William Murray

Private Alexander MacKenzie MacNair, 5th Battalion ( Western Cavalry ), Canadian Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 24th May 1915 aged 27.He was the son of Mary of Camptown, Jedburgh and John of South Africa who had been a schoolmaster at Edgerston school. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Vimy, France. […]

Private William Ballantyne Hall, 11th ( Service ) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in France on 20th October 1915 aged 22. He was the son of Robert and the late Betsy Hall of Browndeanslaw, Oxnam, Roxburghshire and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, France. He hads been employed as

Private Adam Glendinning, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Palestine on 22nd December 1917 aged 30. He was the Walter and the late Jane Glendinning of Hobkirk Manse Cottage, Bonchester Bridge and the husband of Jane Glendinning of 65 High Street, Jedburgh and latterly Oxnam, Roxburghshire.

Private George Briggs, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 9th July 1916, aged 25, during the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of James and Bessie Briggs of Dovesford Cottage, Camptown, Jedburgh and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Somme, France. He had been employed

Sergeant Jasper Briggs, 11th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He died in Belgium on 12th March 1916 aged 29 and is buried in Rifle House Cemetery, near Ploegsteert, Hainault, Belgium where his Headstone is inscribed ” Ever Fondly Remembered “. He had been born in Edgerston to Matthew and Elizabeth Briggs of Edgerston and