The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 2:38 pm Post subject:

JOHN ALLAN.
John McNish Allan – age 20 – Private (23765) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Transferred as Private (TR2/4263) 53rd Battalion, Training Reserve.
John had been a cylinder tester when he enlisted. He died of tuberculosis at his home in Penpont.
Born 1898 in Penpont. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jane (McNish) Allan of Briarbush, Penpont.
Died on 25 January 1919 and buried in Penpont Parish Churchyard. (CWG)

ALEXANDER BECK.
Alexander Beck – age 36 – Private (15790) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Alexander was a blacksmith to trade and had enlisted as Private 5068 in the RSF in January 1896. He served in India before he was transferred to the Army Reserve in January 1904 and was discharge at the end of his term of service in January 1912. He re-enlisted in December 1914 and was posted to his battalion in France in January 1915.
Born 1879 in Keir, Dumfriesshire as Alexander Wilson. Son of Helen Wilson.
Husband of Nellie Ferguson (Carruthers) Beck, of Prince's Street, Penpont who he married in 1904 in Penpont.
Missing in Action on 16 June 1915 and named on the Le Touret Memorial, France.
His son, Alexander Beck, Gunner (3184334) 12 Battery, 6 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was killed in France between 31 May and 2 June1940 and is also named on this memorial.

WILLIAM BELL.
William Bell – age 28 – Lance Corporal (22946) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William worked with his father in the dairying business at Auchenbainzie Farm, Penpont until he enlisted in February 1916. He joined his battalion in France in August 1916.
Born 1888 in Penpont. Son of James Adamson Bell and of Mary (Turnbull) Bell of Old Auchenbainzie, Penpont and of Clonrae, Tynron, Dumfriesshire. Missing in Action on 3 May 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
(This entry changed on 9/9/2018 thanks to info from Gladys Cuttle - "Teddy")

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 2:50 pm Post subject:

JOHN BLACKLEY.
John Blackley – age 36 – Private (R/423180) Remount Depot (Ormskirk), Royal Army Service Corps.
The ASC Remounts Service was responsible for the provisioning of horses and mules to all other army units. Animals were obtained during the war by compulsory purchase in the United Kingdom and by purchasing from North and South America, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, India and China. One of four main Remounts Depots was established at Ormskirk in Lanacashire.
John was brought up and educated in Argentina where his father was a rancher but he was living at “Keirview” in Penpont when he married in September 1917. He enlisted in July 1918 but died of pneumonia in the Seaforth Military Hospital, Windyknowe, Blundellsands, West Derby, Lancashire.
Born 1882 in the Falkland Islands.
Son of the late William Blackley of Patagonia, Argentina and of Frances or Fanny Davidson (Smith) Blackley of “Keirview” in Penpont. Husband of Mary Robson (Miller) Blackley of 20 Smith Street, Hillhead, Glasgow who he married in 1917 in Glasgow.
Died on Service on 3 January 1919 and buried in Caerlaverock Parish Churchyard, Dumfriesshire. (CWG)
Also named on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.

JOHN BROWN.
John Brown – age 30 – Private/Signaller (15317) 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
John had been a dyker and he came home from Canada to enlisted in January 1915. He landed with the 7th RSF at Boulogne in July 1915 and fought at the battle of Loos in September. Due to illness he was evacuated to the Scottish Military Hospital at Stobhill in Glasgow in February 1917 and he was discharged from the army and awarded a Silver War Badge (215473) in May 1917. He died of tuberculosis two years later at the family home of Briarbush. His father had died two days earlier.
Born 1889 in Keir, Dumfriesshire. Son of John and Janes Moyes (Peggie) Brown of Briarbush, Penpont.
Died on 16 June 1919 and buried in Penpont Parish Churchyard. (CWG)

