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PRIVATE FARQUHAR M. MACRAE. LDN.R.
Farquhar Matheson Macrae – age 32 – Private (2456) 1/13th (Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment.
Farquhar's family had moved from Eyemouth (where his father had been the Postmaster) to London by 1891. By 1901 Farquhar was a Pupil/Teacher and by 1911 he was a teacher in the Clapham Common area. He was living in Brondesbury, North London when he enlisted and he joined his battalion in France in February 1915 but he was killed three months later.
Born 1883 in Eyemouth. Son of the late John Cameron Campbell Macrae (died 1907 in London) and of Annie McConnachie (Cormack) Macrae of Spring Bank, Eyemouth.
Missing in Action on 9 May 1915 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth.


SEAMAN WILLIAM MALTMAN. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
Not listed by CWGC but under review.
William Maltman – age 29 – Trimmer (TS2913) Royal Naval Reserve.
William was a baker living in the High Street, Eyemouth when he enlisted in April 1915. Latterly he was serving on the hired trawler “Wallington” which was operating as a boom defence vessel, when he became ill with tuberculosis and he was invalided out of the service from the R.N. Hospital at Chatham in June 1916. William died a year later at his sister's house in Albert Road, Eyemouth.
Born 1888 in Eyemouth. Son of John Maltman and of the late Agnes (Craig) Maltman (died 1916) of Home Street, Eyemouth.
Died on 27 July 1917.
Burial place not yet known.


PRIVATE ADAM MILLER. A.I.F.
Adam Miller – age 34 – Private (1864) 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
Adam had served his apprenticeship as a tailor with his father and was a professional footballer who played for Berwick Rangers and for Hibernian in Edinburgh before he emigrated to Australia in 1910. He enlisted at Ayr, Queensland in December 1914 and sailed from Brisbane in April 1915. He joined his battalion at Gallipoli in May but he contracted dysentery and was evacuated to hospital in September. He eventually rejoined his battalion from hospital in Egypt in March 1916 and moved with them to France in April. Adam was killed near Messines, Belgium.
Born 1884 in Eyemouth. Son of the late Isabella (Gibson) Miller (died 1912) and of Adam Miller of Paradise, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
Missing in Action on 21 December 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth and on the Eyemouth Parish Church Roll of Honour.


SEC.LIEUT. THOMAS MURRAY MILLER. K.O.S.B.
Thomas Murray Miller – age 21 – Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas was educated at Berwick Grammar School and at George Watson's College in Edinburgh before taking a position with a shipping company in Glasgow. He enlisted in the 5th Cameronians in 1913 and was mobilised in August 1914, landing as Private (6549) with the 1/5th Battalion at Le Havre in November. He was commissioned as Lance-Corporal T. M. Miller in December 1915.
Born 1894 in Eyemouth. Son of the Rev. John Miller and of Janie Brown (Murray) Miller of the St. John's United Free Church Manse, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 27 January 1916 and buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, France,
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth, on the Berwick Grammar School memorial, on the George Watson's College memorial and on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.
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SEAMAN ALEXANDER PATERSON. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
Note: All military records have Patterson. All civil records have Paterson.
Alexander Patterson – age 18 – Deck Hand (11020DA) H.M. Trawler St. Ives, Royal Naval Reserve
Alexander enlisted in April 1916 but he was killed when the “St. Ives”, a hired trawler which had been in service from March 1915 as an auxiliary patrol vessel, struck a mine from the German submarine UC-17 off St. Anthony Point, Falmouth.
Born 1898 in Eyemouth. Son of Robert and Elizabeth (Burgon) Paterson of St. Ellas Place, Eyemouth.
Killed by enemy action/Lost at Sea on 21 December 1916 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth.


PRIVATE ALEXANDER PATERSON. S.R.
Alexander Paterson – age 19 – Private (51129) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Alexander had served his apprenticeship in Albert Road in Eyemouth and was working in a store in Leith when he enlisted. He had been in France with his battalion for only a few weeks when his dug-out fell in and he and a comrade were killed.
Born 1898 in Eyemouth. Son of Alexander and Margaret (Collin) Paterson of Eyemouth and of Granton, Edinburgh.
Died on Active Service on 3 November 1917 and buried in Favreuil British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth as RSF.


