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anne park
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 Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:02 am Post subject: Morayshire Roll of Honour |
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I have looked the entry and found that there are several mistakes in this book.
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DelBoy
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Where is the memorial situated? Was it moved from it's location on the High Street as planned in 1930?
25th February 1930 Glasgow Herald.
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Roxy
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The Elgin War Memorial is still on High Street.
I'm not sure that it was ever moved. I'll see if I can find some pre-1930 photos.
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kinnethmont
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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It's location has not changed since it was unveiled on the Plainstones in 1922.
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anne park
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject: Updating info |
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| I'm using the Moray Library Index and updating loads of the entries. |
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anne park
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:50 pm Post subject: James George Chisholm Davidson Seaforth Highlanders |
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| James George Chisholm Davidson Pte 265237 6th Seaforth Highlanders born Carmichael, Banff. enlisted Elgin Age 21 Killed in action F & F 16-May-17 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, of 27, Union St., Elgin, Morayshire. James Davidson & Christina Stuart. Also 2 Greyfriars St; Elgin. Occ: Baker. MI: NE(S)989. Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 Courant 1-6-17 1/1 |
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anne park
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: James McIntosh Grant Seaforth Highlanders |
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| James McIntosh Grant Pte 266628 6th Seaforth Highlanders born Elgin, Morayshire enlisted Elgin Age 24 Killed in Action F & F 12-May-17 Son of the late William Grant & Jane Baddon, 185, High St., Elgin, Morayshire. Occ: Plasterer. Rank maybe L/cpl. Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 Courant 15-6-17 1/1 |
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DelBoy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:28 pm Post subject: old photo |
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mons14
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Research under revision.
Last edited by mons14 on Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:53 am; edited 1 time in total |
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DelBoy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:25 pm Post subject: Pte. John Kell Farquhar |
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KOREAN WAR
1950 – 1953
Pte J.K. Farquhar, Black Watch
Surname: FARQUHAR
Forenames/Initials: John Keil
Rank: Pte
Service: Army
Service Number: 22478284
Regiment/Corps: BLACK WATCH
Date of Birth: 27 January 1933
Age: 19
Date of Death: 16 November 1952
Cemetery Name: UN Memorial
Cemetery Address: Pusan, PUSAN
Grave Section: 22
Grave Row: 12
Grave Number: 1547
Included on Armed Forces Memorial: Yes
Included on Roll of Honour: Yes
Interview with James Robertson.
"James served in Korea when he was only 19. One day he was asked to attend a funeral for his fallen colleagues. "I had never been to a funeral so I said yes. It was an awful site; there was a great row of bodies," he said. "When they say they died with their boots on they really did. "Somebody said do you know who’s lying there? Farquhar Button. It was sad for me that day."
He added: "It took years before we got his name on the war memorial at Elgin." |
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DelBoy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: McKenzie Wm |
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| anne park wrote: | | McKenzie William Leslie Pte 2990 6th Seaforth Highlanders b Speymouth 29/11/1895 e Elgin Age 21 Killed in Action F & F 13-Nov-16 Son of George & Mary Jane Cruickshank McKenzie, Easterton Cottage, Westerton, Speymouth, Fochabers. Morayshire Roll of Honour: Page 311 : Occ Farm Servant. Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet Fr 0131 Plot I Row G Grave 5 |
Could the Pte. Wm. McKenzie/MacKenzie of the Seaforths on this memorial be the below?
(Glasgow Herald 22nd May 1915)
"Mr W. McKenzie, baker, 21a Murdoch's Wynd, Elgin, has received information that his eldest son, Private W. McKenzie, 1st Seaforth Highlanders, was killed in action on May 9. Lieutenant Ranken, writing to Mr McKenzie says -"It will, I hope, be some consolation to you to know that he died gallantly attacking the enemy's trenches." Private McKenzie, who was only 20 years old, had served for about three years in the Seaforths. He was in India with his battalion when war broke out, and afterwards proceeded to the front."
CWGC
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 1015
Date of Death: 09/05/1915
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 38 and 39.
Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL
SNWM
Surname: MACKENZIE
Firstname: William
Service Number: 1015
Date Death: 09/05/1915
Place of birth: Old Mills Morayshire
Other: 1st Bn.
SNWM roll: THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F. |
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anne park
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:53 pm Post subject: John Clunas RGA on memorial update of info |
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John Clunas Gnr 49777 46th Royal Field Artillery C Bty b Bishopmill, Elgin 26/12/1873 e Gt. Yarmouth Age 43 Killed in Action F & F 04/04/1918 Son of Alexander Clunas (Deceased). Lived at 18 Back St; Bishophill, Elgin. 1891 Census: 36 West High St: Occ: Tailor. Mo: Margaret. (nee Winchester). Husband of Edith Clunas. 1911 Census: Gt Yarmouth. Age 24. Occ: Military Tailor. Service Returns: 134/AF 96. Morayshire Roll of Honour: Page 62 Occ: Draper. Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux Fr 0424 Plot V Row D Grave 2
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Kenneth Morrison
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: Sulley A H |
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| anne park wrote: | | Sulley Alan Hereford Lt 9th Kings Own Scottish Borderers attd 2nd b Dumfries 26/08/1896 e Elgin Age 20 Killed in Action F & F 03-Sep-16 Son of Philip and Mary Sulley, 38, Netherby Rd., Trinity, Edinburgh. Born at Dumfries. & Fidra, Elgin. Morayshire Roll of Honour: Page 438: Occ Art Student. Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval Fr 0402 Plot XXVII Row A Grave 8 |
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LIEUT SULLEY ALAN H.
Named on the Galashiels War Memorial in Selkirkshire as:
LT. ALLAN H. SULLEY. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Alan Hereford Sulley – age 20 – Second Lieutenant, 9th (Reserve) Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Alan was educated at the Bell Baxter School at Cupar, Fife and at Galashiels Academy before attending the Slade Art School of London University when he was 16. A talented artist and musician he was on the staff of the Daily Mirror when he enlisted in October 1914 and he landed in France as Private (2642) with the 1/6th (Morayshire) Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders in May 1915. He was commissioned in the KOSB in August 1915 and spent some months as a bombing instructor before joining the 2nd KOSB in August 1916. Alan was killed two weeks later at Falfemont Farm. His remains were recovered from the battlefield and re-interred in Delville Wood Cemetery.
Born 1896 in Dumfries. Son of Philip and Mary Ann (Mapple) Sulley of Fidra, Elgin and of 38 Netherby Road, Trinity, Edinburgh.
Philip had been the Surveyor and Assessor of Taxes at Galashiels between 1906 and 1912 and was at Elgin from mid 1913.
(Source: Southern Reporter 19/9/1912 and Dundee Courier 21/8/1913)
Killed in Action on 3 September 1916 and buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France.
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