The Scottish War Memorials Project

DelBoy · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:41 pm Post subject: Sgt. David Andrew

WW1
Sgt. David Andrew, Gordon Highlanders

(Glasgow Herald 23rd November 1914)
"Unofficial information has been received in Kirkudbright that Sergeant David Andrew, 2nd Gordon Highlanders, eldest son of Mrs Andrew, Union Street, had been killed in action. The intelligence was conveyed in a postcard written by Sergeant T.J. Arnott, of the same battalion. Sergeant Andrew, who was 27 years of age, had been for 10 years in the Gordon Highlanders, and saw service in India and Egypt."

CWGC
Name: ANDREW, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 2nd Bn
Age: 27
Date of Death: 31/10/1914
Service No: 9763
Additional information: Son of Agnes Andrew, of 27, Union St., Kirkcudbright, and the late William Andrew.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. A. 3.
Cemetery: HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

SNWM
Surname: ANDREW
Firstname: David
Service Number: 9763
Date Death: 29/10/1914
Place of birth: Kirkcudbright
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS
Rank: L/Sgt

DelBoy · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:23 am Post subject: Pte. Henry Richards

WW1
Pte. H. Richards, 2nd Manchester Regiment

(Glasgow Herald 14 Dec 1914)
"Lieutenant-Colonel Forde, R.A.M.C., writing to Mrs Richards, Hart's Close, Kirkcudbright, whose husband, Private H. Richards, 2nd Manchester Regiment, died from wounds in hospital at Bethune, says he was admitted to hospital on October 19 suffering from a shrapnel wound on the right thigh and unconscious. He died the same evening without recovering consciousness, and was buried in the civilian cemetery at Bethune."

CWGC
Name: RICHARDS, HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 303
Date of Death: 19/10/1914
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I.C.19.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Mary Jane Richards, of 31 High St., Kirkcudbright.

SNWM
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Brunswick · Joined: 12 Oct 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Brunswick, Germany

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