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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:48 am    Post subject: John Burgess Reply with quote

John Burgess Cpl S/9735 1st Gordon Highlanders b Lochmaben,Dumfr. e Aberdeen Age 23 Killed in Action F&F 18/08/1918 Thiepval Memorial M. R. 21 Pier 15B & 15C
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:50 am    Post subject: Kenneth Green Reply with quote

Kenneth Green Private S/7589 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Lochmaben e Dumfries Age 19 Died of Wounds Nord, France 17/05/1915 Son of Robert and Mary Jane Green, of 58, Princes St., Lochmaben, Locherbie, Dumfriesshire. Soldiers Will 3 Pages. Merville Communal Cemetery Fr 0345 Plot III Row D Grave 06 Dumfries & Galloway Standard Page 5: Photo
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:53 am    Post subject: David James Boyd Green Reply with quote

David James Boyd Green A/Sgt S/7136 8th/10th Gordon Highlanders e Greenock Age 24 Died of Wounds F&F 10/09/1917 Son of William and Williamina Green, of 4, Errol St., Glasgow. Native of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire. Soldiers Will 6 Pages. Etaples Military Cemetery Fr 0040 Plot XXV Row P Grave 04.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:56 am    Post subject: Robert Henderson Reply with quote

Robert Henderson Pte 292329 7th Gordon Highlanders b Johnstone,Dumfries e Lockerbie Killed in Action F&F 23/04/1917 Soldiers Will 4 Pages. Brown's Copse Cemetery, Rouex Fr 0604 Plot II Row C Grave 11
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:59 am    Post subject: John Scott Could his be the man? Reply with quote

John Scott Pte S/9682 8th/10th Gordon Highlanders b Selkirk e Peebles Killed in Action F&F 10/04/1917 Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 & 9
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Andrew Yuill Pollock Johnston – age 21 – Second Lieutenant: 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Andrew was a medical student at Glasgow University when he was commissioned in the KOSB in August 1916. He went to France in September 1916.
(Source: D&G Standard 17/10/1917 p.3, London Gazette 19 August 1916 page 8256 and Medal Card)
Born 1895 in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire. (Source:1901 census and GRoS – Birth Register)
Son of Andrew Yuill Johnston and Mary Johnston of 7 High Street, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire.
(Source:CWGC, 1901 census and Army Registers of Soldiers effects)
Killed in Action on 5 October 1917 and buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Dumfries Academy War Memorial, on the former Barras United Free Church memorial now in Lochmaben Parish Church and on the Glasgow University Roll of Honour.
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Archibald Morton Sanders – age 19 – Second Lieutenant: 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers attached to 6th Battalion, KOSB.
Archibald was a medical student at Glasgow University and a member of the O.T.C. From which he was commissioned in the KOSB. He went to France in January 1917 but died in the 42nd Casualty Clearing Station in Aubigny. (Source: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour and London Gazette 30 January 1917 Page 1067)
Born 1897 in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire. (Source: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour and GRoS – Birth Register)
Son of Archibald George Sanders, M.B., C.M., and Annie Morton Sanders, of "Lynnhurst," Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire.
Died of Wounds – 9 April 1917.
Commonwealth War Grave – Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Also named on the Dumfries Academy War Memorial and on the Glasgow University Roll of Honour.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The duplicate record, 6022, has now been removed from the WMR/UKNIWM
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Pte. J. BAKER, CHESHIRES.
John Baker – age 22 – Private (716) 1/5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
In 1911 Jack was an apprentice cycle repairer, living with his family in Northwich, Cheshire. He was listed on a Lochmaben Roll of Honour as serving in the Army in December 1914 but his specific connection to Lochmaben is not known.
He landed with his battalion at Le Havre in February 1915 but was killed three months later.
Born 1893 in Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire. Son of Joseph and Sarah (Bradbury) Baker of 76 Chapel Street, Wincham, formerly of Leftwich Green, Northwich.
Killed in Action on 9 May 1915 and buried in Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium.