WILLm. S. BURNS.
William Speir Burns – age 35 – Sergeant (SD/3304) 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.
In 1911 William was a stockman on Hayland Farm, Graffham, Petworth, Sussex.
Born 1879 in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire. Son of John and Mary (Speir) Burns of Tibbers, Penpont. Husband of Edith (Staples) Burns of Singleton near Chichester who he married in 1905 in Singleton, Westhampnett, Sussex.
Missing in Action on 30 June 1916 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Singleton Parish War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 2:59 pm Post subject:

GILBERT CARMICHAEL.
Gilbert Carmichael – age 35 – Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion attached to the 2/6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Gilbert was educated at Penpont Public School and at Wallace Hall Academy, Thornhill before he went to Edinburgh Universty where he graduated with an M.A. in 1906. He also distinguished himself in athletics and gained a “blue” in football. He became a school master and taught at March Grammar School, Cambridgeshire, Ashville College, Harrogate, Yorkshire and King Edward’s School, Stafford. Finally, in May 1914 he was appointed the History and Latin master at Keighley Grammar School, Yorkshire taking over the position from his elder brother, Andrew McMillan Carmichael who emigrated to South Africa. He was called up in January 1917, was commissioned in the Manchester Regiment in August and went to France in September 1917.
Born 1883 in Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late Gilbert and Margaret (McMillan) Carmichael. Husband of Elizabeth Helena (Ablitt) Carmichael who he married in 1914 in Cambridge.
Missing in Action on 21 March 1918 and named on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Also named on the March Grammar School memorial and on the Ashville College memorial

WILLm. CARMICHAEL.
I cannot trace this man.

WILLm, CARRUTHERS.
William Carruthers – age 41 – Private (28798) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers attached to the Special Works Park, Royal Engineers.
In 1915, the French Army became the first to create a dedicated camouflage unit. The following year the British Army established its own camouflage section. It was known as the Special Works Park R.E.
William was a joiner to trade when he enlisted in 1914. He landed with the 7th KOSB at Boulogne in July 1915 and was badly wounded at Loos in September. He returned to France to the 6th KOSB.
William suffered an accidental wounding and died in the 58th Casualty Clearing Station at Lillers near Bethune.
Born 1877 in Penpont. Son of William and Margaret (Kirkpatrick) Carruthers of Mallyford, Penpont.
Died of Wounds on 31 March 1918 and buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:06 pm Post subject:

ALEXANDER CARSON.
Alexander Malcolm Carson – age 30 – Sergeant (40504) Depot, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Alexander was employed by Captain Gladstone at Capenoch, Penpont and as a member of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry he was mobilised in 1914. He was posted to the 2nd RSF in France in September 1916 but was badly wounded in May 1917 and was evacuated to the Military Hospital in Shrewsbury before being transferred to the King George V Hospital in Dublin where he died.
Born 1887 in Penpont. Son of the late William and Margaret (Menzies) Carson of Penpont. Brother of Jessie (Carson) Little of Pringleton, of Glengar Cottage, and of Grennan Road, all in Penpont.
Died of Wounds on 6 January 1918 and buried in Penpont Parish Churchyard. (CWG)

JAMES A. D. COOK.
James Alexander Douglas Cook – age 21 – Private (S/18052) 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
James worked in the drapery trade in Thornhill when he enlisted in October 1916. The 2nd Black Watch had been in Mesopotamia since January 1916 and moved to Palestine two years later.
Born 1897 in Penpont. Son of the late William Cook and of the late Isabella (Armstrong or Brown) Cook of Penpont. Brother of Mary (Cook) McGowan of Messines, Penpont.
Killed in Action on 8 June 1918 and buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.

