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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DerekR wrote:


Interestingly, James' name does not appear on the memorial but he is buried in the surrounding cemetery.



Name: DICKSON, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: 32nd Reserve Bty.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 18/03/1917
Service No: 192833
Additional information: Son of James and Williamina Dickson, of Teviothead.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 93.
Cemetery: TEVIOTHEAD NEW PARISH CHURCHYARD


He is named on the Stobs War Memorial in Cavers Parish, Roxburghshire, on the Cavers and Kirkton Parish Roll of Honour and on the Westerkirk Parish War Memorial in Dumfriesshire. (and on the Parish Roll of Honour but with the incorrect date of 18/3/1918)

James Dickson – age 19 – Gunner (192833) 32nd Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
David had been a shepherd at Glendinning, Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire. He died of endocarditis in the Military Hospital in Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow.
(Source: Westerkirk Parish Roll of Honour and GRoS – Death Register)
Born 1897 in Teviothead, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Williamina (Oliver) Dickson and of James Dickson of Winningtonrig, Stobs, Cavers, near Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Died on Service on 18 March 1917 and buried in Teviothead New Parish Churchyard.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JOHN BORTHWICK O.S. ROYAL NAVY.
John Borthwick – age 21 – Ordinary Seaman (J/61871) H.M.S. Vivid, Royal Navy.
John was a shepherd with his father at Colterscleugh Shiel, Teviothead and attended the Edinburgh School of Wireless Telegraphy before he joined the navy on 10 November 1916. He contracted measles while in training at the shore base HMS Vivid and died of bronchial pneumonia in the Royal Naval Hospital in Devonport, Plymouth.
Born 1895 in Teviothead. Son of Alexander and Mary (Henry) Borthwick of Whitehaugh Moor, Hawick.
Died on Service on 17 December 1916 and buried in Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery, Devon.


WILLIAM COWAN Pte. SCOTS GUARDS.
William James Cowan – age 24 – Private (12798) 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.
William was resident in Newcastleton, Roxburghshire when he enlisted in Galashiels. He joined his battalion in France in October 1915.
Born 1893 in Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire. Son of James and Mary (Little) Cowan of Caulside, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action on 10 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Canonbie Parish War Memorial and on the Liddesdale War Memorial in Newcastleton.


ARCHIBD. H. DINWIDDIE L.CPL. 5th CAMERONS.
Archibald Hutton Dinwiddie – age 19 – Private (S/26153) 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
Archie was employed in a law office in Hawick when he enlisted before he was 18. He had been in France for two months when he was killed during a raid on the German trenches,
Born 1898 in Teviothead. Son of the Rev. Archibald Hutton Dinwiddie and Sophie Antoinette (Thorold) Dinwiddie of the Manse, Teviothead.
Missing in Action on 14 October 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.

and his brother

JOHN F. DINWIDDIE SAPPER R.E
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John Frederick Dinwiddie – age 20 – Sapper (3074) 1/1st Lowland Field Company, Royal Engineers.
John was an engineer with George Russell & Co. Engineers and Crane Manufacturers in Motherwell when he enlisted in November 1914. He joined his company in France in March 1915 but was killed six weeks later while clearing barbed-wire.
Born 1895 Teviothead. Son of the Rev. Archibald Hutton Dinwiddie and Sophie Antoinette (Thorold) Dinwiddie of the Manse, Teviothead.
Missing in Action on 9 May 1915 and named on the Le Touret Memorial, France.
Also named on the Motherwell War Memorial.
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WALTER DAVIDSON Pte. 49th CANADIANS.
Walter Davidson – age 36 – Private (199321) 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
In 1901 Walter was a railway ticket collector in Glasgow and he emigrated to Canada in May 1906. He was a railway company brake-man, living at 131 McVicar Street, Fort William, Ontario when he enlisted there in April 1916. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in June and joined his battalion in February 1917. Walter was reported missing after an attack west of Passchendaele. His remains were recovered from the battlefield and re-interred in Poelcapelle in October 1919.
Born 1881 in Teviothead. Son of William and Mary (Dickson or Dixon) Davidson of Slaidhills, Commonside, Teviothead.
Killed in Action on 30 October 1917 and buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium.


