The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:50 pm Post subject:

Name: SCOTT, JOHN KEMP
Initials: JK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 14/7/1916
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of the late Alexander Scott and his wife Jane Charleson Dunnet. M.A. of Glasgow University.
Panel Reference: Sp Mem 5
Cemetery: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz.

Also named in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. A short biographical note about Lt Scott can be seen on the University's Roll of Honour: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=2428

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:55 pm Post subject:

Name: SCOTT, RALPH ROOKBY
Initials: RR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 41897
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 28/6/1918
Age: 25
Additional Information: Son of John and Emily Scott, of Dunyveg, Giffnock, Renfrewshire.
Grave Reference: Plot 4, Row D, Grave 7
Cemetery: Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes.

Also named on Glasgow Academy, Giffnock and the Royal Technical College (Strathclyde University) War Memorials.

And his brother:

Name: SCOTT, WILLIAM PEACH
Initials: WP
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 1st/5th Bn
Date of Death: 9/11/1917
Age: 27
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Scott, of Dunyveg, Giffnock, Renfrewshire.
Grave Reference: II A 1
Cemetery: Gaza War Cemetery.

Also named on Giffnock War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:03 pm Post subject:

Name: SCRUTON, HOWARD
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 7343
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 5th Bn
Date of Death: 20/7/1916
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 4D
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Also named on Broomhill Parish Church War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:10 pm Post subject:

Name: SHAW, DAVID PERSTON
Initials: D P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 6th Bn.
Date of Death: between 15/06/1915 and 16/06/1915
Age: 39
Additional information: Son of Gavin and Margaret Perston Shaw of Earlston, Uddingston; husband of Helen Brown Graham, of Merchiston, Uddingston, Lanarkshire. Gazetted Jan., 1900.
Panel Reference: Panel 15 and 16.
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial.

There is a memorial to Major Shaw in Bothwell Parish Church.

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:13 pm Post subject:

Name: SHEPHERD, HERBERT JOHN
Initials: HJ
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 2985
Regiment/Service: South Staffordshire Regiment, 1st/6th Bn
Date of Death: 1/7/1916
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of Henry George and Margaret M. Robertson Shepherd, of Cambuslang, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 7B
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:39 pm Post subject:

Name: SIMPSON, ANDREW
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 1296
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1st/7th Bn
Date of Death: 28/6/1915
Grave Reference: I A 6
Cemetery: Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:44 pm Post subject:

Name: SIMPSON, DAVID THOMSON
Initials: DT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death: 2/12/1919
Memorial: Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton.

Also named on Whitehill Secondary School and Barony Church War Memorials.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:49 pm Post subject:

Name: SIMPSON, GEORGE MURDOCH
Initials: GM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 16th Bn
Date of Death: 18/11/1916
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 15C
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Also named on The Royal Technical College (Strathclyde University) War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:52 pm Post subject:

Name: SIMPSON, LUDOVICK DUFF
Initials: LD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2895
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Hdrs) Bn
Date of Death: 15/7/1916
Age: 29
Additional Information: Son of the late Duff and Ann Bilsland Simpson, of Dullatur, Dumbartonshire.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 15C
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:55 pm Post subject:

Name: SINCLAIR, JAMES JOHNSTON
Initials: JJ
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Date of Death: 14/11/1918
Age: 31
Additional Information: Son of Archibald and Catherine Johnston Sinclair. Born at Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: K 434
Cemetery: Glasgow Western Necropolis.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:01 pm Post subject:

Name: SMITH, FRANCIS BEACROFT
Initials: FB
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, RN Div, attd Royal Air Force
Awards: Military Cross
Date of Death: 28/5/1918
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of Mr. G. B. Smith, of "Martnaham," Wedderlea Drive, Cardonald, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: 235.90184
Regiment/Service: City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor.

Also named on Dunoon War Memorial.

Citation for MC reads: For conspicuous gallantry during an attack, when leading his men. Although shot three times, he continued, with great; dash and determination, to advance, bayonetting three of the enemy, refusing to retire until ordered to do so.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:26 pm Post subject:

Name: SMITH, NORMAN MCGAAN
Initials: NM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps, 2nd East Anglian Field Amb
Date of Death: 12/12/1917
Age: 25
Additional Information: Son of Adam and Constance Smith, of Abbotsford House, St. Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad. M.B., Ch.B. Glasgow University.
Grave Reference: H 50
Cemetery: Ramleh War Cemetery.

Also named in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. A short biographical note about Captain Smith can be seen on the University's Roll of Honour: https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=2572

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:28 pm Post subject:

Name: SNEDDON, J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/24581
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 1st/5th Bn
Date of Death: 3/6/1918
Grave Reference: IV H 32
Cemetery: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:05 am Post subject:

Two brothers whose mother was German, naturalised British: explains their forenames.

Name: SPENCER, WILLY PATON BERTHOLD
Initials: WPB
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Wiltshire Regiment, 2nd Bn, "D" Coy
Date of Death: 10/3/1915
Age: 17
Additional Information: Son of Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Spencer, of 58, Hornsey Lane, Highgate, London. Educated at Dulwich College and Sandhurst.
Panel Reference: Panel 33 and 34
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial.

I cannot trace his brother, Hermann Henry Frederic Elliott Spencer, other than to confirm his death in early 1919 (from Ancestry records). Interestingly, the school's information on him does not refer to any regiment or service.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:08 am Post subject:

Name: SPIERS, GK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 8th Bn
Date of Death: 23/7/1918
Grave Reference: III A 16
Cemetery: La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck.