Flying Officer John Owen Scott, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was killed in a flying accident at R.A.F. Charterhall on 5th August 1944 aged 27. His Bristol Beaufighter suffered starboard engine failure on a landing approach and spun into the ground. He was the son of Robert and Mary Berry Scott and the husband …
Petty Officer Airman Arthur Herbert Percy Archibald, Royal New Zealand Navy. He was killed in an accident ,flying out of R.A.F. Charterhall near Fogo, Berwickshire on 19th July 1943 aged 23. His Home Base was H.M.S. “Daedalus” which was a Naval Air Station base in Lee on Solent. He was the son of Percy Stanley …
Flight Sergeant William Andrew, Pilot Royal New Zealand Air Force. He was killed in a flying accident flying from R.A.F. Charterhall on 27th July 1943 aged 21. He was the son of William and Christina May Andrew of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand and is buried in Fogo Churchyard. ( His name is not on the …
Flying Officer Frank Ernest Larkman, Navigator, Royal Canadian Air Force. He was based at R.A.F. Charterhall and was killed in a flying accident on 3rd March 1945 aged 20 He was the son of Richard and Winifred Larkman of Toronto and is buried in Fogo Churchyard which is close to Charterhall. ( His name is …
Private George Frederick Thompson, 10th ( Service ) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in Belgium on 2nd March 1918, aged 30. He had been born in Fogo and was the son of William and Mary Thompson and is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium. William thompson was the Estate …
Private Alexander Cowe Purves, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action on Gallipoli, aged 20, on 12th July 1915 during the ” Charge ” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah. He had been born in Edrom and was the son of John and Margaret Purves of …
Private John Dodds Shiell, 9th ( Service ) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He died in the 2nd Australian General Hospital in France, aged 27, on 31st March 1918 from wounds sustained during the German March Offensive and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. He had been born at Butterdean, Grantshouse and was …
Private William Anderson Kinghorn, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died from wounds in the 11th Casualty Clearing Station at Gallipoli, aged 20, on the 21st June 1915 and is buried in Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. He had been born in Fogo and was the son of Mr and Mrs …
Private George Guthrie, 7th/8th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 31st July 1917 aged 32. He had been born in Fogo and was the son of Michael and Sarah Guthrie of Fogo and the husband of Agnes Robertson ( formerly Guthrie ) of Waulkmill, Gogo …
Private James Aitken Yule, 1st Battalion Scots Guards. He had been a regular soldier and was killed in action in Belgium, aged 40, during the First Battle of Ypres on 29th October 1914. As he did not join the Battalion until they were in France he may have been a recalled Reservist. He is commemorated …
Private Arthur Alexander Lorimer, 1st/4th ( Border ) Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action on Gallipoli on 12th July 1915 during the ” Charge ” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah, aged 20 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. He had been born in Eccles and …
Second Lieutenant John Blumer, 283rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. He died from wounds in France on 26th September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme aged 21. He had been born in Sunderland and was the son of William Gray of Sunderland and is buried in Bronfay Military Cemetery, Bray-Sur-Somme, Somme, France. The standard artillery …
