The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project
(Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Coldstream
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Borders - Civic Memorials
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SCOTT, JOHN H.M. Capt. R.A.M.C.
John Henry Marshall Scott – age 36 – Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps.
John was a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and was in practice as a dental surgeon in Ayr when he was commission as a Lieutenant and Dental Officer in April 1916. He was attached to the RAMC in Salonica, northern Greece in August and he served there for two years, being promoted to Captain in April 1917. John had returned to serve in the UK and was visiting his parents in Coldstream when he became ill and died of pneumonia.
Born 1882 in Coldstream. Son of Robert and Jane (Marshall) Scott of Post Office House, Coldstream. Husband of Mary Donaldson (Wright) Scott of 68 St Leonard's Road, Ayr who he married in 1915 in Ayr.
Died on 24 March 1919 and buried in Lennel Old Churchyard, Coldstream. (CWG)
Also named on the Rodger memorial in Coldstream Parish Church and on the Ayr Burgh War Memorial.


SMERDON, CHAs. Pte. K.O.S.B.
Charles John Smerdon – age 19 – Private (4396) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
In 1901 Charles, aged 4, and his mother were living with his uncle John Sutherland at the High Street in Coldstream. He was an apprentice engineer in Coldstream and a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB when he was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was fatally wounded a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah and he was buried at sea.
Born 1896 in Holburn, London. Son of Janet (Sutherland) Smerdon and of Frederick James Smerdon.
Died of Wounds on 14 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church and on the Rodger memorial in Coldstream Parish Church
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

STEVENSON, JAs. L.Cpl. M.F.P.
James Stevenson – age 32 – Lance Corporal (P/16648) Military Foot Police, Military Police Corps.
James and his family came to Coldstream in about 1916 and he worked as a grocer until he served as Private (46030) in the Northumberland Fusiliers from December 1916 until he joined the Military Police in March 1917. He died of influenza two years later.
Born 1886 at Ilderton in Glendale, Northumberland. Son of the late Andrew and Margaret (Melrose) Stevenson of Wooler, Northumberland. Husband of Gladys Eleanor (Brown) Stevenson of 23 Duke Street, Coldstream.
Died on Service on 27 February 1919 and buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France.
Also named on the St. Mary's and All Souls Episcopal Church memorial in Coldstream.


STEWART, JAs. R. Cpl. Mdlsx.
James Ramsay Stewart – age 34 – Corporal (51083) 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
James served his apprenticeship as a draper in Coldstream and for some 13 years he was employed by a wholesale hosier in Wood Street, London. He enlisted under the Derby scheme and was mobilised in June 1916, joining his battalion in France in December.
Born 1882 in Coldstream. Son of the late Peter Stewart (died 1897) and of Janet Sim (Ramsay) Stewart of Coldstream. Husband of Fanny (Davidson) Stewart of 9 College Road, Isleworth, Middlesex who he married in 1913 in Edinburgh.
Killed in Action on 23 April 1917 and buried in Tank Cemetery, Guemappe, France.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TAYLOR, GEORGE. Pte. R.S.F.
George Taylor – age 25 – Private (11826) 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
George landed with the 6th Battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 and served at the battle of Loos in September. The 6th and 7th battalions merged in May 1916.
Born 1891 in Aberlady, Haddington, East Lothian as George Paton Taylor. Son of George McIntosh Taylor and of Isabella (Turner) Taylor of Tweed Mill, Coldstream.
Missing in Action on 15 September 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.

and his brother

TAYOR, JOHN. Pte. R.S.F.
John Kinnell Taylor – age 29 – Private (9744) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
John was serving with the 2nd RSF in Gibraltar in August 1914. They returned to England and landed at Zeebrugge in October 1914 but John was captured at Ypres at the end of that month, during the battle of Gheluvelt. He died of influenza as a Prisoner of War at Parchim in Mecklenburg Schwerin, Germany and was buried there. John was re-interred in Hamburg in the 1920's.
Born 1889 in Aberlady, Haddington, East Lothian. Son of the late George McIntosh Taylor (died 1917) and of Isabella (Turner) Taylor of Coldstream Mains, Coldstream.
Died on Service on 2 January 1919 and buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