PRIVATE GEORGE PATERSON. K.O.S.B.
Note: All records show the family name as Patterson.
George Patterson – age 22 – Private (200241) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
George was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB as Private (4355) He was posted to join the 1/4th Battalion in Egypt and was rescued from the sinking of the troopship “Invernia” when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-47 south-east of Cape Matapan, Greece in January 1917. George then served in Palestine where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1894 in Eyemouth. Son of the late George Patterson (died 1894) and of Ellen or Helen (Craig) Patterson of St. Clair's Place, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth.
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PRIVATE JAMES EWART PATERSON. K.O.S.B.
James Ewart Paterson – age 19 – Private (31563) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James had served his apprenticeship at the Commercial Bank of Scotland in Ayton, Berwickshire before he enlisted.
Born 1899 in Eyemouth as James Archibald Ewart Paterson. Son of William Paterson and of Isabella Lugton (Ewart) Paterson of 1 St. Ellas Place, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 30 September 1918 and buried in Ledeghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Commercial Bank of Scotland memorial in Edinburgh.


SEAMAN JOHN PATTERSON. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
John Patterson – age 33 – Trimmer (5167/TS) H.M.S. Gunner, Royal Naval Reserve.
John served his apprenticeship as a sailmaker in Eyemouth. He enlisted in February 1916 and he was posted to the the hired trawler “Wallington” which was operating as a boom defence vessel. He was transferred to HMS Pikin. the shore base at Grimsby, in May 1918 and then to HMS Gunner, the Granton Naval Base near Edinburgh, in June. John died of septicaemia in the R.N. Hospital in Leith, Edinburgh.
Born 1885 in Eyemouth. Son of William and Margaret (Windram) Patterson. Husband of Isabella (Paxton) Patterson, of Glens Buildings, Albert Road, Eyemouth who he married in 1914 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
Died on Service on 25 December 1918 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth


LIEUT. F.W.H. RENTON. B. REGT.
Francis Wallace Home Renton – age 29 – Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment.
Francis was educated at Cargilfield School in Edinburgh and at Sedberg School in Yorkshire (now Cumbria) before becoming a Student of Medicine at Edinburgh University from 1908 to 1910. He had been in Rhodesia when he returned home in November 1913 and had been in Ceylon when he returned home to gain a commission in December 1914. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in September 1915 and he was promoted in January 1916. Francis was killed near Albert.
Born 1887 in Edinburgh. Son of the late Brigade Surgeon Lt. Colonel David Renton M.D. (died 1911) and of Maria Helen (Padbury) Renton of Chester House, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 30 August 1916 and buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth, on the Cargilfield and Sedberg Schools memorials and on the Edinburgh University's Roll of the Fallen.
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PRIVATE DAVID RITCHIE. K.O.S.B.
David Windram Ritchie – age – 19 – Private (7724) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
David was a farm servant at Gunsgreenhill, Eyemouth when he enlisted in December 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 1895 in Eyemouth. Son of David and Jane (Windram) Ritchie of Bursa Court, Church Street, Eyemouth.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church Roll of Honour.


LIEUT. LEONARD D. ROBERTSON, M.C. K.O.S.B.
Leonard Dougal Robertson, Military Cross – age 33 – Lieutenant, 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Leonard served his apprenticeship in Commercial Bank of Scotland in Eyemouth and had for some years been employed by the Anglo-South American Bank in Valpariso, Chile. He returned to the UK and enlisted as Private (2189) in the Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry and was commissioned in the KOSB in September 1915. He joined his battalion in Egypt in April 1916 and served in Palestine where he was killed at El Mughar. Leonard's award of a M.C. was announced in December 1917.
Born 1884 in Eyemouth. Son of the late Jane (Dougal) Robertson (died 1906) and of Provost Alexander Robertson of Market Square, Eyemouth and of Eastfield Cottage, Dunbar, East Lothian.
Killed in Action on 13 November 1917 and buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial
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SEC.LIEUT. ERIC W. WRIGHT SANDISON. R.S.
Eric William Wright Sandison – age 24 – Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to the 15th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Eric was a student at the Armstrong College in Newcastle-on-Tyne and was an engineer when he enlisted as Private (6885) in the Scottish Horse Yeomanry. They sailed to Malta in August 1915 where they converted to dismounted troops and as Private (4026) he landed at Gallipoli in September. However only a few days later he was returned to the UK to take up a commission. He joined his battalion in France in July 1916 but became ill in November and died nine days later in hospital at Wimereaux.
Born 1892 in Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of the late Magnus Sandison (died 1901), and of Mary Helen MacGregor (Wright) Sandison of Highlaws, Eyemouth.
Died on Active Service on 18 November 1916 and buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth and on the Armstrong College memorial.
Eric's father, a senior marine engineer with Armstrong, Whitworth on Tyneside, was lost when the HMS Cobra broke up and sank during sea trials off Cromer, Norfolk.


