The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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No. of identified CWGC casualties: 2

Photos kindly supplied by John Kennedy



Names of those buried or commemorated here:

BERTRAM, WILLIAM
BROWN, DAVID
BURNETT, HENRY BROWN
MARSHALL, HENRY WILLIAM SOMERVILLE

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BERTRAM, WILLIAM
Rank:Major
Date of Death:18/02/1915
Age:55
Regiment/Service:Manchester Regiment
Grave Reference: 521. (Against South gable of Church.).
Cemetery:COULTER PARISH CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal. Son of William and Adelaide Bertram; husband of Ethel A. Bertram, of Kersewell, Carnwath, Lanarkshire. Was for 5 years (from 1889) Adjutant of the Scottish Rifles. Served in the Egyptian (1882) and South-African Campaigns; later Lt. Colonel Commanding 9th (Lanark) Bn. Highland Light Inf. Re-joined 1914.

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BURNETT, HENRY BROWN
Rank:Sergeant
Trade:Wireless Op./Air Gunner
Service No:652923
Date of Death:04/09/1942
Age:20
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force
Grave Reference: Grave 92.
Cemetery:COULTER PARISH CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:Son of Henry and Mary Ingram Burnett, of Biggar.

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Name: MARSHALL, HENRY WILLIAM SOMERVILLE
Initials: H W S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit Text: 3rd Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/11/1944
Service No: 267571
Additional information: Son of Henry Rissik Marshall and Margaret Monica Marshall; husband of Sylvia Mary Marshall, of Dalemain, Cumberland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. E. 9.
Cemetery: VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

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Name: BROWN, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Royal Scots
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 7th Bn.
Date of Death: 23/09/1915
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 173 to 177.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL