Private John Scott, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was killed in France, aged 19, on the 28th August 1915. He was born in Channelkirk, Oxton in 1896 and was the son of John and Christina Scott of Standpretty, Borthwick, Midlothian. Before enlisting in December 1914 he had been employed as a miner at Arniston …
Private William Mitchell Hume Ovens, 818 th Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps. He died on Service in Persia, aged 33, on 26th November 1919. He was the husband of Elspeth Ovens of Stow and is buried in Teheran War Cemetery, Teheran, Persia. He was born in Kirkhope, Selkirkshire in 1888 and was the son …
Lance Corporal Adam P. Blake, 2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action in France, aged 35, on 1st October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France. He had been born in Heriot, Midlothian in 1881 and was the …
Private William Hunter,1st/4th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed in action in France, aged 20, on 20th November 1917 in the attack on Flesquieres Ridge on the first day of the battle of Cambrai and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France. He had been born in 1897 at Heriot’s Hall …
Private George Crawford, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He was killed in action on 20th July during the Battle of the Somme, aged 33, in the attack on High Wood from Bazentin le Petit. ( The Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Gordon also fell in this action ) He was born in Oxton in 1883 and was …
Private Adam P. Burrell, 103rd Coy, Machine Gun Corps ( Infantry ). He was killed in action in France on 1st July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, aged 20. He was the son of Adam and Agnes Burrell ( nee Cowan ) of Polmont, Stirlingshire and is buried in …
Private Robert Anderson, 4th ( Central Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He was killed in action in France, aged 36, on the 8th October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Vimy, France.He was born in Beith, Ayrshire in 1881 and was the son of Robert and Mary Anderson …
Lance Corporal Adam P. Blake, 2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action on 1st October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, Somme. France. The autumnal rains turned the chalky soil of the region into a glutinous quagmire making all movement difficult …
Lance Corporal Robert Affleck, 1st Battalion, Tank Corps. He was killed in action in France, aged, 25, on the 8th August 1918 during the Battle of Amiens. He had been born in 1893 in Kirkhope, Selkirkshire and was the son of James Affleck and Maggie Young. In 1901 he was listed as living with the …
Lieutenant Robert Weir, 1st/8th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in action in France during the Battle of the Somme on 16th November 1916, aged 29, during the successful attack and capture of Beaumont Hamel by the 51st (Highland Division). He had been born in Gilnockie Schoolhouse, Dumfriesshire in 1886 and was …
