The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Adam Brown

Baberton Golf Club, Baberton Avenue

A notice in "The Scotsman" of 4th November 1921 states that the Club's war memorial was to be unveiled the next day at 3p.m. by Col. Prentice of the Highland Light Infantry.

Since the club still exists and they still play for the HLI Cup then there is no reason to believe it is not in the clubhouse today.

Adam

lost in tilloy · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 111

Hi

Here is the memorial which is situated just outside the new clubhouse. I've been researching the memorial and have produced an ROH for the club. Two casualties from WW2 have also been added to the rear of the memorial.

A summary of the Great War casualties:

Anderson, David: Pte 2237, 5th RS, KIA 03/05/1915, Gallipoli
Arnot, John: Pte 251237, 4th RS, DOW 19/11/1917, Egypt
Brunton, James McLeod: 2nd Lt, 6th att 4th RS, KIA 01/08/1917, Israel & Gaza
Gibson-Craig, Sir Archibald Charles: Lt, 2nd HLI, KIA 14-17/09/1914, F&F
Gourlay, William Norris: Capt, 5th QOCH, DOW 06/06/1917, F&F
Greig, Peter Currie: Pte 31733, 2nd Bn Glouc Reg, Died 24/10/1918, Greece
Oldham, William Hogg: A/Cpl S/23842, 14th A&SH, KIA 27/03/1918, F&F
Ritchie, William Thomas Jeffrey: L/Cpl 2849, 5th RS, KIA 28/04/1915, Gallipoli
Reid, James: Pte 2095, 4th RS, KIA 12/07/1915, Gallipoli
Russell, John: A/Cpl 350993, 9th RS, DOW 20/04/1917, F&F
Thomson, Kenneth Douglas: Lt, 10th A&SH, KIA 18/07/1916, F&F
Watson, Donald Miller [Millar]: Cpl 2325, 5th RS, KIA 28/04/1915, Gallipoli
Wight, Marshall Paterson: Pte 2118, 4th RS, KIA 28/06/1915, Gallipoli

Here are two other memorials that are situated either side of the war memorial:

Regards
LIT

Adam Brown · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:30 pm Post subject:

Interesting to see that as many members died at Gallipoli as died on the Western Front. Not surprising given so many of them were in the Queen's Edinburgh Rifles though.

Thanks

Adam