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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HUGH DOBIE M'MILLAN.

Named on the Moffat War Memorial in Dumfriesshire as:

McMILLAN, CAPT. H.D. BLACK WATCH.
Hugh Dobie McMillan – age 36 – Captain, 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Hugh was educated at Warriston College in Moffat and at Merchiston College in Edinburgh after which he became a tea planter in Ceylon on the Lindoola Estate. He returned home to enlist in 1916 and he and his wife and child were onboard the “Arabia” when it was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB43 in the Mediterranean on 4 November 1916. They were rescued and were landed at Malta before continuing their journey. Hugh was commissioned in January 1917 and went to France in April. He was posted as a Captain to a School of Instruction in January 1918 and returned to the Black Watch in April 1918 but was killed three months later.
Born 1882 in Moffat. Son of the late Samuel and Eliza Goodsir (Dobie) McMillan of Lynebank, Moffat. Husband of Ethel L. (Tilly) McMillan, of Lindoola, Talawakelle, Ceylon who he married in Ceylon.
Killed in Action on 19 July 1918 and buried in Meteren, Military Cemetery, France.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The two men named TOM WELSH on the memorial were cousins.

Tom Welsh – age 36 – Captain, 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Tom was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. He farmed the family land at Earlshaugh and tenanted sheep farms at Carterhope and at Ericstane near Moffat where he lived with his own family. He had been a Town Councillor in Moffat and had represented the town on the County Council. He had been commissioned in the 3rd (Dumfries) Volunteer Battalion in June1900, was transferred as Captain to the Territorial 5th KOSB in June 1908 and latterly commanded the Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Company. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was killed a month later during the battle of Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1879 in Moffat as Tom Welsh. Son of the late Thomas of Earlshaugh and of the late Jane Jardine (Halliday) Welsh of Ericstane.
Husband of Alexandra Mary Bell (Smith) Welsh who he married in 1907 in Moffat.
Killed in Action on 12 July 1915 and buried in Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named the Moffat War Memorial and on a memorial tablet in the County Buildings in Dumfries.


Tom Welsh, Military Cross – age 33 – Captain, 1st Field Ambulance, South African Medical Corps attached to the 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry.
Tom was educated at Merchiston Castle School before studying Medicine at Edinburgh University from where he graduated M.B. & Ch.B. in 1910. He became Assistant Medical Officer at the De Wit Mine in Johannesburg and joined the South African Forces at the outbreak of war, serving during the Rebellion and the German South West Africa campaign. He was commissioned as a Captain in the SAMC in November 1915 and moved with the 1st Field Ambulance to England and then to Egypt before arriving in France in April 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross as "Capt. Tom Welsh, S. African Med. C., attd. S. African Infy. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed great courage and determination in organising and leading stretcher parties under very heavy fire.” and was twice Mentioned in Despatches. Tom was killed near Arras.
Born 1884 in Edinburgh as Thomas Welsh. Son of the late James Welsh and of Jessie Jardine (Halliday) Welsh of 8 Chamberlain Road in Edinburgh, who had married in 1878 in Moffat, Dumfriesshire.
Killed in Action on 12 April 1917 and buried in Athies Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Athies was captured by the 9th (Scottish) Division, which included the South African Brigade, on 9 April 1917.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CECIL JOHN WILLIAM SIMPSON.

Named on the Moffat War Memorial in Dumfriesshire as:

LT. COL. C. J. W. SIMPSON, MAHRATTA L.I.
Cecil John William Simpson – age 40 – Lieutenant Colonel (IA/787) 4th Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry.
Cecil was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. From there he went to the Quetta Staff College and was commissioned in the Indian Army in 1924, was posted to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry in 1925 and served with them as Lieutenant (April 1926) and Captain (January 1933) until 1939. He was brought back to the UK in February 1939 and served in the War Office as a General Staff Officer (Major January 1941) for two years before being sent on a mission to the Far East. He escaped from Hong Kong just before it fell to the Japanese in December 1941. He returned to India in 1943 as the Chief Administrative Officer of a Division and later was given command of the 4th Battalion of his old regiment. They battled the Japanese around Imphal in early 1944 and Cecil was was killed during an attack on the Battalion Headquarters. He was buried in Palel Military Cemetery but was re-interred in Imphal in April 1945.
Born 1904 in Moffat. Son of the late Alexander Morgan Simpson and Annie Cecile Simpson, of Claremont, Moffat. Husband of Margaret Agnes (McConnell) Simpson, formerly Mrs Philip Fleetford Sise of Montreal, who he married in June 1942 in London.
Killed in Action on 6 July 1944 and buried in Imphal War Cemetery, India.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 4:29 am    Post subject: Lewis Neil Griffitt Ramsay Reply with quote

