The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:20 pm Post subject:

KELSO TOWN and DISTRICT WW1 WAR MEMORIAL.

L/CORPL. ROBERT MABON.
Robert Mabon – age 22 – Lance Corporal (33589) 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
In 1911 Robert, aged 15, and his sister Eva were living with their aunt Jane Mabon at 35 Roxburgh Street, Kelso and Robert enlisted from there.
Born 1896 in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire. Son of Henry Wilson Mabon and his second wife Lily (Murray) Mabon who he married in 1895 in Cheetham, Manchester.
Henry had married Mary Jane Douglas Story (Eva's mother) in 1884 in Westmorland but she died there in 1891. He returned to Kelso and died there in 1921.
Missing in Action on 23 March 1918 and named on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Also named on the memorial in Kelso North Church.

PTE. THOMAS MABON.
Thomas Jamieson Mabon – age 26 – Private (29011) 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Thomas was at Haymont Farm, Makerstoun, Roxburghshire when he enlisted as Private (36145) in the Royal Scots in June 1915 but he was posted to the Cameronians in France.
Born c.1893 in Cavers, Roxburghshire. Son of Archibald and Jane (Jamieson) Mabon of Legerwood and of Airehouse, Oxton, Berwickshire who had married in 1892 in Cavers.
Missing in Action on 28 March 1918 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Makerstoun Parish War Memorial.

PTE. FRANK C. MACK.
Frank Chapman Mack – age 21 – Private (45583) 4th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Frank was a ploughman at Manorhill Farm, Makerstoun, Roxburghshire when he enlisted in June 1918. He was posted to the 2nd KOSB in July 1919 but did not go overseas. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis at the 2nd Scottish General Military Hospital at Craigleith in Edinburgh and was discharged from the army in January 1920. Frank died a month later in the Cottage Hospital, Liberton, Edinburgh.
Born 1898 in Fogo, Berwickshire as Frank Chapman. Son of Janet Chapman, who married Thomas Martin in 1908 in Edrom, Berwickshire.
In 1901, as Frank Chapman aged 2, he was living with his uncle and aunt Thomas and Letitia (Chapman) Mack at Fogo, and by 1911, as Frank Mack aged 13, he was with them at Manorhill.
Husband of Isabella (Goodwin) Mack of Manorhill who he married in October 1918 in Makerstoun.
Died on 27 February 1920 and buried in Makerstoun Parish Churchyard. (CWG)
Also named on the Makerstoun Parish War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:29 pm Post subject:

PTE. JOHN MACK.
John Mack – age 28 – Private (201344) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
In 1911 John was with his family at Makerstoun, Roxburghshire but he was a ploughman at Windshiel, Duns, Berwickshire when he enlisted. As Private (8378) he joined his battalion in Egypt and served in Palestine until they moved to France in April 1918.
Born 1889 in Longformacus, Berwickshire. Son of the late Letitia (Chapman) Mack (died 1911) and of Thomas Mack of Manorhill Farm, Makerstoun and of Blakelaw Farm. Kelso.
Killed in Action on 1 September 1918 and buried in Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France..
Also named on the Makerstoun Parish War Memorial.

and his brother

PTE. WILLIAM MACK.
William Mack – age 23 – Private (7328) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was a shepherd at Fans Farm, Earlston, Berwickshire when he enlisted. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1892 in Fogo, Berwickshire. Son of the late Letitia (Chapman) Mack (died 1911) and of Thomas Mack of Manorhill Farm, Makerstoun, Roxburghshire and of Blakelaw Farm. Kelso.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Makerstoun Parish War Memorial.

