, April 28th, 1874, educated at Elgin ; joined at Huntly, Sept. 20th,
1914 ; served in France ; suffered from rheumatism and chest trouble ; awarded Egyptian
Soudan Medal and Clasp, 1898, South African Medal and Clasp and King's South African
Medal and Clasp, and Medal for Nile Expedition. Son of John McGillivray (deceased), Elgin,
and Jessie Gammie or McGillivray. Occupation, tailor.
McGILLIVRAY, William. No. 10568, Pte., Seaforth Highlanders ; born at Forres, 19th July,
1890 ; joined at Fort George, 8th Feb., 1915 ; served in Mesopotamia and Palestine. Son of
Alexander (deceased) and Margaret McGillivray. Occupation, cabman.
McGILLIVRAY, William Tavish. No. 365164, Sgt., R.G.A. ; born at Alness, Ross-shire, 22nd
Sept., 1879, residing in Elgin since 1910 ; joined at Aberdeen, 20th Sept., 1915 ; served in
France ; killed near Ypres, 28th Sept., 1917. Son of Angus (deceased) and Catherine McGil-
livray, Winnipeg. Occupation, inspector of the I.N.S.P.C.C.