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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CHRIS. ROBERTSON – name added to the memorial in October 2019.
Christopher Robertson – age 30 – Gunner (47850) 35th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Christopher had come to Kelty in Fife some years earlier and was a miner living with his family at Keltyhill Road, when he enlisted in November 1914. He landed with his battery in France in September 1915.
Born 1886 in Dunbar. Son of the late Adam Robertson (died 1894) and of the late Margaret (Gullen) Robertson (died 1897) of Dunbar. Husband of Isabella (Beveridge) Robertson who he married in 1908 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Died of Wounds on 21 May 1916 and buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Kelty War Memorial.


W.B. ROBERTSON
William Beaufort Robertson – age 22 – Lance Corporal (1779) 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
William had been serving with the 2nd Black Watch for five years. In August 1914 they were at Bareilly in India and moved to France, landing at Marseilles on 12 October 1914. William was invalided home in early 1915 and was posted to the 1st Black Watch when he had recovered.
Born 1892 in Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of George and Hannah Robertson of Bilsdean, Oldhamstocks, Berwickshire and of Lawson Place, Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 13 October 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Oldhamstocks Parish War Memorial.


RALPH S. RUSSELL
Ralph Scott Russell – age 29 – Private (19351) 16th Battalion (2nd Edinburgh) Royal Scots.
Ralph was an assistant greenkeeper living at Gibson Terrace in Edinburgh when he enlisted in November 1914. He landed with his battalion at Le Havre in January 1916 but he was killed seven months later during the first day of the battle of the Somme.
Born 1887 in Bunkle & Preston, Berwickshire. Son of Thomas and Mary (Scott) Russell of Hedderwick Links, Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 1 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SINCLAIR B. RUTHERFORD
Not listed by CWGC.
Sinclair Black Rutherford – age 22 – Private (44801) Royal Army Medical Corps.
Sinclair was an apprentice upholsterer living with his family at Moat Terrace, South Bridge in Edinburgh when he enlisted as Private (839) in the Territorial 4th Royal Scots in March 1909. He was discharged in November 1913 to join the 11th Hussars as Private (10390) but he was injured in January 1914 and was discharge from the army in April. He re-enlisted as Private (44801) in the Royal Army Medical Corps in October 1914 and was posted to the 33rd Field Ambulance but he was judged, due to his previous injury, to be not likely to become an efficient soldier and he was discharged in April 1915. Sinclair died of tuberculosis at the Malting House, Shore Street, Dunbar.
Born 1892 in Edinburgh. Son of John and Marion (Black) of the Malting House, Dunbar.
Died on 9 July 1915.


GEORGE A. SCOTT
George Archibald Scott – age 40 – Private (45718) 10th (Works) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
George was transferred as Private (175468) to the 258th Area Employment Company, 4th Labour Battalion, Labour Corps when it was formed in April 1917. Sometime after that he went to France but he died in the 14th Stationary Hospital at Wimille.
Born 1878 in Dunbar. Son of George and Jane Bruce (Heugh) Scott of 97 High Street, Dunbar. Husband of Ellen Elizabeth (Elliot) Scott of Oldhamstocks, Berwickshire who he married in 1901 in Edinburgh.
Died on Active Service on 19 August 1918 and buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France.
Also named on the Oldhamstocks Parish War Memorial.


ROBERT SHIELL
Robert Shiell – age 19 – Private (31326) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots.
Born 1899 in Belhaven, Dunbar. Son of Robert and Janet (White) Shiell of Duke Street, West Barns, Dunbar.
Killed in Action on 4 May 1918 and buried in Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, France.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JAMES H. SMITH
James Huntly Smith, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal – age 23 – Lance Corporal (G/3961) 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
In 1911 James, aged 15, was an outworker living as the adopted son of James and Jane (Robertson) Smith of Customs House Square, Dunbar. He landed in France with the 8th Battalion of the Buffs in August 1915. He was serving with the 1st Battalion when he was awarded a M.M. in August 1917 and he was awarded a D.C.M. as G/3961 L/Cpl. J. Smith, M.M., 1st Bn., E. Kent R. (Peckham) for “Near Fresnoy, on 18th September, 1918, when the leading wave was held up and forced to withdraw a short distance, he voluntarily remained behind to dress four wounded men under very severe machine gun and rifle fire, crawling back to our lines to notify their position to the company stretcher-bearers. Later he returned to battalion headquarters on five occasions, each time through hostile shell fire, and was able to give a clear and valuable account of the situation to his company officer. Throughout the operations he showed initiative, resource and personal gallantry
Born 1895 in Edinburgh as James Smith Huntly. Son of Janet Huntly. Husband of Edith Maud Pricilla (Barrett) Smith who he married in 1918 in Peckham, Camberwell, London. In 1922 she married William Quarrell in Camberwell.
Killed in Action on 29 October 1918 and buried in Landrecies British Cemetery, France.


ROBERT SMITH
Robert Smith – age 21 – Private (8456) 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Robert was a butcher in Dunbar when he enlisted. He joined his battalion in France in October 1915. Originally posted as missing his remains were recovered from the battlefield after the war.
Born 1895 in Dunbar. Son of Thomas and Jane (Marr) Smith of Victoria Street, Dunbar.
Killed in Action on 18 August 1916 and buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.

and his brother

THOMAS SMITH

Robert's brother Thomas reportedly died some time before Robert in an accident while serving with the Army Service Corps but I cannot trace. Possibly pre-war?
Born 1892 in Dunbar as Thomas Robert Smith.


WILLIAM SMITH
I cannot trace this man.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JOHN STEWART
John Stewart – age 34 – Corporal (69523) 226th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
John was a gardener at Belhaven House, Dunbar when he enlisted in December1915. He was mobilised in February 1916 and landed with his battery at Le Havre in December 1916.
Born 1884 in Clunie, Perthshire. Son of William and Margaret (Thomson) Stewart of The Lodge, Belhaven House.
Killed in Action on 31 October 1918 and buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Belgium.


PETER STEWART
Peter Litster Stewart – age 18 – Private (962) 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Peter was a member of the local Territorial 8th Royal Scots and he was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Le Havre in November 1914.
Born 1896 in Dunbar. Son of Peter and Margaret Mackay (Litster) Stewart of Bridge Cottage, West Barns, Dunbar.
Died of Wounds on 11 June 1915 and buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.


PERCIVAL SUDWORTH – name added to the memorial in October 2019.
Percival Sudworth, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Meritorious Service Medal – age 49 – Regimental Sergeant Major (D/20758) 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) attached to the Lanarkshire Yeomanry.
Percival enlisted as Private (3288) in the 2nd Dragoons in December 1888. He served in the South African War where as a Sergeant he was awarded a DCM in 1902. After he had returned from South Africa in 1904 he held various training roles and was attached to the Lanarkshire Yeomanry when he came to Dunbar in May 1916. Percival was in Strabane in Ireland when he died from heart failure. He was awarded a MSM for his services in 1919.
Born 1867 in Wigan, Lancashire. Son of the late James Sudworth (died 1902) and of Emily Williams) Sudworth (died March 1919) Husband of Emma Maria (Mills) Sudworth of 12 North Street, Belhaven, Dunbar who he married in 1895 in Petham, Bridge, Kent. Emma died in December 1919 and is buried with Percival.
Died on Service on 16 January 1919 and buried in Dunbar Cemetery. (CWG)
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ALEX. J. TAIT
Alexander James Tait – age 19 – Private (40473) 1/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Alexander enlisted as Private (255877) in the Army Service Corps and was posted to the Lancashire Fusiliers.
Born 1898 in Dunbar. Son of Alexander and Alison Miller (Paxton) Tait, of Rockmount, Dunbar.
Killed in Action on 29 March 1918 and buried in Couin New British Cemetery, France.


