Private William Stewart, 1st/4th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 12th July 1915, aged 20, during the ” Charge” on the Turkish positions at Achi Baba Nullah . He had been born in Melrose and was the son of William and Jessie Stewart of Stanley Place, Newtown St. …
Private James Robertson, 1st/9th ( Highland ) Battalion Royal Scots ( The Dandy Ninth). He was killed in action on 1st August 1918, aged 21 during the advance of the 15th (Scottish) and 34th Divisions at Villemontiere. He is buried in Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontiere, Aisne, France where his Headstone is inscribed ” A Greatly …
Private Edward Lawrence Mathers, 9th ( Service ) Battalion, Cameronians. He died in France, aged 19, on 8th August, 1918 . He is buried in Vendresse British Cemetery, France where his Headstone is inscribed ” How Bright These Glorious Spirits Shine “. He was the son of George and Annie Barclay Mathers of 3 Plainfield …
Lance Corporal Andrew Gilholm, “K” Supply Company, Army Service Corps. He died at sea, age 26, on 15th April 1917. He is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt which bears the names of around 1000 Commonwealth servicemen who died of wounds at sea or were lost when their ship was sunk and have no …
Gunner William Hume, Depot ( Lydd ) Royal Garrison Artillery. He died from double pneumonia in the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow on the 9th February 1919, aged 31, whilst on his demobilisation furlough. He had been born in Newton St Boswells and was the son of James and Margaret Hume and the husband of Mary Hume …
Lance Corporal Joseph Barrie Redburn Gold, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was fatally wounded by a sniper in the Donegall Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland on 25th April 1972, aged 29, whilst carrying out a roadside check on passing vehicles. He had been born in Galashiels and was the son of James and Martha and is …
Flight Lieutenant Walter Alexander Graham Clark , Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was lost on Operations with 156 Squadron R.A.F. on 22nd November 1943, aged 32. He was the son of David and Mary Clark and the husband of Doris Irene Clark of Kilburn. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Before volunteering he …
Lance Corporal Robert Hall Chisholm, 18th ( Service ) Battalion, Lancaster Fusiliers. He died from wounds, aged 25, suffered in Belgium on the 31st October 1918 during the ” Advance to Victory”. He had been born in Melrose and was the son of the late Alexander and Wilhelmina Chisholm of 15 Langlands Place, Newton St. …
Corporal John Cairns, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was killed in action on the 13th November 1916, aged 31, during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in Serre No. 1 Cemetery, Serre, Somme, France where his Headstone is inscribed ” Dearly Loved Husband Of Jessie Victoria Noble”. He had been born in …
Lance Corporal Felix Hall, 11th ( Service ) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action in Belgium on 31st July 1917, aged 26, on the first day of the Battle of Third Ypres. He was the son of James Hall. J.P. and Mrs Hall of Fairfield, Newton St Boswells and is commemorated …
Corporal Robert Davidson Ker, 47th ( British Columbia ) Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 13th April 1917, aged 31, and is buried in Canadian Cemetery No.2 Neuville-St. Vaast, France. He had been born in Melrose and was the son of Helen and the late Thomas Ker of Dean Bank, …
Sergeant Robert Campbell Miller, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles. He was killed in action in France on 19th September 1918, aged 34, during the “Advance to Victory”. He had been born in Ashkirk and was the son of David and Binston Miller of St. Boswells and the husband of Hay Miller of 1716 First Street, …