JOHN CRICHTON.
John Crichton – age 31 – Private (41650) 18th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
John was a forester with the Duke of Buccleugh at the Mill House, Tynron, Dumfriesshire when he enlisted as Private (208) in the 3rd King's Own Scottish Borderers Volunteers in March 1903 and then in the Territorial 5th KOSB in April 1908. He was mobilised in August 1914 and landed with the 1/5th KOSB at Gallipoli in June 1915. He survived the battle of Achi Baba Nullah in July but he contracted dysentery and was evacuated to hospital in Cairo before being moved to the 4th London General Hospital at Denmark Hill in August 1915. John's term of service expired in April 1916 and he was discharged from the army but he re-enlisted and as Private (5428) KOSB he went to France where he was transferred to the 18th HLI.
Born 1886 at Mill House, Tynron, Dumfriesshire. Son of Hugh Gilmour Crichton and Elizabeth (Wilson) Crichton of The Old Forge, Penpont.
Killed in Action on 25 August 1917 and buried in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery. Somme, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:13 pm Post subject:

HENRY DOUGAN.
Harry Dougan – age 25 – Private (152363) 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles.
Harry or Henry had been a gardener at Cardoness, Gatehouse-of-Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire before emigrating to Canada in 1911. He was farm labourer near Kelwood in Manitoba when he enlisted at Brandon in November 1915. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in April 1916 and was posted to the 1st CMR in France in June.
Born 1891 in Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire as Henry Dougan. Son of James and Mary (Dorian) Dougan of Cauldside, Skyreburn, Gatehouse and later of Clonhie Cottage, Penpont.
Missing in Action on 15 September 1916 and named on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Also named on the Anwoth and Girthon Parishes War Memorial, on the Anwoth Parish Church memorial now in Gatehouse-of-Fleet Parish Church and on the Kelwood War Memorial in Manitoba.

THOMAS FINLATER.
Thought to be:
Thomas MacDonald Findlater, Private (S/14164) 1/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Thomas, aged 20, was a gardener at Drumlanrig Castle when he enlisted in November 1915. He was posted to the 14th Battalion and landed with them at Le Havre in June 1916. He was wounded in February 1918 and after treatment in hospital at Le Treport he was posted to the 1/8th Battalion in April 1918. He served with the battalion until he was demobilised in March 1920.
Thomas MacDonald Findlater died in Alloa, Clackmannanshire in 1955 aged 59. (Source: Service record and GRoS – Death Register)
Born 1895 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of James and Margaret Jane (Macdonald) Findlater of Izett Street and King Street, Alloa.

STEPHEN GIBSON.
Possibly:
Stephen Gibson – age 18 – Private (16210) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Stephen was a miner at Fauldhead Colliery, Kirkconnel when he enlisted. He was drowned when the Troopship “Royal Edward” was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-14 in the Aegean.
Born 1897 in Blacon Point, Chester. Son of the late John Gibson of Kelloside Cottage and of Mary McGhie (Brydon) Gibson of Riverside Terrace, Kirkconnel. John and Mary had married in 1883 in Closeburn, Dumfriesshire.
Killed by Enemy Action/Lost at Sea on 13 August 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Kirkconnel Parish War Memorial and on the Parish Church WW1 memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:18 pm Post subject:

ALFRED HAMILTON.
Alfred Hamilton, Military Medal – age 26 – Corporal (201481) 1/5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Alfred was brought up by his grandmother in Penpont and he had served his apprenticeship as an ironmonger in Thornhill before working in Kilmacolm and in Hamilton. He enlisted as Private (1082) in the Argylls in November 1912 and was serving with the 2nd Battalion at Fort George, Inverness when war was declared. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in August 1914 and fought at Mons. He was wounded once and invalided twice and in February 1916 he was posted to the 1/5th Battalion in Egypt. He was wounded in Palestine and was evacuated to the 43rd Stationary Hospital at El Arish where he died. The award of his M.M. was made in April 1918.
Born 1892 in the Royal Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh. Son of the late Isabella Hamilton of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. In 1891 Isabella had been a domestic servant in Newington in Edinburgh. Grandson of Elizabeth (McCracken) Hamilton, of "Bilboa," Penpont.
Died of Wounds on 14 November 1917 and buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