Pte. R. BAPTIE, GORDONS.
Robert Baptie – age 22 – Corporal (S/1600) 8th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Robert was a gamekeeper, possibly at Halleaths, Lochmaben, when he enlisted in Dumfries in August 1914. He was listed on a Lochmaben Roll of Honour as serving in the Army in December 1914. He was promoted to Corporal in October landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 but was diagnosed with tuberculosis and evacuated to the City Hospital in Aberdeen in March 1916. He was discharged from the army as no longer fit for active service on 25 April 1916 and he died at home in Tarland, Aberdeenshire four months later.
Born 1894 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. Son of Robert and Mary (Bookless) Baptie of The Muirton's, Tarland, Aberdeenshire.
He named his half-brother, John Rutherford of Halleaths, Lochmaben as his next of kin.
Died on 28 August 1916 and buried in Tarland Parish Churchyard, Aberdeenshire. (CWG)
Also named on the Tarland Parish War Memorial.


L-Cpl. W. BELL, CAMERONS.
Walter Bell – age 25 – Lance Corporal (S/22191) 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
Walter had been a policeman in the Govan Police force for five years. He was living at 660 Dumbarton Road in Glasgow when he enlisted in February 1916 and he joined his battalion in France in December 1916.
Born 1891 at Dalfibble, Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire. Son of John and Elizabeth (Thomson) Bell of Templand Village, Lochmaben.
Missing in Action on 28 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cpl. J. BURGESS, GORDONS.
John Burgess – age 30 – Corporal (S/9735) 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
In 1901 John, aged 14, was a message boy living with his sister Sarah Farrow and her family at 45 Glasgow Road, Maxwelltown. His nephew James Farrow was killed at Loos in September 1915.
He was employed as a pointsman by the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company at Hurlford near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire when he enlisted in April 1915 and he joined the Machine Gun Section of the 1st Gordons in September 1915. He had just rescued a wounded officer when he was wounded himself and he was killed by a shell on his way to the dressing station.
Born 1886 in Tinwald, Dumfriesshire. Son of John and Mary Ann (Fergusson) Burgess of Rue, Hollywood, Dumfriesshire and of 33 High Street, Lochmaben.
Killed in Action on 18 August 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the G&SW Railway Company memorial now in Ayr Station.


Pte. W. CALLAN, SEAFORTHS.
Note: listed by CWGC as Callon.
William Callan – age 32 – Private (9118) 9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
In 1901 William, aged 15, was a coal miner in Carluke, Lanarkshire but in 1911 he was serving with the 1st Seaforth Highlanders in India. He was a reservist when war broke out and he rejoined his regiment but, since the 1st Battalion was still in India, he landed with the 2nd Seaforths at Boulogne on 23 August 1914. He suffered gas poisoning in May 1915 at Ypres and was evacuated home. He was stationed at Cromarty Camp when he married in November 1915.
Born 1886 in Carluke, Lanarkshire. Son of the late John Callan and of Marion (Davidson) Callan of Hilltop, Morningside, near Wishaw. Husband of Mary Ann (Gribbon) Callan of Railway View and of 42 Queen Street, Lochmaben who he married in November 1915 in Lochmaben.
Died of Wounds on 23 October 1918 and buried in Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Morningside and Chapel District War Memorial.
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Lt. G.E.F. CAMPBELL, GURKHAS.
George Edward Forman Campbell – age 21 – Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles.
George was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst from where he was commissioned in the Indian Army in August 1912. He was posted as Second Lieutenant to the 10th Gurkha Rifles in November 1913. He was killed at Rhododendron Spur, Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli serving alongside the Auckland Mounted Rifles.
Born 1893 in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire. Son of Colonel Sir Robert Neil Campbell CB, CIE, IMS, (retired) and Ethel (Bensley) Campbell of Elshieshields Tower, Lochmaben.
Missing in Action on 7 August 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Edinburgh Academy memorial.


