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L/CPL. JAMES BEATTIE BLACK WATCH.
James Beattie – age 30 – Lance Corporal (1657) 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
James enlisted as Private (7209) in the Scots Guards in 1908 but transferred to the Black Watch a year later. He joined the 2nd Black Watch in India in 1911 and the battalion was at Bareilly in August 1914. James returned from India in February 1915 and after a brief leave at home he joined the 1st Black Watch in France in March. He was wounded in April and again on 9 May when he was captured. He was a Prisoner of War in Wesel where he died of sepsis in the Field Hospital. James was buried there and was re-interred in Cologne after the war.
Born 1885 in Castleton. Son of James and Jessie (Rodger) Beattie of Kershope and of Blinkbonnie, Newcastleton.
Died of Wounds on 1 July 1915 and buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.


2/LT. JAMES BELL 11th ROYAL SCOTS.
James Bell – age 21 – Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Royal Scots.
James was educated at George Heriot's in Edinburgh and was a captain of the school and a Sergeant in the Officer Training Corps when he enlisted in November 1915. He was commissioned in December.
Born 1895 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Son of the late Jane (Gibson) Bell (died 1908) and of Richard Bell of Holmhead, Newcastleton.
In 1887 the family were living in Elswick, Newcastle but by 1908 they were in Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 11 January 1917 and buried in Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.

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PTE. JOHN G. BELL 15th CANADIAN BN
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John Gibson Bell – age 31 – Private (204854) 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
John was farming near Port Albert, Saskatchewan and had served with the local militia, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, for four years when he enlisted in June 1916. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in September and joined his battalion in France in April 1917. He was wounded at Lens in September and, after treatment in the 35th General Hospital in Calais, he was evacuated to Colchester Military Hospital. He returned to France in April 1918 and rejoined his battalion but was wounded again four months later and died in the 11th Canadian Field Ambulance.
Born 1887 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Son of the late Jane (Gibson) Bell (died 1908) and of Richard Bell of Holmhead, Newcastleton.
In 1887 the family were living in Elswick, Newcastle but by 1908 they were in Newcastleton.
Died of Wounds on 17 August 1918 and buried in Hillside Cemetery, Le Quesnel, Somme, France.
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PTE. WILLIAM BOYES K.O.S.B.
William Boyes – age 21 – Private (240740) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William enlisted in the Territorial 5th KOSB Reserve in October 1914. He was posted to the 7th/8th KOSB in France but was transferred to the 6th KOSB.
Born in December 1896 at Ladygill, Roberton, Lanarkshire. Son of William and Elizabeth (Hastings) Boyes of Townfoot Bar, Newcastleton.
Missing in Action on 13 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.


SGT. JAMES CONACHER BLACK WATCH.
James Conacher – age 30 – Sergeant (S/6909) 1/4th (City of Dundee) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
James was brought up in Castleton where his father was a gamekeeper. He enlisted at Grays in Essex and joined the 8th Black Watch in France in May 1915. At some point he was transferred to the 1/4th Battalion.
Born 1885 in Kiltearn, Rossshire. Son of Mungo and Helen (Keir) Conacher, of Evertown, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action on 14 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Canonbie Parish War Memorial.


PTE. FRANK COWAN K.O.S.B.
Frank Cowan – age 26 – Private (200167) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Frank was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and as Private (834) was mobilised in August 1914. He remained in the Reserve Battalion until he was posted to the 1/4th KOSB in Egypt in 1916. Frank served in Palestine where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1890 in Castleton as Frank. Son of James and Janet (Cavers) Cowan of 31 Montague Street, Newcastleton.
Missing in Action on 19 April 1917 and named on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.
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PTE. GILBERT G. COWAN A.& S. HRS.
Gilbert George Cowan – age 23 – Private (S/5101) 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Gilbert was in farm service at Dinley, Newcastleton when he enlisted in September 1914. He landed at Boulogne with the 11th Argylls in July 1915 but was wounded two months later during the battle of Loos and was evacuated to hospital in Romford, Essex in September 1915. He was wounded again a year later on the Somme and evacuated to hospital in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Gilbert was killed near Dunkirk and was buried in the Nieuport-Bains Military Cemetery but was re-interred after the war.
Born 1895 in Newcastleton. Son of Gilbert and Jane (Graham) Cowan of 32 Montague Street, Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 28 October 1917 and buried in Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.


