The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:43 pm Post subject:

Name: BRODIE, DOUGLAS FOUNTAINE
Initials: DF
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Hdrs) Bn
Awards: Military Cross
Date of Death: 12/10/1918
Age: 25
Additional Information: Son of John James and Edith Fountaine Brodie, of 288, Renfrew St., Charing Cross, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: I B 5
Cemetery: Selridge British Cemetery, Montay.

Also named in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. A short biographical note about Lt Brodie can be seen on the University's Roll of Honour: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=295

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:50 pm Post subject:

Name: GUTHRIE, CW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 13th Bn
Date of Death: 1/8/1917
Grave Reference: IX G 10
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery.

Also named on Loretto School War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:40 am Post subject:

Name: MACKINNON, THOMAS NEILL
Initials: TN
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Private
Service Number: McG/206
Regiment/Service: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Date of Death: 4/6/1916
Age: 33
Additional Information: Son of Andrew and Isabella Neill MacKinnon, late of Glasgow, Scotland.
Panel Reference: Panel 10
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:47 am Post subject:

Name: MACLAY, JAMES WEBSTER
Initials: JW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank:Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1st/7th Bn.
Date of Death: 28/6/1915
Age: 18
Additional Information: Son of William Paton Maclay and Mary Jane Fraser Webster Maclay, of Brantwoode, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire. Of Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire
Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. C. 55.
Cemetery: Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery.

Also named on Kilmacolm War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:51 am Post subject:

Name: MACLEOD, GEORGE CALDER
Initials: GC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, "C" Coy. 9th Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn.
Date of Death: 19/4/1917
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of Thomas Calder MacLeod and Annie Calder MacLeod, of 61, Albert Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: XXII F 11
Cemetery: Gaza War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:55 am Post subject:

Name: STROUD, ERIC HUBERT NOEL
Initials: E H N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 53rd Sqdn. and Leicestershire Regiment
Date of Death: 21/04/1918
Age: 23
Additional information: Volunteered in Aug.,1914. Son of Dr. and Mrs. William Stroud, of Bankell, Milngavie, Glasgow.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 7.
Cemetery: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.

Also named on Milngavie and Baldernock War Memorials.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:58 am Post subject:

Name: TEMPLETON, GODFREY ALLAN
Initials: GA
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st/7th Bn
Date of Death: 27/7/1918
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of the Rev. Archibald Templeton M.D. and Mrs. Elizabeth H. Templeton, of Crookfur, Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire. Born at Glasgow.
Grave Reference: XVII C 5
Cemetery: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:06 am Post subject:

I have been unable to identify the following:

Arthur Bloomfield Black: there is a medal card for a Arthur Bllomfield Black, Pte 58028 RAMC, then 2nd Lt Scottish Rifles 22/11/1916 but I can't find any more;
William Boyd: the Roll of Honour states he was a Private in the Canadian Infantry, died 7/5/1916;
Robert Louis Campbell Brown;
Douglas Fraser;
William Thomson: the Roll of Honour has him as a 2nd Lt in the Scottish Rifles, died 19/1/1917;
John Woodburn Younger: the Roll of Honour has him as an ambulance driver with the Red Cross.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:54 pm Post subject:

Name: MACFARLANE, JOHN TENNANT
Initials: JT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Motor Machine Gun Service
Date of Death: 26/9/1915
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of Mrs. M. Macfarlane, of Gowanbrae, Bearsden, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Panel 136
Memorial: Loos Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:20 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCULLOCH, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: 83992
Regiment/Service: Canadian Field Artillery, 6th Bde
Date of Death: 1/9/1918
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of Richard and Sara McCulloch, of 956, St. Clair Avenue, Toronto. Native of Glasgow, Scotland.
Grave Reference: B 31
Cemetery: Sun Quarry Cemetery, Cherisy.

And his brother:

Name: MCCULLOCH, NORMAN
Initials: N
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Private
Service Number: 192849
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 42nd Bn
Date of Death: 16/9/1916
Age: 18
Additional Information: Son of Richard and Sara McCulloch, of 956, St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto. Native of Glasgow, Scotland.
Grave Reference: I G 27
Cemetery: Courcellette British Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:25 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCULLOCH, ROBERT PATRICK
Initials: RP
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/12271
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Bn
Date of Death: 25/9/1915
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Jessie Y. McCulloch, of 74, Cambridge Drive, Kelvinside, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Panel 119 to 124
Memorial: Loos Memorial.