The Scottish War Memorials Project

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:12 am Post subject: Kinneff Old Church Parishoners

Inside Kinneff Old Church.

UKNIWM No: Unlisted

TO THE MEMORY OF
MEMBERS AND RELATIVES OF MEMBERS
OF KINNEFF PARISH CHURCH WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1914-1918

1915.
Pte. W. Shepherd 5th Black Watch
Pte. J. Masson 2nd Australian E.F.
Cpl. W.T. Mowat R.G.A.
Cpl. W. Duncan A.S.C. (M.T.)
Pte. A.S. Mitchell 1st Gordon High.

1916
Pte. G. Duncan 2nd Royal Scots
Pte. J. Mackie 5th Black Watch
Pte. G.A. Milne 5th Black Watch

1917
Pte. C.D. Gordon 5th Black Watch
Dvr. D.K. Gray R.F.A.

1918
Pte. G. Cruickshank 18th Highland L.I.
Pte. H. Kerr 2nd Royal Scots Fus.
Sgt. A. Garden 1st Gordon High.

1917
Gnr. H. McLean H.M.S. Othonna

1918
P.O. J. Christie H.M.S. Zaza

"Their Name Liveth For Evermore"

ALSO TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THE SAME CAUSE
1939-1945

1939 L/Steward W. Gove H.M.S. Cyclops
1940 Pte. W. Davidson 1st Gordons
1940 Sgt. D.W. Watt Royal Air Force
1943 L/Cpl. J.A. Watt 5/7th Gordons
1944 L/Cpl. A. Elder 2nd Gordons
1944 Pte. H. Elder 2nd Gordons
1945 Cmr. Viscount Colville Royal Navy
1945 L.A.C. J.S. Wood Royal Air Force

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:18 am Post subject:

Name: SHEPHERD
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Date of Death: 11/03/1915
Service No: 2374
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. L. 2.
Cemetery: ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:21 am Post subject:

Name: MASSON, JOSEPH
Initials: J
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Unit Text: 15th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 20/05/1915
Service No: 762
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Eliza Jane Masson, of Brewlane, Kinneff, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 2990.
Cemetery: GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:22 am Post subject:

Name: MOWAT, WILLIAM TAYLOR
Initials: W T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit Text: 22nd T.M. Bty.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 20/05/1915
Service No: 22383
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mowat, of Roadside, Kinneff, Bervie, Kincardineshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 1.
Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:24 am Post subject:

Name: DUNCAN, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps
Unit Text: 52nd M.T. Coy.
Date of Death: 04/08/1915
Service No: MS/938
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 45.
Cemetery: KINNEFF CHURCHYARD

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:25 am Post subject:

Name: MITCHELL, ALEXANDER S.
Initials: A S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Service No: S/11129
Additional information: Son of John and Elsie Mitchell, of Richmond Cottage, Balnacoul, Fochabers, Morayshire; husband of Mary Ann Rankin Mitchell, of 337, George St., Aberdeen.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 38.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:27 am Post subject:

Name: DUNCAN, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 16/07/1916
Service No: 23191
Additional information: Son of William and Elizabeth Duncan, of The Square, Fettercairn, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:28 am Post subject:

Name: MACKIE, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 03/09/1916
Service No: 3295
Additional information: Son of James and Mary Mackie, of Hale Hill, Kinneff, Kincardineshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 43.
Cemetery: HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:41 am Post subject:

Served in 1/7th According to CWGC/SNWM and not the 5th as church memorial states. SNWM confirms this is the correct entry, "Mill Plough" is a farm near Arbuthnott, the parish beside Kinneff.

CWGC
Name: MILNE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn.
Date of Death: 15/10/1916
Service No: 6951
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. Q. 4.
Cemetery: EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

SNWM
Surname: MILNE
Firstname: George
Service Number: 6951
Date Death: 15/10/1916
Place of birth: Mill Plough, Kincardineshire
Other: 7th Bn.
SNWM Roll: THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)
Rank: Pte
Theatre of Death: F.& F.

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:45 am Post subject:

Name: GORDON
Initials: C D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: S/43459
Additional information: Brother of Mrs. J. Forbes, of Drumbertnot Cottage, Montrose, Forfarshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVII. K. 31.
Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:05 am Post subject:

No D.K. Gray found.
The following man is the nearest on CWGC/SNWM. He's the only Gray in an Artillery unit or a Driver 1914-1921

Name: GRAY, DAVID PROUDFOOT
Initials: D P
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Australian Field Artillery
Unit Text: 5th Bde.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 19/10/1917
Service No: 8629
Additional information: Son of Elizabeth Currie Proudfoot Gray, of 50, Rosabelle St., Kirkcaldy, and the late James Gray. Born at Sinclairtown, Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. K. 5.
Cemetery: PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:07 am Post subject:

Name: CRUICKSHANK, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 18th (Glasgow Yeomanry) Bn.
Date of Death: 28/03/1918
Service No: 13276
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 72.
Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:10 am Post subject:

Name: KERR
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 20/06/1918
Service No: 7340
Additional information: Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Kerr, of Busby, Renfrewshire; husband of Elizabeth Murdoch Kerr, of Balmain, Fettercairn, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22.
Cemetery: VEVEY (ST. MARTIN'S) CEMETERY

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:12 am Post subject:

Name: GARDEN
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 3rd Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 06/10/1918
Service No: 10424
Additional information: Husband of Helen Garden, of 26, King St., Montrose.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. AB. 29.
Cemetery: MONTROSE (SLEEPYHILLOCK) CEMETERY

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:14 am Post subject:

Name: McLEAN
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Deck Hand
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Unit Text: H.M.S. "Othonna"
Date of Death: 20/04/1917
Service No: 14460/DA
Additional information: Husband of Annie McLean, of 90, Barclay St., Stonehaven.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 27.
Cemetery: BERVIE CEMETERY