PTE. WILLIAM J. COWAN SCOTS GUARDS.
William James Cowan – age 24 – Private (12798) 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.
William was resident in Newcastleton 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 Teviothead Parish War Memorial in Roxburghshire.


PTE. ANDREW M. DAVIDSON K.O.S.B.
Andrew Murray Davidson – age 27 – Private (45920) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers attached to the 514th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps.
Andrew was a ploughman when he enlisted in December 1915. He was placed on the Army Reserve until he was mobilised in July 1918 when he was posted to the Labour Corps in Ireland. Later he moved to a farm near Arbroath and was admitted to Dundee Military Hospital suffering from pleurisy in February 1919. He was discharged from the army due to illness on 7 April 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge (B255211) Andrew died at Old Castleton of tubercular pleurisy.
Born 1891 in Castleton. Son of the late Isaac Davidson and the late Marion (Murray) Davidson (died 1908) of Old Castleton.
Died on 15 September 1919 but his burial place not known. He is named in the CWGC's United Kingdom Book Of Remembrance, Berkshire.
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PTE. JOHN DAVIDSON K.O.S.B.
John Davidson – age 26 – Private (10321) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John had enlisted in the KOSB in about 1908 and had been in India since 1911. The battalion were at Lucknow in August 1914 and sailed to Egypt in November before moving to England in December. They sailed again in March 1915 and landed at Cape Helles, Gallipoli in April. John was killed two months later during the third battle of Krithia.
Born 1889 in Tinwald, Dumfriesshire. Son of John and Martha Davidson of Riccarton Junction, Castleton and of Laing Terrace, Hawick.
Missing in Action on 4 June 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.


PTE. WALTER DAVIDSON SOUTH AFRICANS.
Walter Beattie Davidson – age 38 – Private (644) 6th Regiment, South African Infantry.
In 1901 Walter was a railway pointsman at Riccarton Junction, Newcastleton. He went to South Africa in about 1902 to work on the railways and enlisted initially in General Botha's force before joining the 6th Regiment. He was killed during the battle at Salaita Hill in British East Africa (now Kenya, on the Tanzanian border) and was buried there but was re-interred at Taveta after the war.
Born 1878 in Kirkpatrick Juxta, Dumfriesshire. Son of Robert and Margaret (Duncan) Davidson of Roan Cottage, Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 12 February 1916 and buried in Taveta Military Cemetery, Kenya.


L/CPL. CHRISTOPHER ELLIOT K.O.Y.L.I.
Christopher Elliot – age 34 – Private (203128) 1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Christopher served his apprenticeship as a slater in Newcastleton. He enlisted in Hexham-on-Tyne as Private (2868) in the 1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers but transferred as Private (6693) to the KOYLI in France in 1916.
Born 1884 in Castleton. Son of the late Elizabeth (Irving) Elliot (died 1894) and of the late James Glendining Elliot (died 1914) of Whitchester Street, Newcastleton. He named his sister Margaret (Mrs Robert Murray) of Newcastleton as his legatee.
Died of Wounds on 10 February 1918 and buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
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PTE. DAVID B. ELLIOT CANADIANS.
David Brown Elliot – age 20 – Private (1009257) 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
David's family moved from Liddesdale to Brampton in Cumberland just after he was born and his father Walter died there in 1899. The family stayed on for some years but by 1906 his mother Ann and most of her children had emigrated to Saskatchewan in Canada. David was a farm labourer at Grenfell, Saskatchewan when he enlisted in December 1915 but he did not sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia until June 1917. He joined his battalion in France in November 1917.
Born 1898 in Castleton. Son of the late Walter Elliot and of Annie (Brown) Elliot of Twislop, Castleton, of Hayton, Brampton, Cumberland of Grenfell, Saskatchewan and of St. Clair Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Killed in Action on 3 September 1918 and buried in Chapel Corner Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree, France.
Also named on the Grenfell District War Memorial in Saskatchewan.


