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PostPosted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the Melrose War Memorial in Roxburghshire as:

LIEUT. G. WADE.
George Wade – age 20 – Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
George was educated at Galashiels High School, at George Watson's College in Edinburgh in 1913, and he was a motor engineering student at the Heriot Watt College in Edinburgh when he enlisted in the Motor Machine Gun Service as Gunner (1714) in 1915. He was commissioned in the Argylls in December 1915 but served as an instructor in the Machine Gun Corps. George was onboard the Troop Transport ship “Ivernia” sailing from Marseilles to Alexandria when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-47 south-east of Cape Matapan in Greece, in the Kythira Strait.
Born 1896 in Melrose. Son of Dr. George Wade of Melrose and of Cygnet, Tasmania, and of Elizabeth Findlay (Purdom) Wade of 6 Learmonth Gardens, Edinburgh.
Killed by Enemy Action/Lost at Sea on 1 January 1917 and named on the Mikra Memorial, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Dr. George Wade was a GP in Cygnet for 25 years from 1910. He was killed in a car crash in 1938.

*George Wade is also commemorated on the Hawick Roll of Honour. His mother was the daughter of Mrs Wade was daughter of Thomas Purdom, Hawick's town clerk.*
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the Galashiels War Memorial as:

CAPT. VICTOR G. BUSH. R.A.F.
Victor George Anderson Bush – age 25 – Captain, Royal Flying Corps.
Victor was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh. At some point he resided at Braeside, Galashiels and at St. Elmo, Polworth Grove, Edinburgh. He enlisted as Private (2075) in the 9th Royal Scots and was commissioned in the Highland Light Infantry in November 1914, joining the 10th Battalion in France in August 1915. He transferred to the RFC and qualified as a Flying Officer in August 1916. He served in France until mid-1917 when he became a Flying Instructor and he was posted to the No.1 School of Aerial Fighting at Turnberry near Ayr. Victor was killed in an aircrash at Kincaidston Farm near Alloway, Ayrshire.
Born 1893 in Bangkok, Siam. Son of the late “Admiral” John Bush, Harbourmaster of Bangkok, Siam and of Meh (Plian) Bush. Husband of Jean Isabella (McLeod) Bush of 24 Polworth Crescent and of 21 Lauderdale Street, Edinburgh who he married in December 1916 in Edinburgh.
Died on Active Service on 8 February 1918 and buried in Edinburgh (North Merchiston) Cemetery.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the Galashiels War Memorial in Selkirkshire as:

CPL. HARRY E. SHORTREED. Canada
Harry Elliott Shortreed – age 31 – Corporal (441633) 53rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Harry was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh until 1901 when he took a position in London and where he joined the Queen's Westminster Volunteers. He emigrated to Canada in March 1903 and was homesteading along the North Saskatchewan River, southwest of Meota, when he enlisted at Camp Sewell in Manitoba in August 1915. In January 1916 he was admitted to Winnipeg General Hospital to undergo surgery for acute appendicitis but he developed bronchial pneumonia and died two days later.
Born 1884 in Wilton, Hawick, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Charlotte Agnes (Rennie or Thomarson) Shortreed (died 1912) and of Walter Shortreed of Murrayfield, Galashiels.
Died on Service on 16 January 1916 and buried in Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the Galashiels War Memorial in Selkirkshire as:

SUB.LT. FREDERICK F. A. STEVENSON. Royal Naval Reserve
Frederick Fotheringham Anderson Stevenson – age 22 – Sub-Lieutenant, H.M.S. Perth, Royal Naval Reserve.
Frederick was educated at Galashiels Academy and at George Watson's College in Edinburgh before he joined the Mercantile Marine in 1913. He joined the RNR as a Midshipman in April 1915 and commanded motor lighters at Gallipoli until January 1916 and in Mesopotamia until June 1916. He was posted to the armed boarding steamer “Perth” and was promoted in April 1917. The “Perth” was escorting a convoy from Gibraltar to Milford Haven when she exchanged gun fire with the German submarine U-139. Frederick and another crew member were killed and were buried at sea.
Born 1896 in Galashiels. Son of Dr. Nathaniel Stevenson and of Jeannie Donnan (Anderson) Stevenson of Park Villa, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 1 October 1918 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A WW2 casualty.

