The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:11 pm Post subject:

PTE. THOMAS H. SANDERSON. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Thomas Hessel Sanderson – age 19 – Private (7000) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1896 in Galashiels. Son of David and Agnes (Hessel) Sanderson of 41 Huddersfield Street and of 41 Bank Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

PTE. WILLIAM SANDERSON. Camerons
William Sanderson – age 31 – Private (5863) 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
In 1901 William, aged 18, was a Private at the Cameron Barracks in Inverness. He was a coal miner at Newcraighall near Musselburgh, Midlothian when he married in 1910. He was probably a reservist as he landed with his battalion at Le Havre on 14 August 1914, one of the first British formations to move to France. He served at Mons, the Marne and at the Aisne before the battalion moved to Ypres where he was killed.
Born 1883 in Galashiels. Son of the late Joseph Sanderson (died 1893) and of Elizabeth (Young) Sanderson (died 1889) formerly of Stirling Street, Galashiels. Husband of Margaret (Stewart or Young) Sanderson who he married in 1910 in Musselburgh.
Missing in Action on 11 November 1914 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

SGT. MAJ. WILLIAM G. SANDERSON. Highland Light Infantry
William Gladstone Sanderson – age 35 – Company Sergeant Major (7214) 10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
William had been in the army for 17 years and had served as a Private in the South African War. He was Company Quartermaster Sergeant with the 1st HLI at Ambala in India in August 1914 when the battalion moved to France via Egypt, landing at Marseilles on 1 December 1914. He transferred to the 10th HLI as CSM after they landed in at Boulogne in May 1915.
Born 1881 in Galashiels. Son of the late William Sanderson (died 1910) and of Agnes (Pringle) Sanderson of 50 Kirkbrae, Galashiels. Husband of Hannah (Hendry) Sanderson of 47 Scott Street, Galashiels who he married in 1909 in Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 23 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:17 pm Post subject:

2ND.LT. HUGH L. SCHULZE. Dorset Regiment
Hugh Lees Schulze – age 37 – Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Hugh and his brother Rudolph were living at at 30 Esplanade Terrace in Portobello, Edinburgh and owned the Continental Chocolate Factory on Portobello Road. Hugh enlisted as a Private (5692) in the 1/8th (Argyllshire) Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served in France as Private (302906) until he was selected for officer training. He was commissioned in May 1918.
Born 1881 in Galashiels. Son of Charles William and Mary Paterson (Lees) Schulze of Brunswick Hill, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 20 October 1918 and buried in Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Also named on the Galashiels Old Parish and St. Paul's Church memorial.

and his brother

PTE. W. RUDOLPH SCHULZE. Camerons
William Rudolph Schulze – age 37 – Private (21945) 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
Rudolph and his brother Hugh were living at at 30 Esplanade Terrace in Portobello, Edinburgh and owned the Continental Chocolate Factory on Portobello Road when he enlisted.
Born 1879 in Galashiels. Son of Charles William and Mary Paterson (Lees) Schulze of Brunswick Hill, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 18 July 1916 and buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Galashiels Old Parish and St. Paul's Church memorial.

Their older brother Charles Frederick Lees Schulze, born 1878 in Galashiels, enlisted as a Private in the Canadian Infantry at Valcartier, Quebec in September 1914. He obtained a commission in the Dorsetshire Regiment in December 1915 and saw action with the West African Field Force in West and East Africa.

PTE. ALEXANDER C. SCOTT. Canada
Alexander Cleghorn Scott – age 20 – Private (427632) 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Aleck was brought up in Galashiels by his grandmother Mrs John Cleghorn. He emigrated to Canada in 1913 and was a post office clerk at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan when he enlisted in September 1915. He arrived in England in November 1915 but while in training he became ill and was admitted to hospital at Aldershot. Aleck died of pneumonia at Bramshott Military Hospital in Hampshire.
Born 1895 in Dunedin, New Zealand. Son of the late Peter Scott (died 1897) and of Elizabeth (Cleghorn) Scott (died 1904) Grandson of Jemima Cleghorn of 71 High Buckholmside, Galashiels.
Died on Service on 17 March 1916 and buried in Galashiels (Ladhope) Cemetery. (CWG)