LT. JOHN SPOUSE, CAN.ENGR.
Note: this name was added to the WW2 Officers Section of the memorial in 2008.
John Spouse – age 47 – Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Canadian Engineers.
By 1881 and after his wife's death, William Spouse, a fishmonger, had moved his family to Tynemouth in Northumberland and by 1891 John was a teacher in training. He was a schoolmaster when he emigrated to Canada in 1910 and he was teaching Mathematics and Science and living at 1154 Gilford Street, Vancouver, British Columbia when he enlisted there as Sapper (506134) in the Canadian Engineers in May 1916. He was at the Engineering Training Centre at St John's in Quebec when he was commissioned in November 1916 and he sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in May 1917. John went to France in January 1918 and joined his battalion in June but he was killed three weeks later.
Born 1871 in Eyemouth. Son of the late William Spouse (died 1892) and of the late Sarah (Gray) Spouse (died 1878) William married Isabella Blount in 1884 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Husband of Margaret (Sturgess) Spouse, of 415 Holly Lodge, Vancouver who he married in 1899 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Killed in Action on 21 July 1918 and buried in Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, France.
Also named on an individual memorial in St. Stephen's Anglican Church in West Vancouver
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MATE DANIEL STOTT. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
Daniel Stott – age 22 – Second Hand (5758DA) H.M.S. Victory, Royal Naval Reserve.
Daniel enlisted in April 1915 and served for some three years until he became ill. He was transferred to HMS Victory, the shore-base at Portsmouth, and he died of pneumonia in the R.N. Hospital at Haslar.
Born 1896 in Eyemouth. Son of the late Alice (Collin) Stott (died 1914) and of James Stott of Mason's Wynd, Eyemouth.
Died on Service on 11 September 1918 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)


SEAMAN JOHN SWANSTON. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
John Swanston – age 21 – Trimmer (2918/TS) H.M.S. Idaho, Royal Naval Reserve.
John enlisted in April 1915 served on the hired drifter “Harvester” until he joined the Admiralty Trawler “James Connor” in October 1917. She was posted to Malta but John contracted influenza there and was evacuated home, transferring to HMS Idaho, the shore base at Milford Haven in South Wales in March 1919. John died of tuberculosis at the family home in Eyemouth.
Born 1896 in Eyemouth as Robert John Swanston. Son of the late James Swanston (died 1899) and Ellen or Helen (Maltman) Swanston of 20 Harbour Road, Eyemouth.
Died on Service on 22 April 1919 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)


SEAMAN JAMES SWINEY. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
James Swiney – age 45 – Trimmer ( 2896/TS) H.M. Drifter Prosperity, Royal Naval Reserve.
James had been a gardener at Netherbyres House, Eyemouth when he enlisted in the Patrol Service on the “Prosperity” in April 1915. He was drowned in the Tyne at South Shields when the drifter “Piscator” foundered after a collision with the Swedish cargo ship “Ring”. James and a number of men from other drifters were on board the “Piscator” collecting stores.
Born 1870 in Eyemouth as James Fair Swiney. Son of the late Peter Swiney (died 1899) and of the late Margaret Dodds (Fair) Swiney (died 1883) Husband of Janet (Armstrong) of High Street and of Renton Terrace, Eyemouth who he married in 1912 in Eyemouth.
Janet's two brothers, John and Richard Armstrong, were killed in the war. (see above)
Died on Service on 2 February 1916 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church Roll of Honour.
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L.CORPL. ROBERT THOMPSON, M.M. S.R.
Robert Thompson, Military Medal – age 32 – Lance Corporal (200962) 5th/6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Robert's father was an engine driver with the North British Railway Company and in 1891 they were in Hawick, Roxburghshire, in 1901 in Berwick-upon-Tweed and from 1911 in Eyemouth. Robert was living in Alloa, Clackmannanshire when he enlisted at the outbreak of war and as Private (8522) he joined his battalion in France in June 1917. He was wounded in October 1917 and was awarded a M.M as 200962 Pte. R. Thompson, Sco. Rif. (Ayton) in April 1918.
Born 1886 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Margaret (Gray) Thompson (died 1911 in Eyemouth) and of Robert Thompson of Eyemouth.
Missing in Action on 3 October 1918 and named on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church Roll of Honour.


