13 March 2015

Gordon Highlanders - other rank PoWs 1914


This is an edited roll of Other Ranks serving with the Gordon Highlanders who were captured by the enemy and became Prisoners of War on or before the 25th December 1914. Read more about this data source on my 1914 PoWs page.

This data has been transcribed from a single source at the Imperial War Museum, namely B.O.2 1/178 which is a 62-page hand-written composed by the officer i/c Infantry Records at Perth on the 7th March 1919. My full transcription (not reproduced here) also contains the following information against some or all of the names:

Battalion
Date of capture

Home address
Next of kin
Next of kin's address
Notes
Transcriber's notes

There are over 800 names on this list, the equivalent, almost, of a battalion at home strength in 1914. The vast majority of these men were serving with the 1st Battalion and the majority were taken prisoner on the 26th August 1914.


There is a real mix of experience amongst these men. Numbers prefixed with 3/ indicate that the man originally joined the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and would have been sent out as part of a draft to reinforce the regular battalion.

The longest serving regular, by my reckoning, was 5049 Lance-Corporal Robert Williamson whose regimental number dates to 1894. This man held the India Medal with clasps for the Punjab Frointier 1897-98 and Tirah 1897-98, and also the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Paardeberg, Dreifontein, Johannesburg, Belfast and Cape Colony.

At the other end of the scale we have 1439 Private R Semple who joined the regiment in May or June 1914, twenty years later than Robert Williamson.

The full transcription is available for sale as a download or CD for £20. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy.

You can work out when the other men would have joined by referring to my post on Gordon Highlanders regimental numbering.  Here then, are the men, all 806 of them. Any errors in transcription are my own:

