Sprouston

Private Andrew Elliot Tinlin, 7th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in France on 24th February 1916, aged 21. He was the son of Robert Tinlin of Toll House, Sprouston, Kelso and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, France. At that time the Battalion were holding trenches …

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Private John Brunton, 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s ( Royal West Surrey Regiment ). He was killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres, aged 23. He had been born in Ancrum, Roxburghshire and was the son of Mr and Mrs Brunton of  Easter Softlaw, Sprouston and Bridgeheugh, Selkirk …

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