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TROOPER JOHN BROWN.
John Brown – age 35 – Private (5230) 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
John had been 17 years in the army and had served with the Royal Scots Greys in the South African War in 1902. The regiment was based at York at the outbreak of war and John landed with them in France on 17 August 1914. John was wounded on 16 October and died as a prisoner of war in the Comines Feldlazerette (Field Hospital) He was buried in the Wervicq Road German Cemetery in Comines but his grave was lost and he is commemorated by a special memorial at Zantvoorde.
Born 1879 at Woodhead, Glencairn. Son of the late William Brown of Woodhead of Darndarroch, Glencairn and of Sarah (Burgess) Brown of Moss-Side, Dunscore, Dumfriesshire.
Died of Wounds on 2 November 1914 and named at Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Royal Scots Greys memorial in Edinburgh.


PTE. JOHN BROWN.
John Brown – age 30 – Private (S/7616) 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
John was a shepherd at Dungalston, Moniaive when he enlisted in January 1915. He joined his battalion in France in October 1915 and was killed near Contalmaison.
Born 1885 in Balmaclellen, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Robert and Janet (Dickson) Brown of Nether Monybuie, Corsock, Kirkcudbrightshire and later of Alloway, Ayrshire.
Killed in Action on 28 August 1916 and buried in London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Somme, France.
Also listed on the Balmaclellen Parish and Corsock District War Memorials.


SGT. WILLIAM BROWN.
William McCaw Brown – age 34 – Sergeant (S/11580) 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
William was employed in the drapery trade in London when he enlisted in November 1915. He was mobilised in March 1916 and posted to his battalion in France in July. He was promoted to Sergeant in August 1917 and granted leave on 7 September. William was wounded two weeks after he left Glencairn to return to France and died two days later in the 64th Casualty Clearing Station.
Born 1883 in Glencairn. Son of William and Marion (McCaw) Brown of Cairnside, Glencairn.
Died of Wounds on 28 September 1917 and buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
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PTE. ROBERT CARSON.
Robert Carson – age 22 – Corporal (14811) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert enlisted in September 1914 and joined his battalion in France in January 1915. He was wounded in April 1915 and was killed in the following year on the Somme at Trones Wood.
Born 1894 in Glencairn. Son of William and Isabella Margaret (Bell) Carson of Crossford Cottage, Glencairn.
Missing in Action on 22 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.

and his brother

PTE. WILLIAM CARSON
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William Carson – age 25 – Private (17/268) 1st Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand Infantry.
William was employed by Sir Emilius Laurie of Maxelton, Moniaive before he emigrated in New Zealand in 1911. He was a farm labourer and groom at Omihi, Canterbury on the South Island when he enlisted in the Veterinary Corps in December 1914. He sailed from Wellington and landed in Egypt in January 1915. He was transferred to a Training Battalion in April 1916 and joined the Otago Regiment in France in July but was killed two months later on the Somme.
Born 1891 in Glencairn. Son of William and Isabella Margaret (Bell) Carson of Crossford Cottage, Glencairn.
Missing in Action on 27 September 1916 and named on the Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Somme, France.