PTE. WALTER D. MAIR.
Walter David Mair – age 29 – Private (2071) 1/4th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots.
Walter was educated at West Ham School in Essex before becoming a student of Arts at Edinburgh University in 1906. He graduated M.A. In 1911, became a teacher at Kelso High School and played for the Kelso Rugby Club. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was fatally wounded a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1885 in West Ham, Essex. Son of the late David Mair of Boundary Road, East Ham, Essex (died 1903) and of Jessie Leishman Mair of 43 Slateford Road, Edinburgh.
Died of Wounds on 15 July 1915 and buried in Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named as a Teacher on the Kelso High School memorial, on the Edinburgh University Roll of the Fallen and on the University Old College memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:38 pm Post subject:

PTE. JAMES H. MATHER.
James Hogarth Mather – age 20 – Private (7165) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James was a farm servant at Hownam Howgate, Roxburghshire when he enlisted. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1895 in Kelso. Son of the late Margaret (Hogarth) Mather (died 1898) and of Archibald Dickson Mather, and step-son of Margaret (Waddell or Webster) who married Archibald in 1899 in Kelso.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Hownam Parish War Memorial.

TROOPER FRANCIS J. MEIN.
Not listed by CWGC.
Francis Jeffrey Mein – age 41 – late of the South African Union Forces.
(Source: Southern Reporter 16/3/1916 p.5)
Francis was a miner when he sailed from Cape Town, arriving in London on 12 November 1915. He died of in the family home in Kelso four months later.
Born 1874 in Kelso. Son of the late William Mein (died 1882) and of Agnes Duncan (Renton) Mein of Croft House, Bowmont Street, Kelso.
Died on 8 March 1916. Burial place not known.
Also named on the Kelso High School memorial and on the Kelso Trinity Church memorial.

MAJOR JAMES D. L. MELROSE.
James Douglas Leitch Melrose – age 33 – Major, 29th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
James was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh before becoming a Student of Law at Edinburgh University in 1904. He graduated in 1908 and was appointed a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh in 1909. He was commissioned in the Territorial Forth Companies of the RGA in Edinburgh in April 1913 and was promoted to Lieutenant in August 1914. He was promoted to Captain in June 1916 and went to France in August. James was promoted to Major commanding a Battery in March 1917 but was fatally wounded the following year at Kemmell Hill and died at Boeschepe near Ypres. He was buried in the Churchyard there and was re-interred at Abeele in 1921
Born 1884 in Kelso. Son of the late Margaret (Harvey) Melrose (died 1891) and of former Provost James Melrose of Goshen Bank, Kelso. Husband of Jessie Macpherson (Jenkinson) Melrose of 13 Rutland Street, and of 5 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh who he married in 1916 in Newington, Edinburgh.
Died of Wounds on 25 April 1918 and buried in Abeele Aerodrome Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Kelso Trinity Church memorial, on the George Watson's College memorial, on the Edinburgh University Roll of the Fallen and on the University Old College memorial.

SERGT. ANDREW J. MIDDLEMAS.
Andrew John Middlemas – age 28 – Sergeant (53) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Andrew was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and was one of the best rifle shots in the battalion, representing his company at Bisley. He was mobilised in August 1914 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1887 in Kelso. Son of Arthur and Isabella (Taylor) Middlemas of Anna Cottage, Kelso. Husband of Christina Hume (Huntley) Middlemas of Lyndon, Kelso who he married in 1911 in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
Her brother Sergeant James Huntly, 1/7th Northumberland Fusiliers was killed on 26 April 1915.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Kelso High School memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:49 pm Post subject:

PTE. WILLIAM A. MILNE.
William Alexander Milne – age 22 – Private (S/7532) 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
William was a gardener when he enlisted in Kelso.
Born 1893 at Ballater in Glenmuick, Tullich and Glengairn, Aberdeenshire.
Son of John and Mary Milne of Drumtochy Castle Gardens and of Home Cottage, Auchenblae, Kincardineshire.
Missing in Action on 1 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the memorial in Kelso North Church.

PTE. GILBERT MOFFAT.
Gilbert Moffat – age 27 – Private (13483) 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.
Gilbert of Wester Muirdean. Makerstoun, Roxburghshire was a roadman when he enlisted in February 1915. He joined his battalion in France in October 1915 but was wounded in September 1916 on the Somme and, after treatment in the 39th General Hospital at Le Havre, he was evacuated to the Edinburgh War Hospital where he was judged to be no longer fit for war service due to his wounds. Gilbert was discharged from the army in April 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge (163401) He died of diabetes mellitus at Muirdean in Makerstoun.
Born 1891 in Ednam, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Gilbert Moffat (died 1914) and of the late Euphemia Mills (Dickson) Moffat (died 1914) of Makerstoun. He named his sister Janet Moffat of Wester Muirdean as his next of kin.
Died on 25 February 1919 and buried in Makerstoun Parish Churchyard. (CWG)
Also named on the Makerstoun Parish War Memorial.