THORNE, JOHN H. Pte. R.S.
John Henry Thorne – age 41 – Private (23649) 16th Battalion, Royal Scots.
John was a footman and Marie was a cook/housekeeper at Lennen House, Coldstream when they married in 1900. He became a gardener in Staffordshire in 1901 before they returned to Coldstream by 1905 where he continued as a gardener. John was a butler at Lennel when he enlisted in May 1915 and he joined the 12th Royal Scots in France in December. He was evacuated home in May 1916 but returned to France to join the 1/9th Battalion in November. However he soon became ill with dysentery and after treatment in hospital in Rouen he was evacuated to the Southampton University War Hospital in January 1917. John spent some time on other duties before he was posted to the 16th Battalion in March 1918 but within a month he was reported to have been mortally wounded at Fleurbaix near Armentiers.
Born 1877 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Son of Esau and Jane (Batson) Thorne of Prospect House, Wingrave, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Husband of Marie Gertrude (Smithson) Thorne of Lennel Bank Cottage, Coldstream and of 10 Graham Street, Pimlico, London who he married in 1900 in St. Mary's and All Souls Episcopal Church in Coldstream.
Missing in Action on 9 April 1918 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on a stained glass window in St. Mary's and All Souls Episcopal Church and on the church memorial.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TOCHER, JAMES. Sapr R.E.
James Tocher – age 39 – Sapper (153948) H.Q. Special Company, Royal Engineers.
In 1901 James was employed as a plasterer, living in Stanley, County Durham and he enlisted from there.
Born 1877 in Eccles, Berwickshire. Son of James and Elizabeth (Gray) Tocher of Coldstream.
Killed in Action on 5 November 1916 and buried in Longueval Road Cemetery, France.


TOCHER, THOMAS. Pte. H.L.I.
Thomas Tocher – age 21 – Private (350704) 1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Highland Light Infantry.
Thomas enlisted as Private (2293) and served with the 1/1st Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry before being transferred as Private (273170) to the 17th Royal Scots and then to the HLI.
Born 1897 in Coldstream as Thomas Townsley Tocher. Son of Henry and Elizabeth (Townsley) Tocher of Coldstream.
Missing in Action on 13 April 1918 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the St. Mary's and All Souls Episcopal Church memorial in Coldstream.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Three sons of the late Margaret (Hutchison) Townsley (died 1916) and of Thomas Townsley of 19 Leet Street, Coldstream.


TOWNSLEY, AMBse. Pte. K.O.S.B.
Ambrose Townsley – age 19 – Private (291148) 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Ambrose enlisted in early 1915 and as Private (3816) he joined the 1/7th Battalion in France in January 1916. Later he served with the 1/5th Battalion before joining the 10th Battalion.
Born 1898 in Coldstream.
Husband of Georgina (Mavin) Townsley of 31 Chapel Street, Berwick-on-Tweed who he married in 1915 in Berwick-on-Tweed.
Missing in Action on 20 September 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium


TOWNSLEY, MOSES. Pte. K.O.S.B.
Moses Townsley – age 26 – Private (4519) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Moses was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and he was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1886 in Tweedmouth, Berwick-on-Tweed as Moses Aron Townsley.
Husband of Margaret Elliot (Weatherhead) Townsley who he married in 1910 in Edinburgh, In 1919 she became Mrs Alexander Ford of 2 Abbey Road, Coldstream.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the St. Mary's and All Souls Episcopal Church memorial in Coldstream.