WILLIAM HUNTER.
William Hunter – age 27 – Private (29863) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots.
William was working as a hedger on the Drumlanrig Estate when he enlisted in February 1916. He had been in France for just a few weeks when he was killed. William's remains were recovered from the battlefield after the war and re-interred in Longueval.
Born 1889 in Penpont. Son of Margaret (Hunter) Graham and step-son of James Graham of Carronbridge who married in 1899 in Penpont.
Killed in Action on 22 July 1916 and buried in London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Somme, France.
Also named on the Durisdeer War Memorials in Dumfriesshire.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:30 pm Post subject:

RICHARD HYSLOP.
Richard Hyslop – age 23 – Private (240947) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Richard had worked with a miller at Enterkinfoot before becoming a ploughman at Gateslack Farm, Durisdeer. He joined his battalion as Private (2882) in Egypt in January 1916 and served in Palestine where he was wounded before being killed at Gaza.
Born 1893 in Penpont as Richard Brown Hyslop. Son of the late Robert Hyslop of Penpont and of Nicholas (Bryden) Hyslop of Gateslack Cottages, Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.
Also named on the Durisdeer War Memorials as Richard B. Hyslop.

and his brother – killed ten days earlier.

THOMAS HYSLOP.
Thomas Hyslop – age 19 – Lance Corporal (29301) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Thomas was a 16 year old farm lad at Hollis when he enlisted in November 1915. He was posted to the 2nd KOSB in France in December 1916.
Born 1898 in Penpont. Son of the late Robert Hyslop of Penpont and of Nicholas (Bryden) Hyslop of Gateslack Cottages, Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire.
In 1901 & 1911 the family lived at Bilboa, Penpont.
Missing in Action on 9 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Durisdeer War Memorials.

WILFRED MATHER.
Wilfred Ernest Mather – age 22 – Private (447160) 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Wilfred was educated in Penpont and at Wallace Hall Academy, Thornhill before he attended the North-Eastern County School in Barnard Castle, County Durham where he was a cadet in the Officer Training Corps. After leaving school he emigrated to Canada to join two of his brothers. Later he was employed in railway surveying at Spokane in Washington State, USA. He was a time-keeper when he enlisted at Calgary, Alberta in June 1915 and he sailed from Montreal in September 1915. He was posted to his battalion in France in January 1916 but was killed at the battle of Vimy Ridge just over a year later.
Born 1894 in Penpont. Son of John Alfred Mather and of Mary Gemmell (Stewart or Stuart) Mather of Grovehill House, Penpont and of Hastings Hall, Moniaive, Dumfriesshire.
Killed in Action on 9 April 1917 and buried in La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, France.
Also named on the Glencairn Parish War Memorials in Moniaive and on the Barnard Castle School memorial and Roll of Honour

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:36 pm Post subject:

JAMES MAXWELL.
James Maxwell – age 21 – Private (22762) 1/7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
James was working in the grocery trade in Newton Mearns when he enlisted in Glasgow in May 1916. He joined his battalion in December but was wounded during 1917 and evacuated home. James returned to his battalion in France in August 1918 but was fatally wounded a month later near Arras and died in the 38th Casualty Clearing Station.
Born 1897 in Penpont as James Simpson Maxwell. Son of Margaret Maxwell of Virginhall, Penpont. Grandson of the late David and Margaret (Ferguson) Maxwell of Virginhall and nephew of Mrs. Barbara (Maxwell) Rogerson of Dunreggan, Moniaive, Dumfriesshire.
Died of Wounds on 28 September 1918 and buried in Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, France.

JOHN MILES.
Thought to be:
John Edward Myles – age 19 – Private (S/20337) 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
John served his apprenticeship as a gardener at Broxmouth Park near Dunbar, East Lothian and was employed at Drumlanrig Castle when he enlisted.
Born 1897 in Dunbar, East Lothian. Son of William and Jessie (Harris) Myles of 1 Silver Street, Dunbar, East Lothian.
Died of Wounds on 26 September 1916 and buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Also named on the Dunbar War Memorial.

WILLIAM A. MURRAY.
William Archibald Murray – age 37 – Private (5297) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William had been educated at Wallace Hall Academy before he joined the KOSB in about 1895. He was serving with the 1st KOSB in India in 1911 and in August 1914 the battalion was at Lucknow. They sailed for Egypt, landing there in November, before sailing again for England. In March 1915 they sailed again and landed at Cape Helles on Gallipoli on 25 April. William was killed a day later.
Born 1878 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Son of the late George Murray and of Elizabeth (Gall) Murray of Pringleton, Penpont.
Missing in Action on 26 April 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:43 pm Post subject:

Three sons of the late James McAllister (died 1899) of Beuchan Cottage, Keir and of Auchencrieff Cottage, Dumfries, and of Jane (Hope) McAllister of Tibbers Cottages, Penpont.

JAMES McALLISTER.
James McAllister – age 28 – Private, United States Army.
James had been a gardener with Captain Gladstone at Capenoch, Penpont before he emigrated to Canada. He arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia in March 1913 and had been living in Winona, Ontario when he entered the USA at Detroit in April 1914 on his way to Petoskey, Michigan. He was employed as a gardener by the Cochran family of Astor Street, Chicago. They had a vacation home on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron, Michigan and James was there when he was drafted into the US Army in June 1917. On each record he named his mother as Jane McAllister of Bankhead, Dumfriesshire. He died in the Columbus Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Born 1889 in Bankhead, Keir, Dumfriesshire.
Died on Service on 14 August 1918 and buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.

JOHN McALLISTER.
John McAllister – age 28 – Private (153536) 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Canadian Infantry.
John had been in Canada for about six years and was a labourer and a member of the local militia the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada when he enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba in July 1915. He sailed from Canada in November and joined the 43rd Battalion in England. They landed in France in February 1916. John was reported missing eight months later but his remains were recovered from the battlefield and he was re-interred at Courcelette in March 1919.
Born 1888 in Bankhead, Keir, Dumfriesshire.
Killed in Action on 8 Octobert 1916 and buried in Courcelette British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Also named on the Keir Parish War Memorial.

WILLm. McALLISTER.
William McAllister – age 19 – Private (132181) 8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
William was a gardener at Drumlanrig Castle when he enlisted in the HLI in March 1917. He was posted to the MGC in France a year later but was killed after less than two months at the front.
Born 1899 in Dumfries.
Missing in Action on 30 May 1918 and named on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.
Also named on the Keir Parish War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:51 pm Post subject:

WILLm. McGEOCH.
William McGeoch – age 37 – Private (S/22527) 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
William was a forester on the Duke of Buccleuch's estate when he enlisted in early 1916.
Born 1879 in Penpont. Son of James and Margaret Wood (Wilson) McGeoch of Gowkthorn, Penpont.
Killed in Action on 18 October 1916 and buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.

GEORGE McLACHLAN.
George McLachlan – age 23 – Lance Corporal (276449) 1/7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
George had served his apprenticeship as a grocer in Thornhill. He enlisted as Private (4368) in the 1/7th A&SH in 1916.
Born 1894 in Penpont. (Birth Register as McLauchlan)
Son of George and Janet or Jessie (Kirkpatrick) McLachlan of Tibbers, Penpont. George died in September 1917.
Killed in Action on 23 April 1917 and buried in Crump Trench British Cemetery, Fampoux, France.

and his brother - killed two weeks earlier

WILLm. McLACHLAN.
William McLachlan – age 25 – Private (23410) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William had been a gardener at Drumlanrig before taking a post at Whittingehame House, Haddington , the home of the former Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour. William was living in Prestonkirk, Haddington, East Lothian when he enlisted in 1916.
Born 1892 in Penpont. (Birth Register as McLauchlan)
Son of George and Jessie (Kirkpatrick) McLauchlan of Tibbers, Penpont. George died in September 1917.
Husband of Annie (Cravens) McLachlan of Drumshinnoch and of 32 Carronbridge, Thornhill, who he married in 1913 in Morton, Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action on 9 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:57 pm Post subject:

THOMAS McLEAN.
Thomas McLean – age 36 – Private (37565) 1/8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Thomas was employed as a painter on the Buccleuch Estate when he enlisted as Private (46445) in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was posted to the Scottish Rifles in France.
Born 1882 in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire. Son of Thomas and Grace (Young) McLean of Old Cumnock, Ayrshire. Husband of Ellen (McCreadie) McLean of Boatford, Penpont who he married in 1906 in Auchenleck. Ayrshire.
Killed in Action on 29 July 1918 and buried in Oulchy-Le-Chateau Churchyard Extension, Aisne, France.
Also named on the Cumnock War Memorial.

WILLm. McMILLAN.
William McMillan – age 31 – Private (19572) 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
William was a farm servant at Lessnessock in Ayrshire when he enlisted in June 1915. He joined the 7th RSF in France in October 1915 and was attached to the 170th Tunneling Company, Royal Engineers in June 1916.
Born 1885 in Penpont. Son of William and Mary (Brownrigg) McMillan of Burnhead, Penpont.
Killed in Action on 1 January 1917 and buried in Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France.

JOHN McNISH.
Not listed by CWGC.
John McNish – age 45 – Corporal (302287) 721st Labour Company, Labour Corps.
John served his apprenticeship as a law clerk but by 1901 he was working as a draper in Hammersmith, London and he was a credit draper/packer in Harlesden, London when he enlisted as Private (19979) in the Army Service Corps in October 1915. He went to France in November 1915 and was posted to the 23rd Company, Labour Corps and served at Le Havre and Boulogne. He was promoted to Corporal with the 721st Labour Company in February 1918 but was taken ill and after treatment at the 14th General Hospital in Wimereaux he was evacuated to Charing Cross Hospital in London where he was diagnosed with 'malignant disease of the pharynx'. John was transferred to the Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, London in March 1919 and was discharged from the army. John died at home.
Born 1873 in Dumfries. Son of William and Isabella (Dalziel) McNish of Penpont. Husband of Elizabeth Mary (Willovice) McNish of 50 Shrewsbury Road, Harlesden, Willesden, London who he married in 1903 in Fulham. Died on 22 July 1919 and buried in Willesden Cemetery.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 4:08 pm Post subject:

JOHN McVINNIE.
John McVinnie – age 23 – Private (240092) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John had served his apprenticeship as a blacksmith at Drumlanrig Mains. He served as Private (1028) in the Territorial 5th KOSB and was mobilised in August 1914, landing with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915. He then served in Egypt and in Palestine before moving with the battalion to France in April 1918. He had some leave in July and had returned to France just three weeks before he was fatally wounded. John died in the 63rd Casualty Clearing Station at Senlis.
Born 1895 in Penpont. Son of Joseph and Isabella (Stewart) McVinnie of Tibbers, Penpont.
Died of Wounds on 1 August 1918 and buried in Senlis French National Cemetery, Oise, France.

ANDw. ROBERTSON.
Andrew Heron Wilson Robertson – age 23 – Private (910024) 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Andrew was educated at Dumfries Academy and was a student at the Manitoba Agricultural College in Winnipeg when he enlisted in February 1916. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in October and joined his battalion in France in February 1917. He was wounded at Vimy Ridge in April 1917 and after treatment at the 14th General Hospital at Wimereaux he was evacuated to hospital at Chatham, Kent. It was a year before he was able to rejoin his battalion in June 1918. He was wounded at the crossing of the Canal du Nord on 27 September and died two days later in the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station.
Born 1895 in Penpont. Son of the late Mary Minto (Wield) Robertson of Burnbank, Penpont (died 1899) and of John Mair Robertson, M.D. and Fannie Elizabeth (Elliott) Robertson of 1248 Barclay Street, Vancouver, British Columbia who had married in 1906 in Mosely, Birmingham.
Died of Wounds on 29 September 1918 and buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France.
Also named on the Dumfries Academy memorial.

