Trooper James Gideon Pott, ” D ” Squadron, 1st/1st Lothian and Border Horse. He died on Active Service in the 35th Casualty Clearing Station in Greece on 3rd December 1916, aged 36 and is buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece. He had been born at Lintalie, Jedburgh and was the son of Marion and …
Bombardier William Lauder Keddie, 266th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was killed in Belgium on 22nd July 1917, aged, 24 when a shell hit the edge of his gun pit. He had been born in Hume, Berwickshire and was the son of David and Agnes Keddie of Harden Mains, Oxnam and Woodheads, Greenlaw, Berwickshire. …
Private Adam Bell Laidlaw, 7th/8th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action, aged 20, in France on 23rd April 1917 during the Battle of Arras and is buried in Tank Cemetery, Guemappe, Arras. He fell during the capture of Guemappe. He had been born in Jedburgh and was the …
Private John Geddes, 1st/9th ( Highland ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He died in the 4th General Hospital in France on 16th May 1917, aged 21, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Arras. He had been born in Oxnam and was the son of James and Jane Geddes of Cunzierton, Oxnam and is …
Gunner William Mather Halliday, Royal Garrison Artillery. He died on Service at Home on 16th February 1917, aged 30. He had been born in Morebattle and was the son of the late George and Jane Halliday of Crailing Hall, Oxnam and is buried in Jedburgh ( Castlewood ) Cemetery. Before enlisting he had been employed …
Private Adam Glendinning, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Palestine on 22nd December 1917, aged 30 and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. He was the son of Walter and the late Margaret Glendinning of Hobkirk Manse, Hawick and the husband of Jane Elliot Scott …
Private James Dumma, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed by shellfire in Belgium on 26th April 1915, aged 19, during the Second Battle of Ypres. He was the son of John Dumma, farm steward, of Oxnam Row, Oxnan, Jedburgh and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. At this time the …
Lance Corporal Alexander Cranston Cowans, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Palestine on 13th November 1917, aged 28, and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. He had been born in Morebattle and was the son of Andrew and Alice Cowans of Yetholm Mains, Kelso. Before …
Private Robert Jameson Dumma, “Y” Coy.,1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in hospital in Alexandria, Egypt on 4th November 1915, aged 19, of wounds received in action at Gallipoli and is buried in Alexandria ( Chatby ) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. He had been born in Jedburgh and …
Major Norman McDonald Teacher, D.S.O., 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He died in Belgium on 26th September 1917, aged 39, of wounds received during the Battle of Third Ypres. He was the husband of Dorothy Annadale Teacher of Samiestion, Oxnam and Newtown Hill, Leixlip, Co. Kildare and is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, …
Colour Sergeant Thomas Hall, M.I.D., 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Normandy on 28th June 1944, aged 36 and is buried in La Deliverande War Cemetery, Douvres, Normandy, France. He had been born in Yetholm and was the son of William and Janet Hall of Millheugh, Oxnam and the …
Flying Officer Robert Simpson Bruce, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was a pilot with 184 Squadron R.A.F. and died on Service in Germany on 28th May 1945, aged 20. He had been born in Teviothead andwas the son of James and Mary Bruce of Riccalton, Oxnam. He is buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Hanover, …