8798 Private J Adam
7071 Private J Adams
10416 Private J Adams
1152 Private T H Adamson
7627 Private R Adie
505 Private C Aithie
9554 Lance-Sergeant R Aitken
10174 Private R Aitken
8839 Lance-Corporal C Alexander
57 Acting Lance-Corporal J Allan
6731 Private J Allan
9435 Private J Allan
1083 Private R Allan
10541 Lance-Corporal G Allan
681 Private A Anderson
707 Lance-Corporal C Anderson
857 Private F Anderson
1225 Lance-Corporal E F G Anderson
3/6148 Private R Anderson
7152 Private J Anderson
9597 Private G Anderson
10364 Sergeant J Anderson
7232 Private R Anderson
6503 Lance-Corporal W Anderson
10491 Private H Angus
9897 Corporal W Annand
869 Private G Ansell
9121 Private W Armitage
10415 Private J Armstrong
9536 Private W C Avery
6522 Private J W Bailey
9771 Private B Bain
8500 Private J Baird
8948 Private J Baird
247 Private A Balneaves
1304 Private W Bannerman
9974 Private J Barbour
7021 Sergeant W Barclay
421 Private J Barker
7086 Private W Barr
10089 Private R Barron
948 Private R Beattie
7264 Private J Beattie
751 Private J Beattie
9401 Private W Beedie
9699 Sergeant J Beeford
9157 Private W Begg
7801 Private G Beharrie
7620 CSM T Bell
9583 Private P Bell
9784 Private R B Bell
9742 Sergeant J F Bell
10098 Private J Bennett
8594 Private F Berry
1166 Private T H Bertie
8629 Private David Beverley
882 Private P Binney
1200 Private W Binnie
766 Private A Birnie
8443 Private C Birnie
74 Private B G Bish
7214 Private R Blackburn
941 Private J H Bland
295 Drummer W D Blyth
1154 Private A J Boag
7184 Private David Boath
964 Lance-Corporal A Boswell
827 Private David Bowden
1110 Acting Lance-Corporal R Brand
1028 Drummer J W Brebner
7855 Private J M Brebner
9153 Private G Brodie
495 Private R Brown
757 Private W R Brown
9201 Private R Brown
9474 Corporal J Brown
10058 Private J Brown
7456 Private J Bruce
8676 Private W Bruce
197 Private R Bruce
10532 Private W Bryce
9255 Sergeant J Bryce
9943 Private W Bryson
1210 Private B Buchan
6665 Private M Buchan
9632 Private J Bullock
1030 Private J Burden
1301 Private J Burden
850 Private J Burns
10547 Private G Bushby
10604 Lance-Corporal H Buttberg
769 Private J Cairns
10696 Corporal A Caldwell
10328 Private W H Callister
784 Private J Cameron
659 Corporal J Campbell
840 Drummer J Campbell
842 Private J Campbell
1014 Private David Campbell
8971 Private C Campbell
9517 Private G Campbell
8781 Private David Canning
8820 Private W Carle
1276 Private R Carley
9638 Private B Carr
8590 Private W Carroll
10561 Private S Cashill
8885 Private J C Cathcart
8677 Private W Center
9180 Private T A Chadd
752 Private R Chalmers
1073 Private J Chalmers
1190 Private W Chalmers
9134 Private G Chalmers
6275 Private G Cheyne
7144 Private J Christie
1089 Private J Christie
8941 Private C Clark
6656 Private J Clark
9595 Private J D Clark
9377 Private M Clarke
9661 Private W Clarke
7276 Private T Cochrane
6701 Private J Cochrane
1237 Private S Collie
1044 Private J Colquhoun
9770 Lance-Corporal P Connell
652 Corporal J Connelly
8436 Private T Connon
9978 Corporal J Connon
6807 Private W Cook
9938 Private J Cooper
396 Piper D Copland
7129 Private J L Copland
10447 Lance-Corporal A Corbett
9254 Private R Cormack
1092 Private J Cosgrove
1214 Private A Coutts
9626 Private A R Cowie
802 Private J Craig
1196 Private J Craig
8508 Private J Crawford
9687 Private William Cree
7075 Lance-Corporal D Crichton
776 Corporal W Cruickshank
1240 Private A Cruickshank
6490 Piper G Cruickshank
7171 Private W Cruickshank
8915 Private N Cumming
981 Private J C Cunningham
1033 Private J Curran
3/3927 Private J Cushnie
6365 Sergeant J Dalgarno
7976 Private J Dalgleish
7063 Private W Dalgliesh
6969 Private James Davidson
9781 Sergeant W Davidson
9849 Private P Davidson
9971 Private G Davidson
9984 Private G Davidson
1058 Private B Davis
7868 Private P Dean
10453 Private William Deans