PTE. GEORGE CLARK.
Served under his birth name.
George McCowan – age 22 – Private (S/7618) 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
George was a shepherd at Terrerran in Moniaive when he enlisted in January 1915. He was mobilised in June and joined his battalion in France in October. He was killed by a rifle grenade just as he had taken up sentry duty and was buried behind the lines.
Born 1893 at Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire. Step-son of Robert Clark and son of Annie (McCowan) Clark of Kinharvie, New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire who had married in 1902 at Urr.
Killed in Action on 20 March 1916 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the New Abbey Parish War Memorial as George McCowan.
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PTE, SIMON COMMON.
Simon Thomas Cameron Common – age 19 – Lance Corporal (18995) 1/8th (Argyllshire) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Simon was a clerk with the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company in Moniaive when he enlisted as Private (1524) in the Territorial 5th Kings Own Scottish Borderers in Moniaive in March 1914 and he was mobilised in August. He was appointed as a Drummer in March 1915 and transferred to the Reserve Battalion. He was posted to the Argylls in December 1916 and joined his battalion in France in June 1918. Simon died in the French Ambulance Cherurgical 5/69 at Coeuvres-et-Valsery.
Born 1899 at Tathhill, Kirkpatrick Juxta, Dumfriesshire. Son of William Bell Common and Isabella (Dryden) Common of Tathhill, of Caitloch, Moniaive, of Lochend, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Ayrshire and of North Lodge, Bargany, Girvan, in Ayrshire.
Died of Wounds on 21 July 1918 and buried in the Coeuvres-et-Valsery Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France.
Also named on the Kirkpatrick Juxta Parish War Memorial near Beattock. (but not on the G&SW Railway Memorial)


SGT. R. WELLWOOD COWAN.
Robert Wellwood Cowan – age 22 – Private (11125) 6th Battalion, Border Regiment.
In 1911, as Wellwood Cowan, he was living with his family in Glencairn but he was employed as a draper in Wigan, Lancashire when he enlisted there in 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in July 1915 but was killed a month later.
Born 1893 in Bristol, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire. Son of Robert and Rose (Winmill) Cowan of Woodhead of Darndarroch, Glencairn and of Courthill, Penpont, who had married in Bedminster, Gloucestershire.
Missing in Action on 21 August 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Wigan Cenotaph.


PTE. WILLIAM DALZIEL.
William Dalziel – age 30 – Private (240201) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was a blacksmith with his father at Chapel Street. Moniaive when he enlisted. He had also resided with the Lockerbie family at Dunreggan, Glencairn and served alongside Fred Lockerbie (see below) He landed as Private (1304) with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was wounded two weeks later and evacuated to the 21st General Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt. Later he rejoined the battalion and served in Egypt and Palestine where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1886 in Tinwald, Dumfriesshire. Son of Joseph and Mary (Brown) of Riggfoot, Crocketford, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Missing in Action on 19 April 1917 and named on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.
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PTE. ROBERT DAVIDSON.
Robert Davidson – age 35 – Private (202681) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert had served his apprenticeship as a draper with Messrs Stewart & Macdonald in Argyll Street, Glasgow and was manager of Messrs Clouston & Co., manufacturers at Stockwell Street when he enlisted in June 1917. He joined his battalion in August but was killed less than two months later.
Born 1882 in Glencairn. Son of the late William Rankine Davidson (died August 1917) former gamekeeper at Crawfordton, Moniaive, and of Nancy or Agnes (Haig) Davidson of Pielton, Glencairn. Husband of Jean McKenzie (Urquhart) Davidson of 18 Byres Road, Partick, Glasgow who he married in 1910 in Anderston, Glasgow.
Missing in Action on 4 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.


GUNNER ROBERT EDGAR.
Robert Symington Edgar – age 28 – Gunner (106210) 200th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Robert had been educated at Dumfries Academy and served his apprenticeship in Glencairn and Dumfries before he became a credit draper, living in Crewe, Cheshire. He enlisted in December 1915 and was mobilised in July 1916. He was an expert motor cyclist and became a despatch rider. He joined the 200th Battery and landed with them in France in November 1916. Robert was killed two years later and was buried in the Ste. Helene British Cemetery in Pontruet but was re-interred at Cerisy-Gailly after the war.
Born 1890 in Glencairn. Son of the late Samuel and Margaret (Symington) Edgar of the Maxwellton Home Farm, Glencairn. Husband of Jessie (Frogatt) Edgar of Hungerford Avenue, Crewe who he married in 1914 in Crewe, Natwich, Cheshire.
Killed in Action on 3 October 1918 and buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Also named on the Dumfries Academy memorial and on the Crewe and Nantwich War Memorial.