SEAMAN JOHN WADDELL. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
John Waddell – age 46 – Engineman (2902/TS) H.M.S. Vivid, Royal Naval Reserve.
John enlisted in April 1915 and he was serving on the hired trawler “Wallington” which was operating as a boom defence vessel, when he became ill in August 1918. He was transferred to “Vivid”, the shore base at Plymouth, and died from a gastric ulcer at the R.N. Hospital there.
Born 1872 in Eyemouth as John Murdoch Waddell. Son of the late Robert Waddell (died 1909) and of Jessie (Rosie) Waddell (died 1897) Husband of Alice (Dougal) Waddell of Glens Buildings, High Street, Eyemouth who he married in 1906 in Eyemouth.
Died on Service on 29 September 1918 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth.


PRIVATE ROBERT WADDELL. A. & S.H.
Robert Waddell – age 22 – Private (12573) 14th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Robert was brought up by his grandfather, Robert, in Eyemouth and he was educated at the Berwickshire High School in Duns before attending Skerry's College in Edinburgh. He held a position in the Board of Agriculture in Edinburgh when he enlisted. Robert landed with his battalion at Le Havre in June 1916.
Born 1894 in Eyemouth. Son of Christina Waddell. Grandson of the late Robert Waddell (died 1909) and his second wife Hannah (Thomson) Waddell of 29 Albert Road, Eyemouth who had married in 1898 in Glasgow.
Hannah was named as his mother and legatee.
Killed in Action on 6 September 1916 and buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth, on the Berwickshire High School memorial and on the Board of Agriculture memorial in St. Andrew's House in Edinburgh.
Robert was the nephew of Seaman John Waddell named above.


PRIVATE JOHN S. WAIT. K.O.S.B.
John Scott Wait – age 20 – Private (566) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
As a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB John was mobilised in August 1914 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 1895 at Abbotrule in Southdean, Roxburghshire as Wait. Son of James and Agnes (Kerr) Wait formerly of Canongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, and of 60 High Street, Eyemouth.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church Roll of Honour, on the Jedburgh War Memorial and on a memorial in Jedburgh Old and Trinity Church.
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PRIVATE ALEXANDER WINDRAM. CAN.F.
Alexander Windram – age 38 – Corporal (790686) 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Alexander worked in the fishing industry before he emigrated to Canada in 1910. He was employed as a steam-fitter at Fraser Mills, New Westminster, British Columbia and was a member of the local militia the 104th Regiment (Westminster Fusiliers of Canada) when he enlisted in New Westminster in February 1916. He sailed with the 131st Battalion from Halifax, Nova Scotia in November 1916 and was posted to the 7th Battalion in France in January 1917.
Born 1881 in Eyemouth as Alexander Aitchison Windram. Son of the late John Windram (died 1881) and of Margaret (Aitchison) Windram of St. Ella's Place, Eyemouth. Husband of Mary (Muir) Windram of Pitt River Road, Fraser Mills, New Westminster who he married in 1905 in Elie, Fife.
Killed in Action on 9 April 1917 and buried in Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, France.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth and on the New Westminster Cenotaph.


SEAMAN JAMES WINDRAM. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
James Windram – age 34 – Deck Hand (5765DA) H.M. Minesweeper Blackmorevale, Royal Naval Reserve.
James enlisted in April 1915 and served on the hired drifter “Mary Maltman”, a net vessel. He transferred to the “Blackmorevale” in April 1918 but was lost two weeks later when she struck a mine off Montrose.
Born 1884 in Eyemouth. Son of the late John Windram (died 1906) Margaret (Cowe) Windram of 8 Chapel Street, Eyemouth. Husband of Agnes (Lough) Windram of 17 George Street, Eyemouth who he married in 1916 in Eyemouth.
Died on Active Service/ Lost at Sea on 1 May 1918 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.


