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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ARCHIBALD BELLAIRS HIGGON
Legion d’Honneur

Major
Royal Field Artillery

Age: 35

BORN: 19th April 1880 at Scolton Hall, Spittal, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Son of John Donald George Higgon (Army Captain) and Edith Emily Thompson .


Husband of ELIZABETH JANE DENROCHE-SMITH

Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Thursday 9th September 1915
Buried: SP. MEM. 10 - New Zealand No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Turkey.

THE ALYTH GUARDIAN: 17.09.15
On Wednesday evening a telegram conveyed the sad intelligence that Major A. B. Higgon, Royal Field Artillery, had been killed in Action last Thursday.
The deceased was married to Miss Isobel Denroche-Smith, Balhary, in St. Ninian’s Episcopal Church two years, all but one day, before his death; and a sad memory is that only a year ago, his brother-in-law, Lieut. Archibald Denroche-Smith, fell on the field of battle.
Major Higgon won his Majority, and also the French Legion of Honour, by his gallantry at Mons and Le Cateau, when all the officers being killed in these terrible struggles, the Captain took command, and by his bravery and coolness, no less than his military skill, successfully brought his men out of the danger zone.
He was later invalided home, a victim of rheumatism, but recovering somewhat, he again took up duty at several of the training camps in England.
About two months ago, he went to the scene of action again, the Dardanelles being his destination. He was certain to maintain his gallant record there where everyone, officers and men alike are under fire, and now he has made the great sacrifice for King and country. No details are yet to hand.
General sympathy is felt and expressed for the relatives in this added grief.

* Archibald Higgon is also commemorated in St. Ninian’s Episcopal Church, Alyth
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WILLIAM GRAHAM

Private S/7996
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Battalion

Age: 26

BORN: 14th November 1889 at Dalvanie, Glenisla, Forfarshire.
Son of David Graham (Farmer) and Mary Milne.


Enlisted: Alyth
Killed in Action, Persian Gulf, Friday 7th January 1916
Buried: Grave XXX. H. 12 - Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

THE ALYTH GUARDIAN: 11.02.16

Last Saturday, Mr D. Graham, J.P., Dalvanie, received notification from the War Office that his son, Pvt. William Graham 2nd Black Watch, had been killed in action at Mesopotamia.
The deceased, who was 26 years of age, was the eldest son of Mr Graham and enlisted in January of last year in the 2nd Black Watch.
Trained at Nigg he was a Lance Corporal, but reverted to Private rank when he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion on going to France in June last. There he saw much service and took part in the great engagement of 25th September. Later he was drafted to Mesopotamia where he paid the great sacrifice.
He was a member of the Glenisla Rifle Club and took place as one of the best shots, having held at one time or another most of the trophies.
He was a young man of ability and promise; and his quiet unobtrusive and kindly personality made him a general favourite in a wide circle of friends.
The heartfelt sympathy of the Glen is extended to Mr and Mrs Graham in their sad bereavement.

* William Graham is also commemorated on the Glenisla War Memorial, Forfarshire
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pte George Sinclair Wilson is also commemorated on the Berwick-on-Tweed War Memorial, the Great War War Memorial in the Holy Trinity Church in Berwick and the Commercial Bank of Scotland War Memorial in the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square Branch, Edinburgh.
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THE ALYTH GUARDIAN: 14.07.1922

IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
ALYTH WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED BY THE EARL OF AIRLIE

A MEMORABLE DAY


Last Sunday afternoon at a deeply impressive ceremony, and in presence of almost a thousand people, Alyth War Memorial, erected at the Market Muir to the honour and memory of the 121 men of the district who fell in the Great War, was unveiled by the Earl of Airlie, M.C.

It is a beautiful and dignified monument, a worthy memorial to the fallen. The finely masoned pedestal is of Camperdown stone, the four sides bearing panels in bronze with the names of the fallen. On the north side, facing the entrance to the enclosure, is the dedication tablet, of chaste design and surrounded with laurel leaves, also in bronze, the memorial being dedicated to these words:-

IN PROUD AND LOVING
MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM THIS DISTRICT
WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE

Surmounting the pedestal is a large and beautifully modelled crouching victory figure in bronze. A smaller winged victory figure is held in the right hand of the larger figure, and a sheathed sword in the left. It is a rare piece of statuary, full of symbolism and meaning. The whole is enclosed in an octagonal railed-in space. The monument stands to a height of 18 feet, with a fine lay-out extending to 36 feet.

