Private John Hume

Private John William Hume, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action on Gallipoli, aged 33, on 12th July 1915 during the ” Charge ” on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.  He had been born at Whitsome,  and was the son of alexander and Elizabeth Hume of  Kelloe, Dovecote, Edrom.  He had been working as a tailor in Castle Street, Duns when he enlisted in December 1914. Out of the over 700 Officers and Other Ranks who had begun the attack only 70 unwounded men answered evening roll call. That fateful day became known as the “Black Day of the Borders”. The first photo shows Achi Baba, the attack objective, marked with a cross. This “hill” dominated the battlefield and was never captured. The second shows the Borderers going “over the top” at Gallipoli.