The Memorial is situated in the Churchyard of Caddonfoot Kirk beside the A707. It has a three stage octagonal plinth with a square plinth surmounted by a tapering shaft topped with a Celtic Cross. The names are inscribed on three sides of the plinth. At base level there is an added stone for World War Two with the dates below a deeply incised cross flanked by a stone on either side bearing the names. There are 28 Names from the Great War and 7 Names from World War Two.
The inscription on the Memorial reads ” In Memory of the Men from the Parish of Caddonfoot who gave their Lives in the Great War 1914-1919 plus 1939-1945.”. This inscription is in need of cleaning as it is becoming difficult to read.
Photograph courtesy of Jim Affleck.
Private James Thomson, 6th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in France, aged 30, on the 25th September 1915 on the first day of the Battle of Loos. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of Janet Thomson of Galashiels and the husband of Mary …
Private John Rooney, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in Belgium, aged 26, on the 8th November 1917 during the Battle of Third Ypres. He had been born in Melrose as John Mulvay and was the son of the late Jane ( Mulvay ) Rooney and stepson of William Rooney of Woodburn …
Private William Redpath, 1st/4th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Kings Own Shropshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action in Belgium, aged 36, on the 19th April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive on the River Lys. He had been born in Humbie, East Lothian and was the son of the late Robert and Catherine Redpath. …
Private Frederick Smith Rae, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. He died from wounds in Belgium, aged 30, on the 31st July 1917 on the first day of the Battle of Third Ypres. He had been born in Dunipace, Stirlingshire and was the son of James and Helen Rae of Yair Estate, Caddonfoot. He died in the …
Captain Lionel Graham Pringle, R.V.O., 1st Battalion. Highland Light Infantry. He died from wounds in France, aged 34, on the 29th December 1914. He had been born in Ilkley, Yorkshire and was the son of the late Commander James Pringle, R.N., and Anne Pringle of Towoodlee, Caddonfoot. He is buried in Lille Southern Cemetery, Lille, …
Sergeant William Pearce, 12th ( Service ) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. He was killed in action in France, aged 28, on the 13th August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He had been born in Whithorn, Wigtonshire and was the son of Maurice and Janet Pearce of The Peel, Clovenfords, Caddonfoot. He is buried …
Lance Corporal William Orr, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. He was killed in action in France, aged 21, on the 28th March 1918 during the German Spring Offensives. He had been born in Stair, Ayrshire and was the son of Robert and Margaret Orr of Caddonlee Farm , Clovenfords, Caddonfoot. He is commemorated on the Arras …
Private Walter McGlynn, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed in action in Belgium, aged 19, on the 4th October 1917 during the Battle of Third Ypres and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Flanders, France. He had been born in Selkirk and was the son of Catherine McGlynn of Woodburn Cottage, Clovenfords, …
Sergeant Thomas Stoddart Murray, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch. He was killed in action in Mesopotamia, aged 30, on the 7th January 1916. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of William and Elizabeth Murray of Burnside, Clovenfords, Caddonfoot. He is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. He had joined the Army in …
Private Thomas Mulvey, 12th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in action in Belgium, aged 20, on the 12th April 1918 during the German offensive on the River Lys. He had been born in Stow and was the son of James and Maggie Mulvey of Newhall, Clovenfords, Legerwood, Berwickshire and Courthill, Kelso. …
Second Lieutenant Oscar Frank Moritz, 99th Coy., Machine Gun Corps ( Infantry ). He was killed in action in France, aged 32, on the 27th July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He had been born in London and was the son of Elisa and the late Herman Moritz of Tottenham, London. His father …
Private David Mitchell, 1st/5th ( Dumfries and Galloway ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Palestine, aged 19, on the 19th April 1917 during the Second Battle of Gaza. He had been born in Melrose and was the son of Margaret and the late David Mitchell of Darnick, Melrose. Before …
