The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Adam Brown · Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:16 am Post subject:

Ian

I transcribed this memorial a few years ago. There are two Second World War names as well.

1914-1918

BRUNTON , Thomas , Private , 4th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers

DONALDSON , Robert , Trooper , 1st Lothian and Borders Horse

DONALDSON , William , Gunner , Royal Garrison Artillery

HALL , Robert G , Private , 4th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers

MAUCHLINE , William , Private , 2nd Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers

PATTERSON , James , Private , 24th (Tyneside Scots) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers

PATERSON , John , Private , 4th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers

PATERSON , Thomas , Private , Lancashire Fusiliers

1939-1945

ELLIOT , Jack , Major MC , 6th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers

LAWRIE , Joseph , Craftsman , Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Adam

IanA · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 950

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DerekR · Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:58 am Post subject:

Unveiled 12th December 1920 by Major W A Baird.
UKNIWM Ref: 5661
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Merseman · Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 307 Location: Duns, Berwickshire

Merseman · Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 307 Location: Duns, Berwickshire

Inside the church is an accompanying Roll of Honour in what I am coming to think of as the "off-the-shelf" style (there are several local church rolls, in this exact form, which you obviously bought then filled-in yourself). It's faded over the decades - however, it turns-out some sensible soul back in 1996 wrote-out the inscription and left it on the back in an envelope!

Those killed are not denoted in any way, and some names are added.

Note the 1996 transcriber missed one entry:

Dickson, Trooper Peter, L&B Horse

Also it seems Thomas Paterson of Lancashire Fusiliers on the memorial, is instead denoted as Thomas Paterson of the KOSB on the roll.

Adam Brown · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:01 pm Post subject:

Adam Brown · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:02 pm Post subject:

The roll of honour should have its own entry rather than be in this thread.

Thanks

Adam

Merseman · Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 307 Location: Duns, Berwickshire

Ah, I see, no bother. On UKNIWM the civic memorial and roll are listed on the one number, also I was a bit worried over unnecessarily clutterring up the subforum with multiple threads!

I think I have done the same thing for Longformacus and Greenlaw so I can make new threads for those too.

Should I be putting them in "Borders: Other Memorials" or "Borders: Rolls of Honour"? Latter is listing books/websites rather than framed rolls.

Adam Brown · Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks Merseman

Can you please put them in Other section.

Thanks

Adam

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2461

The Roll of Honour is now WMR report 81082.

It had been removed, after Merseman's observations, from 5661, but not then given it's own report.

So, not for the first (or last) time, the detailed narrative of posts on this forum, is pointing out WMR (UKNIWM) errors and ever so slowly allowing for their rectification.