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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: HENDERSON, BENJAMIN HALL BLYTH
Initials: BHB
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Bn
Date of Death: 18/6/1918
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of David and Margaret Henderson, of 4, Leslie St., Pollokshields, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: V B 66
Cemetery: Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery

Also named on Peebles War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: KNAPP, ANDREW
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 19356
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 16th Bn
Date of Death: 30/11/1916
Age: Son of Agnes Knapp, of Church St., Inverkeithing, Fife, and the late John Knapp. Native of Dunfermline.
Grave Reference: IV C 27
Cemetery: Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier

Also named on Peebles and Inverkeithing War Memorials.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: LORIMER, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 14103
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 25/9/1916
Age: 27
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 7D
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial

Also named on Peebles War Memorial.

In his book, "Life and Times in the Upper Tweed Valley", Andrew Lorimer, who spent much of his life in the area, recalls recalls his brother, Jim's, last visit home: "... my brother Jim had joined the Scots Guards, a regiment so depleted that most of the new recruits had to be found south of the Border. After much intensive training it was fairly evident that the regiment was intended for what was spoken of as 'the great push' and Jim came home on a short leave. He had brought with him two 'double' records. The first had 'Roses of Picardy' on one side and 'Genevieve' on the other. The second was entirely different with Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song' and Schubert's 'Serenade'. Avoiding going out to meet former acquaintances, Jim spent much of his time playing his favourite records over and over again and holding long, quiet conversations with my mother, which I was not allowed to share. Looking back, it was evident that he did not expect to return from France, a premonition that proved only too true, and he did not survive the bloody battlefield slaughter of the Somme. Somehow the gramaphone lost its appeal as it evoked too many memories and after Jim's death was not brought out so often."


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MURRAY, A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 55260
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps
Date of Death: 11/6/1919
Grave Reference: 623
Cemetery: Peebles Cemetery

Also named on Peebles War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: RENWICK, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 43849
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 11th Bn
Date of Death: 23/3/1918
Age: 23
Additional Information: Son of John Renwick, of Ford Cottage, Drumelzier, Broughton, Peeblesshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 13 and 14
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial

Also named on Peebles War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: ROSS, ROBERT THOMAS
Initials: RT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 5th Bn
Date of Death: 29/9/1918
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Agnes Ross, of Glasphein, Staffin, Skye, and the late William Ross.
Grave Reference: III E 17
Cemetery: Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe

Also named on Oban and Peebles War Memorials and the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: SCOTT, AD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 40734
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd Bn
Awards: MM
Date of Death: 20/6/1918
Age: 23
Additional Information: Son of William and Agnes Scott, of Kirkgate, Douglas, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: I D 11
Cemetery: Berlin South-Western Cemetery

Also named on Peebles and Douglas (S Lanarkshire) War Memorials.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: THORBURN, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery, Forth Garrison, attd Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death: 11/2/1917
Age: 31
Additional Information: Husband of Jean Thorburn, of 46, Strathearn Rd., Edinburgh.
Grave Reference: XVI A 21
Cemetery: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez

and his brother:

Name: THORBURN, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Private
Service Number: 241
Regiment/Service: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Date of Death: 22/3/1915
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of William and Agnes Macdougal Smith Thorburn of Hearthstanes, Tweedsmuir, Broughton, Peebleshire. Born at Edinburgh.
Grave Reference: S 271
Cemetery: Edinburgh (Newington or Echo Bank) Cemetery

Both are also named on Peebles War Memorial. William Thorburn is also named on George Watson's College Memorial.

In his book, "Life and Times in the Upper Tweed Valley", Andrew Lorimer, who spent much of his life in the area, recalls recalls William Thorburn: "At Hearthstane [Lorimer's home farm] we came face to face quite soon with the sadness and sacrifices which had to be endured. Our employer's eldest son, Billy Thorburn, was in Canada on a sheep ranch when the call for volunteers was made. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at once and arrived at Hearthstane on embarkation leave. We boys admired his uniform and the ease with which he spoke to everyone and looked forward to the time he would take over the farm. It seemed that he had hardly left for France before the news came that he had been killed in action. The rest of the Thorburn family were soon involved, with Jamie flying, Robert at sea and Vincent in the army."


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: WILSON, JOHN LAW
Initials: JL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 359767
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 9th Bn
Date of Death: 25/5/1917
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Benjamin and Isabella Law Wilson, of Kingledores, Broughton, Peeblesshire.
Grave Reference: D 17
Cemetery: Roeux British Cemetery

Also named on Peebles War Memorial
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: RAE, WILLIAM CHISHOLM
Initails: WC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 2764417
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 5th Bn
Date of Death: 11/7/1944
Age: 23
Additional Information: Son of Robert McMorran Rae and Jean Chisholm Rae, of Moffat, Dumfriesshire.
Grave Reference: III A 14
Cemetery: Ranville War Cemetery

Also named on Peebles War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: TWEEDIE, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: M2/052610
Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps, 621st Coy
Date of Death: 5/12/1916
Age: 40
Additional Information: Son of the late Alexander Gladstone and the late Jane Tweedie, of Edinburgh.
Grave Reference: Z57
Cemetery: Edinburgh (Grange) Cemetery.

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