TOWNSLEY, Wm. Pte. H.L.I.
William Townsley – age 32 – Private (42237) 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
William was employed as a builder in Coldstream and had enlisted in the National Reserve. He went to France as Private (7529) of the King's Own Scottish Borderers in early 1917 but he was transferred to the 16th HLI.
Born 1884 in Tweedmouth, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Husband of Christina (Johnston) Townsley of 36 Duke Street, Coldstream who he married in 1904 in Coldstream.
Died of Wounds on 18 April 1917 and buried in Nesle Communal Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Rodger memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WALLACE, ANDw. Capt. K.O.S.B.
Andrew Wallace, M.B. C.M. – age 40 – Captain, 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Andrew was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh before he studied medicine at Edinburgh University from where he graduated in 1896. He took a post in Leicester and then served as a ship's doctor before setting up in practice in Coldstream in about 1900. In 1901 he was lodging at Tweed Terrace. He then began a long association with the KOSB Volunteers, becoming Captain in 1906, and with the Territorials. He commanded the Coldstream detachment when the battalion was mobilised in August 1914 and he landed with them at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1875 in Prestonpans, East Lothian. Son of James Wallace, Headmaster of Prestonpans School, and of Barbara (Smith) Wallace of 54 Joppa Road, Portobello, Edinburgh.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Rodger memorial in Coldstream Parish Church, on the Edinburgh University Old College memorial and Roll of the Fallen, and on the George Heriot's School and Prestonpans War Memorials together with his brothers Harold Sydney Wallace, age 22, Private (893) 8th Royal Scots, died on 8 April 1915, and William Ernest Wallace, age 38, Lieutenant, 8th Royal Scots, died 17 April 1917.


WHITEHEAD, JOHN. Cpl. R.S.
No obvious link to Coldstream but thought to be:
John Anderson Whitehead – age 23 – Corporal (13770) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots.
In August 1914 John was serving with the 1st Royal Scots in Allahabad, India. They returned to England in November and landed at Le Havre in December 1914 but moved to Salonica in northern Greece in December 1915.
Born 1893 in North Berwick, Dirleton, East Lothian. Son of the late Margaret (Anderson) Whitehead (died 1902) and of Anthony Whitehead of 27 Melbourne Place, North Berwick.
Killed in Action on 1 October 1916 and buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church and on the North Berwick War Memorial together with his brother David Anderson Whitehead, Private (57326) 18th Highland Light Infantry, died 3 June 1918.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WHITELAW, JOHN. Gnr. R.G.A.
John Whitelaw – age 29 – Gunner (163248) 174th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
John was a member of the Berwickshire Constabulary and was based at Coldstream when he enlisted. He went to France in 1917.
Born 1889 in Gordon, Berwickshire. Son of Isabella (Whitelaw) Johnston of Easter Housebyres, Melrose and of Nortonhall, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
Killed in Action on 29 September 1918 and buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


WILSON, JOHN. Sgt. K.O.S.B.
John Wilson – age 36 – Sergeant (4127) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was a postman when he enlisted as Private (12645) in the 70th (Scottish) Company of the Mounted Sharpshooters, Imperial Yeomanry in March 1900 and he served in the South African War until he was discharged in June 1901. By 1911 he was a rural postman at Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland and he was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB when he was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was fatally wounded during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah. John was evacuated for treatment at Mudros but he died and was buried at sea.
Born 1878 in Coldstream. Son of the late Elizabeth or Bessie Wilson (died 1893) of Duke Street, Coldstream. Husband of Sarah Alice (Rule) Wilson of Cornhill-on-Tweed who he married in 1904 in Ford, Glendale, Northumberland. After 1921 she became Mrs Arthur Martin of 247 Tyldesley Road, Atherton, Manchester.
Died of Wounds on 15 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Cornhill War Memorial.


WILSON, JOHN. Pte. K.O.S.B.
John Wilson – age 32 – Private (29376) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was employed by a wine merchant in Coldstream when he enlisted.
Born 1885 in Coldstream. Son of the late Richard Wilson (died 1889) and of the late Jane (Hutchison) Wilson, from 1895 Mrs James Pearson (died 1908) of Coldstream. His brother James and sisters Elizabeth and Queeny were named as his legatees.
Killed in Action on 4 October 1917 and buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


WILSON, WILLIAM. Pte. R.H.
William Wilson – age 19 – Private (S/40863) 9th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
William was posted as Private (S/16342) to the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in France but was transferred to the Black Watch.
Born 1898 in Coldstream. Son of William and Phoebe (Litster) Wilson of 2 Abbey Road, Coldstream.
Killed in Action on 28 March 1918 and buried in Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, France.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


WOOD, HUGH. Pte. A.&S.H.
Hugh Wood – age 20 – Private (S/16343) 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Hugh was employed by a baker in Coldstream when he enlisted in June 1916 and he joined his battalion in France in January 1917.
Born 1898 in Coldstream. Son of the late Alexander Wood (died 1910) and of Mrs. Jessie Wood of 4 Market Street, Coldstream.
Missing in Action on 23 August 1918 and named on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Names added to the memorial panel.