PTE. JOSEPH FERGUSSON.
Note: records have the family name as both Ferguson and Fergusson.
Joseph Ferguson – age 19 – Private (38088) 16th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Joseph was posted to the 2nd Royal Scots in February 1917 and was wounded in April. He had been transferred to the 16th (2nd Edinburgh) Battalion when he was killed six months later.
Born 1898 in Glencairn. Son of James and Mary (Watson) Ferguson of Dardarroch Cottage, Glencairn.
Missing in Action on 22 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
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2nd LIEUT. WM. FORSYTH.
William Forsyth – age 46 – Lieutenant (Assistant Commissary) Indian Miscellaneous List.
William was born and brought up in Moniaive but in 1891, aged 19, he was a coal miner in Galston, Ayrshire. He enlisted in the Black Watch in the following year and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, serving in Gibraltar, Egypt and South Africa. In 1896 he moved to India and joined the Indian Miscellaneous List with the rank of Sub-Conductor. William landed in France with the HQ of the Indian Corps in September 1914 and was known to be still serving on the Western Front in 1915 when he was Mentioned in Despatches, and he visited Moniaive while on leave in January and in July 1915. At some point he returned to India and had been promoted to Assistant Commissary with the rank of Lieutenant when he died.
Born 1872 in Glencairn. Son of the late Thomas Forsyth (died 1874) and of Agnes (Proudfoot) Forsyth of Glencairn (from 1881 Mrs. James Dalziel)
Died on Service on 28 October 1918 and buried in Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan.


PTE. JAMES GRAHAM.
James Graham – age 29 – Private (13413) 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.
James went to France in early 1916. He died of his wounds in hospital in Camiers.
Born 1886 in Glencairn. Son of John and Mary (Reid) Graham of the Keeper's Cottage, Maxwelton, Glencairn.
Died of Wounds on 22 September 1916 and buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.


PTE. THOMAS GRAHAM.
Thomas Graham – age 21 – Private (S/11676) 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Thomas was employed at Cairnside, Moniaive before working at Kirkland Farm, Tynron, Dumfriesshire.
His remains were recovered from the battlefield and interred at Puisieux, north of Albert.
Born 1895 at Ettrickholm, St. Mungo, Dumfriesshire. Son of John and Elspeth (Muir) Graham of Crowhill, Moniaive.
Killed in Action on 13 November 1916 and buried in Queens Cemetery, Puisieux, France.
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PTE. ANDREW HALLIDAY.
Andrew Halliday – age 42 – Private (241669) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Andrew was a carter in Dunscore Village, Dumfriesshire when he married in 1904 and he was employed by Mr Macara in Moniaive when he enlisted. He joined his battalion as Private (5427) in Egypt and served in Palestine where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1876 in Dunscore as Andrew Anderson Halliday. Son of Robert Dickson Halliday and of Mary (Anderson) Halliday of Dunscore. Husband of Georgina (Thorburn) Halliday, formerly Bennett, of Dunreggan, Moniaive who he married in 1904 in Dumfries.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.
Also named on the Dunscore Parish War Memorial, together with his brother Robert Dickson Halliday, a Motor Ambulance Driver with the British Red Cross.


PTE. DAVID HASTINGS.
David Wilson Hastings – age 32 – Private (204406) 2/7th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
David had served his apprenticeship in Moniaive and in 1911 was a joiner living with his wife and child at 69 Peter Road, Walton, Liverpool. He enlisted as Private (7731) in the 1/5th King's but was attached to the 2/7th King's who had arrived in France in February 1917. David died in the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station at Steenwerck near Armentieres.
Born 1885 in Moniaive, Glencairn. Son of William and Isabella (Mackenzie) Hastings of High Street, Moniaive. Husband of Bessie Milligan (Leitch or Wilson) Hastings of 66 Stuart Road, Walton, Liverpool who he married in 1908 in Glencairn.
Died of Wounds on 13 May 1917 and buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.