and his brother

MATt. ROBERTSON.
Matthew Robertson – age 26 – Lance Corporal (790214) 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Matthew was educated at Dumfries Academy and had been involved in fruit farming in British Columbia for about 10 years. He was living at Sardis, Chilliwack and was a member of the local militia, the 104th (Westminster Fusiliers of Canada) when he enlisted in December 1915 at New Westminster B.C. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on 1 November 1916 and joined his battalion in France at the end of that month. He was wounded when a shell struck the hut in which he was billeted at Stewart Camp, Roclincourt. He was treated in the 7th Casualty Clearing Station and later evacuated to the 12th General Hospital in Rouen, where he died three days later.
Born 1892 in Penpont. Son of the late Mary Minto (Wield) Robertson of Burnbank, Penpont (died 1899) and of John Mair Robertson, M.D. and Fannie Elizabeth (Elliott) Robertson of 1248 Barclay Street, Vancouver, British Columbia who had married in 1906 in Mosely, Birmingham.
Died of Wounds on 19 April 1918.
Commonwealth War Grave – St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Also named on the Dumfries Academy memorial and on the Chilliwack Great War Memorial in British Columbia.

WILLm. SHARPE.
William Sharpe – age 20 – Corporal (81242) Reserve Depot Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
William was a shepherd when he enlisted as Private (2091) in the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was posted to the MGC but was evacuated to the Red Cross Hospital at Bellahouston Park in Pollokshields, Glasgow where he died of tubercular meningitis.
Born 1897 at Glenwhargan, Penpont. Son of James and Elizabeth (Henderson) Sharpe of Glenwhargan and of Eccles Mains, Penpont.
Died on Service on 10 June 1918 and buried in Sanquhar Parish Churchyard Extension, Dumfriesshire. (CWG)

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 4:18 pm Post subject:

FREDk. SINCLIAR. [sic]
Frederick William Sinclair – age 47 – Company Sergeant Major (26) 1/5th Battalion (Dumfries and Galloway) King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Fred was foreman warehouseman with a tweed merchants in Loreburn Street, Dumfries and for a long period was a committee member of Dumfries Football Club. A long-standing member of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion (Dumfriesshire) KOSB, Fred enlisted with the Dumfries Company of the newly formed 5th KOSB in April 1908. He landed at Gallipoli with the 1/5th KOSB on 6 June 1915, where he served as Company Sergeant Major of 'A' Coy. Fred died in hospital on Mudros Island after an attack of jaundice.
Born 1868 in Penpont. Son of Samuel and Mary Dobson (Wilson) Sinclair of 10 Glebe Terrace, Dumfries.
Died on Active Service on 11 November 1915 and buried in Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece.
Also named on the Dumfries War Memorial and on the St Mary's Church memorial in Dumfries, together with his brother Alfred Marriott Sinclair, age 45, born in Penpont in 1872. Sergeant (129389) 72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada). Killed in Action on 9 April 1917.

ROBt. W. VARDER.
Robert William Varder – age 22 – Private (13188) 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Robert was working with a shop-fitting company in Peterborough when, although under age, he enlisted in September 1914. He landed with his battalion in France in July 1915. He was captured in April 1918 and was working in a Prisoner of War camp in October 1918 when he was struck by the rifle butt of a German guard. He was operated on but when he was repatriated to the Fulham Military Hospital in London, via Brussels and Boulogne, after the Armistice, his wound was still open and became infected. Robert died of septic poisoning.
Born 1896 in Penpont. Son of Samuel and Jane (Lorimer) Varder of Springbank, Penpont, of Husthwaite, Easingwold, Yorkshire and of 8 Lincoln Road, Walton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
Samuel and Jane were both from Devon and Samuel (a joiner to trade) was the organist at Penpont Parish Church. In 1891 they were living with Jane's parents Robert and Margaret Lorimer at Springbank in Penpont.
Died on Service on 19 January 1919 and buried in Paston (All Saints) Churchyard, Northamptonshire. (CWG)
Also named on the Paston All Saints War Memorial.

