SON OF THE LATE DANIEL AND ANNIE CAIRNEY; HUSBAND OF FLORA THOMSON CAIRNEY, OF 141 STEVENSON DRIVE, SHAWLANDS, GLASGOW. BORN AT GREENOCK.

SS Portloe was sunk by U67, when carrying phosphate to the Clyde.

PORTLOE, 3,187grt, defensively-armed, 20 April 1917, 160 miles WNW from the Fastnet, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 24 lives lost including Master