Private James Edgar, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France, aged 21, on 23rd April 1917 during the Battle of Arras and is commemorated on the Arras, Memorial, Arras, France. On that day the Battalion was engaged with rest of the Thirtieth Division in the attack on the high ground …
Private James Black ,Royal Scots. 1st/9th ( Highland ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He died at home at Whitsome Laws, Whitsome from T.B. on the 12th March 1919, aged 20. He had been born in Swinton and was the son of Elizabeth Black of Whitsome. He had been employed as a ploughman when he enlisted in …
Lance Corporal John Wightman, 7th/8th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died from wounds in the 10th General Hospital, Rouen, France on 3rd August 1917, aged 20. He had been born in Grantshouse and was the son of John Wightman of Greenhead, Reston and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, …
Corporal John Wilson, 1st/14th Battalion, London Regiment ( London Scottish ) He died of wounds on 13th June 1915, aged 25. He had been born in Swinton and was the son of William and Annie Wilson of Laws Cottage, Whitsome. He is buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Cambrin, France where his headstone is inscribed ” …
Able Seaman Joseph Wood, Royal Navy. He died aboard H.M.S. “Surprise” on 23rd December 1917 , aged 19 and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. He had been born in Coldingham and was the son of George and the stepson of Elizabeth of Horndean and Whitsome. He was working as a farm servant when …
Schoolmaster Warrant Officer Michael Thomson, Royal Navy. He died from pneumonia in the Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham, Kent, aged 34, on 12th February 1919 and is buried in Innerleithen Churchyard. He had been born in Edinburgh and was the son of David and Mary Thomson of Edinburgh and the husband of Margaret Thomson of Innerleithen. …
Able Seaman Joseph Wood, Royal Navy. He died aboard HMS. “Surprise” on 23rd December 1917 and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. ( He is also commemorated on the Coldingham War Memorial ) H.M.S. “Surprise” was an “M” Class Destroyer lost in a German minefield on 23rd December 1917, near the Maas Light Vessel …
