Private George Anderson, 1st/9th ( Highland), Battalion, Royal Scots ( The Dandy Ninth ). He was killed in Belgium on 8th September 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres, aged 33. He had been born in Kelso, was the son of the late William and Betsy Anderson of Eccles Tofts, Coldstream and the husband of …
Lance Corporal Andrew Fortune, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917, aged 21, during the Battle of Third Ypres ( Passchendaele) and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Flanders, Belgium. He had been born in Ancrum and was the son of James and …
Corporal Robert John Spence Wilson, 7th/8th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in France, aged 26, on 9th April 1917 in the attack towards Feuchy on the first day of the Battle of Arras and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. The day’s objectives were secured …
Second Lieutenant William Somerville McLaren, Royal Flying Corps. He was killed on flying Operations with 48 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps on 19th November 1917, aged 19. He was the son of Duncan McLaren of Fairnington, Roxburgh, Kelso and is buried in Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, Nord, France. He had been educated at Edinburg Academy and was …
Lieutenant William Grieve Ewart, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Att. to 13th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in action in France on 30th March 1918, aged 34, during the German Spring Offensive ( Operation Michael). He had been born in Edinburgh and was the son of James and Eliza Ewart of Cairnmount, …
Lance Corporal James Queenan, M.M., 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in France on 18th September 1918, aged 27, during the ” Advance to Victory”and is buried in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, France. He had been born at Kersmains, Roxburgh and was the son of Ellen and the late Michael …
Lance Corporal Charles Reid, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in France on 25th September 1916, aged 21, during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Somme, France. He fell in the successful attack on the German positions in the village of Morval where …
Rifleman Robert Johnstone Alexander, 1st/8th ( Territorial ) Battalion London Regiment ( Post Office Rifles ). He was killed in France on 21st May 1916, aged 37. He had been born in Roxburgh and was the son of William Alexander of “Rose Cottage”, Roxburgh, Kelso. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. At …
Private Thomas Blackie Fairbairn, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He died from wounds in France on 9th May 1915, aged 19, during the Battle of Aubers Ridge. He had been born in Bonnyrigg and was the son of Robert and Margaret Fairbairn of New Cottages, Roxburgh, Kelso and is buried in St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, …
Private Peter Reid, 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915, aged 23, and is buried in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. He had been born in Melrose and was the son of Helen and the late Patrick Reid of Sunlawshill, Roxburghshire. He had enlisted …