JOHNSTON, WELLd. Sgt. K.O.S.B.
Wellwood Maxwell Johnston – age 25 – Sergeant (4020) 1/4th Battalion (Border) King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Wellwood was a former pupil of the Dalbeattie Higher Grade Public School in Kirkcudbrightshire. He was a forester, employed by the Earl of Home at Preston, Berwickshire when he joined the Territorial 4th KOSB in April 1908. He was mobilised in August 1914, promoted to Sergeant in April 1915 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1890 at Harbridge, Ringwood, Hampshire. Son of Robert and Mary Agnes (McKnight) Johnston of Angus Cottage, Preston, Berwickshire and of The Crooks, Coldstream who had married in 1887 in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Galipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Bunkle & Preston Parish War Memorial, on the Bunkle Parish Church memorial, on the Preston Recreation Rooms memorial, on the Dalbeattie War Memorial and on the Dalbeattie Highr Grade School memorial.

and his brother

JOHNSTON, WILLm. L/Sgt. C.G.

William Johnston – age 25 – Lance Sergeant (16242) 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
William was serving with the Metropolitan Police when he enlisted at Shepherds Bush, London.
Born 1892 at Harbridge, Ringwood, Hampshire. Son of Robert and Mary Agnes (McKnight) Johnston of Angus Cottage, Preston, Berwickshire and of The Crooks, Coldstream who had married in 1887 at Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Missing in Action on 9 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Bunkle & Preston Parish War Memorial, on the Bunkle Parish Church memorial, on the Preston Recreation Rooms memorial and on the Dalbeattie War Memorial.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1939 – 1945

ALLAN, WILLIAM. Sgt. K.O.S.B.
William Allan – age 33 – Corporal (3185929) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was employed as a grocer in Coldstream and was a member of the Territorial KOSB. The 2nd KOSB had been in the East since 1923. In November 1942 they moved to Peshawar and after jungle training they sailed with the 7th (Indian) Division to Burma in September 1943.
Born in 1910 in Bunkle & Preston, Berwickshire as Moses William Allan. Son of Moses William Allan and of Jane (Goodfellow) Allan of Coldstream Mains. Husband of Barbara Milligan (Nixon) Allan of Ladykirk, Berwickshire who he married in 1933 in Ladykirk.
Missing in Action on15 February 1944 and named on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


COLLINS, Wm. V. L.A.C. R.A.F.V.R.
William Victor Collins – age 22 – Leading Aircraftman (1368338) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
“Victor” was working as a painter in Coldstream and was a member of the Rodger Memorial Church choir when he joined the RAF in 1941. He was onboard a Miles Martinet Target Tug aircraft of 10 Air Gunnery School at RAF Barrow in Furness, Lancashire when the aircraft's engine cut out in flight. The pilot attempted a forced landing but stalled and crashed at Biggar Bank on Walney Island.
Born 1921 in Leith, Edinburgh. Son of William Victor Collins and of Annie (Moffat) Collins of The Hirsel Onstead, Coldstream and of Edinburgh.
Died on Service on 27 December 1943 and buried in Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Rodger memorial in Coldstream Parish Church,


CURRAN, JOHN G. Sgt. R.A.F.V.R.
John Graham Curran – age 19 – Sergeant (1821749) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
John lived with his grandfather Patrick Curran at Home Place in Coldstream. He was working as a painter when he joined the RAF in 1943. He was an air gunner onboard a Lancaster bomber of 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit which had taken off from RAF Winthorpe in Nottinghamshire on a cross-country training flight but the aircraft crashed in a storm over the Brecon Beacons at Trecastle.
Born 1924 in Edinburgh. Son of Kathleen (Curran) McClelland of Coldstream.
Died on Service on 5 September 1943 and buried in Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery, Somerset. (CWG)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CURRIE, IAN R. P/O. R.A.F.V.R.
Ian Riach Currie – age 20 – Pilot Officer (85944) 261 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Ian's father was born in India and his parents married in Bombay in 1913. James Henderson Currie served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in WW1 and seems to have returned to Calcutta after the war. It seems likely that Ian was born there as I cannot trace his birth record in the UK. He sailed to Calcutta, aged 17, in October 1938 and returned, bound for Ruthven, Coldstream in March 1939. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer from Sergeant (754535) in October 1940. 261 Squadron was the fighter squadron responsible for the defence of Malta in 1940-41 but Ian died of cerebral malaria, contracted while serving at Takoradi, Gold Coast.
Born c.1920 in India?
Son of James Henderson Currie and of Marie Wilson Hood (Boreland) Currie of Ruthven, Coldstream and of Edinburgh.
Died on Active Service on 30 January 1941 and buried in Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta.