Lewis Neil Griffitt Ramsay 2nd Lt (Louis Nail) 3rd Gordon Highlanders attd 2nd Bn b Aberdeen 03/02/1890 Age 25 Killed in Action F & F 21/03/1915 Son of Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, LLD DCL DD. & Lady Ramsay, 13 Greenhill Terr; Edinburgh. City Roll of Honour : 41 Braid Ave; Edinburgh. Roll of Service in the Great War : page 2 : photo. Aberdeen University Book of Remembrance. The Bond of Sacrifice Vol II: Page 384: Photo. Probate Will Date: 10 Jun 1915. Estaires Communal Cemetery Fr 0768 Plot II Row H Grave 06 Evening Times 25-3-15 Page 5 City & Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Arthur Cuthbert Haldane is also on the Stirling Civic Memorial. He was born in Stirling on 2/4/1892, son of Frederick whose family owned the firm of Haldane and Co, Cooperage in Abbey Road, Stirling. His medal card shows he landed in France on 2/8/1916 - only 12 days before he was killed.

HALDANE, ARTHUR CUTHBERT
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 14/08/1916
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders 10th Bn
Grave Reference: VI. C. 32.
Cemetery: BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Frederick and Miriam Haldane, of 24, Napier Rd., Edinburgh
Surname HALDANE
Forename Arthur Cuthbert
Rank T/2nd Lieut
Service number
Decoration
Place of birth
Date of death 14 August 1916
Theatre of death Unknown
Cause of death Killed in action
SNWM roll THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
Other detail 10th Bn.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:19 pm    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number Reply with quote

WMR 76625
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:50 am    Post subject: Anderson Sutherland Reply with quote

Surname: Sutherland Forname: Anderson
Born: Stromness, Orkney Date of birth: ---
Home Town: Enlisted:
Rank: Major Number:
Battalion: 51st
Regiments: Royal Field Artillery
Decoration: MC
Death: Died of wounds Location: F & F
Date: 7 Nov 1918 Age: 24
Buried/Memorial: Premont British Cemetery
Cemetery No.: Fr 0441 Plot II Row C Grave 12
Notes: Son of George & Mary Sutherland. 1901 Census: Norlands Berstane Rd; Kirkwall. B 1894.
Other: Will: Probate Date: 23 May 1919.
Newspaper:
War Memorial: Kirkwall & Stronsay
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:52 am    Post subject: Goodwin Anderson Reply with quote

Surname: Sutherland Forname: Goodwin
Born: Kirkwall, Orkney Date of birth: ---
Home Town: Enlisted:
Rank: 2nd Lt Number: 240548
Battalion: 4th
Regiments: Gordon Highlanders attd 1st Bn
Decoration:
Death: Killed in Action Location: F & F
Date: 9 Apr 1917 Age: 20
Buried/Memorial: Arras Memorial
Cemetery No.: M. R. 20 Panel 8 & 9
Notes: 4th Son of the late George Sutherland, Rothiesholm. 1901 Census: Whitehall Post Office. B 1897. Mother Mary Maxwell Chalmers.
Other: Officers Book page 167. Probate Will date: 10 Dec 1918.
Newspaper:
War Memorial: Kirkwall & Stronsay
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BARTHOLOMEW, GEORGE HUGH FREELAND
Initials: GHF
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 14th Bn
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 2/10/1917
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of Jennie Bartholomew, of 27, Chester St., Edinburgh, and the late Dr. J. G. Bartholomew.
Grave Reference: I D 24
Cemetery: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JAMES HAMILTON CALDER.

Named on the Yetholm Parish War Memorial in Roxburghshire as:

JAMES CALDER. A.L.I.
James Hamilton Calder – age 36 – Private (2287) 46th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
James was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. He was farming at Headshaw, Ashkirk, Selkirkshire from 1909 until he went to Australia in 1912. He was a farm assistant and horse driver at Coleriane in Victoria when he enlisted at Geelong in March 1916. He sailed from Melbourne in August and joined his battalion in France in December 1916. James was wounded and made a prisoner in April 1917 but died in the German Field Hospital at Bantigny ten days later. He was buried in Bantigny Communal Cemetery but was re-interred after the war.
Born 1883 in Yetholm. Son of the late Adam Calder (died 1896) and the late Jane (Elder) Calder (died 1907) of Halterburn and of Yetholm Mains.
He named his sister, Mrs. Adamina (Calder) Roberton of Yetholm Mains, as his next of kin.
Died of Wounds on 22 April 1917 and buried in Ontario Cemetery, Sains-Les-Marquion, France.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Named on the Kelso War Memorial in Roxburghshire as:

2nd LIEUT. J. LESLIE LAIDLAW.
John Leslie Laidlaw – age 22 – Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
John was educated at Kelso High School and at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh before becoming a student of medicine at Edinburgh University in 1912. He had just completed his second year of study when he was commissioned from the University's Officer Training Corps in October 1914. John joined his battalion in France in February 1916 but was fatally wounded at Longueval on the Somme and died three days later.
Born 1894 in Muthill, Perthshire. Son of the Rev. John Laidlaw and of Johanna Mary (Young) Laidlaw of Muthill and of Kelso United Free Church, later St. John's U.F, Church, Kelso.
Died of Wounds on 20 July 1916 and buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Also named on the memorial in Kelso North Church, on the Kelso High School memorial, on the Merchiston Castle School memorial, on the Edinburgh Old College memorial and on the Edinburgh University Roll of the Fallen.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WW2 name - GEORGE ANDERSON HUTCHESON.

