Sergeant Walter Crone Nugent, Royal Air Force. He was lost on a night Air Operation to Essen with 57 Squadron R.A.F. on 5th June 1942, aged 25. He was the son of William and Jane Nugent of Newcastleton and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. At that time the Squadron was based at R.A.F. Feltwell …
Private John McNeil, 4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in Egypt in a road accident on 8th May 1943, aged 24. He was the husband of Gloria McNeil of Canonbie and is buried in Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. His Headstone is inscribed “At Rest”. ( At this time the …
Private James Knox, 8th ( Reserve ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died at Home on 10th June 1941, aged 21. He was the son of James and Jane Knox of Newcastleton and is buried in Castleton Churchyard, Newcastleton.
Private Robert Harrow Elder, 4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Holland on 18th February 1945, aged 23. He was the son of James and Mina Elder of Newcastleton and is buried in Mook War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands. He fell in the fierce fighting in and around …
Second Lieutenant George Miller, Royal Flying Corps. He died from wounds suffered in air combat over German lines on 31st March 1918, aged 25, during the German March Offensive. He had been born in Kirkton and was the son of Mr and Mrs George Miller of 21 Yarrow Terrace, Hawick and is buried in Mons …
Corporal Robert Wilson Hardie, 1st Battalion, Canadian Pioneers, Canadian Infantry. He was killed in action, aged 32, in Belgium on the 7th August 1916. He had been born in Castleton and was the son of the late William Hardie of Muirdyke Railway cottages, Castleton and Isabella Hardie of 12th Avenue, Calgary, Canada. He had emigrated …
Private James Scott, 50th ( Calgary ), Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 4th February 1917, aged 30. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Scott of 10 South Hermitage Street, Newcastleton and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Vimy, France. He had spent four years with the Kings …
Lance Corporal Christopher Elliot, 1st/4th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He died of wounds, aged 34, in a Casualty Clearing Station at Lijssenthoek in Belgium on 10th February 1918 and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Flanders, Belgium. He had been born in Castleton and was the son of the …
Private Walter Beattie Davidson, 6th Regiment South African Infantry. He was killed in action, aged 38, during the Battle at Salaita Hill on 12th February 1916 during the Campaign in East Africa and is buried in Taveta Military Cemetery, Kenya. He the son of Robert and Margaret Davidson of Roan Cottage, Newcastleton and had emigrated …
Private William Kemp Scott, 26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 5th August 1916, aged 35, during the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of William and Agnes Kemp Scott of Braidlee, Newcastleton and of White House Cottage, St. Boswells and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, …
Private David Brown Elliot, 46th Battalion ( South Saskatchewan ), Canadian Infantry. He fell in action in France on 3rd September 1918, aged 20, during the ” Advance to Victory “. He had been born in Castleton and was the son of Annie and the late Walter Elliot of Twislop, Liddesdale and is buried in …
Private Robert Gibson, 17th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 31st August 1918, aged 33 during the ” Advance to Victory “. He was the son of James and Grace Gibson of Branxholm Park Cottages, Hawick and had been born at Larriston, Newcastleton. He is buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery …
