The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 3:47 pm Post subject:

L.CPL. ROBERT L. BROWN. Seaforths
Robert Lawson Brown – age 22 – Lance Corporal (628) 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Robert was serving with his battalion at Agra in India in August 1914 as part of the Meerut Division. They moved to France, landing at Marseilles in October 1914.
Born 1894 in Galashiels. Son of George (coal salesman) and of Agnes (Lawson) Brown of Halliburton Place, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 9 May 1915 and named on the Le Touret Memorial, France.

and his brother

PTE. THOMAS BROWN, Scots Guards
Thomas Brown – age 24 – Private (12640) 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.
Thomas joined his battalion in France in July 1915.
Born 1891 in Galashiels [Ladhope]. Son of George (coal salesman) and of Agnes (Lawson) Brown of Halliburton Place, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 30 March 1916 and buried in Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Belgium.

L-CPL. T. BROWN. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Thomas Brown – age 20 – Lance Corporal (1236) 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Thomas joined his battalion in France on 30 August 1914.
Born 1895 in Ednam, Roxburghshire. Son of Thomas and Margaret (Cockburn) Brown of 128 Galapark Road, Galashiels and of Elgin, Manitoba, Canada.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.

PTE. THOMAS BROWN, Scottish Rifles
Thomas Brown – age 20 – Private (42412) 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
In 1901 Thomas, aged 3, was living with his grandparents John and Isabella Finlayson of 32 Meigle Street, Galashiels. He enlisted as Private (31277) in the King's Own Scottish Borderers but was posted to the Cameronians in France.
Born 1898 in Galashiels. Son of James Brown of Kirkbrae, Galashiels and of Isabella Finlayson of 32 Meigle Street, Galashiels who married in 1900 in Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 18 August 1918 and buried in Meteren Military Cemetery France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 4:02 pm Post subject:

PTE. DAVID P. BROWNLEE. King's Own Scottish Borderers
David Purves Brownlee – age 19 – Private (235122) 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
David had enlisted in the Territorial 4th KOSB as Private (6546) and served as Private (200413) before he was posted to the Scottish Rifles in France. He died in the 7th Casualty Clearing Station at Ligny-St. Flochel.
Born 1898 in Galashiels. Son of Robert and Annie (Hall) Brownlee of 50 Waverley Place, Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 12 June 1918 and buried in Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, France.

and his brother

DVR. ROBERT H. BROWNLEE. Royal Army Service Corps
Robert Hall Brownlee – age 21 – Driver (T4/246349) No.1 Depot, Army Service Corps.
Robert was living in Edinburgh when he joined the Territorial ASC as Driver (228) in November 1913. He was employed by the National Telephone Company in Dundee when he was mobilised in August 1914. He was transferred to the Regular ASC in September 1916 and joined the 2/5th London Field Ambulance in France in November before moving with them to Salonica in December but he became ill and was evacuated to hospital in Malta in March 1917 before being evacuated again in June to the 2nd Southern General Hospital in Bristol where he died of tuberculosis.
Born 1896 in Galashiels. Son of Robert and Annie (Hall) Brownlee of 50 Waverley Place, Galashiels.
Died on Service on 1 August 1917 and buried in Galashiels (Eastlands) Cemetery. (CWG)

PTE. ERNEST G. BROWNLEE. Royal Army Medical Corps
Gilbert Brownlee – age 19 – Private (10306) 69th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Gilbert landed in France in January 1915.
Born 1897 in Galashiels as Gilbert Ernest Brownlee. Son of Gilbert Brownlee of 112 Galapark Road, Galashiels and Jane Dryden of 6 Hall Street, Galashiels.
Died on Active Service on 6 July 1916 and buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

CPL. GILBERT BROWNLEE. Royal Scots
Gilbert Brownlee – age 31 – Lance Corporal (40428) 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Gilbert was a plumber in Edinburgh when he enlisted as Private (1889) in the Royal Scots in August 1914. He was posted to the Scottish Rifles in France in August 1916.
Born 1885 in Galashiels. Son of John and Mary Watson (Johnstone) Brownlee of 5 Springvalley Gardens, Edinburgh. Husband of Jessie Jane (Walls) of 4 Springvalley Terrace, Edinburgh who he married in December 1910 in Morningside, Edinburgh.
Killed in Action on 28 October 1916 and buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 4:10 pm Post subject:

PTE. GILBERT BROWNLEE. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Gilbert Brownlee – age 32 – Private (7999) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Gilbert had enlisted in the KOSB as Private (4104) in 1899 and had served in the South African War in 1901&2. As a reservist he was mobilised in August 1914 and joined the 2nd KOSB in France in September but he was wounded at La Bassee and evacuated home. After he had recovered he was posted to the 1st KOSB and landed with them at Gallipoli in April 1915 but he was killed two days later.
Born 1883 in Galashiels. Son of the late Helen Brownlee. Husband of Jane Renton (Cameron) Brownlee of 23 Hall Street, Galashiels who he married in 1908 in Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 26 April 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

PTE. JAMES P. BROWNLEE. Gordons
Note: military records have Brownlie, civil records have Brownlee.
James Philip Brownlie – age 26 – Private (S/6709) 8th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
James was a slater when he enlisted in October 1914. He landed with the 9th Battalion in France in July 1915 and was transferred to the 8th Battalion.
Born 1889 in Leicester as James Philip Brownlee. Son of Adam Brownlee (died 1907) and Ellen (Dodds) Brownlee of Galashiels. Husband of Jeanie or Jane (Amos) Brownlee (from 1917 Mrs. James Prentice) of 5 Union Street, Kelso, Roxburghshire who he married in 1910 in Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 12 December 1915 and buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Belgium.
Also named on the Kelso War Memorial and Kelso Trinity Church memorial as James P. Brownlie.

CPL. JOHN Y. BROWNLEE. Royal Scots
John Young Brownlee – age 30 – Lance Corporal (271501) 12th Battalion, Royal Scots.
John enlisted as Private (1597) in the Lothians and Borders Horse Yeomanry in August 1914. He transferred to the Royal Scots in April 1918 and joined the 12th Battalion in France in May.
Born 1887 in Galashiels. Son of James and Elizabeth Wilson (Young) Brownlee, of Galashiels. Husband of Mary Fraser (Noble) Brownlee of 64 Stirling Street, Galashiels who he married in 1911 in Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 15 October 1918 and buried in Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 4:24 pm Post subject:

WILLIAM M. BROWNLEE. K.O.Y.L.I.
William Mercer Brownlee – age 26 – Private (38206) 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
William enlisted in Edinburgh and served as Private (3586) with the 1/5th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots before being transferred to the 8th KOYLI. The battalion moved to Italy in November 1917 and took over the front line at the Montello sector north of Venice on 4 December. William was serving as a stretcher bearer when he was killed.
Born 1891 in Galashiels. Son of Robert and Jessie Henderson (Mercer) Brownlee of 39 Woodside Place, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 8 December 1917 and buried in Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade, Italy.

PTE. HENRY B. BRYDON. Gordons
Henry Ballantyne Brydon – age 20 – Private (202570) 1/4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Henry enlisted in May 1916 and was posted as Private (6077) to the 1/4th Gordons. He was wounded and then suffered gas poisoning in January 1918 before contracting pleurisy. Henry was discharged from the army and awarded a Silver War Badge (427404) in July 1918 but he died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Born 1898 in Galashiels. Son of Thomas and Joan (Scott) Brydon of Halliburton Place, Galashiels.
Died on 12 August 1918 and buried in Galashiels (Eastlands) Cemetery. (CWG)
Henry's name was added to the CWGC Register on 6 June 2015.

PTE. JAMES K. BRYDON. Camerons
James Keddie Brydon – age 20 – Private (S/22380) 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
In 1901 James and his sister Marjory were living with their grandparents James and Ann Keddie in Paxton Street, Galashiels.
Born 1896 in Galashiels. Son of the late John Lambert Brydon of Gallohill Lodge, Galashiels (died 1900) and of Georgina (Keddie) Brydon.
His aunt Janet Keddie and his sister Marjory Laing Brydon were named as his legatees.
Missing in Action on 17 October 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 4:34 pm Post subject:

PTE. ROBERT L. BRYDON. Royal Scots
Robert Brydon – age 20 – Private (22542) 17th Battalion, Royal Scots, attached to the 106th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
In 1911 Robert, age 14, and his sister Williamina, aged 12, were “boarders” with Walter and Mary Turnbull at Townfoot, Yarrow, Selkirkshire. Robert was a vanman in Galashiels, Selkirkshire when he enlisted in the Royal Scots in April 1915 and he landed with his battalion at Le Havre in January 1916.
Born 1897 in Galashiels as Robert Laurie Brydon. Son of the late William Brydon (died 1898) and of the late Margaret (Nairns) Brydon (died 1907) of Galashiels. He named his sister Euphemia Hutchison Brydon of 53 Galapark Road, Galashiels as his next-of-kin and Euphemia and Williamina as his legatees.
Killed in Action on 1 May 1917 and buried in Marteville Communal Cemetery, Attilly, Aisne, France.
Also named on the Yarrow Parish War Memorial and on the Yarrow Roll of Honour at Yarrow Feus.

PTE. G. W. V. BUCHANAN. Scottish Rifles
George Buchanan – age 18 – Private (7106) 1/5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
George had been educated at Rothesay Academy on Bute and at Shawlands Academy in Glasgow before attending The Royal Technical College (now Strathclyde University) and was an apprentice engineer when he enlisted in Glasgow at the outbreak of war. He was living with his family at 78 Prince Albert Street, Crosshill where his father was a teacher of physical training with the Glasgow School Board. George landed with his battalion at Le Havre in November 1914 but was killed three months later. He was buried in Rue-Marle Cemetery in La Chapelle-D'Armentieres but was re-interred in 1920.
Born 1897 in Jedburgh as George William Victor Buchanan. Son of Colour Sergeant Thomas Buchanan, 7th KOSB, and of Janet (Oliver) Buchanan.
Killed in Action on 26 January 1915 and buried in the Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Also named on the Jedburgh War Memorial, on the Glasgow Roll of Honour, on the Burgh of Rothesay War Memorial & Roll of Honour, on The Royal Technical College Roll of Honour and on the Shawlands Academy memorial.

PTE. WILLIAM BUNYAN. King's Own Scottish Borderers
William Bunyan – age 24 – Private (11067) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William joined his battalion in France in September 1914. He was made a Prisoner of War in the October and died four years later at Klein Wittenberg in Saxony. He was re-interred in Berlin in the mid-1920's.
Born 1894 in Melrose, Roxburghshire as William Miles Bunyan. Son of George and Mary (Carney) Bunyan of Hunters Square, Galashiels.
Died on Service on 28 November 1918 and buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.

CAPT. VICTOR G. BUSH. R.A.F.
Victor George Anderson Bush – age 25 – Captain, Royal Flying Corps.
Victor was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh. At some point he resided at Braeside, Galashiels and at St. Elmo, Polworth Grove, Edinburgh. He enlisted as Private (2075) in the 9th Royal Scots and was commissioned in the Highland Light Infantry in November 1914, joining the 10th Battalion in France in August 1915. He transferred to the RFC and qualified as a Flying Officer in August 1916. He served in France until mid-1917 when he became a Flying Instructor and he was posted to the No.1 School of Aerial Fighting at Turnberry near Ayr. Victor was killed in an aircrash at Kincaidston Farm near Alloway, Ayrshire.
Born 1893 in Bangkok, Siam. Son of the late “Admiral” John Bush, Harbourmaster of Bangkok, Siam and of Meh (Plian) Bush. Husband of Jean Isabella (McLeod) Bush of 24 Polworth Crescent and of 21 Lauderdale Street, Edinburgh who he married in December 1916 in Edinburgh.
Died on Active Service on 8 February 1918 and buried in Edinburgh (North Merchiston) Cemetery.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 3:28 pm Post subject:

PTE. DAVID CAIRNS. Highland Light Infantry
I cannot trace this man.

