Private James Patterson, 12th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in France on 7th May 1917 during the Battle of Arras aged 29. He was the son of Henry and Janet Patterson of Manderson South Lodge, Edrom and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. He had originally enlisted in the K.O.S.B …
Private Thomas O’ Donnell, 4t Regiment, South African Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 8th October 1918 during the ” Advance to Victory” and is buried in Beaurevoir British Cemetery, Aisne, France. He was the brother of Neil and William ( see above). Apparently whilst in South Africa Thomas and William had …
Private William O’ Donnell, 4th Regiment, Soth African Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 12th April 1917 during the Battle of Arras. He was the son of Catherine O’Donnell of Craigton Farm, Winchburgh and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arraas, France. He had already been wounded in France on the 7th …
Private Andrew Nairn, 12th ( Service ) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action on the Salonica Front, aged 23, on 19th September 1918 and is buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Salonica, Greece. He had been born in Whitsome and was the son of James and the late Jane Nairn of Blackadder …
Private Joseph Christopher Learmonth, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed in action in Belgium, aged 30, on 25th April 1915 during the Battle of St. Julien ( part of the greater Battle of Second Ypres ) and is buried in Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa, Belgium. He had been born in Coldingham and was the …
Private George Kerr, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Gallipoli, aged 19, on 12th July 1915 during the “Charge” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah, aged 19. He had been born in Edrom and was the son of John and Elizabeth Kerr of Kelloe …
Private Henry Wilson Hunter, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died on 15th December 1917 of wounds received in action in Palestine and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial. ( He is also commemorated on the Duns Memorial ). He had been born in Reston and was the son of William …
Private David Hunter, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in Gallipoli, aged 19, 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 at Reston, Berwickshire and was the …
Private John William Hume, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action on Gallipoli, aged 33, 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 at Whitsome, …
Private Robert Hedley, 22nd Battalion ( 3rd Tyneside Scottish ) Northumberland Fusiliers. He died from wounds in France, aged 29, on 4th April 1917 and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He had been born in Bellingham, Northumberland and was the son of Elizabeth and the late Obert Hedley of Bellingham. Before enlisting …
Private Joseph Harvey, Driver, 1st Auxiliary Motor Transport Coy. Army Service Corps. He died at Home, aged 39, on 25th July 1918 and is buried in Edrom Churchyard. He had been born in Cornhill-on-Tweed and was the son of Andrew and the late Isabella Harvey of Blackadder Mains, Chirnside and Ayton law, Ayton. He had …
Private Alexander Harvey, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He was killed in action in France on 16th May 1915 during the Battle of Festubert, aged 23. He had been born in Norham, Northumberland and was the son of Andrew Harvey, Blackadder Mains, Edrom and Ayton Law, Ayton and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Bethune, France. …
