Private James Paterson

Private James Archibald Ewart Paterson, 6th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Belgium, aged 19, on the 30th September 1918 during the “Advance to Victory” He had been born in Eyemouth and was the son of William and Isabella Paterson, 1 St. Ellas Place, Eyemouth. His father William Patterson had a Drapers business in St Ellas Place, Eyemouth and before enlisting he had worked in the Commercial Bank, Ayton. He fell in the capture of  Dadizeele and is buried in Ledeghem Military Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium. The photos show troops advancing after the retreating German Army in the last 100 days of the War.