9249 Corporal R Dempster
7638 Private G Denney
9349 Private Thomas Dent
717 Private G Dickson
6866 Private M Dickson
9473 Private E Dickson
9613 Lance-Corporal T Dickson
7526 Lance-Corporal D Dickson
893 Private P Dilton
3/1016 Drummer W Dobbin
1099 Private A Dodd
7857 Private William Donald
1269 Private S Donaldson
8483 Private J Donaldson
9882 Private H Donnelly
6772 Private J Donoghue
1232 Private H Doogan
6454 Private R Dougal
10446 Sergeant J Douglas
9398 Private J Downie
1171 Private William Duell
9725 Private J Duff
63 Private G Duff
513 Corporal G Duncan
848 Private G Duncan
10204 Private A Duncan
934 Private G Duncan
658 Private R Duncan
9865 Private T Dunlop
9958 Private J Dunn
10133 Private D Durrand
858 Private G Dustan
7064 Private J Dustan
1003 Lance-Corporal J Duthie
9660 Private P Easton
899 Private William Eddie
9957 Acting Lance-Corporal C Edgar
1019 Private J Elliot
10448 Private William Elliot
9949 Private C Ellis
1306 Private J Emslie
1060 Private D Erskine
7136 Private R Erskine
9333 Private B Eudsor
940 Private W Ewan
9700 Lance-Sergeant J Ewen
762 Private W Ewing
10086 Private C Fachie
744 Private R Falconer
3/5075 Private J Falconer
765 Lance-Corporal J Farquhar
8911 Private J Farquhar
87 Private C Faulkner
10535 Private F Field
318 Private J Finnie
670 Private A Fleming
10423 Private W Fletcher
7439 Private A Florence
937 Private A Forbes
1300 Private G Forbes
8925 Private R Forbes
485 Private E Ford
970 Acting Lance-Corporal P Forsky
9120 Private A Forsyth
8713 Private G Foster
7661 Private A Fountain
7460 Private W Frame
1025 Private J Fraser
7466 Private D Fraser
10451 Private W Fraser
7000 Private A Frew
8734 Sergeant H Froggatt
9388 Private A Fyfe
10117 Private D Gall
10572 Private J Gamack
10645 Private W Garden
10269 Corporal J Gardiner
392 Private J Garioch
1117 Private J Garrioch
3/6598 Private E Garrity
6713 Private J Garrity
9462 Private F Geddes
6087 Private A Geddes
345 Private W Gerrard
1299 Private G Gerrie
573 Private Peter Gibb
10032 Private J Gibbs
911 Private H Gilchrist
6722 Lance-Corporal T Gilchrist
10043 Private J Gilchrist
10378 Private R Gilchrist
904 Private J Gilchrist
3/6186 Private A Gilhooley
1139 Private J Gilroy
534 Private W H Glachen
753 Private P Glennie
1076 Private J Gordon
7879 Corporal P Gordon
9657 Private W Gordon
9818 Lance-Corporal A Gordon
1158 Private J Gorman
1121 Private A Gould
1174 Private J Govan
9827 Private G Grainger
654 Private W Grant
693 Private R Grant
1007 Private A Grant
9506 Private A Grant
9644 Sergeant J Grant
9924 Private G Grassick
9434 Private A Gray
9729 Private W Gray
8733 Private W Greig
9609 Private G Greig
9762 Private G Greig
9782 Private J Greig
958 Private C Greig
9631 Private J Grice
3/5276 Private A Grigor
9163 Sergeant F Gurney
7186 Private H Guthrie
892 Private R Hain
7959 Private J Hamilton
8650 Private J Hannan
1142 Private J Hannigan
10443 Private W Hannigan
983 Private G Hardie
221 Private W Hardy
401 Private R Hardy
938 Private G Harper
10029 Sergeant W Harry
697 Private J Harvey
8532 Private W Harvey
106 Lance-Sergeant J Hay
696 Private D Hay
953 Private A Hay
9572 Private G Hepburn
7921 Private J Hickman
1250 Private H Higgie
698 Corporal R M Higgins
10094 Private J Higgins
7935 Lance-Corporal G Hill
9956 Private J Hill
441 Private J Hills
774 Lance-Corporal J Hilson
9950 Private F Hodges
980 Private J Hood
8464 Private W Horne
685 Private R Houston
9446 Private T Howat
9963 Private T Howe
250 Private E M Hoy
586 Lance-Corporal A E Hulme
9564 Private G Hunter
9490 Private David Hunter
9237 Private J Hunter
10611 Private D Hutchinson
9457 Private A Ingram
1162 Private J Ingram
284 Private A Innes
7795 Private A Ireland
677 Private T Ironside
960 Private J Ironside
7651 Private A Ironside
1204 Private T Irvine
7501 Private J Irvine
8724 Private J Irvine
1018 Private J Jackson