and his brother

SAMl. VARDER.
Samuel Lorimer Varder – age 33 – Sergeant (7135) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Samuel was a draper in Thornhill, and aged 18, when he enlisted in April 1900. He served in Burma in 1905 and then in Aden, in Egypt and in Sudan until 1911 when he moved to India. The 1st KOSB was at Lucknow in India in August 1914. They sailed via Egypt to England arriving in December and in March 1915 they sailed again, landing at Gallipoli in April. Samuel was killed during or just after the landings.
Born 1882 in Totnes, Devon. Son of Samuel and Jane (Lorimer) Varder of Springbank, Penpont, of Husthwaite, Easingwold, Yorkshire and of 8 Lincoln Road, Walton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
Samuel and Jane were both from Devon and Samuel (a joiner to trade) was the organist at Penpont Parish Church. In 1891 Samuel and his parents were living with Jane's parents Robert and Margaret Lorimer at Springbank in Penpont.
Husband of Madge Alice (Edgar) Varder of 33a Bridge Street, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire who he married in 1914 in Karachi, India. (In 1919 she became Mrs Thomas Newham)
Missing in Action on 26 April 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Paston All Saints War Memorial.

JAMES TELFER.
James Houliston Telfer – age 25 – Private (32954) 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
James was a baker in Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire and later in Moniaive, Dumfriesshire and then in Penpont,. He enlisted in early 1917 and joined his battalion in May but was killed by a sniper two months later.
Born 1892 in Cargenbridge, Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of David and Mary Ann (Houliston) Telfer of 10 Terregles Street, Maxweltown. Husband of Margaret (McCrerie) Telfer of Dunreggan Street, Moniaive who he married in 1914 in Moniaive, Glencairn, Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action on 30 July 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Troqueer Parish Church Memorial and on the Maxwelltown/Troqueer War Memorial in Dumfries.

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THOs. R. WILSON.
Thought to be:
Thomas Bryden Wilson – age 22 – Private (16379) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Tom was a shepherd with Mr Pretchell at Garroch, Thornhill when he enlisted in September 1914 and he joined the 1st KOSB at Gallipoli in August 1915. He contracted dysentery and was evacuated home. When he recovered he was posted to the 7th/8th KOSB in France and during his service he was wounded twice. Tom had been back at the front for only a few weeks when he was fatally wounded and he died in the 3rd Australian General Hospital in Abbeville.
Born 1895 in Kells Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of the late Thomas Wilson and of Jane (Bryden) Wilson, (later Jardine) and step-son of John Jardine of Kirkland Street and Main Street, Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Died of Wounds on 27 September 1917 and buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Also named on the Dalry War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 4:25 pm Post subject:

1939 - 1945

ALEXANDER BECK.
Alexander Beck – age 32 – Gunner (3184334) 12 Battery, 6 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Alexander had spent a eight years in the Army and 5 years in the KOSB reserves.
6 HAA as part of the British Expeditionary Force had landed in France in September 1939 and moved into Belgium in May 1940 however by the end of the month they had been withdrawn towards the beaches at Dunkirk for evacuation.
Born 1909 in Penpont. Son of the late Alexander Beck and of Nellie Ferguson (Carruthers) Beck of Briarbush, Penpont.
Alexander senior, as Private (15790) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, had been killed in France in June 1915 and is also named on this memorial.
Missing in Action between 31 May and 2 June1940 and named on the Dunkirk Memorial, France.

DAVID CARSON.
David Carson – age 31 – Driver (T/55315) Royal Army Service Corps.
David was employed in the roads department of Dumfries County Council and, as a reservist, he was mobilised and went to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force in September 1939. By the end of May 1940 they had been withdrawn towards the beaches at Dunkirk for evacuation.
Born 1909 in Penpont. Son of David and Annie (Kerr) Carson of Glenmarlinn Cottage, Penpont. Husband of Janet (McKay) Carson of Penpont and of Council Houses, Nithbank Road, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire who he married in 1935 in Tynron, Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action between 30 May and 2 June1940 and named on the Dunkirk Memorial, France.
Also named on the Morton Parish War Memorial in Thornhill.