FERGUSON, JOHN. Rfn. Cameronians.
John Ferguson – age 18 – Rifleman (3188631) 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
John had been employed by a baker in Coldstream until he enlisted in early 1939. His battalion deployed to France and Belgium as part of the BEF in September 1939 and after heavy fighting in Belgium it was evacuated at Dunkirk in June 1940.
Born 1921 in Coldstream. Son of George D. Ferguson and Eliza B. (Robson) Ferguson of Leet Street, Coldstream.
Killed in Action on 1 June 1940 and buried in Ramsgate Cemetery, Kent. (CWG)
Also named on the Rodger memorial in Coldstream Parish Church


FORD, JOHN W. Sgt. R.A.F.V.R.
John Wood Ford – age 19 – Sergeant (1827160) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
John was an air gunner on a Stirling bomber of 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit which had taken off from RAF Winthorpe in Nottinghamshire on a cross-country training flight but due to severe icing the aircraft crashed near Blandford Forum, Dorset,
Born 1925 in Coldstream. Son of Andrew and Agnes (Thomson) Ford of Leet Street, Coldstream.
Died on Service on 28 October 1944 and buried in Lennel Old Churchyard, Coldstream. (CWG)
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GERNER, Chris. A.R. L/Stoker R.N.
Christian Albert Renatus Gerner – age 33 – Leading Stoker (P/KX 127662) H.M. Landing Craft Tank 7015, Royal Navy.
Christian was a lorry driver for the LNER Company at Coldstream Station when he joined the navy in 1940. He landed tanks at Dieppe in 1942 and then in North Africa, Sicily and Italy in 1943. On D-Day 6 June 1944 his LCT landed tanks on the Normandy beaches but was torpedoed and sunk on a return trip with more tanks. The crew were picked up by rescue launches. On 14 October 1944 his LCT sailed from the Clyde in tow (with LCT 491) of the cargo ship “Fort Finlay” to join other LCTs of the 9th LCT Flotilla sailing for Gibraltar but the convoy ran into a severe gale. LCT 7015 and a number of the others were lost off Land's End.
Born 1912 in Tynemouth, Northumberland. Son of the late George Hope Gerner (died 1936) and of the late Ellen Mary (Archbold) Gerner (died 1941) of Alnwick, Northumberland. Husband of Olive (McKenzie) Gerner, of Swansfield Park Road, Alnwick who he married in 1938 in Alnwick.
Died on Active Service/Lost at Sea on 18 October 1944 and named on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.
Also named on the Rodger memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


GRAY, ANDREW T. Sgt. Cameronians.
Andrew Tait Gray – age 24 – Sergeant (3187878) 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Andrew was a regular soldier who had deployed with his battalion to France & Belgium as part of the BEF and after heavy fighting in Belgium it was evacuated at Dunkirk in June 1940. They moved to Madagascar in May 1942 and then to Persia and Iraq a month later. They took part in the invasion of Sicily in July 1943 where Andrew was killed.
Born 1919 Crailinghall in Oxham, Roxburghshire as Andrew Tait. Son of Elizabeth Forsyth (Tait) Gray and step-son of Adam Tait of Duke Street, Coldstream who married in 1920 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. Husband of Rose Ann (Maxwell) Gray of Hamilton, Lanarkshire who he married in 1940 in Hamilton.
Killed in Action on 2 August 1943 and buried in Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GRAY, WILLIAM M. Merchant Navy.
Not listed by CWGC.
William Matthew Gray – age 49 – Chief Steward, S.S. Mudanya.
William had been employed by the Coldstream Brewery and Whisky Blenders and then he worked in Perth before joining the Merchant Navy. He died of heat stroke as his ship passed through the Red Sea.
Born 1891 in Coldstream. Son of the late William Gray and of Isabella (McGregor) Gray of Cheviot View, Coldstream.
Died on 28 June 1941.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