PTE. DAVID MORRIS.
Kenneth David Morris – age 18 – Private (TR2/48570) 53rd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Kenneth was a saw-miller and was in training when he contracted influenza. He died of pneumonia in the Auxiliary Military Hospital at Kinghorn in Fife.
Born 1900 in Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland. Son of Alexander and Christina (Dorward) Morris of the Lodge at Eckford, Roxburghshire.
In 1901 and 1911 the family lived near Ettagh in King's County (now Co. Offaly) in Ireland, where Alexander was a gamekeeper.
Died on Service on 26 October 1918 and buried in Friockheim Cemetery, Angus.
Kenneth is buried with his grandfather George Dorward and his grandmother Agnes Lowson.
Also named on the Linton Parish Church memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:03 pm Post subject:

PTE. GEORGE MURRAY.
George Murray – age 34 – Private (3231058) 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
George was a ploughman at Caldronbrae near Kelso before he emigrated to Canada in 1913. He was working in the Bridge and Building Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company at Perry Sound in Ontario when he was drafted into the army in Toronto in January 1918. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in February and was posted to France in July. George joined his battalion in August but was killed three weeks later.
Born 1885 in Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Isabella (Hardie) Murray (died 1910) and of Thomas Murray of Denholm.
He named as his next of kin his sister Helen Murray of Baillieknowe, Stichill, Kelso and of Station House, Roxburgh.
Missing in Action on 28 August 1918 and named on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Also named on the Denholm Parish War Memorial and on the Stichill Parish War Memorial.

CORPL. JOHN R. MURRAY.
John Richardson Murray – age 19 – Corporal (527) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and was mobilised in August 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1896 in Kelso. Son of James Murray and of Jane McClure (McMickan) Murray of 24 Horse Market, Kelso.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

PTE. ALEXANDER McBAIN.
Alexander McBain – age 35 – Private (436938) 31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry
In 1901 Alexander, age 17, was the assistant road surveyor to his father in Kelso and he was still with his family in 1911. He served for 3 years with the Border Rifle Volunteers. He was working as a surveyor when he enlisted in Edmonton, Alberta in February 1915. He sailed from Montreal in September but it was the following year before he joined his battalion in France in September 1916. Alexander died in the 1st Casualty Clearing Station at Ligny-St.Flochel.
Born 1883 in Salen, Argyllshire. Son of the late Mary Thomson (McLagan) McBain (died 1914) and of William McBain of Falcon Hall, Roxburgh Street, Kelso. Husband of Margaret Alexander (Fairbairn) McBain of Brunswick Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, and of 4 Winchester Row, Kelso.
Died of Wounds on 30 August 1918 and buried in Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:23 pm Post subject:

PTE. ALEXANDER McCRAW.
Alexander McCraw – age 20 – Private (66102) 141st Company, Machine Gun Corps.
Alexander was a ploughman at Redden Farm, Ednam, Roxburghshire when he enlisted as Private (25625) in the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was posted to the MGC in France.
Born 1897 in Greenlaw, Berwickshire. Son of Robert and Margaret (Slater) McCraw of Redden Cottage, Ednam and of Kersheugh, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
Missing in Action on 30 November 1917 and named on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.
Also named on the Sprouston Parish War Memorial.

and his brother

PTE. WILLIAM McCRAW.
William McCraw – age 22 – Private (206111) "C" Battalion, Tank Corps.
William enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery in May 1915 and as Gunner (961) he was posted to the 6th (Armoured Car) Battery of the Motor Machine Gun Service in France in October 1915. This later became part of the Machine Gun Corps (Motors) In late 1916, many men of the MGC(M) were transferred to the Heavy Section, MGC, which in July 1917 became the Tank Corps.
Born 1895 in Eccles, Berwickshire. Son of Robert and Margaret (Slater) McCraw of Redden Cottage, Ednam and of Kersheugh, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
Missing in Action on 31 July 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Ednam Parish War Memorial.

