The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:14 pm Post subject:

Name: INGLIS, JAMES ARTHUR CHETWYND
Initials: JAC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 4th Bn, attd Seaforth Highlanders
Date of Death: 9/5/1915
Panel Reference: Panel 37 and 38
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:17 pm Post subject:

Name: JOHNSTON, ROBERT GRAHAM
Initials: RG
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 7th Bn
Awards: Military Cross
Date of Death: 18/7/1916
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 15C
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Also named on Winchester College War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:22 pm Post subject:

Name: KEATING, GEORGE HENRY
Initials: GH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cambridgeshire Regiment, 2nd/1st Bn, formerly served in 16th (Public Schools) Bn. Middlesex Regiment
Date of Death: 18/9/1918
Age: 25
Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Keating, of The Ley, Northwich, Cheshire, and the late Canon J. F. Keating, D.D. Born at Edinburgh.
Grave Reference: II D 1
Cemetery: Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy.

Also named on Glenalmond College War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:13 pm Post subject:

Name: KIRK, HENRY BUCHANAN
Initials: HB
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Brigadier General
Regiment/Service:General Staff Cdg. 93rd Infantry Bde. and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Awards: Four times Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 12/05/1916
Age: 49
Additional Information:: Son of Lt.-Col. T. B. Kirk, Arg. and Suth'd Highrs.
Grave Reference: Plot 2. Row O. Grave 18.
Cemetery: Le Treport Military Cemetery.

Also commemorated on Danbury (Essex) WAr Memorial and on a plaque in Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Stirling: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=8459&highlight=kirk.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:16 pm Post subject:

Name: LAIDLAW, ROBERT STEWART
Initials: RS
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Navy, HMS Melbourne
Date of Death: 23/4/1919
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of Col. David Laidlaw and Annie Orr Stewart Laidlaw, of "Beechwood," Skelmorlie, Ayrshire. Born at Glasgow.
Panel Reference: 31
Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:20 pm Post subject:

Name: LITTLEBOY, FREDERIC GRAHAM
Initials: FG
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), attd Worcestershire Regiment
Date of Death: 7/12/1915
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Frederic and Susan Amy Littleboy, of "Kilmeena," West Byfleet, Surrey.
Grave Reference: II E 15
Cemetery: Azmak Cemetery, Suvla.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 7:27 pm Post subject:

Name: DOWNIE, JAMES ROBERT MACALPINE
Initials: JRM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st/8th Bn
Date of Death: 21/3/1918
Age: 40
Additional Information: Son of W. Macalpine Leny of Dalswinton; husband of Ethel Blakiston Houston Macalpine Downie, of Orangefield, Co. Down.
Grave Reference: I E 17
Cemetery: Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 7:30 pm Post subject:

Name: MACDONALD, J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Bn
Awards: Military Cross
Date of Death: 23/07/1916
Grave Reference: VI A 1
Cemetery: Abbeville Communal Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 4:02 pm Post subject:

Name: MACDUFF, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 24/5/1915
Age: 30
Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Edith A. Macduff, of Bonhard, Perth.
Panel Reference: Panel 38 and 40
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Also named on Scone, Winchester College and Royal Perth Golfing Society War Memorials. A Memorial Hall was also dedicated in his memory in Scone: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=10255&highlight=macduff

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 4:12 pm Post subject:

Name: MACFIE, CW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: South Staffordshire Regiment, 3rd Bn, attd 2nd Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 16/6/1915
Panel Reference: Panel 21 and 22
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial.

Also named on North Berwick War Memorial. There is also an individual memorial dedicated in his honour within St Baldred's Church in North Berwick.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:09 pm Post subject:

Name: MACKENZIE, K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 9th Bn
Date of Death 27/8/1918
Additional Information: Son of John Ord Mackenzie, of Dolphinton; husband of May Endora Campbell (formerly Mackenzie), of Dolphinton House, Dolphinton, Edinburgh.
Grave Reference: C 31
Cemetery: Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel

Captain MacKenzie is also named on memorials at Fettes College and Peebles. There is a personal memorial to him at Dolphinton - http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=88145#88145

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:13 pm Post subject:

Name: MCKERROW, CHARLES KENNETH
Initials: CK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps, attd 10th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
Date of Death: 20/12/1916
Age: 33
Additional Information: Son of Dr. George McKerrow, of Ayr; husband of Jean Craik Turnbull (formerly McKerrow), of Hindhead, Surrey.
Grave Reference: IX B 15
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Militray Cemetery.

Also named on Clare College, Cambridge War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:20 pm Post subject:

Name: MACKINTOSH, ALASTAIR HUGH
Initials: AH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 14/9/1914
Age: 34
Additional Information: Son of the Hon. Lord Kyllachy, of Kyllachy, Invernessshire. Served in the South African War.
Memorial: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial.

Also named on Tomatin (Strathdearn) War Memorial. There is also an individual memorial dedicated to him and his parents within Dalarossie Kirk at Tomatin.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:27 pm Post subject:

Name: MACLEHOSE, JAMES COLIN
Initials: JC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade, 16th Bn.
Date of Death: 14/02/1917
Age: 19
Additional information: Son of James and Mary MacLehose, of The Old Parsonage, Lamington, Lanarkshire. Born at Glasgow.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. K. 15.
Cemetery: Brandhoek Military Cemetery.

Also named on Lamington War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:30 pm Post subject:

Name: MACLEOD, DONALD
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, 1st/10th Bn
Date of Death: 28/9/1915
Age: 35
Additional Information: Son of D. M. Macleod, of 12, Hyde Park Place, London.
Grave Reference: I G 19
Cemetery: Brandhoek Militray Cemetery.