CORPL. JOHN WINDRAM. CAN.F.
John Windram – age 33 – Corporal (629127) 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
John was a fisherman and footballer with Eyemouth Rovers before he emigrated to Canada in 1912. He was working as a millwright at Fraser Mills, New Westminster, British Columbia when he enlisted at Vernon, British Columbia in August 1915. He sailed with his battalion from Montreal in November 1915 and after training in England they landed at Le Havre in August 1916.
Born 1884 at Yard Heads in Eyemouth. Son of Isabella (Windram) Angus of May House, Albert Road, Eyemouth who had married Robert Angus in 1903 in Eyemouth. Husband of Sophia (McKenzie) Windram of Fraser Mills, New Westminster and of Cordova Street, Vancouver who he married in 1905 in Eyemouth.
Missing in Action on 16 March 1917 and named on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth and on the New Westminster Cenotaph.

and his brother – named on this memorial as:

PRIVATE WILLIAM COOPER. CAN.F.
Served as:
William Windram – age 28 – Private (464559) 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
William was a labourer when he enlisted in Vancouver, British Columbia in November 1915. He sailed with the 62nd Battalion from Halifax, Nova Scotia in March 1916 and was posted to the 54th Battalion in France in August 1916. He was wounded in November and evacuated to the 3rd Scottish General Hospital in Glasgow. William rejoined his battalion in France in August 1917 but he was killed a month later.
Born 1889 at Yard Heads, Eyemouth as William Cooper. Son of Andrew Cooper salmon fisher of Berwick-on-Tweed and of Isabella Windram, from 1903 Mrs Robert Angus of May House, Eyemouth. Husband of Jane or Jeanie (Hutchison) Windram of 141 High Street, Dunbar, East Lothian who he married in 1912 in Eyemouth.
In 1918 she became Mrs Robert Marr of 14 Colvin Street, Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 8 September 1917 and named on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial in Eyemouth as Private William Windram - 54th Canadians 6th September 1917.
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LIEUT. JOHN WOOD. K.O.S.B.
John Wood – age 26 – Lieutenant, 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John held a position with the Board of Trade in London when he enlisted. He landed as Private (2091) with the 1/14th Battalion (London Scottish) London Regiment at Le Havre in September 1914 and fought at Messines in October. He was commissioned in the KOSB in May 1915 and joined his battalion at Gallipoli. He then served in Egypt and in Palestine where he was promoted but where he was killed at El Mughar.
Born 1891 in Eyemouth. Son of the late John Wood (died 1916) and Rebecca Jane (Johnston) Wood of Victoria House, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 13 November 1917 and buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.
Also named on the St John's United Free Church memorial


SEAMAN ALEXANDER YOUNG. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
Alexander Collin Young – age 24 – Trimmer (5425TS) H.M. Drifter Piscatorial II, Royal Naval Reserve.
Alexander was a fisherman when he enlisted. He was lost when the “Piscatorial II”, a hired Navy drifter which had been in service since June 1916 as net layer, disappeared off Newhaven, East Sussex.
Also lost were his cousin James Collin, and Robert Crombie and Alexander Lough (see above)
Born 1893 in Eyemouth. Son of the late Archibald Young (died 1913) and of Ellen or Helen (Collin) Young of Quay Side and of St. Ellas Wynd, Eyemouth.
Died on Active Service/Lost at Sea on 28 December 1917 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
Also named on the Eyemouth Congregational Church memorial.



Cousins Andrew and William Young had been crew-mates on the “Christina Craig” when she became a hired Navy drifter in April 1915 as a net layer. She and other drifters were attacked by German destroyers in Dover Straits and she was sunk. Their Skipper, William Collin, and Mate, Robert Cowe, were also lost. (see above)


SEAMAN ANDREW C. YOUNG. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
Andrew Carr Young – age 28 – Deck Hand (5760DA) H.M. Drifter Christina Craig, Royal Naval Reserve.
Born 1890 in Eyemouth. Son of the late John Young (died 1917) and Janet (Cormack) Young, of Masons Wynd, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action/Lost at Sea on 15 February 1918 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church Roll of Honour.


