Robert Orr was the son of miner James Orr and his second wife Agnes Meikle, born 2 May 1882 in Cumnock, Ayrshire. In 1901 census he was a pithead labourer in Dalmellington. From the Cumnock Chronicle 1918 Mrs Lorimer (Mary Orr) of Lugar received notification that her brother Coy Sergeant Robert Orr M.M. and Bar is reported missing from Mar 21nd. (Mary Orr was married to John Lorimer in 1909) He was a Sergeant in the 6th Battalio, the Royal Scots Fusiliers and died 22 Mar 1918 in France. He was awarded the Military Medal with bar. In his soldier's will dated 1915 he leaves everything to his nephew James Orr Lorimer, the son of the above Mary Orr. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial and on Cumnock War Memorial. Researched and remembered by Cumnock History Group.

Kay McMeekin