The site of the memorial in the angle of the Muir formed by the junction of the roads, and at the end of the long vista of South Airlie Street and Airlie Street has been well chosen, and the whole scheme has a well-balanced, pleasing, and dignified appearance.
Prior to the ceremony of unveiling and dedication the members of public bodies and organisations marched in procession from the market Square. The company that set out to the Muir was very large and representative of then community. In front were the schoolchildren and their teachers, under Mr John Reid; followed in order by the Girl Guides commanded by Lady Ogilvy Wedderburn of Ruthven, District Commissioner, and Captain Pattullo, Langlogie; Boys’ Brigade, under captain H. Z. Robertson and Lieut. M’Gill, and headed by Piper Sivewright; Wolf Cubs, under Miss Buick, Burnview; Boy Scouts, under Scoutmaster D. J. R. Bell, The Balloch; a company of 80 ex-service men, commanded by Captain Cargill, Glenree, and headed by Alyth Silver Band, under Bandmaster J. Walker; members of the Town and Parish Councils, School Management Committee, the memorial Committee, and the general public.
At the Muir the company was grouped round three sides of the monument, an enclosure being reserved on the east side for the parents and immediate relatives of the fallen. The Earl of Airlie, who was accompanied by the Countess; the members of the Memorial Committee; the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Councillors; members of the parish Council and the School Management Committee; and the four ministers, stood around the north steps of the monument. Sergt. T. Sidey and Pte. G. Donald, in the uniform of the Black Watch, mounted guard on the monument during the service, which was curtailed owing to the rain.
The service opened with Scripture sentences read by rev. H. B. Nichol, St. Ninian’s Episcopal Church, and Rev. John Haggart North U. F. Church, engaged in prayer. Thereafter the whole gathering joined in singing the hymn, “Our God, our help in ages past”, to the tune ‘St. Anne’.
EX-Provost D. A. Sandilands, Logie Park, then introduced the earl of Airlie. I have the honour, he said, to introduce to you the head of the House of Airlie, but the relationship between our community and the House of Airlie has been and is of such a nature that it is quite unnecessary for any formal introduction. The House of Airlie has been justly famed for its valour. The present Earl has won distinction on the field. His father gave his life for his country, and his brother also made the supreme sacrifice along with the men whose names appear on this monument. We deeply appreciate the kindness of the earl of Airlie in coming here today to unveil the memorial that we have erected to the men who gave their lives that we might live. I hope in the future that this memorial will remind us of the great sacrifice that was made for us, and that in some measure we will be worthy of that sacrifice. It is only by righteousness that a nation can be exalted. It may be that the reason for some of our troubles and problems is that, like the Israelites of old, we, as a nation, have to a certain extent ignored God, the preserver of all life, and sometimes gone on without Him. The Israelites forgot God, and calamities befell them, for the nation that forgets God and forgets the services rendered by its sons to preserve it must go down. This monument reminds us of the great sacrifice of our men to preserve us in peace and safety.
The earl of Airlie, in a touching address delivered before he unveiled the monument said:- Ex-Provost and people of Alyth, my first duty is to thank you for the great honour which you have done me in asking me to unveil your memorial. I feel it to be a great honour and justly proud of it. May this beautiful memorial for those who fell in the Great War serve as a reminder to you and to all of us of what they gave for their country and for us, and may it remind us of that great debt we owe to them. May this memorial, whenever we see it, make us strive with all our hearts, each in his own way, to try to make ourselves and this country worthy of that great sacrifice made by our men”.

Mr John Yeaman, Town Clerk, Hon. Secretary to the memorial Committee, read the names of the fallen, as under:-

THE ROYAL NAVY
ENG.LIEUT COMMANDER WM. H. CLEGHORN
H.B. HUGH GRANT R.N.D.
H.G.A.B. JOHN GRANT R.N.D.
A.B. DAVIDSON MORRIS R.N.D.

