The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

[spoons]

Memorial is inside Dalton Parish Church at OS Map Ref: NY 115 740

Not listed on UKNIWM

[dhubthaigh]

Some good detail on the 'Heroic Dead'. Noted that James Iveson K.O.S.B. had no date of death. Initially couldn't see him on CWGC but there is both a John and Robert Ivison in those who served (brothers ?)

Then found;

Name: IVISON, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 12/05/1918
Service No: 22767
Additional information: Son of the late James and Jane Ivison, of Dormont Lodge, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 2.
Cemetery: CINQ RUES BRITISH CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK

[Kenneth Morrison]

The two "Aussies"

The son of the Rev. Robert Donaldson of Dalton Manse.

Name: DONALDSON, ROBERT COVENTRY
Initials: R C
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Unit Text: 11th Bn.
Date of Death: 01/08/1915
Service No: 1661
Additional information: Brother of Mrs. N. de Miremont, of 42, Cadogan Square, London, S.W.I., England.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. G. 48.
Cemetery: SHELL GREEN CEMETERY

Name: LINTON, RICHARD
Initials: R
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Colonel
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry Brigade
Unit Text: Commanding 6th
Age: 54
Date of Death: 02/09/1915
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Agnes Linton; husband of Edith Sophia Linton, of "Dalton", Normanby St., Middle Brighton, Victoria, Australia. Born at Dalton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. K. 190.
Cemetery: EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY
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Ken

[stuartn]

This is now WMR (ex UKNIWM) report 76196