EDWARD J. ELLIOT MAJOR R.A.M.C.
Edward John Elliot – age 37 – Captain, 10th Stationary Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps.
He had been educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and at Edinburgh University where he studied medicine and graduated M.B., Ch.B. in 1904. He became a house surgeon at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford before he joined the RAMC as a Lieutenant in July 1906 and he was promoted to Captain three years later. He was at the Military Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1911 and he landed in France on 15 August 1914. Notice of his promotion to Major appeared after his death and was withdrawn. Edward was killed during an air raid on the hospital in St.Omer.
Born 1881 in Castleton, Roxburghshire. Son of the late John Elliot of Binks, Teviothead (died 1909) and of Jane Pott (Oliver) Elliot of Manvers House, Southsea, Hampshire. Husband of Dorothy Allin (Smith) Elliot of "Osmington," Canada Grove, Bognor, Sussex who he married in 1910 in Marylebone, London.
Killed by enemy action on 23 May 1918 and buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.
Also named on the George Watson's College War Memorial, on the Edinburgh University Roll of the Fallen and on the Edinburgh University Old College memorial.


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ADAM PRINGLE GUNNER R.F.A.
Adam Pringle – age 23 – Gunner (144049) "A" Battery, 148th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Adam was a shepherd at Binks, Teviothead when he enlisted.
Born 1894 in Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire. Son of Helen or Nellie (Pringle) Carruthers of Phaup, Teviothead and of Hillhead, Drinkstone, Hawick, Roxburghshire. Helen married William Carruthers in 1916.
Killed in Action on 22 September 1917 and buried in Pond Farm Cemetery, Belgium.


JOHN ROBSON CADET R.A.F. CANADIANS.
John Robson – age 21 – Cadet (154486) Royal Air Force.
John emigrated to Canada in September 1913 to take a job at a bank in Winnipeg, Manitoba before serving with the Royal North-West Mounted Police for three years. He enlisted in the RAF in Winnipeg in January 1918 but near the end of his training he was killed in a flying accident at Camp Mohawk near the town of Deseronto, Ontario.
Born 1896 in Ettrick, Selkirkshire. Son of Walter Robson and Isabella Laidlaw (Anderson) Robson of Lairhope, Teviothead.
Died on Service on 3 July 1918 and buried in Deseronto Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.


CHARLES SCOTT Pte. CANADIANS
Charles Scott – age 22 – Private (693310) 43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Charles had been farming near Regina, Saskatchewan for about three years when he enlisted there in December 1916. He was a member of the local militia, the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in April 1917 and landed in France to join his battalion in July. Charles was killed three months later at Passchendaele.
Born 1896 in Hawick, Roxburghshire. Son of John and Mary (Quigley) Scott of Craikshields, Roberton, Selkirkshire, of North House, Teviothead and of Falnash Cottage, Teviothead.
Missing in Action on 26 October 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Roberton Parish War Memorial in Selkirkshire.


CHRISTOPHER YOUNG Pte K.O.S.B.
Thought to be:
Christopher Young – age 23 – Private (200809) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
As Private (7383) Christopher landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915. He then served in Egypt and Palestine where he was wounded at Gaza. He died five days later in hospital at Kantara.
Born 1894 in Carrington, Midlothian. Son of Christopher and Sarah Jane (Tweddle) Young of Pirntaton, Fountainhall and of Ferniehurst, Stow, Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
Died of Wounds on 23 April 1917 and buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1939 – 1945

FLT. SGT. F. THORNBERG R.C.A.F.

Note the spelling of the family name and that he served in the RAF.

Frederick Aaron Thornber – age 20 – Sergeant/Pilot (902836) 91 Squadron, Fighter Command, Royal Air Force.
I believe that Fred was born in Canada and he was aged 15 when he arrived in Glasgow from Montreal on 24 October 1936, bound for Gledsnest, Teviothead, Hawick where Miss Eliza Jane Usher lived.
Later he is referred to as her “foster-son” (CWGC) or as her “adopted nephew” (The Scotsman 11/7/1941 p.8 )
In January 1941 the Spitfire-equipped No.412 (Reconnaissance) Flight was redesignated as 91 Squadron. Flying from RAF Hawkinge in Kent, reconnaissance duties continued until the summer of 1941, but after that the squadron flew a mix of coastal shipping patrols, weather reconnaissance flights and air-sea rescue sweeps.
Fred's aircraft was reported missing on 1 July 1941 and his body was found off the coast at Dover five days later.
Born c.1920 (but I cannot trace)
Son of Hugh Richard and Annie Thornber. (Source: CWGC)
Hugh Richard Thornber born 1891 in Manitoba married Annie Van Oene in1914 in Winnipeg Manitoba - his parents?
Foster-son of Eliza Jane Usher of Gledsnest, Teviothead, Hawick.
Killed in Action on 1 July 1941 and buried in Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent.
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