Longformacus

Private John Buckham, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action  during the Battle of the Somme on 25th September 1916 aged 20. He had been born in Longformacus and was the son of Adam and Elizabeth Buckham of Rawburn Cottage, Longformacus and is buried in Serre Road No, 2 Cemetery, Serre, …

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Private Frank Anderson, 1st/4th (Border) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Gallipoli during the “Charge” on 12th July 1915 on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah, aged 23. He had been born in Ettrick and was the son of Mary and the late John Anderson of Kippetlaw, Cattleshiels, Longformacus …

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