The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

DelBoy · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:37 pm Post subject: Pte. Daniel Aitken

WW1
ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Pte. Daniel Aitken

(Glasgow Herald 29th May 1915)
"Private Dan Aitken, B Company, 7th A. and S.H., was killed in action. Private Aitken, who was 20 years of age, had been in the Territorials for two years prior to the outbreak of war. Previous to mobilisation he was a moulder in the employment of Messrs Dobbie, Forbes and Co., ironfiounders, Larbert. A brother is serving with the Army Service Corps in the Dardanelles."

CWGC
AITKEN, DANIEL
Rank: Private
Service No: 1839
Date of Death: 08/05/1915
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st/7th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 42 and 44.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: AITKEN
Firstname: Daniel
Service Number: 1839
Date Death: 08/05/1915
Place of birth: Coatbridge Lanarkshire
Other: 1/7th Bn.
SNWM roll: THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.

DelBoy · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:57 pm Post subject: Pte. James Graham

WW1
ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Pte. James Graham

(Glasgow Herald 29th May 1915)
"News has been received by his mother, who resides at 16 Rae Street, Stenhousemuir, that Private J. Graham, A Company 7th A. and S.H., has died in hospital in France as a result of wounds received in action. Private Graham, who was 19 years of age, enlisted in September, being employed prior to that as a patternmaker with Carron Company. He was a playing member of Stenhouse Hawthorn Football Club."

CWGC
GRAHAM, J
Rank: Private
Service No: 2348
Date of Death: 19/05/1915
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot 2. Row E. Grave 3.
Cemetery: LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Graham, of Larbert.

SNWM
Surname: GRAHAM
Firstname: James
Service Number: 2348
Date Death: 19/05/1915
Place of birth: Larbert Stirlingshire
Other: 1/7th Bn.
SNWM roll: THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:35 am Post subject:

AIRBORNE REGT.

PROVAN, DAVID.
Rank:Lance Corporal
Service No:14213409
Date of Death:04/04/1944
Age:29
Regiment/Service:King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th (Airborne) Bn.
Grave ReferenceSec. 1. Grave 250.
CemeteryLARBERT CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Thomas Provan, and of Margaret Penman Provan, of Falkirk.

In the early hours of 4 April 1944, during a training exercise, a Stirling bomber towing a Horsa Glider carrying No.3 Platoon, 7th KOSB, hit a tree on high ground and crashed, killing all aboard. 24 Borderers were killed, together with 6 RAF personnel and 2 glider pilots.
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Ken

anne park · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:26 am Post subject: John Anderson

John Anderson Private S/10214 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Falkirk e Aberdeen Killed in Action West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 02/03/1916 Father: Alex. Soldiers Effects. Mrs Jessie Anderson. Soldiers Effects. 3rd. Resided 4 Lorne Terr; Larbert. Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres M. R. 29 Panel 38 Falkirk Herald 18-3-16 Page 3: Photo
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anne park · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:28 pm Post subject: Robert S Parker GH

Robert S Parker L/Cpl S/41622 4th Gordon Highlanders e Stirling Killed in Action F&F 31/08/1918 2nd son of William & Jeanie Parker, Church St; Stenhousemuir. Occ: Employed by Cooper & Co; Grocers. MG Instructor. Soldiers Effects: Fa: William. Vis-En-Artois Memorial M. R.16 Panel 10 Evening Times 2-10-18 Page 3: Photo Falkirk Herald 21-9-18 P 5: Photo: Stenhousemuir 14-9-18 P3 21-9-18 P1: RoH
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anne park · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:32 pm Post subject: John Allan GH

John Allan Pte S/42267 1st Gordon Highlanders b Stenhousemuir e Stirling Age 18 Died of Wounds F&F 30/08/1918 Son of Archibald & Rebecca (nee Batchelor) Allan. 1901 Census: South Rd; Daisy Cottage, Larbert. Fa: Occ: Joiner. Brother of Rebecca Allan, of 22, Grange St., Stenhousemuir, Larbert, Stirlingshire. Soldiers Will 4 pages. Bad-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval Fr 0103 Plot III Row D Grave 08 Falkirk Herald 21-9-18 P5: Photo
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apanderson · Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:40 pm Post subject:

WW1 & WW2

Joseph DUCKENFIELD

Commonwealth War Graves Commission/Scottish National War Memorial:
Joseph Duckenfield
Boatswain
Merchant Navy, S.S. Arletta (London)
Died 5th August 1942
Age 49
Son of Walter and Barbara Welsh Duckenfield. Husband of Elizabeth Duckenfield, Stenhousemuir

Brother of Sapper William W. Duckenfield, Royal Engineers, No. 127580

Denny & Dunipace Roll of Honour (Details): Joseph Duckenfield, Crummocksteps, Private, 7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. 1300. Joined August 1914

MIC: (WW1): Joseph Duckenfield, Private, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. 1390
Royal Field Artillery, No. 242811. Discharged 24th February 1916

MIC: (WW2) Mercantile Marines: Joseph Duckenfield, born Broxburn 12th June 1893, residing at Garth Mill, Denny

1901 Census, Living at 5 Lairox terrace, Dunipace (transcription)
Father Walter Duckenfield, age 40, Coal Miner, born Lanark, Lanarkshire
Mother Barbara Duckenfield, age 30, born KIlsyth, Stirlingshire
JOSEPH DUCKENFIELD, age 17, Coal Miner, born Broxburn, Linlithgow
Siblings: Jane Duckenfield, age 11, born Dunipace
Willie Duckenfield, age 5, born Dunipace
Maggie Duckenfield, age 3, born Dunipace
Agnes Duckenfield, age 1, born Dunipace
George Duckenfield, age 7, born Broxburn

