The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

[David McNay]

DSCN9103 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

DSCN9104 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

DSCN9110 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

DSCN9109 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

DSCN9111 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

DSCN9107 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

DSCN9112 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

[DelBoy]

It would be interesting to know if Zigmar also resided in Glenboig with his brother prior to serving in the army.

CWGC
Name: VELKITUS
Initials: Z
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn.
Date of Death: 20/09/1918
Service No: 52018
Additional information: Brother of of B. Velkitus, of 10, Garnqueen Square, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 53.
Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

SNWM
Surname: VELKITUS
Firstname: Zigmar
Service Number: 52018
Date Death: 20/09/1918
Place of birth: Suwalki Russia
Other: 1/4th Bn.
SNWM roll: THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
Rank: Pte

Derek.

[Adam Brown]

Although he is listed as Russian, Zigmar Velkitus was born in Suwałki which is / was a Polish town. Of course when he was born Poland was split between Germany, Austria and Russia.

Adam

[dhubthaigh]

Research may have been carried out on this memorial but I did notice the 'added' name - John Duvoisin;

Name: DUVOISIN, JOHN HURLL
Initials: J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th (Glasgow Hdrs.) Bn.
Date of Death: 15/07/1916
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 15 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

In the 1881 Scottish census Emile Duvoisin, from Switzerland, was an iron merchant living at 27 Windsor Terr., Glasgow.
By 1891 we have Emile Davaisin (this is an ancestry transcription) married to Sarah with son John, living at 6 Broomhill Ave., Glasgow.
We have covered a few different nationalities but this, I think, is the first Swiss connection?

[DelBoy]

Unveiled on Saturday November the 11th 1922 by Lt.Colonel Arthur of Airdrie.



Derek.

[DelBoy]

WW1 Glenboig
James Keegan

(Glasgow Herald 7th April 1915)
"Mrs Keegan, 2 Eastbank, Glenboig, has received intimation of the death of her son, Private James Keegan, aged 27, 1st H.L.I. He was killed at Neuve Chapelle on March 12. On the outbreak of war Private Keegan was serving in Egypt, and he had previously served five year in India. He was an exceptionally tall man standing 6ft 3 1/2in in height."

CWGC
KEEGAN, J
Rank: Private
Service No: 11078
Date of Death: 12/03/1915
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 9.
Cemetery: MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

SNWM
Surname: KEEGAN
Firstname: James
Service Number: 11078
Date Death: 12/03/1915
Place of birth: Rathville Co Carlow
Other: 1st Bn.
SNWM roll: THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.

[Kenneth Morrison]

[apanderson]

Annathill Panel

CWGC:
Colin Batchelor
Private, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), 2nd Bn.
No: S/13905
(Formerly Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. S/15714)
Date of Death: 21st April 1917
Commemorated: Basra Memorial

SNWM:
Born: Denny

SDGW:
Born: Denny
Enlisted: Glasgow
Killed in action Persian Gulf

[DelBoy]

WW1
ANNATHILL
John Abercrombie

Also on the memorial at Irvine.

(Glasgow Herald 21st May 1915)
"Notice sent to Mrs Abercrombie, 106 Annathill Terrace, Bedlay, Lanarkshire, states that her husband, Private John Abercrombie (7354), 1st Battalion Black Watch, has died in hospital in France from wounds received in action on May 8. Private Abercrombie enlisted in the 3rd Black Watch on December 21, and was sent to France in January, and attached to the 1st Battalion. Previous to coming to Annathill, where he worked in Messrs Wm. Baird and Co.'s Bedlay Colliery, Private Abercrombie was greenkeeper to the Armadale Golf Club, and a noted prizetaker at golf there. He leaves a wife and two children."

CWGC
ABERCROMBIE, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: S/7354
Date of Death: 10/05/1915
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference III. C. 9.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Margaret and the late William Abercrombie; husband of Mary A. L. Gallacher (formerly Abercrombie), of 75, Dawson St., Parkhead, Glasgow. Native of Irvine, Ayrshire.

SNWM
Surname: ABERCROMBIE
Firstname: John
Service Number: S/7354
Date Death: 10/05/1915
Place of birth: Dundonald Ayrshire
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.

[apanderson]

Annathill panel

William FERRISS (FERRIES)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission/Scottish National War Memorial:
William Ferries
Sapper
No. 139842
Royal Engineers, 181st Tunnelling Coy.
Formerly No. 3/4111, Leinster Regiment
Date of Death: 15th December 1916
Additional information: Born Pennington*, Dumfriesshire
Buried: Sailly-Au-Bois Military Cemetery

Medal Card: William Ferries, Private, Leinster Regiment, No. 4111, Royal Engineers, No. 139483. Killed in action 15th December 1916.

Soldiers Died in the Great War: William Ferries, Sapper, Corps of Royal Engineers, 181st Tunnelling Coy.
Formerly No. 3/4111, Leinster Regiment.
Born Pennington*, Dumfriesshire, Resided Glenboig, Lanarkshire, Enlisted Coatbridge Lanarkshire, Killed in action 15th December 1916.

Falkirk Herald, 13th January 1917, ‘Denny Native Killed in Action’
Mrs. John O’Hare, who resides at 235 Annathill Terrace, Glenboig, has received a letter from Chaplain R. M. Gallagher, 93rd Infantry Brigade, conveying the sad intelligence that her son, Sapper William Ferries, Royal Engineers, was killed by a shell while at work in the trenches on 15th December last. Sapper William Ferries, who was only 20 years old, enlisted on 3rd January 1915, in the Royal Leinster Regiment, but, was afterwards transferred to the Royal Engineers (Mining Section). He gained the proficiency certificate in mining and mine rescue work while in France. He was a native of Denny and a pupil of Denny Public School, but prior to enlisting was employed in Messrs. William Baird and Co.’s Bedlay Colliery, Glenboig.

*Penninghame?

[anne park]

James Callaghan Private S/13279 3rd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Glasgow e Coatbridge Age 18 Died Lanarkshire, United Kingdom 01/12/1915 Son of Charles and Annie Callaghan, of 227, Annathill Terrace, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. 1901 Census: Hurlls Square Glenboy. Father's Occ: Brick Work Labourer. AIRDRIE (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY New. 15.
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[anne park]

William C C McNee Pte S/3150 8th Gordon Highlanders b N.Monklands.Lanark e Glenboig Killed in Action F&F 25/09/1915 (Battle of Loos) Son of Mary Ann McNee, of 44, Chapel Bank, Glenboig, Lanarkshire, and the late James McNee. Loos Memorial M. R. 19 Panel 115 to 119
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[anne park]

Peter McPherson Private S/2728 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b N.Monkland,Lanark e Glenboig Age 22 Killed in Action Pas de Calais, France 16/05/1915 Le Touret Memorial M. R. 22 Panel 39 to 41 Evening Times 14-6-15 Page 3
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[anne park]

Thomas Twaddle Private S/2662 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Motherwell e Glenboig Age 23 Killed in Action Somme, France 01/07/1916 Soldiers Will 4 Pages. Gordon Cemetery, Mametz Fr 0331 Sp. Mem. B. 49
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[anne park]

Charles Waugh Corporal S/2660 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Langholm,Dumfries e Glenboig Age 27 Killed in Action West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 04/10/1917 Son of David and Elizabeth Waugh, of Willow Bank, Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire. Occ: Clerk in employment of the Caledonian Railway Company at Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Soldiers Effects: Father: David. Tyne Cot Memorial M. R. 30 Panel 135 to 136 Dumfries & Gallow Standard 7-11-17 Page 2
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