SERGT. JAMES McCRAW.
James McCraw – age 27 – Corporal (S/3828) 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
James was an assistant gamekeeper in Sprouston when he enlisted in Kelso. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 but he was killed four months later during the battle of Loos.
Born c.1888 in Fogo Berwickshire. Son of Hugh McCraw.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Sprouston Parish War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:31 pm Post subject:

FLIGHT CADET ALEX. A. McDONALD.
Not listed by CWGC.
Alexander Auld McDonald – age 26 – Flight Cadet (171550) Royal Air Force.
He was granted an honorary commission as a Second Lieutenant after his demobilisation and death. (Source: London Gazette 19/3/1920 p.3438)
Alexander was educated at Ednam School in Roxburghshire, where his father was the headmaster, at Kelso High School and at Queen's University in Toronto. He had joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce in August 1910 and was a bank clerk at the Kamloops branch in British Columbia when he was drafted for military service as Private (2022538) in the 1st Depot Battalion of the British Columbia Regiment on 9 April 1918 but he was immediately discharged to serve with the Royal Flying Corps. He joined the Royal Air Force as Flight Cadet (171550) on 18 April but was discharged as being "surplus to requirements (not having suffered impairment since entry into the Service)" on 2nd January 1919. Alexander died of pneumonia in Vancouver three days later.
Born 1892 at Freswick in Canisbay, Caithness. Son of the late Helen (Mowat) McDonald (died 1909 in Ednam) and of George McDonald of the Schoolhouse, Ednam.
Died on 5 January 1919 and buried in Vancouver.
Also named on the Ednam Parish War Memorial, on the Kelso High School memorial and on the Canadian Bank of Commerce Roll of Honour.

PTE. ROBERT B. McGEORGE.
Robert Bryden McGeorge – age 43 – Private (28955) Royal Army Veterinary Corps, transferred as Private (547835) to the 454th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps.
Robert McGeorge was brought up by his grandparents John and Sarah Bryden in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire and spent most of his life in that county. In 1891 he was a farm servant in Balmaclellan, in 1901 he was a ploughman, living with his wife and family in Kirkmabreck and in 1911 they were at Southwick. They came to Mainhouse in Eckford, Roxburghshire in 1914 and he died there of influenza and pneumonia while still on military service with the Labour Corps.
Born 1876 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire as Robert McGeorge Bryden. Son of the late Margaret Bryden. Husband of Mary Agnes (McKie) McGeorge of Burnside Cottage, Earlston, Berwickshire who he married in 1895 in Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Died on Service on 10 February 1919 and buried in Eckford Parish Churchyard. (CWG)
Also named on the Eckford Parish War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:47 pm Post subject:

PTE. GEORGE McGREGOR.
George McGregor – age 27 – Private (15613) 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.
In 1911 George was a shepherd with his father at Mindrum in Northumberland but by 1914 the family were at Clifton and then at Primside Mill, Morebattle, Roxburghshire. George was working as a rabbit-catcher at Catch-a-Penny Farm, Yetholm, Roxburghshire when he enlisted in December 1915.
Born 1890 at Mindrum, Carham, Glendale, Northumberland. Son of Thomas and Jane (Stonehouse) McGregor.
Missing in Action on 31 July 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Morebattle Parish War Memorial and on the Yetholm Parish War Memorial.

L/CORPL. JOHN McKENZIE.
John Dickson Mckenzie – age 26 – Lance Corporal (44563) 17th Battalion (2nd City) Manchester Regiment.
John enlisted at Altrincham in Cheshire as Private (G/18790) in the Royal Fusiliers but he was posted to the 17th Manchesters in France.
Born 1892 in Kelso. Son of Peter and Marion (Dickson) McKenzie. Husband of Ethel (Pickston) McKenzie of 45 Hawthorn Road, Altrincham, Bucklow, Cheshire who he married there in 1915.
Killed in Action on 22 March 1918 and buried in St. Quentin-Roupy Road German Cemetery at L'Epine-de-Dallon but the graves were destroyed by shell fire. John and his comrades have a special memorial in Savy British Cemetery, Aisne, France.
Also named on the memorial in Kelso North Church and on the Altrincham War Memorial.

