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Nov 28, 2020 · Graham Hamilton Speirs was born in Glasgow. At the age of 12 he and his sister were evacuated to Girvan. “These were grim days of war but I have nothing but happy memories of the time I spent there,” he recalled in a letter to the local newspaper later in his adult life.
Graham Speirs Photography. 1,287 likes · 1 talking about this. Pictures from my travels around the world and my home country of Scotland.
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A stunning sunrise in Finstown, Orkney Mainland this morning. Pictures taken between 0447-0510...be sure to scroll to see all pictures! #sunrise #sunrisephotography #sunrise_and_sunsets #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #Finstown #finstownorkney #orkneyislands #orkneyislands #orkneyisles #ig_orkney #ig_Scotland #insta_scotland
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Ronald Charles Speirs was born on 20th April, 1920 in the Scottish city of Edinburgh.1 He was the youngest of five children for parents Robert Craig Speirs, Jr and Martha Agnes (McNeil) Speirs, 2but his stay in Scotland was to be short.
Robert Speirs, Ronald’s father, was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1882.3 His engineering career began as a young man when he became an apprentice engineer fitter in the Glasgow area.4 Around this time, Robert met Martha McNeil. They were married in 1908 5and lived in Dalmuir, just outside Glasgow. By this time, Robert was a journeyman engineer. Rob...
Ronald spent his child and early adulthood in Boston, though records show during the summer break, when Ronald was between 8th and 9th grades, he and his parents sailed back back to the UK on the MV Georgic, part of the Cunard White Star line, from Boston.12 The journey took them through New York and Galway in Ireland before docking in Liverpool on...
Ronald Speirs’ first marriage took place on 20th May 1944 to an English girl he met whilst stationed in Aldbourne, Wilshire, England.19 Speirs recalled, “before the invasion, I was sent down to Winchester to set up a camp for an infantry division coming up from Africa. There I met my English wife who was a member of the ATS, the British women’s ser...
Nov 29, 2020 · Graham Hamilton Speirs, lawyer. Born: January 9 1927 in Burnside, Glasgow. Died: November 17 2020 in Haddington, aged, 93
Robert Cunningham Graham Speirs or Spiers FRSE (1797 – 1847) was a 19th-century Scottish advocate and prison reformer. In later life he is largely referred to simply as Graham Speirs. He held the offices of Sheriff of Elgin and Moray from 1835 to 1840 and subsequently was Sheriff of Midlothian from 1840 until his death in 1847.
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