SEAMAN WILLIAM YOUNG. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. T.S.
William Young – age 31 – Deck Hand (5762DA) H.M. Drifter Christina Craig, Royal Naval Reserve.
Born 1886 in Eyemouth. Son of the late William Young and of Margaret (Hamilton) Young of Eyemouth. Husband of Elizabeth (Stevenson) Young of George Street, Eyemouth who he married in 1911 in Eyemouth.
Killed in Action/Lost at Sea on 15 February 1918 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church Roll of Honour.
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F/O./PILOT ALEXANDER S. AITCHISON, R.A.F.V.R.
Alexander Swanston Aitchison – age 22 – Flying Officer (127205) 247 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Alexander was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns before studying science at Edinburgh University. He joined the RAF as soon as he had graduated and was trained to fly in the USA. He was commissioned from Leading Aircraftman (1344174) in August 1942 and he was promoted in February 1943. 247 Squadron had converted to the Hawker Typhoon in January 1943, and had joined the 2nd Tactical Air Force. In February 1944 they were flying offensive sweeps over northern France from RAF Merston in Sussex. Alexander's aircraft crashed near Chateaudun.
Born 1921 in Eyemouth. Son of Alexander and of Alice (Swanston) Aitchison of 6 St. Ebba Road, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 14 February 1944 and buried in Orleans Main Cemetery, France.
Also named on the St. John's Church memorial in Eyemouth, on the Berwickshire High School memorial and on the Edinburgh University Old College memorial.


F.SGT/OBS. JAMES AITCHISON, R.A.F.
James Dougal Aitchison – age 25 – Sergeant (563022) 9 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force. James attended the Berwickshire High School in Duns for about a year before he joined the RAF in 1929. He was the pilot of a Wellington bomber which had taken off from RAF Lossiemouth for a daytime raid on enemy shipping bringing supplies to German troops in Norway. The aircraft was last seen off the Norwegian coast.
Born 1912 in Eyemouth. Son of David and Elizabeth Crombie (Dougal) Aitchison of Helenville, Eyemouth.
Missing in Action on 12 April 1940 and named on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Also named on the St. John's Church memorial in Eyemouth and on the Berwickshire High School memorial.
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A.B. WILLIAM ANDERSON, MERCHANT NAVY.
William Anderson – age 30 – Able Seaman, S.S. Crichtoun (Leith) Merchant Navy.
William was a fisherman and by February 1940 he had joined the Merchant Navy as a deckhand. The “Crichtoun” was in convoy from Leith to London when she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk by a German E-Boat.
Born 1914 in Burnmouth, Ayton, Berwickshire.
Son of the late Mark Anderson (died 1920 in Ayton) and Helen (Wilson) Anderson, and step-son of Hendry Anderson who married Helen in 1921 in Ayton. Husband of Janet Black (Lowrie) Anderson of Eyemouth who he married in 1940 in Eyemouth.
Killed by Enemy Action/Lost at Sea between 18/19 March 1945 and named on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church memorial and on the Ayton Parish War Memorial..


A.B. CHRISTOPHER BORTHWICK, R.N.
Christopher Watson Borthwick – age 29 – Seaman (LT/JX 185816) H.M. Trawler Michael Griffiths. Royal Naval Patrol Service.
Christopher had worked on local boats and on larger trawlers before he enlisted. This was thought to be his first voyage on the Fleetwood based “Michael Griffiths” which had been taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939 and was being used as a mine-sweeper. Christopher drowned at sea.
Born 1910 in Eyemouth. Son of the late Mary (Dougal) Borthwick (died 1938) and of Alexander Watson Borthwick of Hurkur Crescent, Eyemouth.
Died on Active Service on 7 May 1940 and buried in Southport (Duke Street) Cemetery, Lancashire.


P/O WILLIAM BURGON, R.A.F.V.R.
William Walker Burgon – age 24 – Pilot Officer (61962) 74 Squadron, Fighter Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
William was educated at Leighton Park School in Reading before attending Cambridge University from where he graduated B.A. in 1939. He was a management trainee with the Fry's Chocolate Works in Bristol when he joined the RAF and he was commissioned from Leading Aircraftman (1250026) in February 1941. In June 1941 74 Squadron's Spitfires were flying from RAF Gravesend in Kent and William was shot down over the Channel near Dover.
Born 1917 in Eyemouth. Son of John and Isabella (Craig) Burgon of Summerhill, Eyemouth.
Missing in Action on 9 June 1941 and named on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Also named on the St. John's Church memorial in Eyemouth.
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FISHERMAN JAMES R. CHAPMAN.
James Robert Chapman – age 44 – Chief Engineer, Steam Trawler Ben Glamair (North Shields) Fishing Fleet.
The “Ben Glamair” went missing while fishing in the North Sea.
Born 1896 in Lowestoft, Mutford, Suffolk. Son of Charles Henry Chapman and of Isabella (Cooper) Chapman of Lowestoft. Husband of Mary (Aitchison) Chapman of Princes Street, North Shields and of Bursa Court, Church Street, Eyemouth who he married in 1928 in Eyemouth.
Lost at Sea on 17 July 1941 and named on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.