1201 Private J Jackson
9143 Private T Jackson
8765 Private J Jamieson
829 Private R Jarvie
991 Private T Jeffrey
10412 Private J Jeffrey
9995 Private J Jessiman
9907 Sergeant J Jessiman
379 Private W Johnstone
9380 Lance-Corporal G Johnstone
379 Private W Johnstone
378 Private S Jolly
8515 Private J Jolly
10129 Private A Kane
733 Private J Keen
6573 Private F Kelly
10372 Private Robert Kelman
9690 Sergeant J Kennedy
7701 Private R Kennedy
9378 Private William Kennedy
987 Lance-Corporal R Kerr
7077 Private J Kerr
7392 Private J Kidd
10101 Private J Kiltie
1230 Private A Kindness
8966 Private A King
894 Lance-Corporal William King
9213 Private C Kirby
9962 Private J Kirkpatrick
8818 Private T Kyle
7598 Private F Laing
605 Private J Lambrie
9342 Corporal Charles Lamont
1267 Private Peter Lamont
7585 Sergeant William Lamont
7478 Private T Langlands
3/6699 Private J Larkin
6923 Private J Laurie
862 Private R Law
9463 Private William Law
962 Private J Lawrie
10708 Corporal T Lawrie
1050 Private John Lawson
9733 Sergeant W Lawson
10118 Private C Learmouth
10371 Private D Ledingham
10409 Corporal J L Ledingham
10693 Private C Ledingham
7148 Sergeant W Lee
9412 Private E Leitch
10527 Private J Leith
10527 Private J Leith
39 Private J Leslie
6691 Private H Leslie
1164 Private J Leveny
5323 Sergeant G Lewen
9156 Private R Lindsay
6928 Private J Lindsay
165 Lance-Corporal W Livingstone
9494 Private J Livingstone
7710 Private J Loan
1339 Private W Lockerbie
9812 Private J Lorimer
9788 Private W Lorimer
10515 Acting Sergeant J Lothian
166 Private A Love
6942 Private M Love
9727 Sergeant G Low
8978 Private R Lowe
1252 Private C MacAlister
7549 Private H Machin
6685 Private C MacInnes
7977 Private H Mackay
9470 Private D Mackay
10396 Private J Mackay
3/5980 Private R Mackenzie
9888 Private R Mackie
818 Private P Mair
925 Lance-Corporal A Malcolmson
8644 Private W Manson
9663 Corporal W Marchbanks
7250 Private J Marshall
8950 Sergeant J Martin
3/6706 Private J Martin
8828 Private G Mason
351 Corporal D Massie
9455 Private F Massie
9826 Sergeant C Matthieson
9292 Private J Mavor
1002 Private G Maxwell
8760 Private J Maxwell
1008 Private J May
10670 Private A McAlister
1135 Private J McAllister
944 Private P McArthur
8547 Private A McArthur
9961 Private W McArthur
9358 Acting Lance-Sergeant W McAteer
874 Private A McBain
1170 Private T McCann
8579 Private J McCartney
1005 Lance-Corporal J McCombie
3/5764 Private A McCombie
680 Lance-Corporal R McConkey
7352 Private G McConnell
10587 Private J McCormack
7348 Private J McCulloch
3/5911 Private N McDermid
9567 Private N McDermid
584 Private W McDonald
811 Private W McDonald
9102 Lance-Corporal A McDonald
9175 Private A McDonald
9353 Private W McDonald
8851 Private J McDonald
9714 Private T McDonald
7174 Private J McDonald
785 Private D McDougall
1079 Private J McDougall
9427 Sergeant R G McDowall
7292 Private William J McEachran
1032 Private J McFadyen
426 Private J McGeichan
778 Private J McGinley
1093 Lance-Corporal L McGrah
9364 Sergeant A McGrath
1043 Private A McGregor
9981 Sergeant A McGregor
7404 Corporal A McGugan
10578 Lance-Corporal A McHardy
1035 Private A McHattie
9208 Private A McIlwraith
7400 Private T McIntosh
9278 Private G McIntosh
10682 Lance-Corporal R McIntosh
1425 Private D McIntyre
3/6018 Private R McIver
506 Private D McKay
3/5937 Private W McKay
8691 Private W McKay
9777 Private T McKay
517 Private H McKechnie
1176 Lance-Corporal W McKenzie
1192 Private F McKenzie
3/6694 Private W McKenzie
3/5918 Lance-Corporal N McKenzie
9755 Sergeant J McKenzie
732 Private T McKenzie
8900 Lance-Corporal C McKinnon
847 Private T McLachlan
422 Private A McLaren
9410 Private R McLaughlin
1169 Private D McLean
3/5629 Private M McLean
3/6127 Private K McLean
7258 Private J McLean
9840 Private C McLeary
9314 Private J McLeod
3/5573 Private W McLeod