L-CPL. G. W. CAIRNS. King's Own Scottish Borderers
The name Lance-Cpl. G. W. Cairns, King's Own Scottish Borderers was included on a Galashiels Roll of Honour published in the Southern Reporter on 3 June 1915 but there was no further detail regarding his connection to Galashiels.
He is not listed by CWGC but is believed to be:
George William Cairns – Lance Corporal (11530) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
George was a shop assistant aged 18 when he enlisted in April 1913. He was posted to the 2nd KOSB in July and served in Ireland before he landed with his battalion at Le Havre in August 1914. He was reported as having been killed in action and it was only after his sister received a postcard from him that it was realised that he had became a prisoner of war at Le Cateau on 27 August. George was repatriated in November 1918 and discharged from the army in June 1919.
Born 1895 in Glasgow. Son of the late Margaret (McDonald) Cairns (died 1907) and of William Cairns of Caledonia Road, Glasgow and of Dunedin, New Zealand.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 3:33 pm Post subject:

PTE. GEORGE H. CALDER, Gordons
George Henderson Calder – age 18 – Private (S/11887) 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
George was fatally wounded at Memetz and died in the 12th General Hospital in Rouen,
Born 1898 in Leith, Edinburgh. Son of Robert Henderson Calder and Annie Euphemia (McKenzie) Calder of Caddonlee, Clovenfords, Caddonfoot, Selkirkshire.
Died of Wounds on 6 July 1916 and buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
Also named on the Caddonfoot Parish War Memorial.

PTE. ALEXANDER CAMERON. Seaforths
Alexander Cameron – age 19 – Private (1682) 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Alexander enlisted in August 1914 and joined his battalion in France in January 1915.
Born 1896 in Edinburgh. Son of Catherine (Cameron) Howieson and of William Howieson of 10 Hall Place, Galashiels who married in 1899 in Edinburgh.
Died of Wounds on 11 March 1915 and buried in Merville Communal Cemetery, France.

PTE. ERNEST C. CAMERON. Australia
Ernest Clark Cameron – age 35 – Private (3794) 21st Battalion, Australian Infantry.
Ernest was a cloth manufacturer when he enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria in July 1915. He sailed in February 1916 and landed at Marseilles in March 1916. He spent almost a year at the 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot at Etaples before he joined his battalion in February 1917. Ernest was killed at Bullecourt.
Born 1881 in Galashiels [Ladhope] as Ernest Clark. Adopted son of the late John Cameron (died 1907) and of Barbara (Baikie) Cameron (died 1906)
formerly of Halliburton Place, Galashiels. Husband of Margaret (Bowie) Cameron of North Fitzroy, Victoria who he married in 1905 in Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 3 May 1917 and named on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 3:38 pm Post subject:

LT. H. CAMERON. Royal Field Artillery
Henry Robley Cameron – age 39 – Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery.
Henry was was well known in Galashiels, where he resided before the outbreak of the war, being organising secretary of the Border district for the National Service League. He had served in the South African War with the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) and he enlisted in the Lothians and Borders Horse Yeomanry in August 1914. Henry was granted a commission in the RFA in April 1915, was promoted to Lieutenant in August and went to France in December 1915 but he had to be evacuated to the 2nd Eastern Military Hospital in Brighton, Sussex where he died.
Born c.1878 in Clerkenwell, London. Son of the late Gordon Robley Cameron. Husband of Elizabeth Agnes Learn (Alcock) Cameron of 10 Harringay Gardens, Wandsworth, London and of 16 Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate, Kent who he married in 1908 in Wandsworth.
Died on Service on 6 June 1917 and buried in Forest Row Cemetery, Sussex. (CWG)

PTE. JOHN CAMERON. LANARK YEOMANRY. Cavalry
John Cameron – age 20 – Private (44159) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was living in Carlisle when he enlisted there as Private (1466) in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry. He was posted to the KOSB in France in 1916.
Born 1896 in Galashiels. Son of Duncan and Jane (Jackson) Cameron of 12 Stanley Street, Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 31 August 1916 and buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France.

PTE. ROBERT CAMERON. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Robert Cameron – age 20 – Private (6898) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was a tailor. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June but was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1895 in Galashiels. Son of John and Isabella (Sheil) Cameron of 24 Island Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 3:43 pm Post subject:

PTE. PETER CAMPBELL. Royal Scots
Peter Campbell – age 20 – Lance Corporal (1113) 1/7th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Peter had been a member of the Territorial 7th Royal Scots for a number of years. He was mobilised in August 1914 but he was among the men of “A” and “D” Companies of his battalion when they were involved in a rail accident at Quintinshill near Gretna while en-route to Liverpool from Larbert in Stirlingshire. 210 men were killed and 224 injured, forming the majority of the 473 casualties of the worst disaster in British railway history.
Born 1894 in Galashiels. Son of Peter and Agnes (Bell) Campbell of Halliburton Place, Galashiels and of 89 Albert Street, Edinburgh.
Died on Service on 22 May 1915 and buried in Edinburgh (Rosebank) Cemetery. (CWG)