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:23 pm Post subject:

Q.M.S. ALEXANDER H. SCOTT. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Alexander Houston Scott – age 34 – Sergeant (7356) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Alexander had served in the Army for 15 years. He had married in Glasgow in 1908 and was a Lance Sergeant at Berwick-on-Tweed in 1911 but by August 1914 he was a Sergeant with the 1st KOSB at Lucknow in India. The battalion returned to the UK via Egypt in December 1914 but sailed again in March 1915, landing at Cape Helles, Gallipoli on 24 April. Alexander was killed six weeks later.
Born 1881 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of William and Agnes (Houston) Scott of Duns, Berwickshire. Husband of Catherine (Dunn) Scott of Agnes Street, Maryhill who he married in 1908 in Kelvin, Glasgow.
Killed in Action on 4 June 1915 and buried in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.

PTE ANDREW SCOTT. Seaforths
Andrew Scott – age 19 – Private (203768) 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Andrew was employed as a grocer when he enlisted as Private (8294) in the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1915. However he was found to be under age and he was discharged. He eventually re-enlisted and joined the Seaforths.
Born 1898 in Galashiels. Son of William and Euphemia (Caldwell) Scott of 119 St. Andrew Street, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 31 March 1918 and buried in Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

PTE. ERNEST SCOTT. Royal Scots
Ernest Alexander Scott – age 20 – Private (353553) 13th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Ernest was employed as a watchmaker with the West Calder Co-operative Society when he enlisted. Ernest and a number of his comrades were killed when the hut in which they were sleeping, behind the lines, was hit by a bomb.
Born 1898 in West Calder, Midlothian. Son of George Sheil Scott and of Annie (Allan) Scott of Harburn Road, West Calder. George and Annie had married in 1887 in Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 27 August 1918 and buried in Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Also named on the West Calder District War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:32 pm Post subject:

SGT. JAMES M. SCOTT. King's Own Scottish Borderers
James Melrose Scott – age 41 – Sergeant (12313) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James had previously served for about 14 years with the 2nd Royal Scots in India and he re-enlisted as a Sergeant/Instructor with the 6th KOSB at their formation in August 1914. He landed with the battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 but he was killed four months later during the battle at Loos.
Born 1872 in Hawick, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Charles Smith Scott (died 1881) and of Isabella (Melrose) Scott of 19 Oliver Crescent, Hawick. Husband of Louisa Selina (Hamilton) Scott of 15 Kirkbrae, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Hawick Roll of Honour.

SGT. JOHN SCOTT. King's Own Scottish Borderers
John Scott – age 25 – Sergeant (6171) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was a harrier and rugby player for Gala. He was employed in the “Border Telegraph” office and, as a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB, he was mobilised in August 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 1890 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of Alexander and Helen Scott (Miller) Scott of 102 High Street, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 12 July 1915 and buried in Skew Bridge Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.

CPL. ROBERT SCOTT. Seaforths
Robert Scott – age 22 – Corporal (829) 1/6th (Morayshire) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Until 1899 the Scott family lived in Galashiels but by 1901 they were at 7 Victoria Crescent in Elgin, Morayshire and they were still in Elgin in 1911.
Robert was a shop assistant when he enlisted in Elgin in August 1914 and he landed with his battalion in France in May 1915. He was wounded in March 1916 but was killed at Beaumont Hamel in November.
Born 1894 in Galashiels. Son of John and Margaret (Oliver) Scott of 29 High Buckholmside, Galashiels and of 270 Halliburton Place, Galashiels. John and Margaret had married in 1893 in Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 15 November 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the City and Parish of Elgin War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:39 pm Post subject:

PTE. ROBERT SCOTT. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Robert Scott – age 20 – Private (200408) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and he was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli as Private (6539) in June 1915 and later served in Egypt and in Palestine where he died in the 74th Casualty Clearing Station at Deir el Belah.
Born 1897 in Melrose, Roxburghshire. Son of Robert and Helen (Charters) Scott of 15 Damside and of 6 Hall Street, Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 17 November 1917 and buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Palestine.
Also named on the St. Boswells Parish War Memorial in Roxburghshire.