The school's roll of honour gives his place of death as Dunkirk!

He is named on the Melrose War Memorial in Roxburghshire as:

F.O. G.A. HUTCHESON R.A.F.
George Anderson Hutcheson – age 30 – Pilot Officer/Pilot (79161) 264 Squadron, Fighter Command, Royal Air Force.
George was educated at St. Mary's School in Melrose and at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. He became a salesman for a Border firm of motor engineers before taking over a motor business in Northumberland. He joined the Newcastle Aero Club and received his flying certificate in April 1933. He was a member of the Auxiliary Air Force and was mobilised at the outbreak of war. George was commissioned from Sergeant (741097) in May 1940 but was killed a month later in an aircraft accident in his Boulton Paul Defiant fighter at RAF Duxford near Cambridge.
Born 1910 in Melrose. Son of John and Mabel Lizzie (Teacher) Hutcheson of St Aidens, Melrose. Husband of Jean Wood (Somerville) Hutcheson of Slinfold, Riding Mill, Northumberland who he married in 1938 in Leith, Edinburgh.
Died on Service on 11 June 1940 and cremated in Edinburgh (Warriston) Crematorium
Also named on the St. Mary's School memorial and on the Riding Mill Village War Memorial.
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CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN.

Named on the Galashiels War Memorial as:

2ND.LT. CHARLES W. BROWN. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Charles William Brown – age 36 – Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Charles was educated at Galashiels Academy and at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh before he began his business career at the Buckholmside Skinworks in Galashiels where he became the managing director and a prominent local sportsman. He gained a commission with the KOSB in January 1916 and joined his battalion in France in October but was wounded and evacuated to hospital in Bristol where he died.
Born 1880 in Galashiels, Ladhope, Roxburghshire as William Charles Brown.
(Source: GROS – Birth Register and 1881 to 1911 census)
Son of James and Eleanor Florence (Murray) Brown of Ashwood, Galashiels.
Husband of Beatrice Grierson (Laidlaw) Brown Kenilworth, Abbotsford Ferry, Galashiels who he married (as Charles William Brown) in 1912 in Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Died of Wounds on 23 May 1917 and buried in Galashiels (Eastlands) Cemetery. (CWG)
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HUGH PATERSON COCHRANE.

Named on the Galashiels War Memorial in Selkirkshire as:

MAJ. HUGH P. COCHRANE. LAN. FUS.
Hugh Paterson Cochrane – age 39 – Major, 1/8th Battalion attached to the 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Hugh was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and was the sole partner of J&W Cochrane, Mid Mill, Galashiels. He had a long association with the Territorial force having been commissioned in the Roxburgh and Selkirk Volunteer Rifles in February 1898. He was appointed a Captain when the 4th King's Own Scottish Borderers was formed in April 1908 and was re-appointed in September 1914. He was promoted to Major in June 1915 and he was given temporary command of a battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers in December. He returned to a training post in August 1916 but later re-joined the Fusiliers only to be killed.
Born 1878 in Galashiels. Son of the late Adam Cochrane (died 1890) and of Jessie Patrick (Hastie) Cochrane of Fernieknowe, Galashiels. Husband of Annie Sanderson (Dickson) Cochrane of Elmbank, Galashiels who he married in 1906 in Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 20 September 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

HUGH SANDERSON.

Named on the Galashiels War Memorial in Selkirkshire as:

CAPT. HUGH SANDERSON. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Hugh Sanderson – age 32 – Captain, 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Hugh was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh before becoming an apprentice manufacturer and a partner with his father at the Comely Bank Mill in Galashiels. He gained a commission in the 1st Roxburgh & Selkirk Volunteer Rifles in July 1902 and as a Lieutenant joined the Territorial 4th KOSB when it was formed in April 1908. He was promoted to Captain in January 1912 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1883 in Galashiels. Son of James Sanderson (died August 1915) and of Annie Elizabeth (Crabb) Sanderson of Woodlands, Galashiels. Husband of Christian St. Clair (MacKenzie) Sanderson, of Bylands, Galashiels who he married in 1912 in Edinburgh.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
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