DAVID J. THOMSON
David James Thomson – age 24 – Private (325184) 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots.
David was a farm labourer at East Barns, Dunbar when he enlisted as Private (980) in the local Territorial 8th Royal Scots in March 1914 and he was mobilised in August 1914. He joined the 1/8th Battalion in France in December 1914 but he was wounded in February 1915 and he was evacuated home in July. David returned to his battalion in March 1916.
Born 1893 in Dunbar. Son of Thomas Craig Thomson and of Jessie (Hendry) Thomson of East Barns, Dunbar.
Died of Wounds on 12 July 1917 and buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium

DAVID J. THOMSON – this name was added to the memorial in October 2019 but it seems to be the same man as above.


ALFRED E. TURNBULL – name added to the memorial in October 2019.
Alfred Edward Turnbull – age 32 – Surgeon, H.M.S. Cressy, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Alfred was a student of medicine at Edinburgh University from where he graduated MB and ChB in 1907. He became a Resident at the Royal Infirmary in 1908 and was appointed a Surgeon in the RNVR in 1912. He married in 1912 and about that time moved to Faringdon, Berkshire where he was in practice when war broke out. Alfred joined the cruiser “Cressy” in August 1914 but the cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U9 while on patrol off the Hook of Holland.
Born 1882 in Dunbar. Son of the late Isabella Ann (Kirkwood) Turnbull (died 1883) and of Phipps Turnbull, and step-son of Jessie Isabella (Smith) Turnbull of West Pinkerton, Dunbar who married in 1889 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Husband of Sarah (Challinor) Turnbull who he married in 1912 in Rhayader, Radnorshire, Wales.
Killed in Action/Lost at Sea on 22 September 1914 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
Also named on the Faringdon War Memorial and on the Edinburgh University Old College memorial and Roll of the Fallen.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JAMES TURNBULL
James Turnbull – age 21 – Lance Corporal (11154) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James was serving with the 1st KOSB at Lucknow in India in August 1914. They sailed for Egypt in November before moving to England in December. They sailed again in March 1915 and landed at Cape Helles on Gallipoli on 25 April.
Born 1894 in Dunbar. Son of John and Marjorie (Allan) Turnbull of 3 Castlegate, Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 28 June 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.


ALEX. M. VASSIE
Alex Marcus Vassie – age 31 – Sergeant (22334) 72nd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Alex served his apprenticeship as a joiner in Dunbar and by 1911 he was a Bombardier serving in the RGA in India. He landed with his battery at Basra in Mesopotamia in December 1915
Born 1886 in Ferozepore, India. Son of Regimental Sergeant Major Henry James Vassie and of Mary Ann (Marshall) Vassie of Rose Villa, Belhaven, Dunbar and of The Standards, Boathouse, Dunbar.
Died of Wounds on 21 March 1917 and buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.

and his brother

CHARLES E. VASSIE

Charles Edward Vassie – age 21 – Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Charles was a student at at St Chad’s Hostel in Hooton Pagnell, near Doncaster when he enlisted as Private (6730) in August 1914 but he was discharged in October as unlikely to become an efficient soldier due to his poor eyesight. He went up to Durham University in 1915 as a Theology student at St Chad’s Hall, and he was a member of the Officer Training Corps. He gained a commission in January 1916, joining his battalion in France in June but he was killed two weeks later on the first day of the battle of the Somme.
Born 1895 in Dunbar. Son of Regimental Sergeant Major Henry James Vassie and of Mary Ann (Marshall) Vassie of Rose Villa, Belhaven, Dunbar and of The Standards, Boathouse, Dunbar.
Killed in Action on 1 July 1916 and buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.
Also named on the in St Chad’s College chapel memorial in Durham University.
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JAMES VEITCH
James Veitch – age 31 – Private (325401) 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots.
James was living at 12 High Street, Dunbar when he enlisted as Private (1494) in the local Territorial 8th Royal Scots in October 1914. He joined the 1/8th Battalion in France in August 1915. He was wounded in July 1916 and again three months later when he was evacuated to the Eastern General Hospital in Brighton. James rejoined his battalion in France in May 1917. He was killed near Jonchery-sur-Vesle and re-interred in October 1919.
Born 1887 in Dunbar. Son of the late Joan (Brunton) Veitch (died 1887) and of John Veitch, and step-son of Agnes (Gibson) Veitch of Dunbar who married in 1895 in Dunbar.
Killed in Action on 23 July 1918 and buried in Marfaux British Cemetery, France.