THE ARMY
MAJOR A.B. HIGGON CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR
CAPTAIN HERBERT S. CLEGHORN
CAPTAIN THE HON. PATRICK OGILVY, M.C.
LIEUT. ARCHIBALD DENROCHE-SMITH
SECOND LIEUT. ALLAN J. CLEGHORN
COY. SERGT. MAJOR GEORGE MILLER
SERGT. W. MACDONALD
SERGT. DAVID BUICK, M.M.
SERGT. JOHN LOTHIAN
SERGT. PETER MITCHELL, M.M.
CPL. G.Y. EDWARD
CPL. JAMES FERRIER
CPL. JOHN HONEY
CPL. WILLIAM LOW
CPL. ALEXANDER MACDONALD
CPL. WILLIAM M'PHERSON
CPL. WILLIAM A. MITCHELL
L CPL. ROBERT ANDERSON
L CPL. THOMAS HENDERSON
L CPL. ALEXANDER MELVILLE
L CPL. JAME P. MEECHIE
L CPL. JOHN SINCLAIR
L CPL. JOHN T. TASKER
L CPL. ROBERT THYNE
L CPL. ROBERT WATSON
PTE JOHN ADAM
PTE. ANDREW ANDERSON
PTE. CHARLES ANDERSON
PTE. DAVID M. ANDERSON
PTE. ROBERT ANGUS
SPR. JAMES BAIN
PTE. LAURENCE DE BONO
PTE. JAMES F. BROWN
PTE. THOMAS CARGILL
PTE. JAMES P. CARRUTHERS
PTE. ALEXANDER CLARK
PTE. CHARLES CLARK
PTE. ALEXANDER COCHRANE
PTE. GEORGE CORBETT
PTE. WILLIAM COVENTRY
PTE. GEORGE CRAM
PTE. DONALD DAVIDSON
PTE. WILLIAM DENHOLM
PTE. THOMAS DICKSON
PTE. WILLIAM DOIG
PTE. ALEXANDER DUFF
PTE. JAMES FEARN
PTE. ROBERT FERGUSON
PTE. WILLIAM FERGUSON
PTE. ROBERT FINDLAY
PTE. THOMAS FRASER
PTE. DAVID H. GALLOWAY
SPR. WILLIAM GALLOWAY
PTE. WILLIAM GRAHAM
PTE. JAMES GRAY
PTE. ARTHUR GUTHRIE
PTE. ROBERT M. HAGGART
PTE. ROBERT M. HASTIE
PTE. JOHN HENDERSON
PTE. ANDREW HENDRY
PTE. ROBERT HOWIE
PTE. JOHN KIDD
PTE. JAMES LESLIE
PTE. JOHN LOWDON
PTE. GEORGE M'KIDDIE
PTE. THOMAS MANDS
SPR. EDWARD MARTIN
PTE. GEORGE MELVILLE
PTE. ARCHIBALD MILNE
BDR. JAMES MILNE
PTE. JOHN MORRIS
PTE. ALEXANDER NELSON
PTE. ROBERT B. NEWTON
PTE. JAMES L. NICHOLSON
PTE. ROBERT B. NEWTON
PTE. ROBERT E. ORAM
PTE. ALEXANDER REID
PTE. WILLIAM J. REID
PTE. WILLIAM ROBB
SPR. DAVID ROBERTSON
PTE. WILLIAM ROLLO
PTE. GEORGE M. ROSS
PTE. JAMES SHANKS
PTE. JAMES SHAW
PTE. WILLIAM SIDEY
PTE. JAMES SILVER
PTE. ALEXANDER SMITH
BDR. JOHN SMITH
PTE. FRED SOUTAR
PTE. ROBERT SMITH
PTE. W. M. SPALDING
PTE. DONALD STEWART
PTE. JAMES STEWART
PTE. CHARLES STURROCK
SPR. WILLIAM STURROCK
PTE. ANDREW W. SYMINGTON
PTE. ALEXANDER K. THOMSON
PTE. JAMES TOD
PTE. JAMES WHYTE
GNR. WILLIAM WHYTE
PTE. GEORGE WILSON
PTE. JAMES WILSON
PTE. THOMAS WOOD

AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
PTE. THOMAS FLEMING
PTE. ANGUS W. MITCHELL

CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
LIEUT. DAVID GIBSON
COY. SERGT. MJR. CHARLES M. WHYTE
CPL. ALEXANDER SMITH
PTE. ROBERT BROWN
PTE. GEORGE B. GORDON
PTE. JOHN M'PHERSON
PTE. JOHN G. REID
PTE. DAVID ROBB
PTE. ROBERT SHAW.
PTE. H. STUART
PTE. JOHN WILKIE

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
PTE. ROBERT SHANKS


Rev. James Meikle, B.D., Parish Church, then dedicated the memorial to prayer:-
“To Thy glory and in perpetual memory of our fallen brothers, who gave their lives in defence of right, we dedicate this memorial. Out of proud and grateful hearts to Thee we do this; out of hearts full of thankfulness to Thee for the men Thou raised up, willing to stand between our land and ruin, who gave their lives that others might live, and we thank Thee for their faith that could remove mountains and subdue kingdoms. We pray that the memory of these man be be evermore dear unto us. May our gratitude never diminish and decay…. May this monument, raised to valour and sacrifice, brotherhood and discipline, and endurance even unto death, provoke us to love, unselfishness, and loyalty…. Deliver us and those who come after us from the spirit and spell of selfishness…. Guide the nations henceforth that they may turn their spears into pruning hooks, and their swords into plough shares, and learn war no more….”
Pipe-Major Arthur M. Lamond, Newtyle, played the lament, ‘Flowers o’ the Forest’, during which the guard stood with arms reversed. ‘The Last Post’ was then sounded by Mr John Walker, and, after a pause, ‘Reveille’ by Mr Campbell Walker, the guard presenting arms.
Provost W. B. Inglis, Barony Hall, then handed over the memorial to the keeping of the Parish Council. He said:- “I speak for you all today. We have gathered together these everlasting stones. We have raised on high this imperishable and handsome memorial. Today by our prayers and by our tears it is sanctified and made sacred to the memory of our dead. We have built this memorial so that all men may see and know that our hearts are filled with gratitude to these of our men of our own district who went out from amongst us, clad in battle harness, into the four corners of the world, and there died that we might live in freedom and in peace. May they rest in peace. These are the things we have done, and there is only one other thing left for us to do - to see that this memorial is adequately guarded in all years to come. I therefore ask Mr James Murray, Chairman of the parish Council, and his colleagues, and we could hand it into their keeping this memorial which we, the people of this district, have erected in proud and loving memory of our dead.

Mr J. F. Murray, Elm Grove, accepted custody on behalf of the Council. "Standing as this memorial will be for centuries", he said, "as a silent yet eloquent witness to the sufferings and sacrifice of those brave young men whose names it bears, I trust that Parish Councils of the future, whoever they may be, will guard and maintain and preserve it as a sacred trust".

Rev. James Holburn, South U.F. Church, pronounced the Benediction, and the service, which throughout was most impressive, concluded with the National Anthem.

Over thirty beautiful floral wreaths were placed at the base of the monument from the public bodies and Societies of the town and relatives of the fallen. On behalf of the Town Council, Provost Inglis placed the first wreath. Among others the wreaths were from the earl and Countess of Airlie, the Dowager Countess of Airlie, Alyth Parish Council, Alyth Bowling and Tennis Clubs, British Women’s Temperance Association, the ex-service men, Alyth Masonic Lodge, Alyth Golf Club, the teachers and scholars of the Public School, Girl Guides, Boys Brigade, Boy Scouts, Edward’s Stores &c.

After the ceremony the earl of Airlie inspected the Boy Scouts, Wolf Cubs, Girl Guides, Boys Brigade, and ex-service men, who paraded the Market Muir.

