The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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As with the "lost" village of Haywood in Lanarkshire Lassodie no longer exists. A mining village, the closure of the mines signalled its death knell and by the late 1940's it was completely gone.
The memorial was taken from the original location, outside Lassodie Public Hall, and erected at the roadside of the B912.

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WW1

Private Alan Adamson, R. Hrs.
Private John Beveridge, R. Hrs.
Sgt. Major Alexander Burnett, C. Hrs
Private James Cook, S. Gds.
Private James Fleming, C. Hrs
Private William Gillespie, R. Hrs
Private Allan Granger, S. Hrs
Trooper John Gray, L. Gds
Private David Marshall, S. Gds.
Sergeant William MacKenzie, R. Hrs.
Private Robert Mill, S. Hrs.
Trooper William Page, S. G.
Private Robert Rutherford, R. Hrs
Private William Sharp, S. Gds.
Private John Steedman, R.S.F.
Private William Taylor, R.A.M.C.
Gunner David Taylor, R.F.A.
Gunner Alexander Thomson, R.F.A.
Private Walter Wallace, S. Gds
Private James Wilson, R. Hrs.
Private John Williamson, S. Hrs.

WW2

Private W.H. McCulloch, Alberta Regt. Canada
Private John McLean, Northamptonshire Regt.
Private John Reilly, R.H. Fusiliers
AB Neil McLean, Royal Navy

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LASSODIE SCOTS GUARDSMAN BELIEVED KILLED.
The War Office has notified Mrs Sharp 22 New Rows, Lassodie, Fife, that her husband, Private William Sharp, 2d Scots Guards, is missing and believed to have been killed on 10th December.
Prior to the war Private Sharp was a miner at Lassodie and joined the army at the end of 1914. He had been in France for five months.
Dundee Courier 24 January 1916

LASSODIE MINER SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS.
The parents of Private William Taylor, who reside at 56 Fairfield, Lassodie, have received official intimation that he has succumbed to his wounds.
Private Taylor enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps along with a brother a year ago. Both were employed as miners at Lassodie prior to enlistment. He was 25 years of age.
Dundee Courier 25 September 1916

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FIFE SOLDIERS LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES.
Information has been received by Mr Gillespie, 36 Fairfield, Lassodie, that his son, Private William Gillespie, Black Watch, has been killed in action on 22d April. He was twenty- two years of age, and was employed as a miner prior to enlistment.

Mrs Bogan, 20 Grievesland Terrace, Kelty, has received intimation from the War Office that her husband, Private Robert Bogan, has been killed in action. Private Bogan enlisted in the Black Watch last September, and went to the front in February. He belonged to Dundee, where his mother resides, but he came to Kelty twelve years ago, and was working as a miner in the Aitken Pit prior to enlistment. He was thirty-one years of age and is survived by a widow and four children.
Dundee Courier 1 June 1916

Note - Robert Bogan is on Kelty Memorial

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WW1
Private Robert Rutherford, R. Hrs

(The Scotsman 12th June 1915)
"Private Robert Rutherford, 1st Black Watch, who was a miner at Lassodie, near Dunfermline, prior to the outbreak of war, has been unofficially reported killed in action. He had seen service in the South African war, and in India. He is survived by his wife and five children."

CWGC
RUTHERFORD, ROBERT
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 3/3947
Date of Death: 09/05/1915
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Panels 24 to 26.
Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: RUTHERFORD
Forename: Robert
Rank: Sgt
Service number: 3/3947
Place of birth: Musselburgh
Date of death: 9 May 1915
Theatre of death: F&F
SNWM roll: THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)
Other detail: 1st Bn.