GEORGE W. WARREN
I cannot trace this man.


SIR GEORGE JOHN SCOTT WARRENDER, BART.
Sir George John Scott Warrender, 7th Baronet. – age 56 – Vice Admiral, Royal Navy.
Knight Commander of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
From thepeerage.com
Commissioned, in the service of the Royal Navy. He fought in the Zulu War in 1879. He gained the rank of Captain. He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.). He was invested as a Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.). He fought in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He succeeded to the title of 7th Baronet Warrender, of Lochend, Dunbar Haddingtonshire on 13 June 1901. He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1902. He was Aide-de-Camp to HM King Edward VII between 1907 and 1908. He was Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station between 1907 and 1909. He was commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron between 1910 and 1912. He was Commander-in-Chief of Devonport in 1916.
Born 1860 in Edinburgh. Son of Sir George Warrender (died 1901) and Helen Purves-Hume-Campbell (died 1875) Husband of Lady Ethel Maud (Ashley-Cooper) Warrender who he married in 1894 in London.
Died on 8 January 1917 and named at Golders Green Crematorium, London. (CWG)
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WILLIAM WATSON
William Watson – age 22 – Private (352481) 11th Battalion, Royal Scots.
William was resident in Leith when he enlisted as Private (5812) in the 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots. He joined the battalion in France before he transferred ti the 11th Battalion.
Born 1896 in Dunbar. Son of Henry and Annie (Paxton) Watson of 56 Victoria Street, Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 10 April 1918 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.


WILLIAM WATT
Not listed by CWGC.
William Kellie Watt – age 25 – Driver (T4/036710) Army Service Corps.
William was a grocer's van man living at 15 High Street, Dunbar when he enlisted in December 1914. He joined the 73rd Field Ambulance in France as a driver in September 1915 and served until March 1916 when he became ill and he was evacuated home. He was discharged from the army in May 1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge (10360). William had been working as a grocer when he died of tuberculosis at Woodville Terrace, Victoria Street, Dunbar.
Born 1894 in Haddington, East Lothian. Son of the late William Watt (died 1900) and of Helen (Kellie) Watt of 74 High Street, Dunbar.
Died on 22 July 1919.


RICHARD D. WELSH – name added to the memorial in July 2021.
Richard Donaldson Welsh – age 34 – Private (75960) 6th Canadian Brigade H.Q.
Richard was an engineer when he enlisted in Vancouver, British Columbia in November 1914. He sailed from Montreal with the 29th Battalion in May 1915 and landed in France in September. He was transferred to Brigade HQ to be a groom to a Staff Officer in September 1917. Richard died of influenza and pneumonia in the 7th General Hospital at Wimereaux.
Born 1885 in Spott, Haddingtonshire/East Lothian as Richard. Son of the late Janet Hunter (Hynde) Welsh (died 1917) and of Robert of Tyninghame, Haddingtonshire.
Died on Service on 25 February 1919 and buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France.

and his brother

WILLIAM S. WELSH
– name added to the memorial in July 2021.
William Scott Welsh – age 37 – Private (255230) 3rd Canadian Machine Gun Corps
William was a barman living in Meskanaw, Saskatchewan with his family when he enlisted in the 210th Battalion at Port Albert in May 1916. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in April 1917 and was posted to the CMGC in France in March 1918. William was wounded in a gas attack in October 1918 and wounded again in November and died in the 9th Canadian Field Ambulance.
Born 1881 in Dunbar. Son of the late Janet Hunter (Hynde) Welsh (died 1917) and of Robert of Tyninghame, Haddingtonshire. Husband of Gertrude Lyle (Hamilton) Welsh who he married in 1906 in Saskatchewan. In December 1919 she became Mrs. R. Breimon of Kinistino, Saskatchewan.
Died of Wounds on 10 November 1918 and buried in Jemappes Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MALCOLM R. WINGATE
Malcolm Roy Wingate, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Croix de Guerre with palm (France) – age 24 – Brevet Major 459th Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Malcolm was educated at Winchester College before entering the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1911. He was commissioned in December 1912 and went to France in August 1914. He was awarded a MC in February 1915 and a DSO in March as Lieutenant Malcolm Roy Wingate, 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers. “For conspicuous gallantry on numerous
occasions under dangerous conditions, especially at Givenchy on 27th January, 1915, when he led a small party and blew in the head of the enemy's sap at the White House
.” He was promoted to Captain in 1915 and later was given command of 459 Field Company. On 1 January 1918 he received the Brevet rank of Major.
Born 1893 in Newton Abbot, Devon. Son of General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Bart., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., K.C.M.G., D.S.O., (Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery) and of Lady Wingate, D.B.E. (Catherine Leslie Rundle) of Knockenhair, Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 21 March 1918 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Winchester College memorial and Roll of Honour.


THOMAS YOUNG
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1939 - 1945

ROBERT G. AMOS
Robert Glass Amos – age 19 – Sergeant (1550957) 102 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Robert was a pilot on a Halifax bomber which had taken off from RAF Pocklington in Yorkshire for a raid on Aachen but the aircraft crashed near the target. He was re-interred at Rheinberg in August 1946.
Born 1923 in Dunbar. Son of Alexander and Isabella Porteous (Glass) Amos of West Barnes, Dunbar.
Killed in Action on 14 July 1943 and buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany


WILLIAM ARCHIBALD
William Archibald – age 18 – Private (14554271) 8th Battalion, Royal Scots.
The 8th Battalion landed in Normandy on 16 June 1944 and were in action to the west of Caen in July. William's death was registered in Southampton so it would seem that he was evacuated to hospital there.
Born 1925 in Whitekirk & Tyninghame, East Lothian. Son of Gavin Burgess Archibald and Helen Douglas (Dickman) Archibald of West Barns, Dunbar.
Died of Wounds on 4 July 1944 and buried in Dunbar Cemetery. (CWG)


RICHARD BARBER
Richard Barber – age 33 – Lance Corporal (2699280) Scots Guards.
Richard was an assistant flesher in Dunfermline, Fife when he married in 1934 and he was a butcher living at 28 Boroughdales, Dunbar in 1940. He was killed near Bois de Homme and was re-interred in April 1946.
Born 1911 in Dunfermline, Fife. Son of Alexander and Gertrude (Fowler) Barber. Husband of Jean or Jane Wilson (Hunter) Barber of Dunfermline who he married in 1934 in Dunfermline.
Killed in Action on 1 August 1944 and buried in Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Dunfermline WW2 War Memorial.
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EDGAR S. BEEVERS
Edgar Sanderson Beevers – age 26 – Corporal (917510) 1st The Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps.
Edgar was killed in a flying accident at the No.1 Glider Training School at RAF Croughton, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Born 1916 in Coldingham, Berwickshire. Son of Charles Edgar Beevers and of Jane Elizabeth Anderson (Munro) Beevers of High Street, Dunbar.
He is buried with his brother Charles Edgar Beevers, formerly Royal Engineers, who was accidentally killed at work in East Linton on 21 January 1947.
Died on Active Service on 17 August 1942 and buried in Dunbar Cemetery. (CWG)


WILLIAM B. BLAIR
William Burton Blair – age 29 – Lance Bombardier (982191) 155 (The Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
William was a commercial traveller when he enlisted. He was made a prisoner of war at the fall of Singapore in February 1942. He was sent to work in the Kinkaseki copper mine on Formosa and he died there. William was re-interred in Hong Kong in July 1947.
Born 1915 in Dunbar. Son of Peter Cunningham Blair and Florence May (Burton) Blair of High Street, Dunbar. Husband of Margaret Innes (Black) Blair of 1 Seafield Crescent, Belhaven, Dunbar who he married in 1940 in Edinburgh.
Died on Service on 6 February 1945 and buried in Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China.