PTE. GIDEON HUNTER.
Gideon Robson Hunter – age 27 – Private (S/7406) 12th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Gideon was working on his father's farm at Calside, Moniaive when he enlisted, together with his twin brother James, in January 1915. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in September 1915 but the battalion was moved to Salonika in Northern Greece in November. Gideon was attached to 77th Trench Mortar Battery in November 1916 and was killed by the accidental explosion of a shell.
Born 1890 in Glencairn. Son of William and Mary Ann (Murdie) Hunter of Calside, Moniaive.
Died on Active Service on 26 July 1917 and buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.
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GUNNR. CHAS. JOHNSTONE.
Charles Kirkpatrick Johnstone – age 22 – Gunner (96899) Royal Field Artillery, transferred as Private (580846) Labour Corps.
Charles was a farm servant when he enlisted in July 1915. He joined the 131st Brigade of the RFA in France in December 1915. He suffered from gas poisoning and was evacuated to hospital in Glasgow in November 1917. After treatment he was posted to the 460th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps. Charles died of tuberculosis in Dumfries Infirmary
Born 1897 in Holywood, Dumfriesshire. Son of Thomas and Margaret (Kirkpatrick) Johnstone of Crossford Railway Cottages and of Clongate, Moniaive.
Died on 5 April 1919 and buried in Glencairn Parish Churchyard Extension. (CWG)


LIEUT. CHARLES KENNEDY.
Charles Kennedy – age 35 – Lieutenant: 113th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Charles had been working in Brazil for a number of years and was home on a visit when war was declared. He enlisted in November 1914 as a Private in the London Regiment (London Scottish) but gained a commission in the RFA. He was wounded at Courcelette and again, this time fatally, during the battle of the Ancre.
Born 1880 in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late William Kennedy, latterly of Townhead of Glencairn (died 1909) and of Mary Cecile (Cannon) Kennedy who died at Marbrack, Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire in 1918.
Died of Wounds on 16 November 1916 and buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
Also named on the Carsphairn Parish War Memorial.

and his brother

CAPT. W. DOUGLAS KENNEDY
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Walter Douglas Kennedy – age 31 – Lieutenant: 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Known as Douglas, he was educated at Ayr Academy and in 1904 joined the Ayrshire Yeomanry. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1914 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1/5th RSF in January 1915. Promoted to Lt. (Temp. Captain) in June 1916, he served in Palestine and was killed at Gaza.
Born 1886 in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late William Kennedy, latterly of Townhead of Glencairn (died 1909) and of Mary Cecile (Cannon) Kennedy who died at Marbrack, Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire in 1918.
Missing in Action on 19 April 1917 and named on the Jerusalem Memorial. Israel.
Also listed on the Carsphairn Parish War Memorial and on the Ayr War Memorial.

Both brothers are also listed on a plaque (which includes a 3rd brother, Robert who died during the South African War) on an external wall of Carsphairn Parish Church.


PTE. WILLIAM KERR.
William Kerr – age 24 – Private (79089) 50th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
William had been employed by Major McCall of Caitloch, Moniaive and was a shepherd at Barbuie, Moniaive when he enlisted in November 1915. He joined his unit in France in January 1916.
Born 1894 in Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. Son of Thomas and Agnes (Henderson) Kerr of Holmhead on the Dalry/Glencairn border.
Died of Wounds on 26 August 1918 and buried in Shrine Cemetery, Bucquoy, France.
Also named on the Dalry Parish War Memorial in Kirkcudbrightshire.
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Note: All Scottish census and the D&G Standard use the family name as LAMBERTON.
However all military, police and birth records have LAMBROUGHTON
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2nd LIEUT. H. LAMBERTON.
Hugh Lambroughton – age 37 – Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
In 1911 Hugh Lambroughton, aged 29, was a policeman at Ferryhill, County Durham. He enlisted in June 1915 and as Sergeant (29967) he joined the 6th/7th Battalion, RSF in France in November 1916. He was commissioned in June 1917 but died of his wounds in the 58th Casualty Clearing Station in Lillers in the following year.
Born 1881 at Meadowhead, Sorn, Ayrshire as Hugh Lambroughton. Son of the late Hugh Lamberton (died 1904) and of Agnes (Dunn) Lamberton (died 1910) of Kirkcudbright Farm, Moniaive. (Deaths registered as Lamberton)
Died of Wounds on 12 April 1918 and buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Also named on the Durham Constabulary memorial plaque.

