Private George Hay Dunn, 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Belgium, aged 28, on 11th April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive on the River Lys defending the Battalion trenches against German attacks. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Flanders, Belgium. He had been born in Coldingham and …
Private Henry Wilson Hunter, 1st/4th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in Palestine, aged 22, on 15th December 1917 of wounds received in the fighting of 28th November in the Judean Hills, Palestine. He is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial. He had been born in Reston and was the son of William and the …
Private John Burns Purves, 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots. He was lost at sea, aged 24 on the 20th July 1918 and is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial on the Salonica Front, Bulgaria. He had been born in Cranshaws and was the son of James and the late Agnes Purves of Auchencrow Mains and Heughhead, …
Private Adam Hastie Logan, 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry Forces. He was killed in action on 20th July 1918 in France, aged 30. At that time the Battalion was in the Hazebrouck sector and took part in many patrol actions. He had been born in Ayton and was the son of Adam and Agnes Logan of …
Private John Cunningham, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in France, aged 25, during the Battle of Arras on 15th May 1917 and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras France. He had been born in Fashiebridge, Mid Lothian and was the son of Thomas and Jane Cunningham of Gorebridge and the …
Lance Corporal George Bell Fair, 15th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in action in France, aged 24, on 28th April 1917 during the Battle of Arras and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. He had been born in Grantshouse and was the son of Margaret and the late George Fair of …
Private William Miller, 1st/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died on 24th April 1917 in Egypt, aged 32, of wounds received in the Second Battle of Gaza and is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. (He was probably wounded during the attack on the Turkish redoubt on “Outpost Hill” …
Gunner Adam Shearlaw, “B” Battery, 107th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died from wounds in France on 16th April 1917, aged 33. He had been born in Coldingham and was the son of George and Janet Shearlaw of Green head Farm, Reston and Houndwood and the husband of the late Nellie Shearlaw of Cheeklaw, Duns. …
Second Lieutenant William Stuart Balmain Wight, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots attached to the 2nd Battalion. He died of wounds received leading his platoon in an attack near the village of Tilloy during the opening day of the Battle of Arras on 9th April 1917, aged 19. He had been born in Grantshouse and was …
Private James Nisbet Black, 8th Regiment ,South African Infantry. He was killed in East Africa on 17th March 1917 aged 32 . He had been born in Coldingham and was the son of Celia and the late John Black of Reston. He is commemorated on the Dar Es Salaam British and Indian Memorial. (He is …
Private Alexander Brown, 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in France during the Battle of the Somme on 20th November 1916, aged 25. He had been born in Banchory and was the son of James and Margaret Brown of Strachan, Kincardineshire and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial , Thiepval, France. When he …
Private Robert Denholm, 15th (Service) Battalion, (1st Edinburgh), Royal Scots. He was killed in action in France on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916 aged 31. He had been born in Coldingham and was the son of Robert and the late Dorothy Denholm, Cairncross, Reston and is commemorated …
