The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

A.N.Other · Joined: 29 Aug 2012 Posts: 46

There are 172 names on the WW1 Beith(Ayrshire) War Memorial but there are at least 59 names missing from the Memorial.They are :-

Allan, Thomas,12819,Pte.,8th.bn.R.Lanc.Regt.,KIA,S.of Railway,outskirts of Zonnebeke,B.,29/09/1917.
Brown ,George, 6202, CSM., 2nd.bn.G.H., KIA, trs.South of Fricourt, East of Albert,19/06/1916.
Connelll, James, 7952, Pte., 1/4th.bn.RSF., MIA, in att.on tr.E11,North of Parsons Rd., 12/07/1915.
Connell, Robert, 12377, Pte., 1st.bn.RSF., d.of w., France, 08/12/1917.
Crawford, Archibald McAulay,A/2045,Pte.,1st.Inf.bn.C.E.F.KIA, G.shell-fire,N.of Kemmel, 13/10/1915.
Crawford,James,79563,Spr.,160th.Fld.Coy.R.E.,KIA,nr.Givenchy-les-La Bassee, 09/03/1916.
Cuthbert,Edward Howard,200993,Pte.,5th.bn.Q.O.C.H.,MIA,The Mound,St.Eloi, 25/04/1918.
Davidson,John,458073,Pte.,60th.Inf.bn.C.E.F.,d.of w.,No.13 Gen.Hosp.,Boulogne, 30/04/1916.
Dickie,Allan,12893,Pte.,7th.bn.RSF.MIA,West of Hill 70 Redoubt,South of Loos, 26/09/1915.
Duncan,Robert Walker,9020,Pte.,"B"Coy.2nd bn.Q.O.C.H.,MIA,Sanctuary Wood, 14/05/1915.
Ferguson,Andrew Bruce,292821,Pte.,7th.bn.B.W.KIA,Roeux-Gavrelle Rd.,Arras, 25/04/1917.
Forbes,James Atholl McG.,265267,Ppr.,6th.bn.B.W.KIA,btwn.Demicourt & The Strand, 23/12/1917.
Foster,James,2554,Cpl.,1/10th.bn.Lvpl.Regt.,MIA,in 1st.attack on Bellewaarde,B., 16/06/1915.
Fraser,James O'Neil,1341,Pte.,"A"Coy.5th.Inf.bn.A.I.F.,MIA,Anzac,Gallipoli, 26/04/1915.
Gardner,James,416015,Spr.,229th.Fld.Coy.R.E.,KIA,outskirts of Steenwerck,F., 11/04/1918.
Goldie, John,171621,Pte.,5th.bn.CMR.C.E.F.KIA,during attack on Regina tr., 01/10/1916.
Gordon, John K.*,140371,Spr.,72nd.Fld.Coy.R.E.,MIA,The Diyala,Mesopotamia, 09/03/1917.
Greer,John T.,251165,L/Cpl.,1/6th.bn.A&SH.KIA,Gheluvelt & Polderhoek spurs, 30/10/1917.
Hamilton,Robert J.,8939,pte.,3/4th.bn.RSF.d.of tuberculosis of lungs,Western Infirmary, 22/11/1916.
Hamilton,William P.,12357,Pte.,KIA,Montabaun ridge,N.of Montabaun, 02/07/1916. 2nd.RSF.
Haveron,John,7700,Pte.,1/4th.bn.RSF.,missing North of Parsons Rd.,presumed d., 12/07/1915.
Kane,Hugh,41655,Pte.,1st.bn.Q.O.C.H.,d.of w.,Belgium, 25/08/1917.
Kilgour,Thomas Moffat,39684,Pte.,10/11th.bn.HLI.,MIA,Beugnatre-Ecoust Rd.,F., 22/03/1918.
Knox,Charles,S/11826,Pte.,1st.bn.G.H.,MIA,sunken Hardecourt Rd.,Maltz Horn farm, 18/08/1916.
Laing,Peter,S/41347,Pte.,7th.bn.Seaf.H.,KIA,Gauche wood nr.Gouzeaucourt, 30/12/1917.
Lockhart,Norman D.S.B.*,2nd./Lt.,7th.bn.Seaf.H.attd.RSF.,KIA,Hulluch Sector, 11/11/1915.
McBride,Peter C.,552,Sgt.,7th L.H.A.I.F.,d.of tuberculer kidney,8th Aust.G.H.,Fremantle,24/09/1916.
McCartney,Hugh Samuel Dickson,10872,Pte.,1st.bn.HLI.,KIA,F&F., 18/12/1914.
MacFarlane,Duncan,S/8325,Pte.,9th.bn.B.W.,KIA,Cavalry Farm,E.of Guemappe, 26/04/1917.
McGuire,John,CZ/5418,A.B.,RNVR.,Howe bn.,KIA,Railway line at Beaucourt, 13/11/1916.
McIntyre,Archibald,350249,Pte.,9th.bn.R.Scots,MIA,Lamotte-Warfusee,E.of Amiens, 28/03/1918.
Mackay,William,268117,Pte.,1st.bn.CMGC.C.E.F.,d.of arterio sclerosis,No.12 Cdn.G.H.,28/02/1919.
McKinlay,Richard,405582,Pte.,3rd.Inf.bn.C.E.F.,MIA,during attack on Le Sars line, 08/10/1916.
McNee,William Charles,50556,Pte.,41st Fld.Amb.RAMC.,KIA,Battle of Sari Bair,Suvla, 09/08/1915.
Malcolm,James,744,Pte.,14th.Inf.bn.A.I.F.,MIA,N.of Abdul Raman spur,Suvla, 07/08/1915.
Malcolm,John,24021,Gnr.,6th.Bde.RFA.KIA,F&F., 05/05/1915.