and his brother

2nd LIEUT. M. LAMBERTON
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Matthew Lambroughton – age 32 – Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Matthew joined the West Riding Constabulary in Yorkshire in January 1914. He enlisted in January 1916 and as Lance Corporal (S/15863) he joined the 10th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in France in June 1916 but was attached to the 2nd Gordon Highlanders. He was wounded at Mametz Wood and evacuated to hospital in London in July 1916. When he recovered he was posted to the 11th Argylls in France but was selected for officer training and he was commissioned in April 1918. He returned to France in August but was badly gassed in September. Matthew was attached to the Black Watch when he became ill and he died of bronchial pneumonia in the 39th Stationary Hospital in Lille five days after the Armistice.
Born 1886 at Meadowhead, Sorn, Ayrshire as Matthew Lambroughton. Son of the late Hugh Lamberton (died 1904) and of Agnes (Dunn) Lamberton (died 1910) of Kirkcudbright Farm, Moniaive. (Deaths registered as Lamberton)
Died on Service on 16 November 1918 and buried in Lille Southern Cemetery, France.
Also named on the West Riding Constabulary memorial in Wakefield, Yorkshire.


CAPT. W. WALTER LAURIE.
Wilfrid Walter Laurie – age 19 – Captain, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion attached to the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Laurie was commissioned from the Officer Training Corps in August 1914. He joined the 2nd KOSB in France in January 1917 and was promoted to Temporary Captain while commanding a company on 12 May 1917 but he was killed a week later.
Born 1897 in Troon, Ayrshire. Son of Wilfrid Emilius Laurie and of Marian Isabel (Stirling) Laurie of Holwell House, Hertfordshire and of 14 Hyde Park Street, London, W.2. Grandson of the Rev. Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Laurie of Maxwelton, Moniaive.
Killed in Action on 19 May 1917 and buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on an individual memorial in the Maxwelton Estate Chapel, Moniaive.
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PTE. GEORGE B. LAUDER.
George Black Lauder – age 23 – Private (24415) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
George was educated at Palnackie and Barnbarroch schools in Kirkcudbrightshire and was a shepherd at Millerdendale, near Girvan, Ayrshire when he enlisted February 1916. He was mobilised in June and posted to the 8th Battalion RSF in Salonica, northern Greece in October 1916. He contracted malaria in July 1917 and during the following ten months he was treated regularly for the disease until he was evacuated home in May 1918. George was posted to the 2nd RSF in France in August 1918 but was killed two months later.
Born 1895 in Tinwald, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late Agnes (Black) Lauder (died 1904) and of Adam Lauder, and step-son of Janet (Black) Lauder of Craigdarroch, Moniaive.
Adam (a gamekeeper) married Agnes in 1890 in Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire and in 1891 they were in Tinwald. By 1901 they were back in Buittle at Palnackie. He married Janet in 1908 in Glencairn.
Killed in Action on 25 October 1918 and buried in Ingoyghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.


PTE. FREDK. LOCKERBIE
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Frederick Lockerbie – age 20 – Private (240287) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Fred was a member of the Territorial 5th KOSB and as Private (1496) he was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but became ill in July and was invalided home. After he recovered he re-joined the battalion in Egypt and served in Palestine where he was fatally wounded during the attack at El Mughar.
Born 1897 in Moniaive. Son of David and Margaret (McFarlane) Lockerbie of Dunreggan, Glencairn and of Bridge End, Moniaive.
Died of Wounds on 15 November 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.