CAPT. JAMES McLAREN.
James McLaren – age 22 – Captain, 1/7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
James was educated at Edinburgh Academy and was captain of the school in 1914. He was commissioned in October 1914. He joined his battalion at Ypres in May 1915 but was gassed and evacuated to hospital in Bedford in June. He was promoted to Captain in October 1916 but was killed the following year at Cambrai.
Born 1895 at Easter Cornton Farm, Logie, Stirling. Son of the late Agnes Thomson (Somerville) McLaren (died 1906 in Logie) and of Duncan McLaren of Cornton and of Fairmington, Roxburgh.
Missing in Action on 21 November 1917 and named on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.
Also named on the Roxburgh Parish War Memorial, on the Causewayhead & Cambuskenneth War Memorial near Stirling, on the Stirling War Memorial and on the Edinburgh Academy memorial.

and his brother who died two days earlier

2nd LIEUT. WILLIAM S. McLAREN.
William Somerville McLaren – age 19 – Second Lieutenant, 48 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List.
William was educated at Edinburgh Academy and was captain of the school in 1915. He enlisted as Private (28021) in the King's Own Scottish Borderers in December 1916 but was discharged in April 1917 to a commission on the General List for the RFC. He joined his squadron in September 1917. William's Bristol fighter was shot down near Dixmunde and his Observer, 2nd Lieutenant David Whyte Hardie was killed. William died a day later.
Born 1898 at Easter Cornton Farm, Logie, Stirling. Son of the late Agnes Thomson (Somerville) McLaren (died 1906 in Logie) and of Duncan McLaren of Cornton and of Fairmington, Roxburgh.
Died of Wounds on 19 November 1917 and buried in Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Roxburgh Parish War Memorial, on the Causewayhead & Cambuskenneth War Memorial near Stirling, on the Stirling War Memorial and on the Edinburgh Academy memorial.

DRIVER HORACE McLEOD.
Note: all military records have Harry.
Harry McLeod – age 27 – Driver (62857) 56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Horace and his siblings were brought up by his aunt Miss Ellen Summers in Kelso after the death of their mother Margaret (Summers) McLeod in Glasgow. He was a a telegraph messenger in Kelso before he joined the army in 1910 and had been stationed in India for about five years.
Born 1890 in Glasgow. Son of the late John Norman McLeod (died 1913) and of Margaret (Summers) McLeod (died 1896) who had both been born in Kelso. He named his Aunt Miss Ellen Summers as his legatee.
Died of Wounds on 25 April 1917 and named on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Also named on the Church of the Immaculate Conception (St Mary's) memorial in Kelso.

PTE. JOHN McROBB.
John McRobb – age 24 – Private (16544) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was a gardener at Wooden House, Kelso when he enlisted. He landed with the 7th KOSB at Boulogne in July 1915. He suffered from gas poisoning at Loos in September and was wounded on two further occasions.
Born 1892 in Hawick, Roxburghshire. Son of James and Jane (Scott) McRobb of 21 Horse Market, Kelso and of Swinton House Gardens, Berwickshire.
Husband of Lizzie Bell (Bennet) of 100 Roxburgh Street, Kelso who he married in 1916 in Edinburgh.
Missing in Action on 19 August 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:53 pm Post subject:

CORPL. WILLIAM K. NEIL.
William Kerr Neil – age 21 – Corporal (545) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was a dentist and was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB. He was mobilised in August 1914 and he landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1893 in Kelso. Son of James and Agnes (Mattison) Neil of Victoria Cottage, 6 Rose Lane, Kelso.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Kelso High School memorial.