8467 Private J McLure
720 Lance-Corporal J McMillan
3/5968 Private D McMillan
9492 Private J McMurray
9248 Private T McNaught
9890 Private A McNeil
1209 Private D McNerney
10091 Private J McPhee
9658 Private H McPherson
10143 Lance-Corporal J McQuillan
789 Private D McRobb
8548 Private G McWilliam
9280 Private D McWilliams
3/6262 Private P Mearns
1244 Private J Meechan
10153 Private T Meikle
1126 Acting Lance-Corporal H Merchant
6975 Private G E Middleton
8648 Private W Middleton
9791 Private A Miller
10646 Private W Miller
10672 Private T Milligan
807 Lance-Corporal J Milne
836 Corporal J Milne
1108 Private J A Milne
8663 Private A Milne
9903 Private J Milne
10189 Private D Milne
3/4477 Private J Milne
1086 Private P Milner
8541 Lance-Corporal J Minty
739 Corporal C Mitchell
1165 Private J Mitchell
1294 Private J Mitchell
9481 Private D Mitchell
10261 Private A Mitchell
10313 Private A Mitchell
10510 Private G Mitchell
7626 Private L Moffat
9198 Private T Moffat
9098 Private A Moir
365 Private D Moncur
126 Private G Montieth
405 Private P Moore
9740 Private W Morrine
6783 Private D Morrison
6973 Private A Morrison
7841 Private W Morrison
8732 Private J W Morrison
8772 Private A Morrison
9291 Private P Morrison
9392 Private D Morrison
642 Private A Morrison
1112 Private C Morrison
3/5627 Private D Morrison
9293 Lance-Corporal J Moses
9902 Private D Mowat
9801 Private J Mowatt
9520 Sergeant W Mundie
1217 Private W Munro
7563 Private G N Munro
7594 Sergeant A Munro
1069 Private F Munro
868 Lance-Corporal F J Murdoch
6790 Private A Murdoch
8983 Private Frank Murdoch
5675 Private G Murphy
404 Private G Murray
851 Lance-Corporal D Murray
1070 Private W Murray
3/5965 Private D Murray
10108 Private P Murray
10575 Private T Mutch
767 Private B Mutch
8596 Private R Mutch
623 Corporal G Mutch
9601 Corporal A Neilson
9834 Private D Nelson
3/5536 Corporal N Nicholson
9967 Private W Nicoll
3/5960 Private Donald Nicolson
6729 Private R Nishet
1421 Private A Nobel
9493 Private W Oakman
9440 Private J Oman
900 Private J O'Neill
7008 Private J O'Neill
812 Private W Ord
1104 Private A Ord
1259 Private J Orr
3/6680 Private John Orr
854 Private G Palmer
8740 Private J Park
10422 Private S Park
8474 Private J Park
971 Private F Paterson
1114 Private J Paterson
8790 Private A Paterson
9627 Private G Paterson
9504 Private J Paterson
663 Private J Paul
1188 Private A Pearson
804 Private J Peddie
530 Private J Petrie
8906 Private J Petrie
8892 Private Robert M D Phillips
7586 Private G Phillips
9997 Private J Pickard
1009 Private R Piggott
9472 Private R Pirie
7104 Private J Pollock
9147 Private M Polson
1211 Lance-Corporal J Pope
7968 Private S Porteous
9908 Private R Porteous
10178 Corporal D Porteous
112 Private T Pryde
645 Lance-Corporal M Purdon
102 Private H Rae
1077 Private A Raeper
417 Lance-Corporal W Raffan
825 Private R Raffan
10667 Private T Raffan
1096 Acting Lance-Corporal Raich
9181 Private H G Rattray
9146 Private A Reaper
8996 Private A Redpath
7513 Private J Redpath
572 Private W Reid
972 Private W Reid
7593 Private A Reid
9132 Private E Reid
9443 Private A Reid
3/5330 Sergeant J Rennie
7088 Private H Rennie
9607 Private D Rennie
928 Private J Rettie
3/6055 Private E Rettie
7849 Private J Rettie
280 Private J Richardson
988 Private D Richardson
9969 Private D Riddell
783 Private J Ridden
7751 Private J Riddoch
932 Private A Riddock
929 Private D Robb
1020 Lance-Corporal G Robb
1023 Private J Robb
1144 Private W Robb
9519 Private John D Robb
10428 Corporal David S Robb
7342 Private W Roberts
7800 Private D Robertson
9137 Private J Robertson
10024 Corporal J Robertson
10125 Private T Robertson
10589 Private T Robertson
10658 Private A Robertson
1052 Private J Robertson
1248 Private D Robertson
107 Private L Roddick
5059 CSM J Rogers
  9191 Private J Rogerson
436 Private G Ross
