The Scottish War Memorials Project

[spoons]

UKNIWM Ref: 5877

OS Map Ref: NX 760 580

One unusual entry is that of Pte Dalrymple of the USA Infantry

[dhubthaigh]

John Dalrymple
Private First Class, U.S. Army
363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
Entered the Service from: Washington
Died: September 28, 1918
Buried at: Plot H Row 33 Grave 24
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Romagne, France

[Adam Brown]

dhubthaigh

Can I ask you where you got the US Army details? Is there a US equivalent to the CWGC database?

Adam

[spoons]

sorry for the delay with the photos, photobucket was down

[DerekR]

[spoons]

Capt Johnstone is also listed on the Crossmichael memorial and the St Ninian's Castle Douglas memorial and has an individual memorial in St Ninian's church in the form of an original grave cross.

[Adam Brown]

See also the Gelston Primary School Roll of Honour.

Adam

[Kenneth Morrison]

CAPT. Q. BONE (MC) K.O.R. LANCS.
Quintin Bone (Military Cross) Captain and Adjutant: 9th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Age 23.
Born 1894 at Perth. Son of Robert John Bone and Jessie Bone of Halmyre, Gelston. Enlisted September 1914 in Cameron Highlanders. Promoted from the ranks and commissioned in 9th King's Own. Served on Western Front and Salonica. Killed in Action 19 September 1918 in the attack on Pip Ridge, Lake Doiran. Macedonia. Buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.

PTE. J. DALRYMPLE, 363rd. U.S.A. INF.
John Dalrymple, Private First Class: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, U.S. Army. Age 25.
Born 1893 at High Lodge, Gelston Castle. Son of William and Johnanna (Thomson) Dalrymple. Enlisted June 1917 in the town of The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. Killed in Action 28 September 1918. Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France. Also remembered on the Gelston School Memorial.

PTE. W. GORDON, AYR. YEOMANRY
William McAdam Gordon, Private (50447) 256th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Age 21.
Born 1895 at Craigley, Gelston. Son of William and Agnes (Garvie) Gordon of Castle Hill, Castle Douglas. Enlisted November 1914, Private (2138) in 1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry. Transferred to the 26th Machine Gun Squadron (256th Co. MGC) of the 2nd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps. Served at Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. Killed in action 27 November 1917 at the Battle of Bald Hill near Jaffa. Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. Also remembered on the Gelston School Memorial.

[Kenneth Morrison]

PTE. J. GRIERSON, R.S.
Joseph Grierson, Private (24156) 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots. Age 21.
Born 1895 at Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of James and Agnes (Glover) Grierson of Breoch Cottage, Gelston. Enlisted April 1916 but died while in training. Died 10 November 1916, of meningitis at the City Hospital, Edinburgh. Buried in Castle Douglas, Kelton Cemetery (CWG) Also remembered on the Buittle WW1 War Memorial and on the Gelston School Memorial.

CAPT. F.L. JOHNSTONE (M.C.) K.R.R.
Frederick John Lawrie Johnstone, Military Cross, Captain: 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Age 21.
Born 1895 at Ernespie Mansion, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Charles Lawrence Johnstone (an East Indies Merchant) and Ellen Stormonth(McKie) Johnstone of Drum Park, Dumfries and of Gelston Castle. An officer in Eton College OTC - gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in November 1914. Promoted to temp. Captain October 1915. Served at La Bassee, Loos, Nueve Chapelle, Festubert and the Somme. Wounded at High Wood. Died of wounds 29 August 1916. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France. Also remembered on the Crossmichael War Memorials and in St. Ninian's Episcopal Church, Castle Douglas.

PTE. H. LINDSAY, 5th GORDONS.
Hamilton Stewart Lindsay, Private (260130) 1/5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Age 27.
Born 1891 at Airieland, Gelston. Son of John and Jessie (Stewart) Lindsay; husband of Margaret Saunders Lindsay of Gelston Village, who he married in 1913 at Buittle. Wounded and taken prisoner in April 1918. Died 4 November 1918 as a POW. Buried in Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland. Also remembered on the Gelston School Memorial.