Named on the Galashiels War Memorial in Selkirkshire as:

MAJOR R.T. PAYNE, R.A.
Richard Tyson Payne – age 46 – Major (20453) Royal Artillery attached to 4 Field Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery.
Richard was educated at Castle Douglas Academy in Kirkcudbrightshire and from 1911 at George Watson's College in Edinburgh. Taking up Engineering as a career after leaving school in 1913, he became associated with Scottish Oils and Shell Mex and was appointed superintendent of that Company at Galashiels. He was a keen Territorial, was commissioned in March 1921 and held the rank of Captain in the 79th Lowland Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery. Richard died in India following an illness.
Born 1897 in Castle Douglas, Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of John Richard Payne (died 1929) and of Margaret Mackenzie (Crawford) Payne. Husband of Margaret May “Mysie” (Tweedie) Payne of Wilderhouse, Galashiels who he married in 1938 in Edinburgh.
Died on Active Service on 24 July 1943 and buried in Ranchi War Cemetery, India.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MURRAY, ALEXANDER ROXBURGH
Initials: AR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 4th Bn attd 17th Bn
Date of Death: 18/11/1916
Age: 18
Additional Information: Son of James and Eliza Murray, of 3, Horselethill Rd., Kelvinside, Glasgow. Born at Chungking, West China.
Grave Reference: E 1
Cemetery: New Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel.

Also named on Glasgow Academy War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: PRICE, CHARLES THOMAS
Initials: CT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 5th Bn, formerly 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Bn.
Date of Death: 30/11/1917
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Charles Price and Sybella Torrance Price, of 57, Queensborough Gardens, Hyndland, Glasgow. Born at Edinburgh.
Grave Reference: U 136
Cemetery: Ramleh War Cemetery.

Also named on Glasgow High School and Glasgow Academy War Memorials.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two WW2 casualties.

Named on the Chirnside Parish War Memorial in Berwickshire as:

JOHN ELLIOT
John Elliot – age 34 – Captain (121440) 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh until 1926. He served an apprenticeship at the Chirnside Paper Mill before moving to London. He returned to Chirnside four years later as an assistant manager and he joined the Territorial 4th KOSB. He was a Sergeant when he was mobilised at the outbreak of war and he was commissioned in February 1940. He was promoted to Captain in 1942 and was the battalion Adjutant when he was killed during an attack on the German town of Heinberg.
Born 1910 in Chirnside. Son of William Hope Elliot and of Janet Duncan (Inglis) Elliot of Edingtom Mains, Chirnside and of Ruthven, Coldstream, Berwickshire. Husband of Mairi Ann (Maclaren) Elliot of Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh who he married in September 1939 in Edinburgh.
Killed in Action on 24 January 1945 and buried in Sittard War Cemetery, Netherlands.


IAN HASTIE
John Everest Hastie – age 21 – Ordinary Seaman (D/JX 272241) H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy.
Ian was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh until 1936 before he joined the head office of the Caledonian Insurance Company in Edinburgh. He was called up in May 1941 and after initial training he was posted to the battleship “Prince of Wales”. He sailed with her in October bound for Singapore via Freetown, Cape Town, the Maldives and Ceylon. They docked on 2 December, six days before Japanese aircraft raided Singapore. The “Prince of Wales” and the battle-cruiser “Repulse” had sortied to attack troop convoys but they were attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Malaya.
Born 1920 in Ayton, Berwickshire. Son of Alexander and Jane (Cairns) Hastie of Ravelston, Chirnside.
Missing in Action/ Lost at Sea on 10 December 1941 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the Ayton Parish War Memorial in Berwickshire as:

DAVID R. TAYLOR
David Robert Taylor – age 51 – Major, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 1/4th King's Own Scottish Borderers.
David was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1893. He became a general practitioner in Ayton in about 1895 and began an association with the Volunteers and Territorials from then. He was promoted to Captain in April 1908 and to Major after he had been mobilised in December 1914. He landed with the 1/4th KOSB at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was killed a month later.
Born 1864 in Canongate, Edinburgh. Son of the late William Taylor (died 1869) and of the late Isabella (Calder) Taylor (died 1903). Husband of the late Isabella Jane (Walker) Taylor (died 1909) who he married in 1894 in Edinburgh and husband of Agnes (MacLeod) Taylor of St. Helen's, Ayton who he married in 1910 in Glasgow.
Killed in Action on 14 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Name: CALDERWOOD, WILLIAM SEWELL
Initials: WS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 8th Bn, attd. 10th/11th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Date of Death: 31/7/1917
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of the Rev. R. S. Calderwood, of "The Manse," Cambuslang, Glasgow, and the late Annie Calderwood. Law Student, Glasgow University. O.T.C.
Panel Reference: Panel 22
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