PTE. DAVID MABEN.
David Maben – age 24 – Private (1998) 10th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
David was employed as a tailor when he enlisted in January 1915 at Oaklands, South Australia. He sailed from Adelaide in April 1915 and landed at Gallipoli in July. He then served in Egypt before moving to France in April 1916.
Born 1892 at Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire. (His service record gives Moniaive, Dumfriesshire as his birth place)
Son of the late John Maben (died 1893) and Agnes (Davidson) Maben of Buittle Mains and of Ayr Street, Moniaive.
By 1901 Agnes and her children were at Dunreggan, Glencairn.
Missing in Action on 21 August 1916 and named on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
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C.P.O. DONALD MACDONALD.
Donald MacDonald – age 28 – Petty Officer (Clyde Z/2016) Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Donald was educated at Dumfries Academy before becoming a merchant seaman. He was awarded his Second Mate Certificate in September 1906. He enlisted in November 1914 and was initially posted as a Chief Petty Officer to Mudros on the Greek island of Lemnos in February 1916. He reverted to P.O. in May 1916 before he joined the Nelson Battalion in France in June 1916. Donald's remains were recovered from the battlefield and he was re-interred at Cayeux after the war.
Born 1887 in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire. Son of George Macdonald (former station master at Ruthwell and at Moniaive) and Sarah (Jackson) Macdonald of Grainneshead, Moniaive.
Killed in Action on 13 November 1916 and buried in Cayeux Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Also named on the Dumfries Academy memorial.

and his brother

PIONR. NORMAN MACDONALD
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Norman Somerled MacDonald – age 23 – Pioneer (209698) No. 1 Special Company, Royal Engineers.
Norman had been educated at Dumfries Academy and from 1913 he was an engineering student at Glasgow University and at the Royal Technical College of Glasgow. While still a student he enlisted, using the name John Gordon, as Private (S/11470) in the Gordon Highlanders in 1915. Probably because of his engineering and chemical training, Norman was transferred to the section of the Royal Engineers responsible for poison gas.
Born 1895 in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire. Son of George Macdonald (former station master at Ruthwell and at Moniaive) and Sarah (Jackson) Macdonald of Grainneshead, Moniaive.
Missing in Action on 24 March 1918 and named on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Also named on the Dumfries Academy memorial and on the Glasgow University Roll of Honour.
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PTE. JOHN MARTIN.
John Martin – age 24 – Private (13379) 15th Battalion (1st Glasgow) Highland Light Infantry. (known as The Glasgow Tramways Battalion)
John had worked at Woodhead, Auldgirth, Dumfriesshire before he joined the Glasgow Corporation Tramways in 1911. He was living in 1071 Pollokshaws Road and was employed at the Newlands Depot when he enlisted in 1914. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in November 1915.
Born 1891 in Keir, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late Agnes Helen (McKie) Martin (died 1895) and of William Halliday Martin, and step-son of Janet (Scott) Martin, of Snaid Mill Crossing and of Wallaceton, Glencairn who had married in 1899 in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action on 3 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Glasgow Roll of Honour and on the GCT Newlands Depot memorial.