[Kenneth Morrison]

PTE. N. LITTLE, LANARK. YEOMANRY.
Neil Little, Private (30963) 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Age 26
Born 1892 at Low Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Agnes Little. Living, in 1901 - age 9, with his grandparents at Greenlane, Gelston. Enlisted December 1914 in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry. Transferred as Private (28283) to 11th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and then to 6th RIF. Posted to Salonika in September 1916 but in December was admitted to the 43rd General Hospital with Hodgkins disease. Moved to hospitals in Malta and then Stockport before being admitted to Manchester Royal Infirmary. After treatment there he was discharged from the army on 7 September 1917. Died 25 July 1918 of Pulminary TB at home at Greenlane. Also remembered on the Gelston School Memorial.
Not listed by CWGC/SNWM - Neil has been considered as a "non-com" but his diagnosed illness and cause of death are different.
See http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=33006#33006

PTE. J. McGAW, 6th CAMERONS.
James McGaw, Private (S/13817) 6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Age 23.
Born 1892 at Dundrennan Village, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of John and Margaret (Agnew) McGaw of Gelston. Missing in action 26 September 1915. Remembered on the Loos Memorial and on the Borgue War Memorial.

PTE. J. McVEE, 1-5TH K.O.S.B.
James Hepburn McVee, Private (1821) 1/5th King's Own Scottish Borderers. Age 21.
Born 1896 at Gelston Village. Son of James and Mary McVee. Enlisted August 1914. Served at Dardanelles. Died of wounds 12 July 1915. Buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Also remembered on the Gelston School Memorial.

[Kenneth Morrison]

CORP. A. McWILLIAM, 6TH K.O.S.B.
Adam McWilliam, Corporal (10604) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Age 26.
Born 1891 at King Street, Castle Douglas. Son of John and Elizabeth (McGuffog) McWilliam of Gelston. Enlisted December 1909 in 1st KOSB. Transferred to 6th KOSB. Served at Mons, Somme, Arras, Ypres and Gallipoli. Wounded at Gallipoli, Somme and Arras. Missing in action 13 October 1917. Remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium,and on the Gelston School Memorial.

and his brother

PTE. J. McWILLIAM, 1-5 K.O.S.B.
James McWilliam, Private (240382) 1/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Formerly Private (1661) 1/5th KOSB. Age 30.
Born 1888 at Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of John and Elizabeth McWilliam. Enlisted August 1914. Served at Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and France. Missing in action 29 July 1918. Remembered on the Soissons Memorial, France, and on the Gelston School Memorial.

[Kenneth Morrison]

PTE. A.W. RAE, 3rd K.O.S.B.
Alexander Wilkie Donaldson Graham Rae, Private (25052) King's Own Scottish Borderers. Age 30.
Born 1887 at Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of James and Jane (Graham) Rae. Husband of Henrietta Williamson (Buchanan) Rae of Torglass Cottage, Gelston. Enlisted December 1915 in 3rd Battalion, KOSB. Transferred as Private (433338) to Labour Corps. Died 6 May 1918 of Tuberculosis at Stobhill Military Hospital, Glasgow. Buried in Kelton Old Churchyard, Kirkcudbrightshire. (CWG) Also remembered on Buittle WW1 War Memorial.

CORP. J. RITCHIE, 19th CANADIANS.
John Henry Ritchie, Lance Corporal (850139) 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) Age 21.
Born 1894 at Corra Cottages, Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Johnand Janet (McDill) Ritchie of Gelston. Enlisted March 1916 at Niagara Falls. Wounded near Vimy Ridge. Died of wounds 22 July 1917. Buried in Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Also remembered on the Gelston School Memorial.

Died on his 17th birthday
PTE. J. TURNBULL, 1-5 K.O.S.B.
James Turnbull, Private (1647) 1/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Age 17.
Born 12 July 1898 at Cairngarroch, Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire. Son of Joseph and Sarah (Hendry) Turnbull of Milton Cottages, Kirkcudbright. Prior to his enlistment in August 1914 James was an apprentice blacksmith with Mr. Anderson of Gelston. Missing in action 12 July 1915. Remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey, and on the Kirkcudbright War Memorial.
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Ken

[Stewartry]

To complement all of Ken's good work, here is a photo of Gelston War Memorial unveiling (I don't know the date):


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www.sonsofgalloway.org.uk
5th KOSB
Stewartry RoH
ATC Auchencairn book

[Adam Brown]

Sitting on the benches in the front-centre of the photograph are nine females in a row. I thought at first they may have been wives / mothers of the dead but a closer inspection of the photograph makes me think they may be girls because of their their size and the way they are huddled together. I wonder why they are there?

It looks like a piano has been wheeled out for the singing of the hymns but no one is at it beacuse on the right hand side you can just make out a bugler with his bugle at his lips.

Regards

Adam

[Kenneth Morrison]

Isn't this a wonderful photograph - the more I look at it the more I see.
Of the 4 men standing (backs to camera) the one on the right appears to have bagpipes under his arm.

Thanks for posting this Stuart.
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Ken