The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:14 pm Post subject: Gordon Highlanders

I am doing updating on all Gordon Highlanders who died in WWI. I am finding some memorials do not have regiments so it is hard for me to find them.
If you have info I would love to have the details of the war memorials they are mentioned on or if you have anything that I have not already put on this site. I have over 20,000 entries of mainly NE men and have made 17,000+ entries on this site so would like to do as much as I can so any help would be good.
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columba · Joined: 19 Feb 2014 Posts: 404

Hello Anne
I don't know if you have the names of Gordon Highlanders from the Stirling War Memorial but here they are anyway:
Aitken, R. H., Pte; Gordons, Winchel Place.
Anderson, Thomas G., Pte, Gordons.
Barr, W. J., Sergt, 10th Gordons, Dalmorglen Park.
Beveridge, James, Pte, 9th Gordons, Lower Craigs.
Blennie, Robert, Pte, lst-7th Gordons, 142 Main Street.
Brash, William H., Pte, 1st Gordons, 19 Murray Place.
Campbell, Alexander, Pte, 2nd Gordons, 9 St. John Street.
Campbell, James, Pte, 2nd Gordons, St. John Street.
Cherry, John Giles, Pte, 8th Gordons, 12 Spittal Street.
Clark, Robert C, Pte, Gordons, Bridgehaugh.
Cowan, James, Pte, Gordons.
Crichton, William Lawson, Sergt, 1st Gordons.
Cuthbert, Samuel, Pte, 1st Gordons, Glasgow Road, St. Ninians.
Dawson, Richard, L/Cpl., Gordons.
Denovan, Wm., Pte, Gordons.
Ferguson, William Pte, Gordons, 15 Lower Bridge Street
Frew, Robert, 8th Gordons.
Gilvear, James, Pte, Gordons, 6 William Place
Henderson, Robert, Pte, Gordons, 14 Park Lane.
Howat, James, Pte, Gordons, St. Ninians.
Hunter, Colin, Pte, Gordons, 1 King's Stables.
Jones, Emlyn J., M.M., L/Cpl., Gordons, 71 Upper Bridge Street
Keaney, John, Pte, Gordons, 26 Broad Street.
Machray, William, Pte, Gordons, Braeside, St. Ninians.
Martin, Peter, Pte, Gordons, Baker Street
Miller, David C, Pte, 8th Gordons, 69 Baker Street.
Mulhearn, John, Pte Gordon Highlanders, 26 St. John Street
McAlpine, William, Pte Gordons, 37 Wallace Street.
McCallum, Archd., Pte, Gordons, 72 Upper Craigs
M'Naughton, William, Pte, 2nd Gordon Highlanders, 12 Bannockburn Road, St Ninians
Paterson, William C., Sergt Gordons, 8 Bruce Street.
Peddie, Donald, Pte, 1st Gordons, 11 Irvine Place.
Quinn, Patrick, Pte, 1st Gordons, 60 Baker Street.
Ritchie, Henry, L/Cpl, 2nd Gordons, 70 Upper Craigs.
Robertson, Alex, Pte, Gordons, George Street.
Robertson, Robert, Pte, Gordons, George Street.
Rodgers, John, Pte, Gordons.
Scobie, Peter, Cpl, 8/10th Gordons, 4 Gowan Bank, Drip Road.
Selbie, George, Pte, 8th Gordons.
Shore, Thomas, Pte, Gordons, 13 Abbey Road.
Stevenson, Robert Alexander, Pte, l/4th Gordons, 7 Park Lane.
Stewart, George, Pte, 10th Gordons, 19 Wellgreen.
Whitehead, Stewart, Sergt, 2nd Gordons Whins of Milton
Wilson, Richard, Pte, Gordons, Hayford House, Cambusbarron.
I've found most on CWGC and SNWM so if you need that info as well I can give you it. I'm also trawling my way through the local newspapers so can give you anything I find there.
Apologies if you have all this already!
Sandra

tanyagar · Joined: 01 Sep 2013 Posts: 121 Location: France

On the Plean Memorial:
Samuel Cuthbert Private - S/7843 1st Bn Gordons
Robert Galloway Private - 292181 7th Bn Gordons
also James Menzies... but there are two and I don't know which one's mine!
I have a photo of Sam Cuthbert from the local newspaper if you're interested and his will's at scotlandspeople.
Tanya

anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:49 pm Post subject: GH info

Thanks for the info do you want what I have ...on the above men?
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tanyagar · Joined: 01 Sep 2013 Posts: 121 Location: France

PS Cuthbert's service record is on Ancestry

anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:28 pm Post subject: Soldiers Will lookups

I have been looking at Scotland's People and finding if there are wills.
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anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:55 pm Post subject: James Menzies

