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jamiemcginlay



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:50 pm    Post subject: Heriot Reply with quote

Heriot - Ettrick & Lauderdale District
The Heriot war memorial takes the form of a memorial gateway with two pink granite tablets set into the face of the pillars flanking the entrance gateway to the kirk with the dedication and names of the fallen of WWI, and a third granit tablet bearing the names of the fallen of WWII set into the face of the adjacent wall. The dates 1914 and 1919 are also worked into the wrought iron railings of the gate.






WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
Anderson William R. Royal Scots 2nd. Private
Corner William P.O. Rifles Rifleman
Lauder James Royal Scots 15th. Private
Linton William Scots Guards 2nd. Private
Redpath Andrew Royal Scots 11th. Private
Smith Peter Gordon Highlanders 10th. Private
Somerville John W. R.M.L.I. Royal Marine? Second Lieutenant
Tod Robert Kings Own Scottish Borderers 5th. Private
Young Francis B. Black Watch 2nd. Private



WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
Fortune Andrew F. Field Artillery 16th Division Gunner
Simpson Johnnie Merchant Navy Cadet Officer
Somerville Robert D. Royal Engineers Captain
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of Heriot's missing sons:

Surname GRAHAM
Firstname John
Service Number 13063
Date Death 25/09/1916
Decoration
Place of birth Heriot Midlothian
Other
SNWM roll SCOTS GUARDS
Rank Gdsn
Theatre of death F.& F.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's another man with a Heriot connection who isn't listed

BALLANTYNE, DANIEL
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: "C" Coy. 2nd Bn.
Age: 37
Date of Death: 27/04/1915
Service No: 4264
Additional information: Only son of Daniel Alexander Ballantyne; husband of Mary Jane Donaldson Ballantyne, of Fala Hill Farm, Heriot, Edinburgh. Secretary to National Reserve Rifle Club, Kames, Kyles of Bute, Argyllshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 7.
Cemetery: LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:51 pm    Post subject: Peter Smith Pte GH Reply with quote

Peter Smith Pte S/2119 8th/10th Gordon Highlanders b Stow,M'lothian e Galashiels Age 34 Died of Wounds F&F 06/08/1917 Son of Peter and Marian Young Smith, of Heriot, Midlothian. Soldiers Effects: Mother: Marion T. Soldiers Will 4 Pages. Brandhoek New Military Cemetery B 007 Plot III Row C Grave 04 Southern Reporter 16-08-17 Page 5
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:47 pm    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) report Reply with quote

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Pte. WILLIAM R. ANDERSON 2nd Btn. ROYAL SCOTS.
William Paterson Anderson – age 20 – Private (34938) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots.
Born 1896 in Heriot. Son of Robert and Margaret (Paterson) Anderson of Stage Bank, Heriot.
Missing in Action on 3 May 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.


Rfn. WILLIAM CORNER P.O. RIFLES.
William Corner – age 20 – Rifleman (4108) 1/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
William was a postman in Heriot when he enlisted in June 1915.
Born 1896 in Orphir, Orkney. Son of Margaret Gunn Corner of Fox Street, Leith, Edinburgh. Husband of Emma Isabella (Largue) of Back Street, Dalkeith, Midlothian who he married in 1915 in Dalkeith.
Died of Wounds on 26 May 1916 and buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, France.


Pte. JAMES LAUDER 15th ROYAL SCOTS.
I cannot trace this man.



Pte. WILLIAM LINTON 2nd Btn. SCOTS GUARDS.
William Linton – age 19 – Private (11369) 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.
William was educated in Heriot, Dalkeith and Lasswade and was about to enter Edinburgh University when war broke out. He enlisted in September 1914 and joined his battalion in France in April 1915 but he was wounded at Festubert in May and died three days later while a Prisoner of War in a German Field Hospital in Seclin. William was re-interred at Souchez in February 1922.
Born 1896 in Heriot. Son of John Paterson Linton and of Mary (Anderson) Linton of Knowepark, Heriot.
Died of Wounds on 21 May 1915 and buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.
Also named on the Dalkeith and Lasswade Higher Grade Schools memorials.


Pte. ANDREW REDPATH 11th Btn. ROYAL SCOTS.
Andrew Redpath – age 22 – Private (17212) 11th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Andrew enlisted in September 1914 and landed with the 15th Royal Scots at Le Havre in January 1916. At some point he transferred to the 11th Battalion. Andrew died in the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Doullens.
Born 1895 in Heriot. Son of Andrew and Alison (Ramsay) Redpath of Corse Hope, Heriot.
Died of Wounds on 27 March 1918 and buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France.


Pte. PETER SMITH 10th Btn. GORDON HIGHRS.
Peter Smith – age 34 – Private (S/2119) 8th/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Peter was a gamekeeper with Mr. Strang Steel at Philiphaugh, Selkirk when he enlisted. He landed with the 8th Gordons at Boulogne in May 1915 and had taken on the role of medical orderly when he was fatally wounded. Peter died three days later in the 32nd Casualty Clearing Station at Brandhoek.
Born 1883 in Stow, Midlothian. Son of Peter and Marion (Young) Smith of Borthwickhall, Heriot.
Died of Wounds on 6 August 1917 and buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium.