PTE. ROBERT D. SCOTT. Royal Scots
Robert David Scott – age 26 – Private (19918) 16th Battalion (2nd Edinburgh) Royal Scots.
Robert was a painter in Galashiels when he enlisted in December 1914. He had previously served for four years with the Territorial 4th King's Own Scottish Borderers. He landed with his battalion at Le Havre in January 1916 but he was killed six months later on the Somme.
Born 1890 in Galashiels. Son of David and Annie (Drummond) Scott of 261 Galapark Road, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 1 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.

L-CPL. THOMAS SCOTT. Australia
Thomas Scott – age 32 – Lance Corporal (2648) 33rd Battalion, Australian Infantry.
Thomas and his family had emigrated to Australia in 1898. He was farming at Glen Innes in New South Wales and had served there in the Australian Light Horse for six years (until 1913) when he enlisted in February 1916. He was mobilised at Armidale, NSW in August and sailed from Sydney in November, arriving in England in January 1917. He joined his battalion in France in April but contracted influenza and it was September before he rejoined his battalion. He was wounded in October and promoted in February 1918 but was wounded again in April and evacuated to hospital in Reading where he was treated for gas poisoning. Thomas rejoined his battalion in France on August but he was killed two weeks later.
Born 1886 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of the late Joseph Scott (died 1917) and of Janet (Blackstock) Scott of Red Range, Glen Innes, New South Wales.
Husband of Mrs. Berttie (Cheney) Scott, of Spring Mount, Red Range, Glen Innes.
Killed in Action on 30 August 1918 and buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Also named on the Glen Innes and District Soldiers Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:47 pm Post subject:

PTE. THOMAS SCOTT. Scots Guards
Thomas Scott – age 28 – Private (9605) Scots Guards.
Thomas was a stone mason and was working in Edinburgh when he enlisted in August 1914. He was at Wellington Barracks in London when his daughter was born in New Cove, Cockburnspath, Berwickshire in December 1914 and he joined the 2nd Scots Guards in France in February 1915. He served throughout the war and was with the 1st Scots Guards when he was granted leave as his daughter Thomasina, aged almost 4, had died of influenza on 11 November 1918. Thomas contracted the same illness and died at New Cove just over two weeks later.
Born 1890 in Galashiels. Son of Andrew and Agnes (Nichol) Scott of Victoria Street, Galashiels.
In 1901 Thomas, age 10, and his family were in Melrose, Roxburghshire and from 1904 the family were at Valley View, Gattonside, Melrose.
Husband of Elizabeth (Mills) Scott of Cove Farm, Cockburnspath, Berwickshire who he married in 1917 in Cockburnspath.
Died on Service on 22 November 1918 and buried in Cockburnspath Parish Churchyard, Berwickshire. (CWG)
Also named on the Gattonside Village War Memorial, on the Melrose War Memorial, on the Free Church memorial in Melrose and on the Cockburnspath Parish War Memorial, Berwickshire

PTE. WALTER SCOTT. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Walter Scott – age 25 – Private (6808) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Walter and his brother William were members of the Territorial 4th KOSB and they were mobilised in August 1914. They landed with their battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but both were killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah. (Source: SR 20/5/1915 p.6 and Medal Roll/Card)
Born 1890 in Galashiels. Son of Peter and Margaret (Swanston) Scott of 42 Huddersfield Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

and his brother

CPL. WILLIAM SCOTT. King's Own Scottish Borderers
William Scott – age 22 – Private (6389) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
(See Walter above)
Born 1893 in Galashiels. Son of Peter and Margaret (Swanston) Scott of 42 Huddersfield Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:37 pm Post subject:

PTE. ALEXANDER SHAW. Seaforths
Alexander Shaw – age 24 – Private (9510) 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Alexander was a farm servant when he enlisted in September 1906. He served with the 1st Seaforths for 6 years, including on the North-West frontier of India, and was a reservist when he joined “B” Division of Edinburgh City Police in June 1914. He was mobilised in August and, since the 1st Battalion were still in India, he landed with the 2nd Seaforths at Boulogne on 23 August. Alexander was wounded and evacuated to the 2nd Western General Hospital in Manchester where he died.
Born 1890 in Galashiels [Ladhope] as Alexander Gilchrist Shaw. Son of Agnes Shaw. Husband of Christina McKenzie (Stewart) Shaw of 111 Fountain Bridge, Edinburgh.
Died of Wounds on 20 December 1914 and buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the “B” Division memorial in Gayfield Square Police Station in Edinburgh. (Does John Rebus know?)

