The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

DelBoy · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:44 pm Post subject: Which Surname is right?

I stumbled across this man and looked him up, unfortunately he seems to have a variety of surnames recorded?!

Name: KIRKADE, ALEXANDER
Rank: Private
Service No: 8664
Date of Death: 02/05/1915
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 38.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

CGWC have his him as KIRKADE
Motherwell War Memorial, SNWM & War Return as KINKADE
M.I.C. as KINRADE

Cheers,
Derek.

ADP · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 467 Location: Edinburgh

The Service Return says Alexr. Kinkade, aged 29, died 02-05-1915 or since, death presumed. There is a corresponding birth in Motherwell (Dalziel Parish) on 17-May-1885.

ADP

kinnethmont · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1649 Location: Aberdeenshire

The MIC shows Kinkade.

Am looking into this. It is not a scanning error but might be an original typo. I await Derek sending me the Service Return to check further.
_________________
Jim

If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

www.kinnethmont.co.uk

kinnethmont · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1649 Location: Aberdeenshire

Thanks Derek.

This will go to CWGC for correction of the orginal record to KINKADE.
_________________
Jim

If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

www.kinnethmont.co.uk

DelBoy · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that Jim.

Derek.