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IanA
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:54 am Post subject: Bolton, East Lothian |
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Adam Brown Curator

Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7299 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Three of the four Second World War names
GIBSON, FREDERICK CHARLES
Rank: Leading Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Matabele
Date of Death: 17/01/1942
Service No: D/JX 157254
Additional information: Son of John William and Allison Stella Gibson, of Haddington, East Lothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 63, Column 3.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
PEEL, CHARLES DAVID
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Unit Text: 603 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 17/07/1940
Service No: 90199
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 6.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
LANDELS, LESLIE NINIAN
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 232 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 20/01/1942
Service No: 84695
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 411.
Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
The CWGC database has the middle name of Sqdn Ldr Landles as Ninlan. I have contacted them about the mistake.
Note that Gibson and Landels died withn days of each other. When you pass through Bolton if you blink you miss it so the death of two of its young men in one week would have been quite a blow.
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Adam Brown Curator

Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7299 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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And some Great War details
Anderson, Charles
BLUNT, DUNCAN HAMILTON
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: Devonshire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 39
Date of Death: 03/10/1917
Awards: D S O, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Additional information: Son of George Henry and 152 Blunt, of Blaby Hill, Blaby, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 38 to 40.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
HOLME, ALEXANDER CHARLES
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Gloucestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 3rd Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 06/09/1914
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rawburn, Duns. His brother Second Lieut. R.H.P. Holme also fell.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Spec. Memorial.
Cemetery: LIMBE BOTANICAL GARDENS BURIAL GROUND
HOLME, RONALD HENRY PAULL
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09/11/1914
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rathburne, Duns. His brother Lieut. A.C. Holme also fell.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. I.
Cemetery: LONGFORMACUS NEW BURIAL GROUND
Logan John
Possibly
LOGAN, JOHN
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 15/10/1918
Service No: 38442
Additional information: Husband of M. Logan, of Main St., East Linton, Prestonkirk, East Lothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. D. 8.
Cemetery: DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY
LUSK, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 19/04/1917
Service No: 201143
Additional information: M.A. Son of James C. and Jessie S. Lusk, of Bolton Schoolhouse, Haddington, East Lothian. Born at Kinlochewe, Ross-shire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. D. 16.
Cemetery: GAZA WAR CEMETERY
MESTON, JOHN
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: 28/10/1917
Service No: 351540
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 47.
Cemetery: WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
SNWM Detail - Born: Humbie
MESTON, THOMAS GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit Text: 270th Siege Bty.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 02/07/1917
Service No: 110621
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Meston, of Duncrahill, Pencaitland, East Lothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XV. C. 1A.
Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
SHARP, JAMES WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Tank Corps
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/03/1918
Service No: 200246
Additional information: Son of John J. and Annie Sharp, of Ewingston, Humbie, Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. E. 21.
Cemetery: DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1
Watt, Peter William
Could be:
WATT, Peter
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 02/04/1918
Service No: 41681
Additional information: Son of Jessie Watt, of Hangingshaw Farm, Heriot, Midlothian; husband of J. G. Brown (formerly Watt).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. K. 33.
Cemetery: MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
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Adam Brown Curator

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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Adam Brown wrote: |
HOLME, ALEXANDER CHARLES
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rawburn, Duns. His brother Second Lieut. R.H.P. Holme also fell.
HOLME, RONALD HENRY PAULL
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rathburne, Duns. His Cemetery: LONGFORMACUS NEW BURIAL GROUND
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As far as I can find out Rathburne is the name of the house (and I presume estate) in Rawburn outside Longformacus in Berwickshire.
The Holme brothers head the list of names on the Longformacus Lych Gate |
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Adam Brown Curator

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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:01 am Post subject: |
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Adam Brown wrote: | The CWGC database has the middle name of Sqdn Ldr Landles as Ninlan. I have contacted them about the mistake. |
I'm glad to report that CWGC have contacted me to say the scanning error has been rectified and Sqdr Ldr Landles name is now recorded correctly.
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ADP
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From The Scotsman 16 June 1921.
WAR MEMORIALS
BOLTON, EAST LOTHIAN.— The parish memorial, containing the names of 10 local lads, takes the form of an artistic redsand stone drinking fountain surmounted by a cross, erected on the public road at the entrance of the churchyard. The dedication service was carried through by the Rev. A. Wallace Williamson, D.D., St Giles', Edinburgh, assisted by the Rev. J. B. Service, B.D., parish minister. The unveiling ceremony was performed bu General Hunter Blair, Eaglescairnie, in presence of a large attendance.
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