Sergeant Thomas Lawrie, M.I.D., 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in Flanders during the first Battle of Ypres on 18th November 1914, aged 23. He had been born in Duns and was the son of George and Johanna Kinlayside Simpson Lawrie of Cumledge Mills, Duns and is commemorated on the Menin Gate, …
Sergeant John Rodger. 11th Balloon Section, Royal Air Force. He died on Service from pneumonia, aged 25, in the 4th Stationary Hospital, St Omer on the 18th February 1919. He had been born in Anderson, Glasgow in 1893 and was the son of Duncan and Jane Rodger of 16 Bridgend, Duns. He had been an …
Fitter Staff Sergeant James Todd Scouller, ” C ” Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died in hospital on 9th June 1917, aged 36. He had been born in Duns and was the son of John and Jane Mathews Kerr Scouller of Victoria Lodge, Gavinton, Duns and is buried in Duns Cemetery. Before enlisting he …
Lieutenant James Nelson Payne, M.I.D. ( Twice ) 8th Regiment, South African Infantry. He died from wounds at Narungombe in East Africa on 20th July 1917, aged 27, having been twice Mentioned in Despatches. He had been born in Edinburgh and was the son of James and Margaret Payne of 26 Castle Street and16 Langtongate, Duns …
Private Alexander Clark Henderson, 10th/11th ( Service ) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. He was killed in action in Flanders, aged 19, during the German Spring Offensive on the River Lys on 9th April 1918 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert, Memorial, Flanders, Belgium. He had been born in Glasgow and was the son of James …
Private Joseph Hastie Dunlop, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in France on 7th May 1917 during the Battle of Arras, aged 19. He was the son of William and Isabella Dunlop of Gordon, Berwickshire and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. He had lived in Duns and …
Private George Fisher Cockburn, 16th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in France on 1st July 1916, aged ,29, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He had been born in Duns and was the son of Peter and Margaret Fisher Cockburn of 16a Bridgend, Duns and is buried …
Lance Corporal Archibald Martin, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 36, on 12th July 1915 during the “Charge” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. He had been born in Coldingham and was …
Lance Corporal George Young Cowe M.M., 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He was killed in action on 1st July 1916 on the first Day of the Battle of the Somme, aged 23. He had been born in Longformacus and was the son of John Cowe of Castle Street and Swallowdean, Duns and is buried in Gordon …
Corporal John Airlie, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in Flanders on 9th February 1915, aged 37. He had been born in Greenlaw and was the son of Thomas Airlie of Gourlay’s Wynd, Duns and is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. At that time the Battalion were holding trenches in …
Acting Sergeant William W. Dunlop, 2nd/5th ( Dumfries and Galloway ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died at home on 2nd October 1917, aged 32. He was the eldest son of William and Isabella Dunlop and the husband of Elizabeth Bell ( formerly Dunlop ) of 38 Chesser Grove, Edinburgh. He was a born …
Sergeant Robert Wightman, 7th/8th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died on 13th June 1918 of wounds received in action in France, aged 23. He had been born in Duns and was the son of Alex and Magdalene Wightman of 5 Easter Street, Duns and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, …
