Andrew Gardiner Kinnear

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• Birth*: Andrew Gardiner Kinnear was born on 1 June 1897 at 42 Union Place, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1897 births in the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee; ref 220; Andrew Gardiner Kinnear; 1897 June first 7h 15m am 42 Union Place Lochee; male parents Alexander Ross Kinnear spirit merchant and Jeannie Mitchell Kinnear ms Gardiner, m 1895 June 17th Lochee; signed Alex R Kinnear father; reg 1897 June 18th at Lochee J Robertson regsitrar.¹
• He was the son of Alexander Ross Kinnear spirit dealer, publican, mechanic and Jeanie Mitchell Gardiner shop keeper.
• (Deceased) Death*: Andrew Gardiner Kinnear died on 20 July 1917 at died of wounds, Flanders, Belgium, , at age 20 Kinnear Andrew Gardiner; machine gun corps (infantry); birthplace Dundee, enlisted Dundee; rank private, number 88971, died 20 July 1917, died of wounds, theatre of war - France and Flanders, supplementary notes - formerly 18471, A&SH.²
• (Headstone) Memorial Inscription*: He was buried after 20 July 1917 at Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium, . Casualty Details; Name: KINNEAR; Initials: A G; Nationality: United Kingdom; Rank: Private; Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); Unit Text: 14th Coy; Date of Death: 20/07/1917; Service No: 88971; Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead; Grave/Memorial Reference: I. H. 3.
  Cemetery: COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY; Country: Belgium ; Locality: Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen
  Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via the main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number: 01628 507200
  Location Information: Coxyde Military Cemetery is located approximately 500 metres beyond the village of Koksijde on the N396 towards De Panne. From Koksijde Dorp the N396, Houtsaegerlaan crosses the Zeelaan and at the same time changes its name to Robert Vandammestraat. 1 Km along the Robert Vandammestraat N369, on the right hand side, lies the cemetery.
  Historical Information: In June 1917, Commonwealth forces relieved French forces on 6 kilometres of front line from the sea to a point south of Nieuport (now Nieuwpoort), and held this sector for six months. Coxyde (now Koksijde) was about 10 kilometres behind the front line. The village was used for rest billets and was occasionally shelled, but the cemetery, which had been started by French troops, was found to be reasonably safe. It became the most important of the Commonwealth cemeteries on the Belgian coast and was used at night for the burial of the dead brought back from the front line. The French returned to the sector in December 1917 and continued to use the cemetery, and during 1918, Commonwealth naval casualties from bases in Dunkirk (now Dunkerque) were buried there. After the Armistice, the remains of 44 British soldiers were brought into the cemetery. Ten of them had been buried in isolated graves. Nineteen came from Furnes Road British Cemetery, Coxyde, a cemetery made in July, 1917, by the 2nd Manchesters and the 49th (West Riding) Division on the East side of the road to Furnes (now Veurne). Twenty-five (of whom 22 belonged to the 49th Division) came from Oosthoek Military Cemetery, Adinkerke, 4 Kms South-West of Coxyde. The cemetery was used again during the Second World War, chiefly for the burial of casualties sustained during the defence of the Dunkirk-Nieuport perimeter in May 1940. The cemetery now contains 1,507 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, the French graves from this period having since been removed. Of the 155 Second World War burials, 22 are unidentified. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
  No. of Identified Casualties: 1635.³
  

  COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household

31 March 1901

They was listed as a member of the household of Alexander Ross Kinnear spirit dealer, publican, mechanic and Jeanie Mitchell Gardiner shop keeper in the 1901 census at Balgay Terrace, Ashbank, Logie Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Alexander R     Kinnear     Head     Married     Male     38     1863     Spirit Dealer Publican     Monikie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland Jeannie     Kinnear     Wife     Married     Female     38     1863     -     Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland Alexander Chas Ross     Kinnear     Son     -     Male     5     1896     -     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland Andrew Gardiner     Kinnear     Son     -     Male     3     1898     -     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland.4