HEWITT, JAMES W. A.C. R.A.F.
James William Hewitt – age 24 – Aircraftman 1st Class (633562) 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
In December 1941 242 Squadron began its move to the Far East however the pilots only reached Malta, where they were absorbed into 126 Squadron. The ground echelon had a rather more difficult time, reaching Singapore in January 1942. There it merged with other elements to service a composite Hurricane unit. This unit was forced to withdraw to Sumatra and then Java, where it was dispersed on 10 March 1942, having suffered very heavy losses. James was captured in March 1942 when Java fell. He and many other prisoners were drowned when the Japanese cargo ship “Junyo Maru” was torpedoed and sunk by H.M. Submarine “Tradewind” off Muko-Muko, Sumatra.
Born 1920 in Coldstream. Son of James (died 1934) and Elizabeth Young (Rutherford) Hewitt (died 1942) of Home Place Coldstream.
Died on Service/Lost at Sea on 18 September 1944 and named on the Singapore Memorial, Singapore


HOME, Hon. Geo. D. F/O. R.A.F.
George Cospatrick Douglas-Home – age 20 – Flying Officer (126996) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
George was educated at Eton and was commissioned from Sergeant (1553562) in June 1941. He was promoted in December 1942 and he was the pilot of a Handley Page Hampden of 32 Operational Training Unit, based at Patricia Bay in Victoria, British Columbia, when it went into the sea near Cape Flattery on the north west tip of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA.
Born 1922 in Coldstream. Son of Charles Archibald Cospatrick Douglas-Home, K.T., 13th Earl of Home, and of Lady Lilian Lambton, Countess of Home, of Hirsel, Coldstream.
Died on Active Service on 14 June 1943 and named on the Ottawa Memorial, Canada.
Also named on the St. Mary's and All Souls Episcopal Church memorial in Coldstream and on the Glespin section of the Douglasdale War Memorial in Douglas, Lanarkshire.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

KERR, GEORGE. A/B. Royal Navy.
George Kerr – age 18 – Ordinary Seaman (D/JX 171008) H.M.S. Dorsetshire, Royal Navy.
George was an underkeeper at Ladykirk House when he joined the navy in August 1939. He was trained on the Isle of Man before he joined his ship in eastern waters. The heavy cruiser “Dorsetshire” and her sister ship “Cornwall” were in the Indian Ocean in April 1942 as part of a larger force. When they left Columbo in Ceylon to rejoin the force, they were spotted by Japanese aircraft and attacked by a force of dive bombers. Both ships were sunk.
Born 1923 at Dalfibble Farm in Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire. Son of Jonathan McCubbin Kerr and Georgina Elsie Meldrom Kerr of Upper Milkvale, St Mungo, Lockerbie and of Arnisfield, Dumfriesshire.
Killed in Action/Lost at Sea on 5 April 1942 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


KERR, Robt. M. Dvr. R.A.S.C.
Robert McLaren Kerr – age 39 – Driver (T/14247147) Royal Army Service Corps attached to 175 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Robert had been employed at The Hirsel, Coldstream before he joined up. His unit was part of the 51st Highland Division and landed at Normandy on the afternoon of D-day 6 June 1944. Robert was killed near Colleville-sur-Orme and re-interred in May 1945.
Born 1905 in Edrom, Berwickshire. Son of the late John Kerr (died 1924) and of the late Elizabeth (Laing) Kerr (died 1934) formerly of Kelloe Smithy, Edrom. Husband of Margaret Hamilton (Hay) Kerr of Crooks, Coldstream who he married in 1934 in Edrom.
Killed in Action on 26 June 1944 and buried in La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, France.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.

His brother George, Private (7345) 1/4th KOSB was killed on 12 July 1915 at Gallipoli and is named on the Edrom Parish War Memorial.