The name on the memorial is

Capt. R.N. CAMPBELL, K.O.S.B.

but I think that it was intended to be George's older brother
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Robert Charles Cowburn Campbell (“Tammy”) – age 26 – Captain, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was educated at Dollar Academy, Edinburgh Academy and King's College Cambridge before he joined the Burma Trading Company in 1910. He was home on leave in August 1914 and he gained a commission in the KOSB in September. He was promoted to Lieutenant in November and to Captain in February 1915. Robert was attached to the 2nd Highland Light Infantry in France from December 1914 until March 1915 before he moved to the 2nd KOSB. He had served at Givenchy, Nueve Chapelle and at Ypres where he was wounded on 23 April. He was evacuated to the Queen Alexandra's Hospital for Officers at Millfield Lane, Highgate, London where he died.
Born 1889 in Shillong, Assam, India. Son of Colonel Sir Robert Neil Campbell CB, CIE, IMS, (retired) and Ethel (Bensley) Campbell of Elshieshields Tower, Lochmaben.
Died of Wounds on 19 May 1915 and buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
Also named on the Dollar Academy and the Edinburgh Academy memorials.

Colonel Sir Robert Neil Campbell was born in 1854 and he was educated at the Edinburgh Institution and Edinburgh University from where he graduated M.B. C.M. in 1876. He became a surgeon in the Indian Army and was Inspector-General Civil Hospitals and Prisons, Assam from 1912 until he retired in April 1914. During WW1 he was Officer Commanding Pavilion Military Hospital, and York Place Hospital in Brighton. He died in 1928 at Lahore.
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Pte. R. CARMICHAEL, K.O.S.B.
Robert Carmichael – age 36 – Private (12636) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was educated at Lochmaben School and was a quarryman at Corncockle, Templand when he enlisted in 1914. He landed with the 6th KOSB at Boulogne in May 1915 and was wounded in both knees at the battle of Loos in September. He was evacuated to hospital in Bristol and after a partial recovery he was posted to Edinburgh for Home service prior to another operation. He was returning to his barracks at Duddingston Camp, Portobello at night when he was struck by a taxi-cab and killed.
Born 1880 in Lochmaben as Robert Watson Carmichael. Son of the late Peter and Mary Carmichael of Lochmaben. Husband of Mary (Goldie) Carmichael of Marjoriebanks, Lochmaben (later Mrs Thomas Campbell of Broadchapel, Lochmaben) who he married in 1911 in Lochmaben.
Died on Service on 3 March 1916 and buried in Lochmaben Cemetery. (CWG)


Pte. R.L. CLARKE, WEST YORKS.
Robert Little Clarke – age 32 – Private (15/1180) 15th Battalion, (1st Leeds) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Robert had worked in the Scotch drapery trade in Leeds for about ten years and he enlisted there in January 1915. He landed with his battalion in Egypt in December 1915 where they manned the Suez Canal defences at Kantara before they moved to France in March 1916. Robert was killed on the first day of the battle of the Somme.
Born 1885 in Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire where his father was the police constable. Son of William Clarke (Registrar) and of Ellen (McCaw) Clarke of Lochmaben. Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action on 1 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Barras United Free Church memorial and on the Lockerbie War Memorial.
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Pte. J.J. COCKBURN, LON.SCOT.
John Jeffrey Cockburn – age 34 – Private (514592) 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)
John had been associated with his father in the family's bakery business in Lochmaben and he was a master baker living at 86 Cecil Park, Crouch End, London when he enlisted in January 1917. He joined his battalion in France in May 1917. He was delivering ammunitions to the front line when his work party was hit by a shell.
Born 1882 in Whitekirk & Tynninghame, Haddington, East Lothian. Son of Thomas and Pheobe (Philip) Cockburn of Queensberry, Lochmaben. Husband of Jeanie Risk (Broadfoot) Cockburn of 17 Queen Street, of 19 Bruce Street, and of Dunira, Lochmaben, who he married in 1910 in Lochmaben.
Missing in Action on 29 March 1918 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.