PTE. DANIEL CARNEY. Highland Light Infantry
Daniel Carney – age 27 – Private (9319) 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Daniel was a millworker when he enlisted in the HLI in March 1904. He served for a year in India with the 1st HLI before he was transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1907. Daniel was mobilised at the outbreak of war and landed with the 2nd HLI at Boulogne in August 1914 but he was killed at Zonnebeke Village near Ypres.
Born 1887 in Galashiels. Son of Patrick and Isabella (Smith) Carney of 61 Queen Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 1 November 1914 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Our Lady and St Andrew R.C. Church memorial in Galashiels.

PTE. JAMES CARRUTHERS. Scots Guards
James Carruthers – age 29 – Private (6088) 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.
By 1901 the family had moved from Galashiels to Ireland where James (senior) became the manager of a woollen factory. James (junior) enlisted in the Scots Guards in Galashiels in June 1905 and at the end of his term of service he rejoined the family who were by then in South Africa.
As a reservist he was recalled and he joined his battalion in Belgium in November 1914 but he was killed three weeks later.
Born 1886 in Galashiels as James Pirrie Carruthers.
Son of James Pirrie Carruthers and Elizabeth (Millar) Carruthers of 44 Ochil Street, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire.
Missing in Action on 1 December 1914 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Alyth War Memorial in Perthshire where James (senior) had managed a mill.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 3:47 pm Post subject:

PTE. THOMAS CASS. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Thomas Cass – age 29 – Private (7314) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
In 1901 Thomas was an apprentice tailor with his father in Elgin, Morayshire but by 1911 they were back in Galashiels. He enlisted at the outbreak of war and was posted to the 2nd KOSB at the end of December 1914 but within a month he was fatally wounded and died in the 13th General Hospital in Boulogne.
Born 1885 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of Thomas and Susanna Catherine (Henderson) Cass of Galashiels. Husband of Jane (Smails) Cass who he married in 1908 in Stobhill, Midlothian.
Died of Wounds on 22 January 1915 and buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
His son, Thomas Cass, Private (3184402) 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders died on 25 February 1942 in Singapore and is named on the WW2 panel of the memorial.

L-CPL. ALEXANDER CHISHOLM. Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)
Alexander Chisholm – age 23 – Lance Corporal (6226) 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Alexander lived with his older brother James at Hill Terrace, Stow, Midlothian and was a well known cross-country runner with the Gala Harriers when he enlisted in October 1914. He joined his battalion in France in May 1915 but he was killed near Bethune two months later.
Born 1891 in Galashiels as Alexander Thomson Chisholm. Son of the late Janet Anderson (Thomson) Chisholm (died 1909) and of the late Archibald Chisholm (died 1913) formerly of 12 Union Street, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 19 July 1915 and buried in Gorre British And Indian Cemetery, France.

and his brother

PTE. ARCH. CHISHOLM. Highland Light Infantry
Archibald Chisholm – age 34 – Private (7545) 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Archibald had been a reservist for four years when he was recalled at the outbreak of war. He was posted to the 1st HLI in France in January 1915 but was fatally wounded at Nueve Chapelle two months later.
Born 1882 in Galashiels [Ladhope] as Archibald William Chisholm. Son of the late Janet Anderson (Thomson) Chisholm (died 1909) and of the late Archibald Chisholm (died 1913) formerly of 12 Union Street, Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 13 March 1915 and buried in Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 4:10 pm Post subject:

PTE. WALTER CHISHOLM. Labour Corps
Walter Chisholm – age 31 – Private (S/19688) 3rd Labour Company, Seaforth Highlanders transferred as Private (7945) to the 14th Company, Labour Corps.
Born 1886 in Galashiels. Son of the late Walter Chisholm (died 1903) and of Janet Ellen (Goodfellow) Chisholm of 166 Scott Street, Galashiels.
Died on Active Service on 22 July 1917 and buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt France.