The victory figure was designed and modelled by Mr Kellock Brown, sculptor, Glasgow. The casting being carried out in Brussels. Messrs Wright & Wylie, architects, Glasgow, designed the pedestal and lay-out, the work being executed by Messrs T. Howie & Co., builders, Alyth.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not listed on Memorial:

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Name:CUTHBERT
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: "B" Bty. 70th Bde.
Date of Death: 09/08/1917
Service No: 182393
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 48.
Cemetery: YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

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Surname CUTHBERT
Firstname George
Service Number 182393
Date Death 09/08/1917
Place of birth Alyth Perthshire
SNWM roll ROYAL HORSE AND ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
Rank Gnr
Theatre of death F.& F.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

George Cuthbert is commemorated on Clunie War Memorial;

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=248&highlight=clunie
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

James Riddel was architect/designer.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:10 am    Post subject: Lt. Archibald John Denroche-Smith Reply with quote

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LIEUT. ARCHIBALD DENROCHE-SMITH


(Glasgow Herald 19th September 1914)
"Killed in action, with the expeditionary force in France, on the 13th September, Lieutenant Archibald John Denroche-Smith, 18th Hussars, aged 23, eldest son of T. Denroche-Smith, Bengal civil service (retired), Balhary, Meigle, Perthshire."

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Name: DENROCHE-SMITH, ARCHIBALD JOHN
Initials: A J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
Age: 23
Date of Death: 13/09/1914
Additional information: Son of Florence Elizabeth Denroche-Smith, of Balhary, Meigle, Perthshire, and the late Thomas Denroche Smith (Bengal Civil Servant).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL

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PTE. FRED SOUTAR


Also listed on the WW1 Alyth Parish church memorial.

(Glasgow Herald 10th Dec 1914)
"Mr Fred Soutar, bootmaker, Alyth, received a letter from the War Office yesterday informing him that his son Fred had died of wounds received in action on November 13. He was in the Scots Guards and was a young man about 26 years of age, and before joining the Army worked as fireman at Alyth Woollen Mills."

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Name: SOUTAR, FREDERICK
Rank: Private
Service No: 8059
Date of Death: 15/11/1914
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: I. L. 70.
Cemetery: POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Soutar. Born at Alyth, Perthshire.

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Surname: SOUTAR
Firstname: Frederick
Service Number: 8059
Date Death: 13/11/1914
Place of birth: Alyth Perth
SNWM roll: SCOTS GUARDS
Rank: Gdsn
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Alyth War Memorial
Extract from the Revd James Meikle’s book ‘Places & Place-Names Round Alyth 1925


IN THE arresting War Memorial, by Mr. Kellock Brown, Sculptor, Glasgow, which stands at the corner of the Muir, there is much to be seen; the following extract from the Alyth Guardian will help to suggest ideas and to increase appreciation:

“What is meant by the figures of the monument? What are the ideas intended to be conveyed especially by the larger figure? It is evident that the whole statue is full of symbolism, and that the sculptor has presented not an ordinary commonplace but a rare piece of statuary. It challenges thought.

“Is it the Goddess of Victory that looks towards the town? If so, it breaks with the past conceptions. No longer, not now, with lips curled with contempt, arrogant,vibrant with the pride of human achievement and the elation of personal triumph, but with a face of intense thought, of profound concern, removed from grief, yet seeming to realise the cost of victory in human lives. Or is it the face of the Goddess of Peace that steadily looks upon the present traffic of living men, and will look upon the generations that follow? If so, then she seems to be still weighing vital issues – perchance that her power is threatened in the future that she cranes forward to pierce. The face is strikingly arrestive, and in no part of the sculptuory has the artist been more successful. The more one looks at it the more one comes under its spell. It stirs, it holds one.

“In the conception of the statue, be it the genius of victory or peace, there are other significant meanings. In its half-kneeling posture, the figure suggests a success wrested, when almost beaten down, from a deadly adversary. On the left there is a sheathed sword, the handle ungrasped, the scabbard piercing the ground and wreathed with its sling – now the emblem of disuse. On the right side is a small round shield, the boss outermost, resting on the ground and against the drapery of the figure. In the reversed position of these arms there is an obvious meaning. It contrasts with the alert poise of Minerva, the Goddess of War in classic art, with ready spear in the right and shield in the left hand.