PTE. JOHN D. SHEPHERD. Highland Light Infantry
John Donaldson Shepherd – age 41 – Private (41068) 16th Battalion (2nd Glasgow) Highland Light Infantry.
John was for many years a member of the Galashiels Town Band and was employed on the railway before he enlisted. He was posted as Private (25513) to the King's Own Scottish Borderers in France but was transferred to the 16th HLI. He was resting in a dugout behind the lines when it was hit by shell-fire.
Born 1876 in Galashiels. Son of James Birrel Shepherd and of Ann Nichol (Watson) Shepherd of Galashiels. Husband of Margaret Douglas (Wood) Shepherd, of 23 Park Street, Galashiels who he married in 1900 in Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 10 July 1917 and buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Private John Shepherd, a platelayer, is named on the North British Railway Company War Memorial in Waverley Station, Edinburgh.

PTE. THOMAS SHEPHERD. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Thomas Shepherd – age 22 – Private (200364) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and was mobilised in August 1914. He landed as Private (6431) with the 1/4th Battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 and then served in Egypt and Palestine. At some point he transferred to the 1/5th Battalion.
Born 1895 in Innerleithen, Peeblesshire. Son of Helen Mitchell Shepherd of 3 Kilnknowe Place, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 13 November 1917 and buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:42 pm Post subject:

PTE. JAMES SHERIDAN. King's Own Scottish Borderers
James Sheridan – age 33 – Private (7455) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James was living in Edinburgh when he enlisted there in 1914. He joined the 2nd KOSB in Belgium in January 1915 but was wounded in May at Hill 60 near Ypres. James was killed just over a year later on the Somme.
Born 1883 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of Dennis and Margaret (Connor) Sheridan of Stirling Street, Galashiels. Husband of Sarah (McPartlan) Sheridan of 2 Dunbars Close, 137 Canongate, Edinburgh who he married in 1913 in Edinburgh.
Missing in Action on 19 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Our Lady and St Andrew R.C. Church memorial in Galashiels.

PTE. ROBERT SHIEL. Scots Guards
Robert Shiel – age 26 – Private (10048) 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.
Robert joined his battalion in France in February 1915 but he was killed three months later.
Born 1888 in Galashiels. Son of Francis and Isabella Hutton (Irvine) Shiel of Eastlands Cemetery Lodge, Galashiels and of 192 Croft Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 18 May 1915 and named on the Le Touret Memorial, France.

PTE. JAMES E. SHIELS. Highland Light Infantry
James Edward Shiels – age 19 – Private (53610) 18th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
James was employed in a solicitors' office in Galashiels when he enlisted.
Born 1898 in Melrose, Roxburghshire. Son of James and Agnes (Campbell) Shiels of 34 Market Street, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 5 July 1918 and buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

PTE. WILLIAM C. SHIELS. King's Own Scottish Borderers
William Cochrane Shiels – age 28 – Private (6761) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was a warehouseman at Sanderson's Tweed Mill in Galashiels. He was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and he was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but it was reported that he had contracted dysentery and he died in hospital at Mudros on the island of Lemnos.
Born 1886 in Galashiels. Son of Robert and Catherine (Cochrane) Shiels of 72 Thistle Street, Galashiels.
Died on Active Service on 13 July 1915 and buried in East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:47 pm Post subject:

CPL. HARRY E. SHORTREED. Canada
Harry Elliott Shortreed – age 31 – Corporal (441633) 53rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Harry was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh until 1901 when he took a position in London and where he joined the Queen's Westminster Volunteers. He emigrated to Canada in March 1903 and was homesteading along the North Saskatchewan River, southwest of Meota, when he enlisted at Camp Sewell in Manitoba in August 1915. In January 1916 he was admitted to Winnipeg General Hospital to undergo surgery for acute appendicitis but he developed bronchial pneumonia and died two days later.
Born 1884 in Wilton, Hawick, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Charlotte Agnes (Rennie or Thomarson) Shortreed (died 1912) and of Walter Shortreed of Murrayfield, Galashiels.
Died on Service on 16 January 1916 and buried in Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada.
Also named on the George Watson's College War Memorial and Roll of Honour.

