The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Adam Brown · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:21 am Post subject:

Suzebain's excellent photographs from her thread have now been added to the first post of this thread.

Other thread here:

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4133

It has now been locked so all future posts on this memorial can be posted here.

Cheers

Adam

DerekR · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject:

It's an interesting design and certainly takes some following with regards to which names belong to which war.
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suzebain · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 39

The following photo wasn't copied across from my original posting.

DelBoy · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:43 pm Post subject: George not John Tosh

I'm wondering if the John Tosh listed here should really be a George?

A George Tosh was born in the area and worked locally before going off to war with his parents still residing locally, whereas there's few John Tosh's listed on CWGC/SNWM and none have any obvious link to the area.

WW1
George Tosh

(Glasgow Herald 20th April 1915)
"Mrs Tosh, Elizabeth Cottage, Bucksburn, received information yesterday that her son, Private G. TOsh G Company, 6th Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), had died at a bae hospital of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle. Private Tosh, who was 20 years of age, was a worker at Mugiemoss Paper Works."

CWGC
TOSH, GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 752
Date of Death: 15/04/1915
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: A. 7. 21.
Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Additional Information: Son of John and Jean Tosh, of 146, Bankhead Rd., Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire.

SNWM
Surname: TOSH
Firstname: George
Service Number: 752
Date Death: 15/04/1915
Place of birth: Newhills Aberdeenshire
Other: 6th Bn.
SNWM roll: THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:12 pm Post subject:

Derek - the name George Tosh does appear on the memorial (4th photo down on page 1) but I'm not at all sure which conflict this (and other sections) refer to.

Can anyone clarify.....
Am I correct that the WW2 names are those on the "front" buttress panels?
Are there 4 main panels? Are the names on the buttress panels all WW1?
It's quite frustrating trying to makes sense of these photos.
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DelBoy · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:17 pm Post subject:

Ah, good spot Ken.

The photos are a bit jumbled, I think they are WW1 additions those four names.

Derek.

anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:00 am Post subject: John M Strachan

John M Strachan Pte 2426 5th Gordon Highlanders b Newhills e Ellon Age 20 Killed in Action F & F 01-Aug-16 Eldest son of George Strachan, 4 Prospect Terr; Stoneywood. Mother Helen. 1901 Census: Sclattie, Newhills. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval Fr 0432 Plot X Row A Grave 32 ADJ 28-10-16 RoH
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anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:26 am Post subject: Charles Allardyce Ross

Charles Allardyce Ross Pte 874 6th Gordon Highlanders b Newhills e Bucksburn Age 20 Killed in Action F & F 25-Sep-15 Son of James & Mary Ann Ross, 158 Bankhead Rd; Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire. 1901 Census: 18 1/2 Bankhead, Newhills. Father's Occ: Paper Mill Worker. Loos Memorial M. R. 19 Panel 115 to 119
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anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:44 am Post subject: James Brand Shand

James Brand Shand L/cpl 2241 57th Australian Infantry b Stoneywood e Melbourne, VIC Age 23 Killed in Action F & F 06-Apr-18 Son of John & Isabella Hutcheon Shand, 153 Stoneywood Rd; Bucksburn. (Waterton Cottage). Em papers: Occ: Storekeeper. Warehouseman. Villers-Bretonneux Memorial M. R. 26 57th Bn
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anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:46 am Post subject: Alexander McRobbie Fraser Silver

Alexander McRobbie Fraser Silver Pte 2013 MM Royal Army Medical Corps b Newhills Died 15-Feb-19 Son of James Silver of 114 Auchmill Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire. 1901 Census: b 1895. 75 Auchmill Road: Foster son. City Roll of Honour. Aberdeen (Grove) Cemetery City & Newhills
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anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:48 am Post subject: William Simpson

William Simpson Pnr 220974 303rd Royal Engineers Road Con Coy b Newmachar e Aberdeen Age 29 Killed in Action F & F 17-Nov-17 Youngest son of Peter & Jane Cowie Simpson, Newmachar. Also Farmer, Backhill, Fintray. Husband of Annie Collie Simpson, 6 Market St; Stoneywood, Bucksburn. Solferino Farm Cemetery, Brielen B 025 Plot II Row A Grave 44 ADJ 28-11-17 1/1 Fintray & Newhills
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anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:52 am Post subject: Alexander Smith

Alexander Smith Pte 308514 14th Canadian Inf (Quebec Regt) b Aberdeenshire 26/07/1885 e Montreal Age 33 Died F & F 09-Aug-18 NoK Alexander Smith, 3 Newton Terr; Bucksburn. Occ: Mason. Manitoba Cemetery, Caix Fr 0693 Row D Grave 10
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anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:55 am Post subject: Thomas Grant Smith

Thomas Grant Smith Pte 66215 24th Canadian Inf (Quebec Regt) b Aberdeen 12/05/1887 e Montreal Age 28 Killed in Action F & F 15-Oct-15 Son of Mr & Mrs Smith, Albert Cottage, Newton Terr; Bucksburn. Victoria Rifles. Occ Soldier. La Laiterie Military Cemetery B 060 Plot X Row D Grave 8 BO 17-10-16 Page 4 In Memoriam
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anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:56 am Post subject: Alexander Stuart

Alexander Stuart Pte 1389 6th Gordon Highlanders b Tough e Alford Killed in Action F & F 30-Jul-16 Husband of Mary Hay Stuart, 126 Greenburn Rd; Bankhead, Aberdeenshire. Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt Fr 0188 Plot I Row F Grave 64
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anne park · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:58 am Post subject: William Gray Sutherland

William Gray Sutherland Pte 268260 1st Black Watch b New Mills, Dyce 07/03/1888 e Aberdeen Age 30 Killed in Action F & F 04-Nov-18 City Roll of Honour: 4 Schoolhill, Woodside. Son of James Sutherland & Maggie Gray. Formerly 6672 Scottish Horse. Husband of Christina Thomson. Vis-En-Artois Memorial M. R. 16 Panel 07 City & Newhills
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