PTE. WILFRD. MATHER.
Wilfred Ernest Mather – age 22 – Private (447160) 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Wilfred was educated in Penpont, Dumfriesshire and at Wallace Hall Academy, Thornhill before he attended the North-Eastern County School in Barnard Castle, County Durham where he was a cadet in the Officer Training Corps. After leaving school he emigrated to Canada to join two of his brothers. Later he was employed in railway surveying at Spokane in Washington State, USA. He was a time-keeper when he enlisted at Calgary, Alberta in June 1915 and he sailed from Montreal in September 1915. He was posted to his battalion in France in January 1916 but was killed at the battle of Vimy Ridge just over a year later.
Born 1894 in Penpont, Dumfriesshire. Son of John Alfred Mather and of Mary Gemmell (Stewart or Stuart) Mather of Grovehill House, Penpont and of Hastings Hall, Moniaive.
Killed in Action on 9 April 1917 and buried in La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, France.
Also named on the Penpont Parish War Memorial and on the Barnard Castle School memorial and Roll of Honour.
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PTE WILLIAM D. McCALL.
Walter Douglas McCall – age 26 – Private (8/1777) Otago Regiment, New Zealand Infantry.
Walter (known as Douglas) worked in Moniaive for a couple of years before going to Glasgow where he was employed for about five years. He emigrated in October 1911 and was a ploughman at Mount Pisa on the South Island of New Zealand when he enlisted at Trentham Camp near Wellington in January 1915. Walter sailed in April and joined his unit at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed two months later during the battle at Sari Bair.
Born 1889 in Glencairn. Son of Walter and Janet (Haig) McCall of Kirkland, Moniaive, Glencairn.
Missing in Action on 9 August 1915 and named on the Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.


PTE. CHARLS. S. McCARTNEY.
Note: Served as Charles Scott.
Charles Scott McCartney – age 38 – Private (760998) 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Charles was a railway porter in Glasgow in 1901 but he was a logger in British Columbia when he enlisted as Charles Scott, Lance Corporal (464064) at Vernon, B.C. in August 1915. He was discharged for misconduct on 20 January 1916 but he was still in Vancouver when he re-enlisted four days later and he sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in August 1916. Charles joined his battalion in France in November 1916.
Born 1879 in Glencairn. Son of the late Isabella Hyslop (Scott) McCartney (died 1911) of Dunreggan, Glencairn, and of the late Samuel McCartney (died 1916) of Moniaive.
Missing in Action on11 November 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.


PTE. JAMES McCULLOCH.
Thought to be:
James McCulloch – age 20 – Private (39499) 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
James died of pneumonia in the 7th Canadian General Hospital in Etaples.
Born 1898 in Colmonell, Ayrshire. Son of Maggie McCulloch, of Snade Mill Cottage, Dunscore, Dumfriesshire.
Died on Service on 24 February 1919 and buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
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PTE. WILLIAM McFEGAN.
William McFegan – age 21 – Lance Corporal (1150) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was brought up by his grandparents Robert and Janet McFegan in New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire and by 1911 he was still living with Janet at Dunreggan, Glencairn. He was a wood forester at Old Maxwelton, Moniaive and was a member of the Territorial 5th KOSB in Moniaive. He was mobilised in August 1914 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1893 in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Margaret McFegan.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.


LC.CPL. ROWLAND McGOWAN.
Rowland McGowan – age 24 – Lance Corporal (2038) 1/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Rowland was educated at Glencaple Public school and at Hutton Hall Academy, both in Caerlaverock, then at Dumfries Academy and Edinburgh University (qualified LDS). Employed as a dental surgeon, he assisted Mr J W Hall, Castle Hill in Lancaster where he was a keen hockey and tennis player and a member of Lancaster Cricket, Bowling and Tennis Club. He landed with his battalion at Le Havre in February 1915 but three months later he was fatally wounded by a shell while in a reserve trench. He was buried in the Ecole de Bienfaisance Cemetery, Ypres but was re-interred in Bedford House in 1924.
Born 1891 in Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire. Son of John McGowan and of Grace Montgomery Hope (Pool) McGowan of Glencaple Farm and of Laurieston House, Auldgirth, Glencairn.
Died of Wounds on 27 May 1915 and buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Dumfries Academy memorial, on the Lancaster War Memorial and the Trinity Church Memorial, Queen Street, Lancaster.
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LC.CPL. DAVID McMILLAN.
David McMillan – age 31 – Lance Corporal (S/22815) 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
David was was working on his father's farm of Twomerkland, Moniaive when he enlisted in May 1916. He joined his battalion in France in September and was serving in the Lewis Gun Section when he was killed.
Born 1886 in Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Robert and Mary Wilson (McLellan) McMillan of Carsphairn, then of New Luce (1891), then of Kells (1901) and then of Twomerkland Farm, Moniaive (1911)
Missing in Action on 18 April 1918 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Carsphairn Parish War Memorial.