LILLICO, Wm. Pte. R.A.O.C.
William Lillico – age 27 – Private (7594242) 1 Base Ordnance Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
William was employed in the Town Clerk's office in Coldstream when he was called up at the outbreak of war. He went to France with the BEF in 1939. He was drowned when the ocean liner “Lancastria” was sunk by German dive-bombers off the French port of St. Nazaire while she was taking part in the evacuation of British nationals and troops from France.
Born 1912 in Coldstream. Son of James Gillies Lillico and of Mary (Renton) Lillico of 59 High Street, Coldstream.
Died on Active Service on 17 June 1940 and buried in Soulac-Sur-Mer (Olives) Communal Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Rodger memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ORR, RONALD S. F/O. R.A.F.V.R.
Ronald Sinclair Orr – age 23 – Flying Officer (138059) 248 Squadron, Coastal Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Ronald was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns before he joined the Bank of Scotland in Coldstream. He joined the RAF in 1942 and after training in Canada he was commissioned from Leading Aircraftman (1557648) in December 1942. He was promoted in June 1943. Ronald was the navigator on a Mosquito from RAF Portreath in Cornwall which was escorting Mosquitos of 618 Squadron on a shipping strike in the Bay of Biscay when his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire. The aircraft ditched off the Lizard but Ronald died and his pilot was drowned.
Born 1921 in Coldstream. Son of Daniel and Mary Greenshields (Frame) Orr of 47 High Street, Coldstream.
Died on Active Service on 21 March 1944 and buried in Lennel Old Churchyard, Coldstream. (CWG)
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church, on the Berwickshire High School memorial and on the Bank of Scotland memorial in Edinburgh.


PURVES, PETER. Sgt. R.A.F.V.R.
Peter Purves – age 20 – Sergeant (1820366) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Peter was an electrician and plumber in Coldstream and was a member of the local Air Training Corps when he joined the RAF in early 1944. He was the flight engineer on his Halifax bomber which had taken off from the Operational Refresher Training Unit at RAF Matching in Essex. The aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision at night with a Wellington of 81 Operational Training Unit and both aircraft crashed near Peterborough.
Born 1924 in Eccles, Berwickshire. Son of Jane Renton (Purves) Brown and step-son of John Brown of 74 High Street, Coldstream. They married in 1929 in Coldstream. Grandson of the late Peter Purves of Birgham, Berwickshire (died 1936)
Died on Service on 3 June 1945 and buried in Birgham Churchyard. (CWG)
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church and on the Birgham Village memorial .
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TAIT, WILLIAM. Cpl. 2nd Recce. Regt.
William Tait – age 30 – Corporal (3194947) 2nd Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps (6th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) Royal Armoured Corps.
William was employed as a grocer in Coldstream when he joined up. The 6th Loyals were converted from their infantry role in 1941and re-designated as 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment. It joined the 2nd Infantry Division and was transferred in April 1942 to British India, where it fought against the Imperial Japanese Army, notably during the Battle of Kohima in May 1944.
Born 1913 in Neilston, Renfrewshire. Son of Colin and Jessie Crawford (McBirnie) Tait of Lennel Home Farm, Coldstream. Husband of Dorothy (Gray) Tait of Duns, Berwickshire who he married in 1942 in Coldstream.
Died of Wounds on 3 June 1944 and buried in Kohima War Cemetery, India.
Also named on a memorial in Coldstream Parish Church.


WILSON, Hny. J.R. L/Tel. Royak Navy.
Henry John Robert Trotter Wilson – age 21 – Leading Telegraphist (D/JX 245788) H.M.S. Saumarez, Royal Navy.
“Bobby” was killed when the destroyer “Saumarez” was mined and heavily damaged in the Corfu Strait. The mines had been secretly laid by Albanians. Another destroyer HMS “Volage” rammed the burning “Saumarez” in an attempt to save her crew but then struck another mine, whose explosion ripped off her bow. The “Volage” managed to reach Corfu with “Saumarez” in tow.
Born 1924 in Berwick-on-Tweed. Son of Henry Johnston Wilson and Marion (Johnston) Wilson of Lenihale, Lennel, Coldstream and of Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire.
Killed on Service/Buried at Sea on 22 October 1946 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
_________________
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Borders - Civic Memorials All times are GMT
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4
Page 4 of 4

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com