“The Goddess offers in her right hand the smaller figure of a victory, standing lightly upon an orb representing the earth. It is a winged piece, its moulding delicate, from the brow to the feet, tense, vivid, depicting radiant youth and life, and the glory of its errand, as with outstretched wings it eagerly flies abroad proclaiming its message – Victory. The victory after 1914-1919. Alas! one sees its mutilated arm – the right is only a stump. Victory? Yes! After loss, deprivation, mutilation. If one is drawn to look and look again at the face of the older figure, one closes one’s eyes in inward pain at that awful token of the ravages of war borne in the flesh of living men and in the broken hopes of women and children.

“The square pedestal upon which the statue rests is severe in its simplicity, and, in approaching the site with the background of muir and trees, is suggestive of just proportion and symmetry.

“Alyth has reason to be proud of its Memorial. It possesses the charm of the choicest statuary, an element of mystery, a spirit which baffles and which satisfies, which eludes and which surrenders meaning, and it is perhaps typified best in that face which, seen as it was in failing light in a patter of rain, tells us that with the crown of victory there is in a mystical sense the cross of sacrifice…

“The public Authority entrusted with its custody have in their charge a worthy remembrance of the fallen. May they and their successors care for and cherish it as a sacred trust.”
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WW1
Cpl. Alexander MacDonald

(Glasgow Herald 19th March 1915)
"Corporal Alex. MacDonald, Gordon Highlanders, who belongs to Alyth, has been killed in action."

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McDONALD, ALEXANDER M.
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 10522
Date of Death: 01/03/1915
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 9.
Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

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Surname: McDONALD
Firstname: Alexander M
Service Number: 10522
Date Death: 01/03/1915
Place of birth: Dundee
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Cpl
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Coy.Sergt.Major George Miller

(Glasgow Herald 20th March 1915)
"The funeral took place yesterday afternoon with military honours from 130 Garrioch Road, Maryhill, to the Western Necropolis, of Company Sergeant-Major George Miller, of the 8th service battalion Black Watch. He enlisted in the Royal Highlanders at Perth on August 18 , 1885, and served for over 26 years in the army, including nine years as instructor at Cupar and Dunfermline. He retired from the Army 3 years ago, and was employed as a despatch clerk at Nobel's Explosive Works when he once more rejoined the colours. He came home from his war station at the end of last month on sick leave, and succumbed to his illness last Tuesday. He held the medal for long service and good conduct, and the King's coronation medal."

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MILLER, GEORGE
Rank: Company Serjeant Major
Service No: 3/3627
Date of Death: 16/03/1915
Age: 47
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Grave Reference: P. 1933.
Cemetery: GLASGOW WESTERN NECROPOLIS
Additional Information: Son of George and Janet Miller; husband of Margaret Miller, of 12, Scotia St., Glasgow. Born at Alyth, Perthshire. Awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, King George V Coronation Medal.

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Surname: MILLAR (Miller)
Firstname: George
Service Number: 3/3627
Date Death: 16/03/1916 (wrong year)
Place of birth: Blairgowrie
Other: 4th Bn.
SNWM roll: THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)
Rank: C.S.M
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:11 pm    Post subject: L.Cpl. Alexander Melville Reply with quote

WW1
L.Cpl. Alexander Melville

(Glasgow Herald 30th March 1915)
"Mr Andrew Melville, Bank Street, Alyth, received word yesterday from a Red Cross hospital that his son Alexander had died on Saturday. Alexander Melville was a member of the Royal Scots and came with the Indian contingent for the war. He visited his parents at the beginning of the year."

CWGC
MELVILLE, A
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 10199
Date of Death: 27/03/1915
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: AF. 1837.
Cemetery: ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY

SNWM
Surname: MELVILLE
Firstname: Alexander
Service Number: 10199
Date Death: 27/03/1915
Place of birth: Alyth Perthshire
Other: Depot.
SNWM roll: THE ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)
Rank: L/Cpl
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