PTE. R. HERBERT SIMPSON. Camerons
Robert Herbert Simpson – age 21 – Private (S/18216) 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
Herbert joined his battalion in France in September 1915 but was killed the following year on the Somme.
Born 1895 in Galashiels. Son of the late William Gibb Simpson (died 1909) and of Agnes Scott (Herbert) Simpson of Roxburgh Street, Galashiels,
Missing in Action on 16 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Galashiels East Church memorial.

and his brother

PTE. WILLIAM SIMPSON. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
William Simpson – age 22 – Private (S/3476) 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
William was a woollen mill warehouseman when he enlisted in September 1914. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915 but he was killed two months later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1893 in Galashiels. Son of the late William Gibb Simpson (died 1909) and of Agnes Scott (Herbert) Simpson of Roxburgh Street, Galashiels,
Missing in Action on– 26 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Galashiels East Church memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:46 pm Post subject:

PTE. WILLIAM SIMPSON. Royal Scots
William Simpson – age 27 – Private (139675) 61st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
William was a basket-maker in Galashiels when he married in 1912. He may have been an Army reservist as he joined the 2nd Royal Scots as Private (892) in October 1914 just two months after they had landed at Boulogne. At some point he transferred to the MGC.
Born c. 1891 in St.Giles, Edinburgh. (Source: SNWM but I cannot trace)
Son of Hugh and Jane Simpson. Husband of Nicholas (McLuskey) Simpson of 71 Overhaugh Street, Galashiels who he married in 1912 in Galashiels; later Mrs. James Fairly of 32 Napier Street, Penicuik, Midlothian.
Missing in Action on 21 March 1918 and named on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.

B.T. HARRY B. C. SINTON. Royal Navy
Harry Bowden Crawford Sinton – age 16 – Boy Telegraphist (J/40540) H.M.S. Queen Mary, Royal Navy.
Harry joined the navy as a Boy in May 1915 and was rated as a Boy Telegraphist in September. He joined the battlecruiser “Queen Mary” in January 1916 but he was killed five months later during the Battle of Jutland when his ship was hit hit twice by the German battlecruiser “Derfflinger” and her magazines exploded.
Born 1899 in Melrose, Roxburghshire as Henry Bowden Crawford. Son of Janet Elliot Crawford and step-son of James Sinton of 190 Scott Street, Galashiels who had married in 1906 in Melrose.
Killed in Action/Lost at Sea on 31 May 1916 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.

PTE. BERT SLIGH. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Robert Sligh – age 23 – Private (7580) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Bert was a tailor and was employed at Waukrigg Mill in Galashiels when he enlisted in December 1914. He was the President of the Christian Endeavour Society at Stirling Street Baptist Church. 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 1892 in Galashiels. Son of David Robertson Sligh and of Euphemia (McLaren) Sligh of 29 High Buckholmside, Galashiels.
Euphemia died in 1920. David re-married Erika Karolina Jansson in Stockholm, Sweden in 1922 and he died there two years later.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:52 pm Post subject:

PTE. ADAM SMAIL. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Adam Smail – age 26 – Private (6762) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Adam was a designer at Sanderson's Tweed Mills in Galashiels and was a member of the Gala Cricket Club. He was living at 12 King Street when he enlisted in September 1914 and 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 1889 in Hawick, Roxburghshire. Son of Walter Smail (formerly of Leithen Mills, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire and of Langhaugh Mills, Galashiels) and of Elizabeth (Ballantyne) Smail of 10 Duke Street, Hawick. Brother of Walter Smail of Victoria Buildings, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Hawick Roll of Honour and on the Innerleithen section of the Peebles War Memorial.

