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747:"Life story: Allan George Cameron | Lives of the First World War"
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Marion Hester Cameron (12 October 1914 β 31 May 1997), married
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773:"Captain Archibald Cameron | War Casualty Details 743484"
711:"The Army in South Africa β Troops returning home".
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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990:"Duke of Montrose (S, 1707): Cracroft's Peerage"
596:Arms of Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel, KT
27:Scottish clan chief and army officer (1876β1951)
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1056:Portraits of Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel
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832:"Colonel Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, KT"
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359:Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott
228:Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott
1086:Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire
950:. D.C. Thomson. 1948. p. 327.
751:livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk
511:Violet Graham, Duchess of Montrose
468:Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire
464:Knight of the Order of the Thistle
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210:Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel
437:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
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858:"Clan Cameron genealogies"
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561:7th Duke of Montrose
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180:Lady Hermione Graham
681:. Stackpole Books.
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