Pte. E. CONCHIE, ROYAL SCOTS.
Edward John Conchie – age 23 – Private (4019 & 301571) 1/7th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Edward was chauffeur to Dr. Reid of Lochmaben and was living at 44 Queen Street when he enlisted in January 1916. He was mobilised in May and joined his battalion in Egypt in October 1916. He died in the 1/3rd Lowland Field Ambulance and was buried in the Franciscan Monastery Cemetery at el Kubeibeh in Palestine but was re-interred in Jerusalem after the war.
Born 1893 at Annfield Cottage, Tinwald, Dumfriesshire. Son of Henry and Margaret Armstrong (Petrie) Conchie of Middleshaw Cottage, St. Mungo and of Rosehill Cottage, Closeburn, Dumfriesshire.
Died of Wounds on 26 November 1917 and buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Also named on the Lockerbie War Memorial and on the St. Mungo Parish War Memorial in the parish church in Kettleholm village.
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C.S.M. W.P. CRICHTON, K.O.S.B.
Not listed by CWGC.
William Palmerston Crichton – age 32 – formerly CQMS (8034) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was educated at Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh and at Edinburgh University where he graduated M.A. in 1913. Formerly a teacher at Lochmaben Primary School, he had been headmaster at Hightae School for five years when he enlisted in September 1914. As a former Territorial he was appointed an instructor and made Company Quartermaster Sergeant. He landed with the 6th KOSB at Boulogne in May 1915 but an old leg injury forced his evacuation to the regimental headquarters in Berwick. He was discharged from the army in February 1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge (166240)
William then took up the post of headteacher at Arbirlot School near Arbroath but had to resign due to ill-heath in April 1918. He died of tuberculosis at Esbie, Lochmaben.
Born 1888 at St. Andrew, Dundee. Son of William Palmerston Crichton and of Margaret (Smith) Crichton of Edinburgh. Husband of Margaret (Wilson) Crichton of Esbie, Lochmaben who he married in 1912 in Lochmaben.
Died on 24 July 1920 and buried in Lochmaben Cemetery.


Pte. J. CURRIE, K.O.S.B.
James Currie – age 24 – Private (24980) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James was employed at Holms, Beattock, Dumfriesshire when he enlisted in June 1916. He had been in France for 18 months during which time he had been wounded twice. On the first occasion in May 1917 he was treated in hospital at Dannes-Camieres, France. He was then wounded at Ypres in October and evacuated to hospital in Birmingham. He returned to France but was reported missing near Buzancy. His body was recovered from the battlefield two months later.
Born 1893 in Lockerbie, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire. Son of James Currie and of Janet Renwick (Grieve) Currie of Templand, Lochmaben.
Killed in Action on 23 July 1918 and buried in Buzancy Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Kirkpatrick Juxta Parish War Memorial in Beattock.
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Pte. M.G. DAVIDSON, K.O.S.B.
Matthew Geddes Davidson – age 31 – Private (25040) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Matthew had been a joiner in Hightae, Dumfriesshire for 13 years when he enlisted. Posted initially to the 7th/8th KOSB in France in September 1916, he was for a while attached to the Royal Engineers before he joined the 1st KOSB.
Born 1886 in Lochmaben. Son of the late Andrew Davidson and of Janet (Geddes) Davidson of Moss, Hightae. Husband of Agnes Garthwaite (Bryden) Davidson of Knowhead, Hightae who he married in 1912 in Lochmaben.
Missing in Action on 3 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Royal Four Towns War Memorial in Hightae Village.


Pte. W. DICKSON, SCOTS GUARDS.
William Dickson – age 24 – Private (10172) 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.
William was educated at Lochmaben School and he was a gardener at Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire when he enlisted in September 1914. He joined his battalion in France in February 1915 but was killed during the battle of Loos.
Born 1891 in Lochmaben. Son of William and Mary Ann (McGeorge) Dickson of 40 High Street, Lochmaben.
Missing in Action on 27 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay War Memorial.


Pte. R. EASTON, K.O.S.B.
Robert Easton – age 38 – Private (8460) King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was a labourer when he enlisted in February 1915. He joined the 1st KOSB at Gallipoli in July 1915 but was evacuated back to the UK in September. He was admitted to the 2nd Scottish General Hospital in Glasgow in December with mental health problems and was transferred to Dykebar War Hospital in Paisley in January 1916 before being discharged from the army in June 1916. He was awarded a Silver War Badge (61656)
Robert's body was found on the railway line at Stankbrow Bridge, Lochmaben and it was supposed that he had committed suicide.
Born 1878 in Lochmaben as Robert Maxwell Easton. Son of the late John Easton and of Isabella (King) Easton of 61 Princes Street, Lochmaben.
Died on 27 February 1917 and buried in Lochmaben Cemetery. (CWG)
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