PTE. JAMES CHURCH. Camerons
James Church – age 25 – Private (S/14439) 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
James had served his apprenticeship as a draper with his father and continued the business with his brother in the High Street, Galashiels. He enlisted in November 1914 and he joined his battalion in France in February 1915 but he was killed during the battle at Loos in September.
Born 1890 in Galashiels. Son of the late Adam Church (died 1911) and of the late Helen (Slack) Church (died 1910) formerly of Church Bank, Galashiels. He named his brother George Slack Church of Church Bank as his next of kin.
Missing in Action on 28 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.

CAPT. GEORGE CLAPPERTON. Canada
George Clapperton – age 26 – Lieutenant, 58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
By 1901 the family had moved from Galashiels to Waverley Park in Edinburgh.
George was a civil engineer with the Public Works Department in Ottawa when he enlisted at Niagara Camp in July 1915. He was commissioned and sailed with the battalion from Halifax, Nova Scotia in November 1915. The battalion landed in France in February 1916.
Born 1890 in Galashiels. Son of George and Joanna (Watt) Clapperton of 5 Bellevue Street, Edinburgh.
Killed in Action on 13 June 1916 and buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Belgium.
His older brother Thomas, formerly of the Cameron Highlanders (Corporal S.12861), was awarded a Military Cross while serving as a Captain in The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) in January 1918.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 4:15 pm Post subject:

C.S.M. WILLIAM CLAPPERTON. Scottish Rifles
William Clapperton – age 44 – Company Sergeant Major (11426) 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
William was a groom, aged 19, when he enlisted as Private (2658) in the Cameron Highlanders in October 1891 and he served in Malta, Sudan, Egypt and South Africa before he transferred to the Army Reserve in July 1902. His service was completed in October 1903. He came to Motherwell in 1906 and was working in the Dazell Steel Works when war broke out. He enlisted and landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915.
Born 1872 in Galashiels. Son of the late Mary Sibbald Clapperton (died 1878) and of John Clapperton and step-son of Jessie (Brown) Calpperton of High Street, Galashiels. Husband of Mary Jane (Bathgate) Clapperton of 22 Parkhead Street, Motherwell who he married in 1903 in Edinburgh.
Missing in Action on 6 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Motherwell War Memorial, on the South Dalziel Parish Church memorial and on the Davis Colville & Sons Dalzell Works memorial in Motherwell.

PTE. ANDREW CLARK. Gordons
Andrew Clark – age 23 – Private (S/4693) 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Andrew enlisted in Alloa, Clackmannanshire and landed with the 10th Gordons at Boulogne in July 1915.
Born 1893 in Dennistoun, Glasgow as Andrew Muir Clark. Son of George Dewsnap Clark and of Agnes Ewart (Ramsay) Clark of 46 Low Buckholmside, Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 31 August 1916 and buried in La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, Somme, France.

PTE. GEORGE B. CLARK. Canada
George Bell Clark – age 28 – Private (114551) 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles.
George was farming when he enlisted at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in December 1914. He sailed from St. John in November 1915 and joined his battalion in France in February 1916.
Born 1888 in Dumfries. Son of Adam Douglas Clark and of Margaret (Padkin) Clark of 29 St. John Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 5 June 1916 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 4:21 pm Post subject:

SGT. ROBERT CLARK. Royal Army Service Corps
I cannot trace this man.

PTE. THOMAS CLARK. Royal Scots
Thomas Clark – age 21 – Private (1295) 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Thomas was a member of the Thistle Lodge of Free Gardeners, Penicuik and was employed at Beil House, Prestonkirk, East Lothian when he enlisted. He joined his battalion in France in December 1914 but he was badly wounded at Neuve Chapelle in mid-March 1915 and had a leg amputated at the 3rd Stationary Hospital in Rouen. Thomas died there a few weeks later.
Born 1893 at Cockpen, Stobhill, Midlothian. Son of the late John Clark and of Mary Alston (Girdwood) Clark (both died 1914) formerly of Torwoodlee, Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 9 April 1915 and buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
Also named on the Stenton Parish War Memorial in East Lothian.