PTE. JOHN McWHIRTER.
John McWhirter – age 22 – Private (13126) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was employed at The Howes in Annan when he enlisted in August 1914. He landed with the 6th KOSB at Boulogne in May 1915. He was wounded in December 1915 and returned to France in February 1916.
Born 1895 in Annan, Dumfriesshire. Son of Isabella McWhirter, later Mrs Thomas West of Auchencheyne, Moniaive who married in 1905 in Closeburn, Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action on 24 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Annan Burgh War Memorial.


PTE. JAMES MIDDLETON.
James Middleton – age 22 – Private (241203) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James, of Craigdarroch, Moniaive, enlisted in November 1915 and as Private (4550) he joined his battalion in Egypt in 1916. He served in Palestine before moving to France in April 1918.
Born 1896 in Broomhouses Cottage, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire. Son of David and Kathleen Helen Hayward (McGregor) Middleton of Knockwalloch, Kirkpatrick Durham, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Missing in Action on 31 October 1918 and named on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.
Also named on the Kirkpatrick Durham Parish War Memorial.
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LT.COL. JOHN C. MONTEITH.
John Cassels Monteith – age 39 – Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
“Jack” was educated at Cargilfield School and at Fettes College in Edinburgh, and at Glasgow University where he graduated in 1897. He was studying for a LL.B. when he was commissioned in the Bedfordshire Regiment in May 1900 and he spent the next seven years in India. He returned to Glasgow University as Adjutant to the Officer Training Corps in January 1912 and re-joined his old regiment in August 1914, landing in France with the 1st Battalion. He fought at Mons, Le Cateau and Cambray before being wounded near Ypres in November. He was evacuated home and was appointed to the School of Instruction for Officers at Cambridge before he returned to France in August 1915. John was killed two months later commanding the 2nd Battalion near Hulloch during the battle of Loos. Born 1875 in Glencairn. Son of the late Rev. John Monteith of Glencairn Parish Church (died 1886) and of Ellen Maria (Neve) Monteith (died 1912) Husband of Jane Robertson (Wilson) Monteith of Glenluiart, Moniaive who he married in April 1914 in Airdrie, Old Monklands, Lanarkshire.
Killed in Action on 1 October 1915 and buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the memorials at Cargilfield School, Fettes College and Glasgow University.

and his brother

LIEUT. REV. W. N. MONTEITH
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William Neve Monteith – age 37 – Lieutenant, 6th (Reserve) Battalion attached to the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade.
William was educated at Cargilfield School and at Fettes College in Edinburgh, and at Magdalen College Oxford, where he gained his B.A., before studying Theology at the University of Glasgow from where he graduated B.D. in April 1904. After graduation he acted as assistant in the “Scotch” Church at Buenos Aires and then served as Assistant to the Reverend Dr Playfair of St. Andrews before getting his own parish in Elie in Fife in 1907. He enlisted in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry at the outbreak of war and was commissioned in the Rifle Brigade in January 1915. He joined his battalion in France in May 1915 but was killed at Bois-Grenier during the battle of Loos.
Born 1878 in Glencairn. Son of the late Rev. John Monteith of Glencairn Parish Church (died 1886) and of Ellen Maria (Neve) Monteith (died 1912) Husband of Muriel May (Cox) Monteith of West House, Elie, Fife who he married in 1915 in Largo, Fife.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the memorials at Cargilfield School, Fettes College and Glasgow University, on the Church of Scotland Ministers memorial in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, on the Magdalen College memorial, on the Elie & Earlsferry War Memorial, on the Elie Parish Church memorial, on an individual memorial in the church, and on the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Iglesia Presbiteriana San Andrιs) memorial in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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