PTE. JOHN J. NEILLANS.
John James Neillans – age 23 – Private (S/6559) 9th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
John was a farm servant when he enlisted in October 1914. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915 but was killed two months later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1892 in Linton, Roxburghshire. Son of Robert and Isabella (Fairley) Neillans of Easter Wooden Farm, of Caverton Mill, Eckford and of Gateshaw, Morebattle, Roxburghshire.
Killed in Action on 25 September 1915 and buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France.
The bodies of 41 men of the 9th Black Watch were brought to the cemetery from positions a little west of Loos in 1919.
Also named on the Eckford Parish War Memorial, on the Eckford Parish Church memorial now in Eckford Community Hall and on the Linton Parish Church memorial.

PTE. RICHARD J. NEWTON.
Richard James Newton – age 38 – Private (12872) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Know locally as James, he had been a shop porter in Kelso. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 but he was killed four months later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1879 in Ednam, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Richard James Newton (died 1903) and of Isabella (Kinghorn) Newton of Mill Wynd and of Roxborough Street, Kelso.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:08 pm Post subject:

PTE. JAMES PATTERSON.
James Patterson – age 33 – Private (7353) 2/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James was a journeyman slater when he enlisted in November 1914. He was discharged from the army in August 1916 due to illness and he was awarded a Silver War Badge (489706). James died of tuberculosis two months later in the family home in Sprouston, Roxburghshire.
Born 1883 in Sprouston. Son of William and Agnes (Ross) Patterson of Sprouston.
Died on 3 October 1916 and buried in Sprouston Parish Churchyard. (CWG)
Also named on the Sprouston Parish War Memorial and on the memorial in Kelso North Church.

PTE. JOHN H. PATTERSON.
John Huggan Patterson – age 22 – Sergeant (S/2132) 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
John was a plate-layer on the railway when he enlisted in the Gordons as a regular in August 1914. He transferred to the 8th Battalion at Bordon Camp in Hampshire and landed with them at Boulogne in May 1915. He was wounded twice. John was a Sergeant in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion based at Victoria Road School, Torry, Aberdeen when he married in December 1916.
Born 1895 Bunkle and Preston Parish, Berwickshire. Son of John Huggan Patterson and Christina (Elliott) Patterson of Windywalls Farm, Sprouston, Roxburghshire. Husband of Bathia Jane Sinclair (Gray) Patterson of 88 Victoria Road, Torry, Aberdeen who he married in 1916 in St Machar, Aberdeen.
Missing in Action on 17 June 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Sprouston Parish War Memorial and on the Aberdeen Roll of Honour.

PTE. ROBERT PATTERSON.
Robert Patterson – age 35 – Private (S/16086) 10th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Robert was hallman at Floors Castle, Kelso when he enlisted.
Born 1880 in Maxton, Roxburghshire. Son of James and Anne (Cockburn) Patterson of Ednam, Roxburghshire. Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Niven) Patterson (from 1919 Mrs William Henderson) of Orchard Cottage, Kelso who he married in 1912 in Kelso.
Missing in Action on 9 May 1917 and named on the Doiran Memorial, Salonica, Greece.
Also named on the Ednam Parish War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:13 pm Post subject:

SERGT. ROBERT M. PATTERSON.
Robert Patterson – age 31 – Lance Sergeant (5668) 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
Robert had served with the Camerons for nine years and in 1901, aged 19, was in barracks at Inverness. He was a sorter in the Post Office in Glasgow and was a reservist at the outbreak of war. He was mobilised in August 1914 and joined the 1st Battalion in France in September. Robert was initially thought to be a prisoner of war but the Red Cross could not trace him.
Born 1883 in Kelso as Robert Macintosh Patterson. Son of the late Elizabeth or Bessie (Preston) Patterson (died 1894) and of James Rule Patterson of Shedden Park Road. Kelso. Husband of Mary Duncan (Fearon) Patterson of Firhill Road, Queens Cross, Glasgow who he married in 1910 in Glasgow.
Missing in Action on 11 November 1914 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.