also named on Glasgow High School and Cambuslang Old Parish Church War Memorials and in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. A short biographical note about Lt Calderwood can be found on the University's Roll of Honour: https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=1521
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the Eyemouth War Memorial in Berwickshire as:

SEC.LIEUT. THOMAS MURRAY MILLER. K.O.S.B.

Thomas Murray Miller – age 21 – Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas was educated at Berwick Grammar School and at George Watson's College in Edinburgh before taking a position with a shipping company in Glasgow. He enlisted in the 5th Cameronians in 1913 and was mobilised in August 1914, landing as Private (6549) with the 1/5th Battalion at Le Havre in November. He was commissioned as Lance-Corporal T. M. Miller in December 1915.
Born 1894 in Eyemouth. Son of the Rev. John Miller and of Janie Brown (Murray) Miller of the St. John's United Free Church Manse, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 27 January 1916 and buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, France,
Also named on the Berwick Grammar School memorial and on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.
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Name: FORD, GEORGE TURNER
Initials: GT
Nationality: United Kingdonm
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2427
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 4th Bn. (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles)
Date of Death: 28/6/1915
Age: 36
Additional Information: Son of George and Charlotte Henrietta Ford, of 11, Duddington Crescent, Portobello, Midlothian. M.A. (Hons.), Edinburgh.
Panel Reference: Panel 26 to 30.
Memorial: Helles Memorial

Also named on Glasgow High School and Glasgow City Council Education Department War Memorials.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not included on the memorial nor listed as having been killed in the 'Watsonians War Record' though mentioned as having served is:
GORDON McLAREN AITCHISON
He served with the 9th Royal Scots, no.350260 and was killed 30th March 1918.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/851985/gordon-mcl-aitchison/

He was the brother of Lt. Scott McDiarmid Aitchison who was killed with the Royal Irish Fusiliers a week before his brother in France.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/851986/

Both Aitchison brothers appears on the Pozieres Memorial.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the North Berwick War Memorial in East Lothian as:

ROBERT A. McKINNA
Robert Alexander McKinna, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar – age 33 – Squadron Leader (69440) 97 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Robert was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and was a solicitor in North Berwick and a well known amateur golfer. He was the winner of the Highland Amateur Golf Tournament in 1935 and runner up in the Irish Amateur Championship in 1937. He was commissioned from Sergeant (751114) in June 1941 and promoted to Flight Lt. in March 1943. He was awarded a DFC in March 1943 and a second DFC in September 1943. He was an air gunner on his Lancaster bomber which had taken off from RAF Bourn in Cambridgeshire for a raid on Mannheim. His aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and Robert was buried in Eusserthal Cemetery together with two of his crew mates. They were re-interred in April 1948.
Born 1910 in Edinburgh. Son of Alexander and Margery (James) McKinna of 50 Dick Place, Edinburgh. Husband of Helen Dorothy (McCabe) McKinna of Edinburgh who he married in 1940 in Kilmarnock.
Killed in Action on 23 September 1943 and buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the Aberlady War Memorial in East Lothian as:

SEC. LIEUT. R.S. SCARLETT, ROYAL SCOTS
Robert Stubbs Scarlett – age 21 – Second Lieutenant, 16th Battalion (2nd Edinburgh) Royal Scots.
Robert was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh before attending the East of Scotland Agricultural College. He enlisted in the 15th Royal Scots in September 1914 and as Private (17741) he landed with his battalion at Le Havre in January 1916. He was wounded on the first day of the battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 and after he had recovered he was commissioned in May 1917.
Born 1896 in Edinburgh. Son of Thomas Aitken Scarlett and Emily Robertson (Stubbs) Scarlett of Aberlady and of 204 Newhaven Road, Leith, Edinburgh.
Killed in Action on 20 December 1917 and buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, France.
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