FISHERMAN RICHARD COLLIN.
I cannot trace this man.


GDSM. ROBERT COLLIN, SCOTS GUARDS.
Robert Collin – age 26 – Guardsman (2695231) 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.
Robert joined the Scots Guards in 1940. The 1st Battalion landed at Anzio on 22 January 1944 and faced several German counter attacks in early February.
Born 1918 in Eyemouth as Robert Lough Collin. Son of Andrew and Sarah (Lough) Collin of Upper Houndlaw Park, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 9 February 1944 and buried in Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy.
Also named on the St. John's Church memorial in Eyemouth.


A.B. GEORGE CRAIG, MERCHANT NAVY.
Not listed by CWGC.
George Craig – age 59 – Ship's Cook, S.S. Excell, Merchant Navy.
George had served his apprenticeship as a baker in Coldingham, Berwickshire but he had been a fisherman of 16 High Street, Eyemouth when he accidentally drowned in Kirkwall Harbour in Orkney while serving as a ship's cook.
Born 1881 in Coldingham, Berwickshire. Son of the late John and Isabella (Jones) Craig formerly of Coldingham.
Husband of ?
Both his Death Register and a local newspaper report note that he was married but neither identifies her.
Died on 13 May 1941.
Burial place not known.
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A.B. PETER CRAIG, R.N.
Peter Craig – age 28 – Seaman (LT/JX 192216) H.M.S. Fortitude, Royal Naval Patrol Service.
Peter was a grocer's assistant when he joined the navy. He was killed in a traffic accident at Saltcoats in Ayrshire while waiting for a bus to take him back to HMS Fortitude, the Naval Base at Ardrossan.
Born 1913 in Eyemouth. Son of the late Peter Craig and of Catherine or Katie Cormack (Collin) Craig of 11 Glebe Crescent, Eyemouth.
Died on Service on 20 December 1941 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)


A.B. DAVID DOUGAL, R.N.
David Dougal – age 26 – Seaman (LT/JX 215822) H.M. Trawler Loch Inver, Royal Naval Patrol Service.
David was a fisherman on the “Spes Bona” in Eyemouth when he enlisted. The Hull steam trawler “Loch Inver” was hired by the Royal Navy as an anti-submarine/auxiliary patrol vessel in May 1940. On 24 September she was was posted missing off Harwich.
Born 1915 in Eyemouth. Son of David and Jessie Wilson (Dougal) Dougal. Husband of Alice Charlotte (Venus) Dougal of 4 Chapel Terrace, Eyemouth and of South Shields, County Durham who he married in 1939 in South Shields.
Missing in Action/Lost at Sea on 22 September 1940 and named on the Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk.
Also named on the Eyemouth Congregational Church memorial and on the St. John's Church memorial in Eyemouth.


F.SGT. ROBERT D. FISHBOURNE, R.A.F.V.R.
Robert Dougal Fishbourne – age 24 – Flight Sergeant (1563017) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Robert was employed by the GPO Engineering Department before he joined the RAF in 1942. He trained in Canada in March 1943 and gained his “wings” in October. In 1945 he was a Pilot Instructor at 18 (Pilots) Advanced Training Unit at RAF Snitterfield in Warwickshire. He and his pupil were killed when their Oxford aircraft hit overhead power lines in bad visibility at Market Deeping, Bourne, Lincolnshire.
Born 1921 in Eyemouth. Son of Morrel Rudolph McKenzie Fishbourne and Janet (Dougal) Fishbourne of 7 Market Place, Eyemouth. Husband of Jeanie Young (Wilson) Fishbourne of Brownsbank, Eyemouth who he married in 1944 in Edinburgh.
Died on Active Service on 15 April 1945 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)
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GUNNER JOHN MALTMAN FOXTON, R.A.
I cannot trace this man.
Thanks to information from Will Murray of the Coldstream History Society we now know that, although listed in the WW2 section of the memorial, this man died on service in 1963.