and his brother

PTE. THOMAS PATTERSON.
Thomas Patterson – age 27 – Private (4936) 1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Thomas was living at 94 Dundas Street in Glasgow when he enlisted.
Born 1889 in Kelso. Son of the late Elizabeth or Bessie (Preston) Patterson (died 1894) and of James Rule Patterson of Shedden Park Road. Kelso.
He named his sister Mary Jane Fleming (Patterson) Mattison as his legatee.
Mary Jane Fleming Patterson was born in 1880 in Kelso and married Harry Mattison in 1905 in Dennistoun, Glasgow.
Missing in Action on 15 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:22 pm Post subject:

CORPL. WILLIAM PAULIN.
William Paulin – age 27 – Corporal (43336) 1/7th Battalion, Royal Scots.
William was a tailor, living 31 Horse Market, Kelso when he enlisted in March 1916. He was posted to the 12th Royal Scots in France in August 1916 but was wounded in September and evacuated to hospital in London. After he had recovered he joined the 1/7th Royal Scots who had arrived in France from Palestine in April 1918. The Battalion was in the front line north of the Mons canal in Belgium and was engaged on clearing trenches on 11 November 1918. William died in the 4th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station at Valenciennes on the day following the Armistice.
Born 1891 in Kelso. Son of John and Alice (Watson) Paulin of 31 Horse Market, and of Bowmont House, Kelso.
Died of Wounds on 12 November 1918 and buried in Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, France.

PTE. ANDREW PRINGLE.
Andrew Pringle – age 35 – Private (032348) Ordnance Depot (Le Havre) Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
In 1911 Andrew, aged 26, was a butcher and was boarding at 81 Roxburgh Street in Kelso. He died in the 40th Stationary Hospital at Harfleur, Le Havre.
Born 1884 in Wilton, Roxburghshire. Son of Robert (a policeman) and Elizabeth (Turnbull) Pringle of Smailholm, Roxburghshire.
Died on Service on 15 June 1919 and buried in Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France.
Also named on the Smailholm Parish War Memorial.

PTE. WILLIAM PRINGLE.
William Pringle – age 21 – Private (22123) King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was an apprentice ironmonger in Jedburgh when he enlisted in the 3/4th KOSB in November 1915. He was posted to the 1st KOSB in France in March 1917 and transferred to the 7th/8th KOSB in April but was diagnosed with tuberculosis and evacuated home in November. William was discharged from the army in January 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge (303361) William died in the Anderson Sanatorium, Howdenbank, Hawick.
Born 1897 in Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire. Son of the late James Pringle (died 1898) and Agnes (Millar) Pringle (died 1900) of Blackwood, Lesmahagow. Adopted son of Archibald and Sarah (Moffat) Pringle of Stichill Schoolhouse, Roxburghshire.
Died on 2 June 1918 and buried in Stichill Parish Churchyard. (CWG)
Also named on the Stichill Parish War Memorial and on the Jedburgh War Memorial.

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PTE. JOSEPH M. QUARRY.
Joseph Morrison Quarry – age 19 – Private (55957) Royal Army Medical Corps.
Joseph was a forester in Makerstoun, Roxburghshire when he enlisted in February 1915. He joined the Hospital Ship “Salta” in the Dardanelles on 7 August 1915 as an orderly but he contracted dysentery and was admitted to the Military Hospital at Imtarfa on Malta on 21 August. Joseph died two weeks later.
Born 1896 in Makerstoun. Son of George and Charlotte (Oliver) Quarry of Makerstoun and of Orchardmains, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
Died on Active Service on 5 September 1915. and buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.
Also named on the Makerstoun Parish War Memorial.

L/CORPL. JAMES QUEENAN. M.M.
James Queenan, Military Medal – age 27 – Lance Corporal (40059) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
In 1911 James, aged 21, was a farm labourer living with his family (listed as Queening) at Haddon Farm Cottages, Sprouston, Roxburghshire. He was awarded a M.M. for bravery in the field in the summer of 1918 but was killed at Cambrai.
Born 1890 at Kersmains, Roxburgh. Son of the late Michael Queenan (died 1905) and of Ellen (Brannan) Queenan.
Killed in Action on 18 September 1918 and buried in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Roxburgh Parish War Memorial and on the Church of the Immaculate Conception (St Mary's) memorial in Kelso.

PTE. GEORGE RAEBURN.

