Private Peter Simpson, 13th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He died whilst a Prisoner of War in Germany on 15th July 1918, aged 30. He had been born in Edrom, Berwickshire and was the son of John and Elizabeth Simpson of Swinton and is buried in Berlin South West Cemetery. Before enlisting he had …
Gunner Alexander Ross, 10th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He died of malaria in Palestine on 21st October 1918, aged 23. He had been born in Swinton and was the son of Alexander and Sophia Ross of Swinton and is buried in Haifa War Cemetery, Palestine. In Palestine his Unit had been involved in action …
Gunner Daniel Stewart Mckenzie, 109th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. He died in France on 30th August 1916, aged 34, from wounds received during the Battle of the Somme and is buried in Dernacourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. He was born in Campbelltown in 1882 and worked as a carter before volunteering to serve in …
Private Andrew Paxton, 6th ( Service ) Battalion ,Kings Own Scottish Borderers. ( C.W,G.C. site shows “A” Company 7th/8th Battalion as does “Soldiers Died” so he must have been transferred at some stage ). He was killed in France on 18th August 1916, aged 21 during the Battle of the Somme. He had been born …
Private Alexander Paxton, 1st/8th ( Territorial ) Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action in France on the 29th July 1918 aged 24. He had been born in Oxnam, Roxburghshire and before enlisting in 1914 he had been employed as a ploughman at Swinton Quarter. He is buried in the Senlis French …
Private John Scott Jamieson, 7th ( Service ) Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. He was killed on 25th September 1915 on the first day of the Battle of Loos aged 22. He had been born in Canada and was the son of Mrs Betsy Jamieson of Swinton and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, …
Private Robert Halliday, 6th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in France on 27th November 1916 ,aged 20. He is buried in Fauberg D Amiens, Arras, France. He had lived with his widowed Mother and Grandmother at Simprim before enlisting. He was a bomber with the Battalion and was killed whilst …
Private Thomas Graham, 1st Battalion, Black Watch. He was killed in action in France on 26th September 1915 during the Battle of Loos, aged 30. He had been born in Maxton and was the son of John and Margaret Graham of Swinton and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, France. He had …
Private John Gibson, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died from shellfire wounds in France, aged 26, on 3rd July 1917 and is buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. It is likely he had been transferred from the 1st/4th to the 2nd K.O.S.B.. He had been born in Eyemouth and was …
Private Thomas Cockburn, 5th/6th ( Service ) Battalion, Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ) He was killed in Belgium on 10th March 1918, aged 19, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. He had been born in Swinton and was the son of Robert and Barbara Cockburn of Swinton. The Battalion was part …
Private James Cockburn, “D” Coy. 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died from wounds in Flanders on 12th January 1918, aged 38. He had been born in Swinton and was the son of William and Jane Cockburn, The Green, West Side, Swinton and is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. He was born in …
Private William Bookless, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action on Gallipoli, on 12th July 1915 during the “Charge” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah and is commemorated on thr Helles Memorial, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was living in Auchencrow but was a native of Swinton …