PTE. ALEXANDER B. SMAIL. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Alexander Brotherstone Smail – age 19 – Private (6474) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Alexander was living with his family at 180 Magdala Terrace, Galashiels and was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB. He was mobilised in August 1914 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in July 1915 but he contracted dysentery and he was evacuated to the St Andrew's Military Hospital on Malta where he died.
Born 1896 in Galashiels. Son of the late Alexander Smail (died 1910) and of the late Jessie (Stewart) Smail (died 1912) of Galashiels.
Died on Active Service on 25 November 1915 and buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.

and his brother

L-SGT. WALTER S. B. SMAIL. Scots Guards
Walter Stewart Blaikie Smail – age 25 – Lance Sergeant (13456) 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.
Walter was living with his siblings at 180 Magdala Terrace, Galashiels when he enlisted.
Born 1892 in Galashiels. Son of the late Alexander Smail (died 1910) and of the late Jessie (Stewart) Smail (died 1912) of Galashiels. He named his sister Bessie Smail of 180 Magdala Terrace, Galashiels as his legatee.
Missing in Action on 25 November 1917 and named on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:58 pm Post subject:

P.O. R. SMAIL. Australia
Robert Smail – age 26 – Petty Officer (1068) H.M.A. Submarine "AE1", Royal Australian Navy.
Robert was just 16 when he joined the merchant service and after two years on the Baltic trade he sailed to Australia but the crew was paid off on arrival. He stayed on and joined the Australian Navy in August 1908 and was promoted to PO in July 1911. He officially joined the submarine service in February 1914 when the submarine “AE1” was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy.
“AE1” was built by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness, England and launched on 22 May 1913. After commissioning, AE1, accompanied by AE2, the other of the RAN's first two submarines, reached Sydney from England on 24 May 1914. She was lost at sea with all hands after less than seven months in service in St George's Channel, New Pomerania, Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea; what is now East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Born 1888 in Galashiels. Son of Robert and Elizabeth (Sherriff) Smail of 14 Danks Street, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria. They emigrated to Australia in June 1911, together with four of their youngest children, after a visit from their son Robert who had been selected to crew the destroyer “Yarra” after it had been commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy at Greenock in 1910.
Died on Active Service/Lost at Sea on 14 September 1914 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
Also named on the HMAS AE1 & AE2 memorial in Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

L-CPL. GEORGE SMALL. Australia
George Small – age 33 – Lance Corporal (2793) 10th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
George served his apprenticeship at Burnside Iron Works in Galashiels before he emigrated to Australia in 1911. He was working as a motor mechanic and living at 123 Gilles Street, Adelaide, South Australia when he enlisted in July 1915. He sailed in October and was transferred to 10th Battalion in Egypt in February 1916 before moving to France in April. He was wounded in February 1917 and evacuated to the 1st Southern General Hospital in Birmingham and was another six months before he could rejoin his battalion. At the end of March 1918 he returned from leave in the UK but he was killed three weeks later.
Born 1884 in Selkirk. Son of the late James Small (died 1910) and of Jane (Lees) Small of 4 Bank Close, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 20 April 1918 and buried in Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St. Jans-Cappel, France.
Also named on the Adelaide War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:05 pm Post subject:

PTE. GEORGE SMART. Labour Corps
George Smart – age 27 – Private (38368) Labour Company, Royal Scots Fusiliers transferred as Private (5791) 10th Company, Labour Corps.
George died in the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul.
Born 1890 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of the late Ellen or Helen (Inglis) Smart (died 1909) and of John Smart of Magdala Terrace, Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 6 June 1917 and buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

PTE. JAMES SMART. Royal Scots
James Smart – age 17 – Private (1541) 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots.
James was employed in the Audit Office of the North British Railway Company in Edinburgh and had been a member of the Territorial 9th Royal Scots for two years. He was mobilised in August 1914 and he landed with his battalion at Le Havre in February 1915 but he was fatally wounded two months later near Ypres.
Born 1897 in Leith South, Edinburgh.
Son of John Smart, Inspector at Waverley Station, and of Isabella (Dalgliesh) Smart of 28 Marionville Road, Edinburgh who had married in 1893 in Galashiels.
Died of Wounds on 26 April 1915 and buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the North British Railway Company memorial in Waverley Station, Edinburgh.