Mallan,Robert John Andrew,9796,Pte.,2nd.bn.RSF.,MIA,Reutel-Poezelhoek,B., 21/10/1914.
Mallon,Daniel,464143,Pte.,47th.Inf.bn.C.E.F.,MIA,N.edge of Bois de la Folie, 11/04/1917.
Manson,John,790661,Pte.,47th.Inf.bn.C.E.F.,d.of pneumonia,No.18 C.C.S., 07/02/1917.
Moffat,Robert William,32560,Pte.,1st.bn.RSF.,MIA,Hill 430,N.of Zonnebeke,B., 26/09/1917.
Muir,Malcolm Ross,7232,Pte.,1/4th.bn.KOSB.,MIA,att.on trs.E10&E11,Parsons Rd., 12/07/1915.
Murray,Robert,12375,Pte.,2nd.bn.RSF.,MIA,att.from E.of Indian Village,Festubert, 17/05/1915.
Osborne,James,17681,Pte.,2nd.bn.R.I.Fus.,KIA,the 3rd.Battle of Gaza,Palestine, 07/11/1917.
Paterson,James,64787,Gnr.,45th.Coy.RGA.,d.at Plymouth,Devon, 20/09/1915.
Pattison,Robert,718269,Pte.,16th.Inf.bn.C.E.F.,MIA,E.of Arras-Lens Rd.nr.Thelus, 09/04/1917.
Phillip,William Cumming,648712,Pte.,13th.Inf.bn.C.E.F.,d.of gsw.chest,No.1 Cdn.C.C.S., 17/10/1918.
Ramsay,George John,7263,Pte.,d.of w.,Belgium, 30/10/1914. 2nd.bn.G.H.
Reid,William,38061,Pte.,2nd.bn.R.Scots,MIA,F&F., 04/06/1917.
Reyburn,Thomas Gibson,527866,Pte.,CAMC.C.E.F.,d.of intestinal tuberculosis,Sanatorium,20/05/1917.
Rodger,Robert,33635,Pte.,9th.bn.Ches.Regt.,d.of w.,France, 31/07/1916.
Smith, Andrew,S/14883,Pte.,10th.bn.A&SH.,d.of w.,France, 14/10/1916.
Smith, Robert Dyer,350967,Pte.,9th.bn.R.Scots,MIA,trs.nr.Bazentin-le-Grand Wood, 22/07/1916.
Smith, William,1241,Pte.,5th.bn.HLI.,d.of w.,Gallipoli, 22/11/1915.
Smith,William,657,Pte.,13th.bn.B.W.,KIA,3 Section,Suez Canal Defences, Egypt, 13/09/1916.
Smith,William Thomson,S/14531,Pte.,5th.bn.Q.O.C.H.KIA,Hill 60-Oosthoek, B.,12/10/1915.
Sneddon, William, 132449, Spr., 180th.Tunn.Coy.R.E. KIA, btwn. Vermelles & Givenchy, F., 20/01/1916.
Strachan, James McGuire, 14662, Pte., 16th.bn.HLI., KIA, East of Aveluy Wood, 27/03/1916.
Watt,William,Pfc.,3rd Mech.Regt.,Air Service,U.S.Army,d.of w.,France,11/02/1919.
Wilson, John, 14847, Pte., 6/7th.bn.RSF., MIA, Switch line, Bazentin-le-Petit, 10/08/1916.

David McNay · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:43 pm Post subject:

57 names seems to be a lot to be missing from one memorial. What's the source for these additional names?

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:50 pm Post subject:

I'm guessing that there is a lot of really interesting and detailed research here but I'm finding it almost illegible.
Would it be possible for you to to edit your work so that we can all share it? Please.
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Ken

Adam Brown · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:05 am Post subject:

I've tried tidying it up a little Ken but it needs more work.

There are some abbreviations which will need some explanation e.g. NXCA?

From what I can make out the men were all born in Beith. As we know being born in a community is no guarantee of meeting the criteria of inclusion on that community's memorial.

Thanks

Adam

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:42 pm Post subject:

I've looked at the background of a couple of names, McBRIDE and MALCOLM. Both served with the Australians so their files are available.
Peter Carswell McBride went to school in Nitshill, Glasgow and his parents were living there at the time of his death.
Similarly, James Malcolm's famiy were in Paisley at the time of his death.
So it is possible that the folks in Beith did not know of their deaths.
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Ken