PTE. JOHN ELLIOT BORDER RGT.
John Elliott – age 38 – Private (40037) 1/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, Border Regiment.
In 1911 John, aged 30, was a grocer's assistant, living with his wife and family at 9 St Ann's Road, Ettaby in Carlisle.
Born 1880 in Castleton. Son of the late Margaret (Murray) Elliot (died 1913) of Hether Hill, Kirklinton, Longtown and of James Elliot of Boggarah, Low Row, Carlisle. Husband of Margaret or Maggie (Smith) Elliott who he married in 1905 in Carlisle.
Killed in Action on 2 October 1918 and buried in Bellicourt British Cemetery, France.


PTE. JOHN ELLIOT CHESHIRE RGT.
John Elliot – age 22 – Private (245976) 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
John enlisted as Private (626) in the 4th Reserve Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers in November 1914. He was posted as Private (204344) to the South Lancashire Regiment in France but was transferred to the Cheshire Regiment. He died of his wounds in a German Military Hospital at Wambrechies near Lille and was buried in Devasier Farm German Cemetery but was re-interred at Pont-du-Hem after the war.
Born 1896 in Newcastleton. Son of James Armstrong Elliot (postmaster) and of Lizzie Jane (Elliot) Elliot of 1 Langholm Street, Newcastleton.
Died of Wounds on 29 April 1918 and buried in Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France.
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L/CPL. MARIUS FERGUSON BLACK WATCH.
Andrew Marius Carruthers Ferguson – age 19 – Lance Corporal (S/4806) 9th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Ferguson landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915 but he was killed two months later during the battle of Loos.
The bodies of 41 men of the 9th Black Watch were brought from positions a little West of Loos and were re-interred at Mazingarbe after the war.
Born 1896 in Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire. His birth was also registered in Ayr where his father was domiciled.
Son of James Kerr Ferguson and of Mary Laidlaw (Carruthers) Ferguson of Douglas Square, Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 25 September 1915 and buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France.
Also named on the Denholm War Memorial.


SGT. JOHN FORRESTER K.O.S.B.
John Forrester, Military Medal – age 24 – Sergeant (20080) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was living at Newcastleton when he enlisted in May 1915. He joined the 1st KOSB at Gallipoli as a Private in September 1915. Later he was promoted to Sergeant and was transferred to the 6th KOSB where he was awarded a M.M.
Born 1894 Brampton, Cumberland. Son of Robert and Isabella (Jackson) Forrester of Castleton and of Burnfoot, Ewes. Dumfriesshire.
Died of Wounds on 2 October 1918 and buried in Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Ewes Parish War Memorial.


PTE. JOHN FORSTER K.O.S.B.
John Forster – age 20 – Private (6816) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John enlisted in 1914 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1895 in Nichol Forest, Longtown, Cumberland. Son of John and Ruth (Wannop) Forster of Longrow Farm, Liddlebank and of 19 Douglas Square, Newcastleton. Grandson of John Forster of The Nook, Nichol Forest.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
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PTE. ROBERT GIBSON AUSTRALIANS.
Robert Gibson – age 33 – Private (5827) 17th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
Robert had emigrated to Australia in about 1908 and was a labourer at Ganmain, New South Wales when he enlisted at Cootamundra in March 1916. He sailed from Sydney in October and joined his battalion in France in February 1917. He was wounded in May and, after treatment in the 6th General Hospital in Rouen, he rejoined his battalion in June only to be wounded again in July. After treatment in the US Army Hospital in Le Treport he rejoined his battalion in August but was killed six days later at Mont St. Quentin. Robert's remains were recovered from his battlefield grave and buried in Peronne in July 1919.
Born 1885 in Mouswald, Dumfriesshire. Son of James and Grace (Nicholson) Gibson of Larriston Cottage, Castleton and of Branxholm Park Cottages, Hawick.
Killed in Action on 31 August 1918 and buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.