555 Lance-Corporal William Ross
8507 Private D Ross
10157 Private A Ross
6817 Private J Rourke
1141 Lance-Corporal C J Rourke
570 Private J Rousay
10180 Private G Roy
9256 Private W Russell
9799 Private J Russell
7969 Private J Salley
8442 Private J Saunders
10437 Private J Scott
9852 Private G Scott
60 Private J Scrimgeour
8565 Private F Selbie
1439 Private A Semple
8742 Private J Semple
9241 Private W Shand
880 Private W J Shand
8993 Corporal G Shanks
6754 CQMS P Sharpe
53 Private James Shaw
1271 Private J Shearer
9313 Private R Short
997 Private T Sibbald
1102 Private J Sim
7699 Private J Sim
8967 Private B Sim
902 Private J Simpson
1056 Lance-Corporal W Simpson
1150 Private W Simpson
6930 Private J Simpson
9970 Private J Simpson
828 Private H Simpson
5207 Lance-Sergeant F Skelley
808 Private J Skene
237 Private Skinner
1288 Acting Lance-Corporal F Skinner
9809 Private J Skinner
8422 Private J Sloan
3/6005 Private A Smith
7807 Private A Smith
9529 Private A Smith
9720 Private A Smith
10176 Acting Lance-Corporal W Smith
362 Lance-Sergeant R Smith
200 Lance-Corporal J Smith
3/6457 Private G Smith
7022 Private Smyth
9685 Private Sneddon
9649 Private Souter
1024 Private Spence
6383 Sergeant D Spence
8535 Private G Spink
9756 Lance-Corporal J Steele
831 Private W Stephen
7555 Private J Stephen
8603 Private W Stevenson
1249 Private H Stewart
10565 Private J Stewart
1332 J Stewart
3/6126 A Stewart
6779 D Stewart
7915 A Stewart
8680 G Stewart
9569 W Stewart
9999 Private R Stewart 10021 Private Stewart
10265 Private Stewart
366 Lance-Corporal A Stewart
819 Private J Stewart
10120 J Stirling
9578 J Storie
9337 W Strachan
10184 C Strang
10208 A Stump
1161 H Sutherland
7090 RQMS Sutherland
7520 Private Sutherland
8657 Corporal Sutherland
9545 Corporal Sutherland
9988 Private Sutherland
1101 Private Swanson
1026 Private G Tait
1431 Private W Tait
9579 Private R Tait
985 Private H Taylor
1053 Private H Taylor
6788 Private P Taylor
8864 Private J Taylor
12 Lance-Sergeant J Thompson
8836 Private W Thompson
423 Private A Thompson
633 Lance-Corporal C Thompson
8584 Private J Thompson
3/6141 Private R Thomson
8615 Private H Thomson
10406 Lance-Corporal A Thomson
1064 Private P Thornton
9829 Private G Thornton
10197 Private J Thornton
1247 Private W Tinto
7595 Private P Tocher
1378 Private T Todd
208 Private J Travers
9805 Sergeant C Troup
7901 Private H Trueland
10074 Corporal A Urquhart
1203 Private J Vallance
8602 Private W Vann
852 Private William Walker
8614 Private J Walker
8884 Private R Walker
10490 Private G Walker
1283 Private A Wallace
8991 Private J Wallace
10581 Private A Wallace
748 Private P C Watson
8852 Private P Watson
959 Private C Watt
3/5919 Private R Watt
10590 Private J Watt
7757 Private J Wedderburn
995 Private A Weir
9424 Private B Welch
7639 Private T Welsh
8599 Sergeant J Welsh
9150 Private J White
9633 Private W White
8743 Private R Whyte
8861 Private E Whyte
1229 Private T Will
1048 Private W Williamson
1242 Private J Williamson
5049 Lance-Corporal R Williamson
6616 Private A Wilson
7294 CSM J Wilson
7880 Private S Wilson
9923 Private J Wilson
1057 Lance-Corporal L/Cpl J Wilson
8934 Private J Winstanley
7934 Lance-Corporal R Winters
9234 Private J Wisely
7167 Private J Wood
455 Private W Wright
1039 Private R Wright
1105 Private W Wright
3/6009 Private C Wright
1245 Private H Young
8563 Private D Young
8998 Private J Young
10274 Private H Young
1040 Private J Young
1082 Private G Younger

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for the information here. My Great-Grandfather was Lance-Corporal R (Robert) Winters.

Janette Kingsbury said...

Been looking for my grand fathers WW1 history for many years.
Your site gave me a little more lost information. Thank You.
Grandad was : 39 Private J Leslie.
My hunt goes on.....

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