The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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Hume memorial set in a cairn overlooked by Hume Castle.

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The Scotsman, 23rd August 1921

HUME - A war memorial erected near the village of Hume, Berwickshire, in memory of seven men of the parish who fell in the war, was dedicated at a special service at which Captain James Balfour, Royal Scots, gave an address in the abscense from indisposition of his father, Captain CB Balfour of Newton Don, Lord-Lieutenant of the County. The memorial is a cairn of whinstone, the inscription being borne on a plain granite slab, and was designed by Mr F Deas FRIBA, Edinburgh.

[Mike Morley]

Name: TURNBULL, ROBERT HENDRY
Initials: RH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers, 18th Bn
Awards: MC
Date of Death: 4/6/1918
Age: 23
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull, of Magdalene Cottage, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Grave Reference: II F 8
Cemetery: Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt

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Name: STEWART, D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 35649
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 2nd Bn
Awards: MM
Date of Death: 3/5/1917
Grave Reference: III G 39
Cemetery: Dury Crucifix Cemetery

[Mike Morley]

Name: BLACKIE, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 15942
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, 7th Bn
Date of Death: 12/9/1915
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of Alexander Blackie, of East Morriston, Earlston, Berwickshire.
Grave Reference: I A 15
Cemetery: Nouex-Les-Mains Communal Cemetery

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Name: ALDER, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 13909
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, 7th Bn
Date of Death: 25/9/1915
Panel Reference: Panel 53 to 56
Memorial: Loos Memorial

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Name: RENWICK, JAMES MILLER
Initials: JM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 13919
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, "B" Coy, 7th Bn
Date of Death: 25/9/1915
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Renwick. of Stichill East Field, Kelso, Roxburghshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 53 to 56
Memorial: Loos Memorial

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[Mike Morley]

Name: JENKINSON, W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/5646
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 9th Bn
Date of Death: 22/8/1918
Age: 23
Additional Information: Son of Isabella Jenkinson, of High St., Greenlaw, Berwickshire, and the late Thomas Jenkinson.
Grave Reference: 475
Cemetery: Greenlaw Parish Churchyard.

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WMR 76259