Sec. Lt. JOHN W. SOMERVILLE R.M.L.I.
John White Somerville – age 34 – Second Lieutenant, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division.
Beginning as a bank clerk, John became a sculptor and, after exhibiting at the Royal Academy in London in 1912 and at the Royal Scottish Academy, he took a studio in West Bryson Road, Edinburgh in 1913. He sought to enlist as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in June 1915 and was granted a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines in August. He joined the 2nd Battalion in Egypt in April 1916 just as the Royal Naval Division moved to France. John was killed by a Trench Mortar bomb.
Born 1882 in Dalkeith, Midlothian. Son of Robert and Ann Jane (Anderson) Somerville of Glencairn, Dalkeith, Midlothian. Husband of Georgiana Dawson (Goalen) Somerville of Carcant, Heriot who he married in 1913 in Leith, Edinburgh.
Killed in Action on 22 June 1916 and buried in Bois-De-Noulette British Cemetery, Aix-Noulette, France.
Also named on the Dalkeith War Memorial.


Pte. ROBERT TOD 5th Btn. KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.
Note: All military records had Todd but all civil records have Tod.
Robert Todd – age 22 – Private (201703) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was a ploughman at Borderhouse Mains when he enlisted in June 1915. He joined the 1st KOSB at Gallipoli as Private (20388) and then served in Egypt before they moved to France in March 1916. He was wounded there and evacuated home before being posted to the 1/5th KOSB in Egypt as Private (9342). He served in Palestine where he was wounded at Gaza and evacuated to hospital in Port Said in April 1917. Robert was killed at the capture of Mughar in November.
Born 1895 in Liberton, Midlothian as Tod. Son of Robert and Jessie (Weir) Tod of Burnhouse, Stow, Midlothian and of Corsehope, Heriot, Midlothian.
Killed in Action on 13 November 1917 and buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.
Also named on the Stow Parish War Memorial.


Pte. FRANCIS B. YOUNG 2nd Btn, BLACK WATCH.
Frank Brown Young – age 32 – Private (8051) 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Frank was employed as a rope-splicer at the Lady Victoria Pit in Newtongrange, Midlothian and lived with his brother John at Dykeneuk when he enlisted. He joined his battalion in France in June 1915 but he was killed two months later.
Born 1882 in Heriot. Son of the late John Young (died 1915) and Agnes (Murray) Young of Stow, Midlothian.
Killed in Action on 2 August 1915 and buried in Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, France.
Also named on the Newtongrange War Memorial.


1939 – 1945

Gunner ANDREW F. FORTUNE 16TH DIVISION FIELD ARTILLERY.
Andrew Fairbairn Fortune – age 29 – Gunner (790875) 16 Battery, 1 Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
16 Battery joined the AA Regiment in France in February 1940. Their role was to cover corps assembly areas and the routes used by the BEF to advance into Belgium. When the German Army broke through, forcing the BEF to begin withdrawing again, the AA batteries gave cover leap-frog fashion.
Born 1912 at Hangingshaw in Heriot. Son of John Fairbairn Fortune and of Betsy Porteous (Cook) Fortune.
Killed in Action on 1 June 1940 and buried in Bredene Churchyard, near Ostend, Belgium.


The following two men named on the memorial were killed when the cargo ship “Benalbanach” was torpedoed and sunk by a single German aircraft north west of Algiers. This was her second trip from the Clyde to Bona, North Africa conveying troops and equipment to the Allied landing area.


Cadet Officer JOHNNIE SIMPSON MERCHANT NAVY.
John Simpson – age 18 – Cadet, S.S. Benalbanach (Leith) Merchant Navy.
Born 1924 at Borthwick Hall, Heriot. Son of Maggie and Alexander Simpson of Borthwick Hall, Heriot and of Tranent. East Lothian.
Killed by enemy Action/Lost at Sea on 7 January 1943 and named on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.


Captain ROBERT D. SOMERVILLE ROYAL ENGINEERS.
Robert Dennis Somerville – age 31 – Captain (87400) 585 Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers.
Robert was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh before studying engineering at Edinburgh University from where he graduated B.Sc. He was employed in Edinburgh and then in Perth and in May 1939 he obtained a commission in the Territorial Royal Engineers. In July 1942 in preparing to take part in the Operation Torch landings in North Africa later in the year, 585th Company was converted into an 'Army Field Park Company', which acted as a base for the field companies and held specialist equipment. However a large part of 585th Company, including its vital equipment, was lost at sea with the sinking of the “Benalbanach”.
Born 1911 in Dalkeith, Midlothian. Son of the late James Andrew Somerville (died 1934) and Mary Hardie (Goalen) Somerville of Bengarry, Park Road, Eskbank, Dalkeith and of Heriot.
Killed by enemy Action/Lost at Sea on 7 January 1943 and named on the Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.
Also named on the George Watson's College memorial and Roll of Honour.
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