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PTE. GEORGE G. RAEBURN.
George Gillan Raeburn – age 19 – Private (51614) 12th Battalion, Royal Scots.
George enlisted as Private (47945) in the Royal Scots Fusiliers but was posted to the 12th Royal Scots.
Born 1899 in Duns, Berwickshire. Son of Robert and Isabella Norman (York) Raeburn of Spylaw, Kelso and of Kirkhill, Earlston, Berwickshire.
Died of Wounds on 13 April 1918 and buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

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L/CORPL. CHARLES REID.
Charles Reid – age 21 – Lance Corporal (13532) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Charles was a farm servant at Sunlaws, Roxburgh when enlisted in August 1914. He landed with the 8th KOSB at Boulogne in July 1915 and served in the combined 7th/8th KOSB after they merged in May 1916. He then transferred to the 2nd KOSB and was killed on the Somme.
Born 1895 in Galashiels, Selkirkshire. Son of Helen (Tinlin) Reid of Sunlawshill Farm, Roxburgh, and step-son of Peter Joseph Rhodden who Helen married in 1900 in Hume, Berwickshire.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Roxburgh Parish War Memorial.

and his brother

PTE. PETER J. REID.
Peter Reid – age 23 – Private (10776) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Peter had enlisted in 1909 and was serving with the 1st KOSB at Lucknow in India in August 1914. The battalion moved to Egypt in November and then returned to England in December. They sailed again in March 1915 and landed at Cape Helles in Gallipoli in April. Peter was killed during the landings. Initially reported as missing his remains were recovered and re-interred after the war.
Born 1892 at Lochside, Melrose, Roxburghshire as Patrick Reid. Son of the late Patrick or Peter Reid (died 1892) and of Helen (Tinlin) Reid of Sunlawshill Farm, Roxburgh, and step-son of Peter Joseph Rhodden who Helen married in 1900 in Berwickshire.
Killed in Action on 25 April 1915 and buried Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Roxburgh Parish War Memorial.

PTE. GEORGE REID.
George Reid – age 25 – Private (18172) 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh) Royal Scots.
George was living at 26 Robertson Avenue, Gorgie, Edinburgh when he enlisted.
Born 1890 in Ednam, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Charles Reid (died 1897) and of Jane (Fox) Reid of Kelso (died 1902). He named his brother Thomas Murdoch Reid as the executer of his will.
In 1911 Thomas, aged 14, was living with his uncle Thomas Reid in Ednam Village.
Missing in Action on 1 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Ednam Parish War Memorial and on the Kelso Trinity Church memorial.

STOKER 1st CLASS HORATIUS REID.
Horatius Reid – age 44 – Stoker 1st Class (276385) H.M.S. "Dolphin." Royal Navy.
Horatius was a groom when he enlisted in the Navy for 12 years in 1894. He extended his service in 1906 and in August 1914 he joined the submarine supply ship HMS Maidstone. In November he was posted to HMS Dolphin, the Royal Naval shore establishment sited at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport. Dolphin was the home of the Royal Navy Submarine Service and location of the Royal Navy Submarine School. Horatius was based there throughout the war and died of pneumonia in the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire.
Born 1875 in Kelso. Son of the late William Reid (died 1917) and of Mary (Mearns) Reid of 38 The Square, Kelso.
Died on Service on 17 February 1919 and buried in Kelso Cemetery. (CWG)

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PTE. JOHN RICHARDSON.
John Richardson – age 21 – Private (7519) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was fatally wounded a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1894 in Kelso. Son of Francis Richardson and of Jane Gray Cairn (Pirie) Richardson of Roxburgh Street, Kelso.
Died of Wounds on 12 July 1915 and buried in Skew Bridge Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.

PTE. WILLIAM RICHLEY.
William Richley – age 39 – Private (7275) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was brought up by his uncle and aunt, William and Frances Paulin, and he served his apprenticeship as a tailor while living with them in the Horse Market, Kelso. He was living in Duncan House, Chalkheugh Terrace, Kelso when he enlisted in November 1914 and he landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1876 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Son of ?????
Brother of Mary Richley of Keith Bank, Inverkeithing, Fife.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.