SGT. WILLIAM R. CLARK. Machine Gun Corps
William Ritchie Clark – age – Sergeant (56323) 155th Company, Machine Gun Corps.
William was a member of the Territorial 4th King's Own Scottish Borderers and as Private (6462) he was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 and then served in Egypt and Palestine during which time he was transferred to his Brigade's Machine Gun Company. William died in a Field Ambulance at Deir el Belah but his grave was lost.
Born 1895 in Carlisle. Son of William and Annie (Black) Clark of 34 Murrell Hill Carlisle and of 13 Roxburgh Street, Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 10 November 1917 and named on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.

PTE. JAMES K. CLEGHORN. Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)
James Kelly Cleghorn – age 34 – Private (S/9552) 9th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
James enlisted at Galashiels in June 1915 and joined his battalion in France in October 1915.
Born 1882 in Melrose, Roxburghshire. Son of Alexander and Mary Ann (Kelly) Cleghorn of Galapark Road, Galashiels. Husband of Mary Smith (Milne) Cleghorn of Townhead, Fettercairn, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire who he married in 1906 in Newington, Edinburgh.
Died of Wounds on 20 May 1916 and buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.
His son William Young Cleghorn, age 30, Able Seaman (D/JX 128401) was killed while serving on the corvette H.M.S. Salvia when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-568 off the Egyptian coast on 24 December 1941.He is named on the Laurencekirk War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 4:26 pm Post subject:

L-SGT. W. CLEGHORN. Royal Scots
William Cleghorn – age 41 – Sergeant (7118) 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots.
William was a tweed pressman when he enlisted in the Territorial 8th Royal Scots in April 1908. He was mobilised in August 1914 and he landed with his battalion at Le Havre on 5 November. They joined the 7th Division in the trenches in front of Ypres but William was badly wounded and evacuated to hospital in Boulogne where he died.
Born 1872 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of the late William Cleghorn (died 1876) and the late Jane (Gardiner) Cleghorn (died 1903) formerly of Galashiels. Husband of Marion (Simpson) Cleghorn of 42 Munroe's Buildings, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire who he married in 1897 in Galashiels.
In 1901 they were in Hawick and by 1911 they were in Innerleithen.
Died of Wounds on 27 November 1914 and buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Innerleithen and Peebles War Memorials.

PTE. WILLIAM J. G. CLELLAND. King's Own Scottish Borderers
William John Gibson Clelland – age 21 – Private (7095) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1893 in Galashiels as William John Clelland. Son of James and Mary Jane (Gibson) Clelland of 45 Wilderhaugh, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

PTE. JAMES S. CLERK. King's Own Scottish Borderers
James Small Clerk – age 26 – Private (25680) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Born 1891 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of James and Janet (Small) Clerk of Roxburgh Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 3 May 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.

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MAJ. HUGH P. COCHRANE. LAN. FUS.
Hugh Paterson Cochrane – age 39 – Major, 1/8th Battalion attached to the 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Hugh was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and was the sole partner of J&W Cochrane, Mid Mill, Galashiels. He had a long association with the Territorial force having been commissioned in the Roxburgh and Selkirk Volunteer Rifles in February 1898. He was appointed a Captain when the 4th King's Own Scottish Borderers was formed in April 1908 and was re-appointed in September 1914. He was promoted to Major in June 1915 and he was given temporary command of a battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers in December. He returned to a training post in August 1916 but later re-joined the Fusiliers only to be killed.
Born 1878 in Galashiels. Son of the late Adam Cochrane (died 1890) and of Jessie Patrick (Hastie) Cochrane of Fernieknowe, Galashiels. Husband of Annie Sanderson (Dickson) Cochrane of Elmbank, Galashiels who he married in 1906 in Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 20 September 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Merchiston Castle School memorial.

L-CPL. JOHN COCHRANE. Machine Gun Corps
John Cochrane – age 40 – Private (129862) 9th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
John had been a van driver in Galashiels and he enlisted as Private (M/283995) in the Army Service Corps. He was posted to the MGC in France.
Born 1878 in Gordon, Berwickshire. Son of the late Jane (Waddell) Cochrane (died 1907) and of John Cochrane, fishing tackle maker, of Galashiels. Husband of Robina Jane (Mcdonald) who he married in 1899 in Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 14 June 1918 and buried in Caestre Military Cemetery, France.