Lieutenant Alexander Donald Milles Murray, 7th ( Airborne ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Holland, aged 19, on the 18th September 1944 during the Battle s at Arnhem. He had been born in London in 1925 and was the son of Brigadier Cyril Murray ( ex K.O.S.B.) and Marjorie …
Gunner John Pretswell Lockie, 71st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was killed in action in Normandy, France, aged 28, on the 14th August 1944. He had been born in Selkirk in 1915 and was the son of the late Hugh and Maggie Lockie. His brothers George and Sidney lived in 38a Curror Street, Selkirk. Before …
Sergeant William Lowrie Lees, 4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in Holland, aged 33, on the 24th November 1944. He had been born in Selkirk in 1911 and was the husband of Elsie Lees of Galashiels. He worked in his father’s tailoring business in Selkirk and he was elected …
Private Robert Laidlaw, 8th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. He died on Malta on Active Service, aged 43, on the 22nd July 1944. He had been born in Selkirk in 1901 and was the husband of Edie Laidlaw, 4 Heatherlie Terrace, Selkirk. He had enlisted in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers in 1919 and …
Staff Sergeant Thomas Gray Laidlaw, 1st Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps. He was posted missing in action, aged, 23, on the 10 July 1943. He had been born in Selkirk in 1919 and was the son of James and Nancy Gray of 37 Market Place, Selkirk. He had served his apprenticeship as as an …
Corporal James Johnstone, 8th ( Home Defence ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed on Active Service, aged 39, on the 8th April 1941. He had been born in Selkirk in 1902 and was the husband of Elizabeth Johnstone of 18 Goslaw Green, Selkirk. He is buried in Selkirk Cemetery where his Headstone …
Lance Corporal Francis James Imray, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He died on Service, aged 30, In Borneo on the 23rd October 1944. He had been born in Glasgow in 1914 and was the son of Catherine and the late James Imray of Green Square, Selkirk. Before enlisting as a Regular Soldier in 1935 he had …
Lance Corporal Peter Grieve, Royal Army Service Corps. He died from wounds near Nuth in Holland, aged 40, on the 17th November 1944. He had been born in Queensferry, West Lothian in 1905 and was the husband of Wilhelmina Grieve of 22 Forest Roads, Selkirk. He had come to Selkirk in the 1920s and was …
Gunner John Whyte Fowler, 2nd/1st Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was lost at sea, aged 25, on the 17th June 1941 and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. He had been born in Selkirk in 1915 and was the son of Mary and the late George Fowler of 49 Market Place, Selkirk. Before enlisting …
Deck Boy James Thomas Davidson, Merchant Navy. He died on Service, aged 18, on the 1st April 1942.. He had been born in Selkirk in 1924 and was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Davidson of 35 Tower Street, Selkirk. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. He had been a crew member …
Lance Corporal Walter Renwick Brownlee, 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. He was killed in action in Tunisia, aged 24, on the 6th April 1943. He had been born in Selkirk in 1919 and was the son of James and Dora Brownlee of 54 Buccleuch Road, Selkirk. He is buried in Sfax War Cemetery, Sfax, Tunisia where …
Ordinary Seaman Robert Elder Bennett, Royal Navy. He was lost at sea, aged 19, on the 22nd October 1943. He had been born in Selkirk in 1923 and was the son of Colin and Jane Bennett of 23 Heatherlie Park, Selkirk. He is commemorated on the Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk. He had been a member …