GEORGE C. BRUNTON
George Charles Brunton – age 21 – Aircraftman 1st Class (619702) Royal Air Force
George was lost overboard from a Hospital ship and drowned.
Born 1920 in Dunbar. Son of George and Charlotte Mary (Kerr) Brunton of Dunbar.
Died on Active Service on 25 November 1941 and named on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
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WILLIAM BURNS
William Burns – age 22 – Sergeant (3022679) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
William was the Flight Engineer on a Lancaster bomber of 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit which had taken off from RAF Wigsley in Nottinghamshire for a cross-country training exercise but the aircraft was presumed lost over the Irish Sea.
Born 1922 in Hutton, Berwickshire. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Burns of Oxwellmains, Dunbar.
Died on Service on 5 February 1945 and named on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.


SAMUEL CAMERON
Samuel Cameron – age 37 – Sergeant (761902) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots.
The 1st Royal Scots arrived in India in the summer of 1942 and fought in Burma and India. Samuel was killed during the battle at Kohima.
Born 1907 in Dunbar as Samuel Alexander Cameron. Son of John and Elizabeth Jane (Stenhouse) Cameron of Dunbar. Husband of Jean McLeod (Punton or Smith) Cameron of Dunbar who he married in 1938 in Dunbar.
Killed in Action on 28 May 1944 and buried in Kohima War Cemetery, India.


COLIN CAMPBELL
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JOHN M. CLARKE – name added on a new panel on the memorial in October 2019.
John Minto Clarke – age 35 – Staff Sergeant (1422511) Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
John had joined the army when he was 16 and had over 19 years of service. In 1932 when he married, John was an artificer in the 2nd (Minden) Field Battery of the Royal Artillery. John was living with his family on Malta when he was killed during an air raid.
Born c.1907 in India. Son of Ernest Henry Clarke and of Ada Florence (Hogg) Clarke of Granco Street, Dunning, Perthshire. Husband of Margaret Isabel (Gordon) Clarke of Dunbar who he married in 1932 in Dunning, Perthshire.
Killed in Action on 10 April 1942 and buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.
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JOHN G. COOK
John George Cook – age 33 – Gunner (808666) 11 (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery.
John was a full-time artillery man who had served in India in the mid 1930's. He died of infected shrapnel wounds in the Edenhall Hospital, Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian.
Born in 1912 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as John George Fulcher. Son of the late Charles Fulcher and of the late Annie (Moore) Fulcher. Husband of Catherine Main (Herkes) Cook of Summerfield Road, Dunbar who he married in 1940 in Dunbar as John George Cook, Gunner, Royal Artillery, based in Salisbury.
Died of Wounds on 27 August 1945 and buried in Dunbar Cemetery. (CWG)


WILLIAM CRARER
William Crarer – age 29 – First Radio Officer, S.S. Belcrest (London) Merchant Navy.
The “Belcrest” was sailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Newport, South Wales with a cargo of steel when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-101 in mid Atlantic.
Born 1911 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire. Son of the late George Panton Crarer (died 1915 in Turriff) and of Mary (Morton) Crarer of Viewfield, Dunbar. Mary came to live in Dunbar in the 1930's.
Killed by enemy action/Lost at Sea on 15 February 1941 and named on the Tower Hill Memorial, London