PTE. LANCELOT GRAHAM H.L.I.
Lancelot Graham – age 20 – Private (75162) 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Lancelot was a tailor to trade who was employed by John Anderson of Eaglesfield when he enlisted.
The 2nd HLI sailed from Tilbury Docks and arrived at Archangel in Northern Russia in August 1919. On 22 September “D” Company, which had been posted to the Murmansk front, was ordered to round up a small party of bolshevits in Kolvesty, a village 15 miles east of Kandalaksha on the coast. The landing party in four boats came under fire and one boat was lost.
Born 1899 in Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire. Son of Lancelot and Jane Ann (Downie) Graham of Steele Road and of Townfoot, Newcastleton.
Missing in Action on 23 September 1919 and named on the Archangel Memorial, Russian Federation.


PTE. ROBERT GRANT K.O.S.B.
Robert Grant – age 24 – Private (7314) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1891 in Newcastlton. Son of James and Margaret (Graham) Grant of Riccarton Bar and of Byreholm, Newcastleton.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
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PTE. ROBERT HARDIE CANADIANS.
Note: All military records use Hardy.
Robert Wilson Hardy – age 32 – Corporal (154970) 1st Battalion, Canadian Pioneers.
Robert had emigrated to Canada in 1906 and was employed as a teamster when he enlisted at Calgary, Alberta in the 56th Infantry Battalion in May 1915. He was transferred to the 1st Pioneers in October and sailed with the battalion from Montreal in November. They landed in France in March 1916 and Robert was promoted to Corporal in July but he as killed less than a month later.
Born 1884 in Castleton as Robert Wilson Hardie. Son of the late William Hardie (died 1895) of Muirdyke Railway Cottages, Castleton and of Isabella (Hall) Hardie of 12th Avenue, Calgary. Isabella went out to join Robert in 1912.
Killed in Action on 7 August 1916 and buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium.


PTE. ROBERT HARKNESS BLACK WATCH.
Robert Harkness – age 26 – Private (3/4151) 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Robert was a baker in Denholm, Roxburghshire when he enlisted in September 1914. He joined the 1st Battalion in France in April 1915 but was wounded at Loos in September and was evacuated home. When he recovered he was posted to the 2nd Battalion and landed with them at Basra in Mesopotamia in December 1915.
Born 1890 in Castleton. Son of the late Mary Ann (Routledge) Harkness (died 1896) and of the late Richard Harkness (died 1904) of 26 North Hemitage Street, Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 22 April 1916 and buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.
Also named on the Denholm War Memorial.


CORPL. CHRISTOPHER INGLIS NORTHLD. FUS.
Christopher Inglis – age 22 – Corporal (849) 1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
In 1911 Christopher, aged 17, was a colliery worker at Falstone, Bellingham in Northumberland where his father was Station Master at Falstone Station. As a member of the Territorial 4th Northumberland Fusiliers he was mobilised in August 1914 and landed with his battalion in France in April 1915. He was killed near Ypres.
Born 1893 at Steele Road in Castleton. Son of the late Agnes (Henderson) Inglis (died 1898) and of Hector Inglis, and step-son of Cecilia (Forster) Inglis who married Hector in 1902 in Castleton.
Killed in Action on 14 February 1916 and buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Falstone War Memorial together with his brother Hector Inglis, age 27. Signalman (2341571) Royal Corps of Signals who died as a Prisoner of War on 4 June 1942 and is buried in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
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PTE. RICHARD IRVING BLACK WATCH.
Richard Irving – age 26 – Private (S/10029) 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Richard enlisted in Sunderland and joined his battalion in France in August 1915. The battalion moved to Mesopotamia in December 1915 and Richard was killed a month later.
Born 1890 in Newcastleton. Son of Andrew and Betsy (Graham) Irving, of Dinleyhaughfoot, Newcastleton.
Missing in Action on 28 January 1916 and named on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.


PTE. JAMES JACKSON K.O.S.B.
James Jackson – age 27 – Private (201679) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James enlisted in June 1915 and joined the 1st KOSB at Gallipoli as Private (20401) in October 1915. Later he transferred as Private (9318) to the 1/5th KOSB and served in Palestine where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1889 in Bewcastle, Longtown, Cumberland. Son of Thomas and Martha (Jackson) Jackson of Redmoss, Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.