John Maltman Foxton – age 21 – Gunner (23821615) Royal Artillery.
Born 1942 in Eyemouth. Son of George Robert Foxton and of Margaret Cowe (Maltman) Foxton.
Died on Service on 9 August 1963 and buried in Kuala Lumpur Cemetery, Malaya.


DRIVER ROBERT GILLESPIE, R.A.S.C.
Robert John Gillespie � age 42 � Driver (T/14704616) Royal Army Service Corps.
Robert died in hospital in the Wirral, Cheshire.
Born 1902 in Eyemouth. Son of William and Janet (Mackie) Gillespie of Northburn Road, Eyemouth. Husband of Margaret Craig (Patterson) Gillespie of Beach House, Eyemouth who he married in 1926 in Eyemouth.
Died on Service on 23 May 1944 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church memorial.


PTE. THOMAS J. HENDERSON, K.O.S.B.
Thomas James Henderson � age 20 � Private (14327560) �D� Company Headquarters, 7th (Airborne) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Tommy was employed by the Town Clerk in Eyemouth when he enlisted. On the morning of 17 September 1944 the first of over 50 Horsa Gliders carrying troops of the 7th (Airborne) Battalion, KOSB, 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, took off from RAF Down Apney in Gloucestershire and from the nearby RAF Blakehill Farm in Wiltshire. In the early afternoon they began to put down in their designated Landing Zone at Arnhem in the Netherlands. Their task was to clear any enemy from the area and then to defend the Drop Zones for 4 Parachute Brigade, due to arrive the following day. Tommy was buried at Ginkel Heath and was re-interred in August 1945.
Born 1924 in Eyemouth. Son of the late David Henderson (died 1941) and of Violet May (Bane) Henderson of Church Street, Eyemouth.
Killed in Action on 18 September 1944 and buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church memorial.


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SGT./PLT. JAMES F. HUGHES, R.A.F.V.R.
James Finlay Hughes – age 25 – Sergeant (965678) 77 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force.
James was educated at Rutherford College in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and at Berwickshire High School in Duns before the family moved in the mid-1930's to Dunbar in East Lothian where James assisted his father at the Railway Hotel. Later he became manager of Eyemouth Picture House, living with his uncle George Young Hughes of the Whale Inn, Harbour Road, Eyemouth. He joined the RAF in 1939 and he was the pilot of a Whitley bomber which had taken off from RAF Topcliffe in Yorkshire for a raid on Hamburg but the aircraft crashed into the North Sea.
Son of Walter and Mary (Finlay) Hughes of Eyemouth, of Dunbar and of North Berwick. Husband of Margaret Knox (Graham) who he married in March 1941 in Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 2 May 1941 and named on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Also named on the Eyemouth Parish Church memorial, on the Berwickshire High School memorial and on the Dunbar War Memorial.


FISHERMAN WILLIAM JACKSON.
William Jackson – age 51 – Chief Engineer, Fishing Vessel Noreen Mary (Granton) Fishing Fleet.
The trawler “Noreen Mary”, sailing from Ayr via Oban to the fishing grounds, was sunk by gunfire by the German submarine U-247 about 20 miles west of Cape Wrath.
Born 1893 in Glasgow. Son of Cornelious and Elizabeth (Robertson) Jackson.
Husband of Mary Ann (Gillie) Jackson of St. John's House, Church Street, Eyemouth who he married in 1917 in Eyemouth when he was serving as a marine engineer in the Royal Naval Reserve
Killed by enemy action/Lost at Sea on 5 July 1944 and named on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Also named on the St. John's Church memorial in Eyemouth.


COMD. SKIPPER JAMES JAMIESON, R.N.V.R.
James Jamieson – age 58 – Skipper and Temp. Lieutenant (733TS) Royal Naval Patrol Service.
James as (1710SA) had served in the Royal Naval Reserve in WW1. He enlisted as a Skipper (733TS) in September 1940 and commanded the trawler “Northern Light” operating as a mine sweeper out of Aberdeen. He became ill and was diagnosed with heart disease in July 1943. James was discharged from the service as medically unfit in September and he died three weeks later in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Born 1885 in Berwick-on-Tweed. Son of the late James Jamieson (died 1928) and of the late Isabella (Crosbie) Jamieson (died 1934) of Eyemouth. Husband of Henrietta Patterson (Renton) Jamieson of 11 Seafield, Eyemouth who he married in 1911 in Eyemouth.
Died on 25 September 1943 and buried in Eyemouth Cemetery. (CWG)
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