I only have the one
James Campbell Menzies Pte S/22540 4th Gordon Highlanders b Old Machar e Aberdeen Age 18 Killed in Action F & F 13/04/1918 Soldiers Will 4 Pages. City Roll of Honour : 516 George St; Aberdeen : date 11th. Ploegsteert Memorial M. R. 32 Panel 9 Aberdeen Weekly Journal 22-08-19 Page 6 aberdeen City,
So hope that helps for out the James Menzies....
Can you send a pm of the other one's details please
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tanyagar · Joined: 01 Sep 2013 Posts: 121 Location: France

Sorry Anne,
my brain's on strike tonight! I've mixed up the men. I'm looking for a James Menzies but don't know what regiment.
But I've a James Hughes who was a Gordon and worked at Plean pit - see previous thread.
my apologies,
Tanya

spoons · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:07 pm Post subject:

Adam produced indexes of some regions of SWMP a few years ago and I transferred the Dumfries and Galloway list from HTML to xls. If I then apply a filter, I can get a list of all those from D&G civic memorials in the Gordons. Of course this doesn't help with those without a regiment on the memorial.

Do you have those indexes and have you used this filter technique?

\Paul

tanyagar · Joined: 01 Sep 2013 Posts: 121 Location: France

Hi Anne,
The one on the Plean memorial is Private S/5205 born 2/2/1892 in Kirkland Road Dreghorn, son of Francis Hughes(miner) and Agnes Wilson. The family were living in Red Row Plean in 1911. His will names his sister, also of Plean.
Tanya
PS if you could tell me how to find that photo, I'd be much obliged.

anne park · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:09 am Post subject: Update of info

Thanks for the info I have noticed that the newspaper was Evening Times 12-9-18 Page 3: Photo.
I managed a visit to the Mitchell Library, Glasgow and was given their site details. If you check it out you will find you can find out the details from there it seems to be a project. I managed to put in find Gordon Highlanders and came away it loads of info.
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A Morris · Joined: 19 May 2010 Posts: 1297 Location: Netherlands

Hi Anne,

WW1 Gordons commemorated on the Inverkeithing Memorial:

BROWN , JOHN 25/09/1915 21 9th Btn Gordon Highlanders S/4028
BROWN, DAVID 25/09/1915 28 8th Btn Gordon Highlanders S/6589
DONNELLY , THOMAS 04/10/1917 26 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders 238066
FARISH , J 25/09/1915 19 9th Btn Gordon Highlanders S/3984
HORNE, CECIL 29/08/1918 19 4th Btn Gordon Highlanders S/21203
LINDSAY , PETER 25/09/1915 19 9th Btn Gordon Highlanders S/4024
LIVINGSTONE , J 14/09/1918 NK 53rd Btn Gordon Highlanders TR1/31828
McCALLUM , J (brother of R McCallum) 23/04/1917 21 1st/4th Btn Gordon Highlanders 202667
REDPATH , JOHN 02/04/1916 22 B Coy 1st Btn Gordon Highlanders S/3599
ROBERTSON , R 27/09/1915 NK 9th Btn Gordon Highlanders S/3982
ROBERTSON , WILLIAM 02/03/1916 32 1st Btn Gordon Highlanders S/12400
THOMSON , CUNNINGHAM BLACK 25/09/1915 18 9th Btn Gordon Highlanders S/3985
WILSON , HARRY PHILLIPS 15/10/1916 18 8th Btn Gordon Highlanders 8693

Rgds,
Alex
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Remembering my Great Uncle - 963 Private Charles Lockhart 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders - KIA 29/10/1914

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

Hi Anne,
Here`s who i have from Coupar Angus,Bendochy&Kettins-some are already identified elsewhere.

Pte Charles Dodds-also on Troqueer&Maxwelltown
S/7010
Pte William Glenday-on Coupar Angus
9416
Pte Archibald Macbeth-also on Luss
8161
Pte William Martin-on Kettins
S/13322
Pte Thomas Peebles-on Kettins church
S/8745
Pte Charles Reid-on Coupar Angus
242425
Corporal Robert Shepherd-on Aberdeen ROH
S/14390
Lance Corporal Grigor Young-on Kettins
S/110734

If you need any further info just let me know.
Regards
Hugh

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

Anne-names from Dundee High School-some will be elsewhere.

2 Lt Allan J Cleghorn
7/9/16
L/Cpl Gordon Harris
21376
15/6/18
2Lt Robert Jolly
26/11/19
Pte Norman J Low
41685
25/4/18
2Lt Douglas A Millar
18/7/16
Corporal Charles Stewart
22563
29/8/18

Regards
Hugh

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:19 am Post subject:

Hi Anne,

Here are the returns from the Wigtown jury:

John Coburn Private 235283 died 24/9/1917
James McCulloch Private S/8549 died 13/11/1916

Good luck

Mike