PTE. WILLIAM JOHNSTON H.L.I.
William Johnston – age 29 – Private (13620) 15th Battalion (1st Glasgow) Highland Light Infantry. (known as the Glasgow Tramways Battalion)
William had served with the Territorial 5th KOSB before he moved to Glasgow where he was employed as a conductor by the Glasgow Corporation Tramways and lived at 36 Delburn Street, Parkhead. He enlisted in August 1914 and landed with his battalion at Boulogne in November 1915.
Born 1887 in Newcastleton. Son of John and Jane (Sinclair) Johnston of Sandholm, Newcastleton. Husband of Annie Johnston.
Missing in Action on 3 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.
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PTE. WILLIAM KENNEDY ROYAL SCOTS.
William Kennedy – age 28 – Private (16779) 11th Battalion, Royal Scots.
After his father's death in 1897 William and his family lived with his mother's brother Thomas Turnbull just over the English border and in 1911 he was a shepherd at Stonegarthside Hall, Kershopefoot, Nichol Forest, Cumberland.
This farm is so close to the border that all his army records give the postal address as Stonegarthside Hall, Newcastleton.
He enlisted in December 1914 and landed with his battalion in France in May 1915. He was wounded on the Somme in July 1916 and evacuated to Warrington Infirmary. William returned to his battalion in January 1917 but was killed three months later.
Born 1888 in Ewes, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late George Kennedy (died 1897) and Helen (Turnbull) Kennedy of Stonegarthside Hall and of Cleughside, Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 9 April 1917 and buried in Bailleul Road West Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, France.


PTE. WILLIAM KEIR LITTLE LONDON RGT.
William Keir Little – age 37 – Private (4923) 1/13th Kensington Battalion, London Regiment.
William spent his early life in Castleton but sometime after his father's death in 1886 the family moved to Carlisle and were in the Caldewgate area in 1891. By 1901 he was an apprentice cartwright in Carlisle. He was living in Battersea in London when he enlisted.
Born 1879 in Ewes, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late William Little (died 1886) of Whithaugh, Castleton and of Jane Margaret (Church) Little of Carlisle.
Missing in Action on 5 October 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.


L/C. WALTER MARTIN K.O.S.B.
Walter Martin – age 25 – Lance Corporal (20954) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Walter was a surfaceman with the North British Railway Company at Hawick, Roxburghshire when he enlisted in July 1915. He was with the 9th Reserve Battalion at Stobs Camp when he married in August and he joined the 8th KOSB in France in December 1915. Later he was transferred to the 1st KOSB and then to the 6th KOSB.
Born 1892 in Castleton. Son of John and Isabella (Thomson) Martin of 6 Mansfield Crescent, Hawick, Roxburghshire. Husband of Elizabeth (Wright) Martin of 12 Allars Crescent, Hawick who he married in August 1915.
Missing in Action on 3 May 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Hawick Roll of Honour and on the North British Railway Company memorial in Waverley Station, Edinburgh.
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2/LT. GEORGE MILLER R.F.C.
George Miller – age 25 – Second Lieutenant, 80 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
George was commissioned from a cadet to the RFC on 2 August 1917. 80 Squadron was formed at RAF Montrose on 1 August 1917 as a fighter unit and it took its Sopwith Camels to France in January 1918. George, whose address was given as 9 Langholm Street, Newcastleton, was shot down in combat near Bapaume on 25 March 1918 and died five days later of a fractured skull in the German Field Hospital in the Girls' School in Mons, Belgium and he was buried there.
Born 1893 in Kirkton, Roxburghshire. Son of George and Mary (Telford) Miller of 21 Yarrow Terrace, Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Died of Wounds on 31 March 1918 and buried in Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Hawick Roll of Honour.


