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James Holywell of Aberfeldy

 
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Kenneth Morrison



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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 1:47 pm    Post subject: James Holywell of Aberfeldy Reply with quote

James Holywell is named on the Aberfeldy War Memorial as Trooper, Scottish Horse.
Does anyone know what he was doing in Perthshire and what is the Scottish Horse connection????

I assume that he is this man listed on the SDGW as:
Name: James Thomson Holywell
Birth Place: Duns, Berwick
Death Date: 17 Nov 1917
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Aberfeldy
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Battalion: (Infantry)
Regimental Number: 66799
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly 34563, R. Scots.

He is named on the Duns Burgh and Parish War Memorial (together with his brother Henry) as:

PRIVATE J. T. HOLYWELL
James Thomson Holywell – age 22 – Private (66799) 117th Company, Machine Gun Corps.
Born 1895 in Duns. Son of James Walter Holywell and of Christina Veitch (Halliday) Holywell of Kilnknowe, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
Missing in Action – 17 November 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial and on the Coldingham Parish Church memorial.
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