Rifleman Adam Wilson , 2nd/5th Battalion, London Regiment, ( London Rifle Brigade ). He died on Service in Germany aged 21 on the 5th April 1918. He had been born in Gordon and was the son of Alexander and Margaret Wilson of Newhouse, Lilliesleaf. He had been employed as a shepherd at Huntlaw, Lilliesleaf when …
Company Sergeant Major William Wilkie, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died at Home on 10th January 1916, aged 46 and is buried in Earlston Churchyard. He had joined the old “F” Coy. Berwickshire Volunteers, aged 17, and had transferred to the new Territorial Force in 1908. He was a keen …
Private Robert Robson White, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Palestine on 19th April 1917 in the attack on the strong Turkish positions on “Outpost Hill” during the Second Battle of Gaza and is commemorated on the Jerusalem War Memorial. With great gallantry the assault, led …
Private James Weatherston, 2nd/2nd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers ). He was killed on 26th October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres, aged 19. He was the only son of James and Mary Weatherston of 12 High Street, Earlston and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. ( The Berwickshire Advertiser shows …
Private Thomas Vallance, 1st/6th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He died in France on the 17th October 1917 of wounds received during the Third Battle of Ypres aged 32. He was the son of John and Annie Vallance of Smailholm, Berwickshire and the husband of Euphemia Vallance of High Street, Earlston. He is buried …
Private George Todd, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action on 4th October 1917 in Belgium aged 38. He was the son of Peter Todd of Lambden, Greenlaw , the husband of Janet Todd of Earlston and Cambuslang, Glasgow and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. He had …
Private William Turnbull, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in Gallipoli of wounds on 15th July 1915 received in the “Charge ” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah on 12th July 1915, aged 29. He was the son of James and Mary Turnbull of Lindean, Earlston and is …
Private James Thomson, 6th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in France, aged 30, on 25th September 1915 on the first day of the Battle of Loos and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, France. He had been born in Caddonfoot, Selkirkshire and was the …
Private Walter Slassor, 1st/4th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 26th October 1917, aged 31, during the Third Battle of Ypres. He was the husband of Annie Slassor of North Lodge Cottage, Blagdon, Seaton Burn, Newcastle-on-Tyne and he had enlisted in Earlston where he was working as …
Captain Arthur Haldane Steedman, 10th ( Service ) Battalion Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ). He died on 30th March 1917 in France of wounds received in action on 24th March. He was the husband of Mrs A.H.Steedman of 48 Regents Park Road, London and is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. He was taking …
Private George Simpson, 14th ( Service ) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. He died of wounds in France on 29th July 1917, aged 23, and is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. He was the son of Mrs Elizabeth Simpson of Kidgate, Earlston and the late Alexander Simpson who had been Farm Stewart at The …
Lance Corporal Alexander Simpson M.M., 11th ( Service ) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action, aged 32, on 20th April 1918 in France during the German Spring Offensives on the River Lys and is buried in Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, France. He had been born at Dalcove, Roxburghshire and was …
