Private Alexander Knox, 11th Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in action in France, aged 37, on the 27th September 1915 during the Battle of Loos. He had been born in Bathgate and was the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Knox of 66 Lintburn Street, Galashiels. He had been working as a tailor in Galashiels …
Gunner James Kivlichan, 246th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He died on Service in Mesopotamia, aged 38, on the 17th November 1918 and is buried in Baghdad ( North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of Isabella and the late Hugh Kivlichan of 24 St. John Street, …
Lieutenant Robert Kirkwood, D.C.M., 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Belgium, aged 28, on the 5th October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. He had been born in Cairo, Egypt and was the son of the late John Kirkwood and of Ann Kirkwood formerly of 41 St. John …
Private Robert Patterson King, 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action in France, aged 22, on the 29th July 1918 and is buried in Oulchy-Le-Chateau Churchyard Extension, Aisne, France. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of Robert and Joan King of 12 Smith Street, Kinross. His …
Private Patrick Kiernan, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died from wounds in Belgium, aged 39, on the 5th May 1915 and is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of the late Patrick and Mary Kiernan of Edinburgh and the husband of …
Private Charles Hall Keddie, 1st/4th (Border) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 22, on the 12th July 1915 during the “Charge” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of Peter and Eliza Keddie of 8 Ladhope Bank, …
Private James Lumsden Joss, 73rd Battalion ( Royal Highlanders of Canada) Canadian Infantry. He died from wounds in France, aged 30, in the 6th Casualty Clearing Station, Barlin and is buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of John and Elizabeth Joss of Almonte, Lanark, …
Private Thomas Fairgrieve Johnstone, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in France from wounds, aged 25, on the 19th October 1918 during the “Advance to Victory”. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of Flora and the late George Johnstone of Galashiels and the husband of Jane Johnstone of 13 …
Private Robert Heard Johnstone, 1st/4th ( Border) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died from wounds in hospital in Alexandria, aged 21, on the 1st May 1917. He is buried in Alexandria ( Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt where His headstone is inscribed ” He With His Brother Alex ( Gallipoli) Died That We Might …
Private Alexander George Johnstone, 1st/4th ( Border) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 20, on the 12th July 1915 during the “Charge” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of C.S.M. William and the late Mary Johnstone …
Private Albert Edward Johnstone, D.C.M., ” H ” Coy., 1st Battalion, Cameronians. He was killed in action in France, aged 26, on the 28th June 1916 and is buried in Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of Robert Baxter and Georgina Grainger …
Private Peter Johnston, 12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots. He died from wounds in Belgium, aged 19, on the 25th September 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of Charles and Jessie Johnston of 65 Meigle Street, Galashiels. He died in the 44th Casualty clearing station …
