The Memorial stands in the grounds of Roberton Kirk beside the B711 road in the Village of Roberton in Roxburghshire roughly 5 miles from Hawick. It consists of a simple stepped pillar whose base lists 17 Men of the Parish who fell in the Great War and 2 Men who fell in World War Two. On the front of the Memorial is the stone claymore superimposed with the locations of where the men fell. France, Gallipoli, Palestine, Egypt. The Memorial is inscribed ” In Proud And Loving Memory Of Those Who Went Forth On active Service From this Parish At The High Call Of Duty And Laid Down Their Lives In The Cause Of Right And Liberty In The Great War 1914-1919 And In The World War 1939-1945 “.
Private James Malcolm Elliot, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. He was killed in action in France, aged 23, on the 9th May 1915 during the Battle of Aubers Ridge. He had been born in Hawick and was the seventh son of William and Agnes Elliot of Borthwickbrae, Roberton. He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, …
Private William Dickson, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was killed in France on the 26th October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He had been born in Newcastleton and was the son of John and Margaret Dickson of Roberton. He is buried in Euston Road, Cemetery, Colincamps. On 26th October the Battalion occupied …
Private Robert Dickson, 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He was killed in action in Belgium aged 37, near the notorious “Hill 60” on the 9th May 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres. He was the son of John and Margaret Dickson of Roberton and is buried in Larch Wood ( Railway Cutting ) Cemetery, …
Private Frank Dickson, 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died from wounds at sea, aged 25, on the 7th June 1915. He had been born in Hawick and was the son of John and Margaret Dickson of East Boonraw, Roberton and he is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. ( His brothers …
Second Lieutenant Alexander Noel Hepburne-Scott. 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. He was posted missing presumed killed in action in France, aged 23, on the 16th May 1915 during the Battle of Festubert. He was the son of the Hon. W. G. Hepburne-Scott, C.B.E. ( now 9th Baron Polwarth )and Lady Polwarth of Humbie House, Humbie, East …
Private George Brunton, 6th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France, aged 30, on the 26th September 1915 during the Battle of Loos. He had been born in Wishaw and was the son of the Reverend David and Annie Brunton of the Roberton United Free Church. His Battalion …
Private George Lauder, 1st Battalion Cameronians. He died from wounds suffered in France, aged 29, on the 11th October 1918 during the ” Advance to Victory”. He had been born in Ewes, Dumfriesshire and was the son of the late William and Mary Lauder of Kirkton. He had been employed as a gardener at Bemersyde, …