1911 Census, Living at Woodhead Cottage, Denny
Father Walter Duckenfield, age 50, Coal Miner, born Lanark, Lanarkshire
Mother Barbara Duckenfield, age 42, born Blackbraes, Stirlingshire
JOSEPH DUCKENFIELD, age 17, Coal Miner, born Broxburn, Linlithgow
Siblings:William Duckenfield, age 15, Coal Miner, born Dunipace
Maggie Duckenfield, age 13, born Dunipace
Agnes Duckenfield, age 11, born Dunipace
Barbara Duckenfield, age 8, born Denny
Walter Duckenfield, age 4, born Dunipace
Alfred Duckenfield, age 1y 11 months, born Dunipace

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:00 pm Post subject:

http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2004.html

Route Grangemouth - Loch Ewe (24 Jul) - Halifax in Ballast
Built as Vanduara 1937 renamed Arletta

At 16.13 hours on 5 Aug 1942 the Arletta (Master George William Stockton Rogers), a straggler from convoy ON-115, was torpedoed and sunk by U-458 south-southwest of Cape Race. The master, 29 crew members and six gunners were lost. The first officer William H. Duncan and four crew members were rescued after 15 days by the US Coast Guard ship USS Menemsha (AG 39) and landed at Boston on 25 August.
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Ken

DerekR · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:39 pm Post subject:

Robert Fleming also appears on the Hawick roll of honour where he was born in 1892

FLEMING, ROBERT

Rank:
Private
Service No:
7856
Date of Death:
20/07/1916
Age:
24
Regiment/Service:
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st Bn.
Panel Reference:
Pier and Face 4 D.
Memorial:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Brother of Mrs. Euphemia Neil, of McLachlan St., Larbert, Stirlingshire.
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anne park · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 7:21 am Post subject: William Thompson GH

William W. Thompson Pte S/21294 6/7th Gordon Highlanders e Stirling Died of Wounds F&F 16/10/1918 Soldiers Effects: Mo: Jane. Soldiers Will 4 Pages. Etaples Military Cemetery Fr 0040 Plot LXVI Row J Grave 15 The Scotsman 20-11-18 P6: Dow: Stenhousemuir.
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columba · Joined: 19 Feb 2014 Posts: 404

I don't know if this chap is on the Larbert Memorial (thanks to Photobucket, I can't see the plaques!)

UPDATE
Thomas Inglis was Acting Company Sergeant Major (service number 7420) in the 11th Argylls when he died of wounds in September 1916. I can find no connection with the town of Stirling although he is on the civic memorial. I thought I'd found a birth for him in Stenhousemuir but I was way off target!

The Stirling roll of honour has: Inglis, Thomas, Col.-Sergt., A. & S. H.

According to SDGW he was resident in Chatham, Kent when he enlisted

CWGC
INGLIS, T
Rank: Company Serjeant Major
Service No: 7420
Date of Death: 01/09/1916
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. B. 12.
Cemetery: HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Additional Information:
SNWM
Surname INGLIS
Forename Thomas
Rank A/WO2 (CSM)
Service number 7420
Decoration
Place of birth Larbert Stirlingshire
Date of death 1 September 1916
Theatre of death F&F
Cause of death Died of wounds
SNWM roll THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Other detail 11th Bn.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 2:29 pm Post subject:

The Falkirk Herald of 23 September 1916 p.3 has:

STENHOUSEMIHR FAMILY'S MILITARY RECORD.
Sergt.-Major Thos. Inglis Killed In Action.
Mr Thomas Inglis, 7 St' Crispin Place, Stenhousemuir. has been notified by the War Office that his son, Sergeant-Major Thomas Inglis Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was killed in action September 1. In a charge on the enemy trenches he was caught -by machine gun fire, and killed instantaneously. He joined the Argyll and Sutherlands 1898, and served in the South African war, for which he received the Queen’s medal and four clasps. In military circles he was a prominent athlete and football player, winning the army championship for the long jump in 1910 in Aldershot. He is survived by a widow and four children, who reside at Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh. Sergeant-Major Inglis, who was himself 18 years in the army, comes of a family who have a long and honourable military service record. His uncle Lieutenant James Ingiis, recruiting officer, Hamilton, who died in December of last year, had seen 28 years’ service. Two uncles now serving can also lay claim to long periods— one of 20 years and the other of 17 vears. There is also a brother-in-law with 10 years service, and a nephew with four years. The total united service is 97 years.
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columba · Joined: 19 Feb 2014 Posts: 404

Thank you for that Ken.
I now have some background info to help find him. It is interesting that he came from a military family. The wrong one I had earlier found was a son of John Inglis who also served in the South African wars; in 1901, his wife was described as "Reservist's wife" and a daughter born in 1900 had the middle name "Pretoria"!!

I have edited my earlier post to remove the false birth date in case it confused anyone (other than me!!)

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 6:31 pm Post subject:

Sandra - if it helps, the Falkirk Herald of 16/9/1916 also has his age as 37 and names his wife as Olive Sands.
He married Olive Elizabeth Sands in Dartford, Kent in the December Quarter of 1908.
There was a Thomas Inglis born in 1880 in Larbert and at Church Street in Lambert in 1880 were Thomas Inglis 25, Jane Inglis 25, and Thomas Inglis
12 Mo.
His service record as 7420 is available on Ancestry.
His first two children Susan (1909) and Thomas James (1911) were born in Malta, Olive Ethel was born in Stirling (1913) and David William (1915) in Woolwich. So it looks like he was at the Castle for a few years.

Cheers
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columba · Joined: 19 Feb 2014 Posts: 404

Ken

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I reckoned, as a regular in the Argylls he would have been stationed at Stirling Castle at some point but proving it could have been difficult. How obliging of him (and his wife) to have had a child born while they were in Stirling!