SGT. WILLIAM MITCHELHILL GORDON HRS.
William Mitchelhill – age 20 – Sergeant (266499) 6th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
William, as Sergeant (12506) and his brother Andrew as Private (12507) joined the 6th Gordons together. Andrew had been born in Castleton in 1884 but by 1891 the family had moved to Northumberland.
The brothers were both wounded in October 1918 and, whilst Andrew was later awarded a Military Medal for his actions, William died of his wounds in the 22nd General Hospital at Camiers.
Born 1898 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Son of William and Isabella (Bell) Mitchelhill of Sydenham Terrace, Whitley Bay, Northumberland and of Fisherton Manse, Dunure, Ayrshire. They had married in 1883 in Castleton.
Died of Wounds on 20 December 1918 and buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Whitley Bay War Memorial


PTE. THOMAS McGLASSON SEAFORTH HRS.
Thomas McGlasson – age 25 – Private (S/4095) 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Thomas was employed by the North British Railway Company as a receiving clerk at Caldercruix Station in Lanarkshire when he enlisted in Airdrie. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 but was killed four months later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1890 in Castleton. Son of the late Andrew McGlasson (died 1915) and Bessie (Minto) McGlasson (died 1910) of Riccarton Junction, Castleton.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the North British Railway Company memorial in Waverley Station, Edinburgh and on the Caldercruix Church memorial (as McGlashan)
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PTE. ROBERT NICHOL ROYAL SCOTS.
Robert Nichol – age 19 – Private (48994) 12th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Robert was a temporary postman when he enlisted as Private (2/21880) in the 77th Training Reserve Battalion in February 1917. He was posted to the 15th Royal Scots in France in August but due to an ankle injury he was treated at the 14th General Hospital at Wimereux before being evacuated to England in October. He returned to France and joined the 12th Royal Scots on 1 February 1918.
Born 1898 in Newcastleton as Robert Taylor Nichol. Son of John Nichol and of Ellen Byers (Taylor) Nichol of 48 North Hermitage Street, Newcastleton.
Missing in Action on 23 March 1918 and named on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.


PTE. THOMAS NICHOL K.O.S.B.
Thomas William Nichol – age 24 – Private (7397) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas was living in Newcastleton when he enlisted. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 and died in the 17th Stationary Hospital at Cape Helles.
Born 1890 in Carlisle, Cumberland. Son of Andrew and Agnes (Dinwoodie) Nichol of Carlisle.
Died of Wounds on 17 December 1915 and buried in Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.


PTE. JOHN NICHOLSON CAMERON HRS.
John Nicholson – age 35 – Private (4312) 4th Battalion attached to the 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
John was a railway shunter in Leith when he married and was a railway worker in Edinburgh when he enlisted in January 1916. He had been at the front for just six weeks when he was killed.
Born 1881 in Kirkandrews-on-Esk, Longtown, Cumberland. Son of Thomas and Agnes (Gourlay) Nicholson of North Hermitage Street and of Doncaster Street, Newcastleton. Husband of Sarah Drysdale (Taylor) Nicholson of 17 Westfield Street, Gorgie, Edinburgh who he married in 1907 in Leith.
Missing in Action on 17 August 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
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SGT. ADAM ROBSON K.O.S.B.
Not listed by CWGC. (illness not attributed to military service)
Sergeant Adam Robson – age 31 – Sergeant (200044) 1/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers.
Adam was a mason in Newcastleton when he re-enlisted as Private (584) in the Territorial 4th KOSB in November 1911. He had joined the local Volunteers in January 1902 and transferred to the 4th KOSB when it was formed in April 1908. He was promoted to Sergeant in September 1914 and landed with the battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915. He contracted dysentery and then a chest complaint and after treatment in the 3rd Australian Hospital at Mudros he was evacuated home in October 1915. He was treated in hospitals in Manchester and Edinburgh and was adjudged to be no longer fit for military service. Adam was discharged from the army in February 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge (150042) but died a month later in Carlisle Infirmary.
Born 1885 in Castleton. Son of Jessie Robson. Grandson of James Robson of 17 South Hermitage Street, Newcastleton.
Died on 27 May 1917 and buried in Castleton Cemetery.