EDWARD DANN
Edward William Dann – age 34 – Private (1020138) Gordon Highlanders and Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Edward became a prisoner of war at Dunkirk and was taken to Stalag XXA at Torun (Thorn), south of Malbork (formerly known as Marienburg) in Poland. He was re-interred in November 1948.
Born 1905 in Dunbar. Son of George Ernest Dann and Katherine (Brennan) Dann of Dunbar. Husband of Jessie Campbell (Myers) Dann of Kingsclere, Hampshire who he married in 1934 in Leith, Edinburgh.
Died on Service on 22 August 1940 and buried in Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland.
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WILLIAM E. DAVIES – name added on a new panel on the memorial in October 2019.
William Edward Davies – age 25 – Private (3193742) 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William drowned in the River Tay near Delvine in the district of Caputh.
Born 1919 in Prestwich, Manchester. Son of the late William Edward Davies (died 1930) and of the late Alzina (Bamford) Davies (died 1942) of Ashton. Lancashire. Husband of Margaret Millar (Marr) Davies of 9 Castle Cottage, New Harbour, Dunbar who he married in 1943 in Edinburgh.
Died on Service on 24 June 1944 and buried in Alyth Cemetery, Perthshire.


STEWART McI. DONALDSON
Stewart McIntyre Donaldson – age 31 – Corporal (2592789) Eighth Army Signals, Royal Corps of Signals.
Tripoli was an important Axis base until taken by Montgomery's forces on 23 January 1943.
Born 1912 in Dunbar. Son of the late James Donaldson (died 1935) and of Eliza (Menzies) Donaldson of Seaview, Dunbar. Husband of Susanna Simpson (Brown) Donaldson who he married in 1940 in Whitburn, West Lothian.
Died of Wounds on 14 January 1943 and buried in Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya.


ANDREW H. DORES
Andrew Hastie Dores – age 32 – Seaman (LT/JX 190083) H.M. Motor Launch 1154, Royal Naval Patrol Service.
HMML 1154 hit a mine and sank at Bizerta, Tunisia.
Born 1911 in Dunbar. Son of Andrew Thomson Dores and Elizabeth Veitch (Hastie) Dores of Dunbar. Husband of Janet (Gullane) Dores of Dunbar who he married in 1934 in Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 14 May 1943 and named on the Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk.
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WILLIAM McL. DORES
William McLaren Dores – age 20 – Able Seaman (D/JX 223640) H.M.S. Niger, Royal Navy.
The minesweeper “Niger” was part of a convoy escort when in poor visibility she ran into the British-laid minefield off Iceland. Five ships from the convoy were also sunk.
Born 1922 in Dunbar. Son of William McLaren Dores and Margaret A. McLean (Thomson) Dores, of West Barns, Dunbar.
Missing in Action/Lost at Sea on 6 July 1942 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.


WILLIAM J. FAIRBAIRN
William John Fairbairn – age 23 – Ordinary Seaman (P/JX 228378) H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy.
William was killed during the battle of the Denmark Straits when battleship “Prince of Wales” and the battlecruiser HMS Hood fought the German battleship “Bismarck” and the heavy cruiser “Prinz Eugen”, which were attempting to break out into the North Atlantic to attack Allied merchant shipping. A shell from the “Bismarck” struck the “ Hood” near her aft ammunition magazines and the “Hood” exploded and sank. The “Prince of Wales” suffered several direct hits and soon broke off the engagement.
Born 1917 in Dunbar. Son of George Robertson Fairbairn and Grace Fairbairn of Dunbar.
Killed in Action/Buried at Sea on 24 May 1941 and named on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.


WILLIAM D. GILLESPIE – name added on a new panel on the memorial in October 2019.
William Gillespie – age 41 – Private (6637) 1st (Perak) Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force.
William had been working as a miner with the Ampat Tin Dredging Company. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese and made to work on the Burma-Siam Railway. He died of dysentery at the Kanburi no.1 camp and was re-interred in February 1946.
Born 1902 in Musselburgh, Edinburgh. Son of the late William Gillespie (grain merchant in Musselburgh) and of Catherine Jane (Black) Gillespie of Dunbar who had married in 1901 in Dunbar.
Died on Service on 9 October 1943 and buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
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