BOMB. JOSHUA C. SMART. Australia
Joshua Christopher Smart – age 29 – Gunner (4619) 4th Division Trench Mortar Battery, Australian Field Artillery.
Joshua was living in Leichhardt in New South Wales when he enlisted in August 1915. He sailed from Sydney in February 1916 and landed at Alexandria, Egypt in March. He was posted to the 4th Division Ammunition Column in April and moved to France in June where he joined the TMB. He was appointed temp. Bombardier in November 1916 but he was killed three months later.
Born 1887 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Son of the late William Smart (died 1895) and of Janet Smart, of "Gala," Spruson Street, Neutral Bay, New South Wales.
Nephew of John Smart of 27 Channel Street, Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 31 January 1917 and buried in Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme, France.

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PTE. JAMES SMART. King's Own Scottish Borderers
James Smart – age 29 – Private (7239) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James was a butcher when he enlisted in the 4th Reserve KOSB in November 1914. He landed with the 1/4th KOSB at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1886 in Galashiels. Son of James and Janet (Davidson) Smart of Halliburton Place, Galashiels. Husband of Edith (McIntosh) Smart of 80 Halliburton Place, Galashiels who he married in 1908 in Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

and his brother

PTE. WILLIAM SMART. Highland Light Infantry
William Smart – age 27 – Private (45174) 10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
William enlisted as Private (7237) in the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was posted as Private (28009) to the KOSB in France but was transferred to the HLI.
Born 1891 in Galashiels. [Ladhope] Son of James and Janet (Davidson) Smart of Halliburton Place, Galashiels. Husband of Christina Cunningham (Rae) Smart of Halliburton Place, Galashiels who he married in 1911 in Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 9 April 1918 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

PTE. WILLIAM C. SMART Royal Army Medical Corps
William Crichton Smart – age 38 – Private (301636) 82nd (1st/1st Highland) Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps.
William served his apprenticeship as a printer in Galashiels and he was a linotype operator in Aberdeen when he married in 1912. He enlisted as Private (7640) in the King's Own Scottish Borderers but was transferred as Private (204532) to the Royal Scots Fusiliers. At some point he joined the RAMC in Archangel in Northern Russia after the occupation of the town by the Allied force in August 1918. William died of illness in his own CCS.
Born 1880 in Galashiels. Son of the late Janet (Crichton) Smart (died 1912) and of Thomas Smart of Magdala Terrace, Galashiels. Husband of Agnes (White) Smart of Douglas Place, Galashiels who he married in 1912 in Aberdeen
Died on Active Service on 3 October 1918 and buried in Archangel Allied Cemetery, Russian Federation.

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PTE. JOHN N. M. SMELLIE. King's Own Scottish Borderers
John Newbigging Murray Smellie – age 20 – Private (7062) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was a pattern-maker at Aimers and McLean's Engineering Works in Galashiels when he enlisted in November 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 Cork, Ireland. Son of the late Henry Smellie (died 1912) and of Jane (Law) Smellie of 124 Croft Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

PTE. ALEXANDER H. SMITH. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Alexander Hunter Smith – age 20 – Private (201258) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Alexander joined his battalion in Egypt as Private (8262) before they moved to France in April 1918
Born 1898 in Galashiels. Son of George and Catherine (Harley) Smith of 81 Lintburn Street, Galashiels.
Missing in Action on 3 October 1918 and named on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France.

CPL. JAMES SMITH. Royal Army Service Corps
James Smith – age 25 – Corporal (SS/408) G.H.Q. Section, Army Service Corps attached to the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
James was living in Galashiels when war broke out. He landed in France in October 1914.
Born 1892 in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. Son of James and Mary (Proudfoot) Smith of 17 Mill Street, Selkirk.
In 1901&1911 the family were living in Galashiels.
Killed in Action on 22 October 1917 and buried in Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France.