2/LT. JOHN ROUTLEDGE K.O.S.B.
John Routledge – age 21 – Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Jack was educated at St. Bees Grammer School in Cumberland before becoming a farm student with his uncle, Mr Ballantyne, at Shaws in Liddesdale. He emigrated to farm in the United States in 1913 but came home to enlist in the Royal Scots. He landed at Liverpool in November 1914 and gave his address as Bank House, Newcastleton. As Corporal (16282) he landed with the 13th Royal Scots in France in July 1915. He was commissioned from Cadet in September 1916.
Born 1895 in Castleton. Son of the late Richard Routledge of Gorrenbury, Castleton (died 1900) and Jane (Storey) Routledge of Galeaberry House, Irthington, Brampton, Cumberland.
Missing in Action on 16 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PTE. JOHN RUTHERFORD CANADIANS.
John Telfer Rutherford – age 30 – Private (736540) 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
John was a sheep-herder at Lethbridge, Alberta when he enlisted there in February 1916. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in September and joined the 16th Battalion (the Canadian Scottish) in France November. He was wounded in April 1917 and, after treatment in the 3rd General Hospital in Boulogne, he was evacuated to the 2nd Scottish General Hospital in Edinburgh. He was discharged to the 11th Reserve Battalion in July and rejoined his battalion in France in March 1918.
Born 1887 in Castleton. Son of the late George Rutherford and of Catherine Hume (Telfer) Rutherford of 1 Doncaster Street, Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 1 October 1918 and buried in Sancourt British Cemetery, France.


PTE. ARCHIBALD SCOTT K.O.S.B
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Archibald Scott – age 19 – Private (16126) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Archibald was drowned when the Troopship “Royal Edward” was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-14 in the Aegean.
Born 1896 in Castleton. Son of William and Margaret Jane (Blackstock) Scott 1 Douglas Square, Newcastleton.
Killed by enemy action/Lost at Sea on 13 August 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.


PTE. GEORGE B. SCOTT A.& S. HRS.
George Bruce Scott – age 20 – Private (S/5009) 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
George landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915 but was killed two months later at Hill 70 during the battle of Loos.
Born 1894 in Ettrick, Selkirkshire. Son of William and Agnes (Kemp) Scott Old Braidlee and of Roan Cottage, Newcastleton, and of White House Cottage, St. Boswells, Berwickshire.
Missing in Action on 26 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.

and his brother

PTE. WILLIAM K. SCOTT AUSTRALIANS
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William Kemp Scott – age 35 – Private (4523) 26th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
William had emigrated to Australia in June 1907 and was working in Farleigh, Mackay, Queensland when he enlisted in Rockhampton in January 1916. He sailed from Brisbane in March, arrived in Alexandria, Egypt in May and France in June. He joined his battalion on 2 August but was killed three days later.
Born 1881 at Bettyfield, Smaithwaite, Roxburghshire as William Kemp.
Son of Agnes (Kemp) Scott and step-son of William Scott of Old Braidlee and of Roan Cottage, Newcastleton, and of White House Cottage, St. Boswells, Berwickshire. They married in 1883 in Melrose.
Missing in Action on 5 August 1916 and named on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PTE. JAMES SCOTT CANADIANS.
James Scott – age 30 – Private (447414) 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
James was a labourer when he enlisted in Calgary, Alberta in August 1915. He had previously served for 4 years in the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in March 1916 and joined his battalion in France in August. His death was reported by German sources.
Born 1886 in Newcastleton. Son of the late William Scott and of Elizabeth (Glendinning) Scott of 10 South Hermitage Street, Newcastleton.
Missing in Action on 4 February 1917 and named on the Vimy Memorial, France.

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PTE. THOMAS A. SCOTT K.O.S.B
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Thomas Armstrong Scott – age 37 – Private (201418) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas enlisted as Private (8468) and joined his battalion in Egypt. He moved with the battalion to France in April 1918.
Born 1881 in Castleton. Son of the late William Scott and of Elizabeth (Glendinning) Scott of 10 South Hermitage Street, Newcastleton.
Killed in Action on 3 October 1918 and buried in Proville British Cemetery, France.
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