The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:07 am Post subject:

PRIVATE ALEX. ANDERSON
Alexander Anderson – age 31 – Private (323016) 1/8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
Alexander was a grocer in Wolsingham, County Durham when he enlisted and as Private (5614) he joined his battalion in France. He was captured in May 1918 and died of illness at Heilsberg prisoner of war camp in East Prussia (now Poland) and he was buried there.
Born 1887 in Coldstream, Berwickshire as Alexander Smith. Step-son of the late James Anderson (died 1911) and of Catherine (Smith) Anderson of 55 Easter Street, Duns.
Died on Service on 3 November 1918 and buried in Lidzbark Warminski War Cemetery, Poland
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial, on the Wolsingham Parish War Memorial and on the St.Mary and St.Stephen Church memorial in Wolsingham.

2nd LT. GEORGE BAILLIE
George Baillie – age 25 – Second Lieutenant, 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
George was educated at the Berwickshire High School in Duns and was employed as a draper in Duns and then in London before he enlisted. As Lance Corporal (14283) he joined the 1st Scots Guards in France in August 1916 and he was commissioned in April 1917 but he was killed two months later.
Born 1892 in Duns. Son of the late Jessie (Forgan) Baillie (died 1916) and of James Baillie of 2 Church Square and of 47 Newtown Street, Duns.
Missing in Action on 5 June 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial and on the Boston United Free Church memorial in Duns.

PRIVATE W. F. BLACKIE
William Ford Blackie – age 30 – Rifleman (S/16311) 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade.
William served his apprenticeship as a tailor in Duns before working in Edinburgh and then in London. He was living at 42 Fitzroy Road, Primrose Hill when he enlisted in April 1916. He went to France in August but contracted an infection and it was February 1917 before he rejoined his battalion. William was killed six weeks later.
Born 1887 in Duns. Son of John and Jane (Ford) Blackie of 30 Newtown Street, Duns.
Killed in Action on 4 April 1917 and buried in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Boston United Free Church memorial in Duns.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:12 am Post subject:

Three sons of the late Jane (Lowrie) Burnett (died 1904) and of James Burnett of 13 Newton Street and of 27 North Street, Duns.
They are also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

PRIVATE D. BURNETT
David Burnett – age 26 – Private (29945) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
David enlisted in November 1915.
Born 1890 in Duns.
Missing in Action on 9 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.

PRIVATE F. BURNETT
Frank Burnett – age 24 – Private (20672) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Frank had been in Stirling for about three years and was employed as a fishmonger in Port Street when he enlisted in July 1915. He joined his battalion in France in October and was serving in the battalion's Lewis Gun Section when he was killed.
Born 1891 in Duns as Frank. Husband of Maggie (Hutton) Burnett of 13 Glencoe Road, Stirling and of Victoria Place, Bridge-of-Allan, Stirlingshire who he married in June 1915 in Stirling.
Missing in Action on 14 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Stirling War Memorial as Frank Burnitt.

PRIVATE W. BURNETT
William Burnett – age 32 – Private (S/5542) 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
William was a baker and was working in Glasgow when he enlisted in the autumn of 1914. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915 but he was killed four months later.
Born 1883 in Duns.
Missing in Action on 22 October 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.

PRIVATE A. CARSON
I cannot trace this man.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:19 am Post subject:

PRIVATE G. F. COCKBURN
George Fisher Cockburn – age 29 – Private (18992) 16th Battalion (2nd Edinburgh) Royal Scots.
George served his apprenticeship as a draper in Duns and was in the trade and living at 47 Back Row in Selkirk when he enlisted together with his younger brother Peter (Private 18993) in December 1914. He joined his battalion in France in February 1916 but he was killed five months later on the first day of the battle of the Somme.
Born 1887 in Duns. Son of Peter and Margaret (Fisher) Cockburn of 16a Bridgend, Duns.
Killed in Action on 1 July 1916 and buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

Peter Cockburn, Private (18993) was wounded in same attack and later he served in the Tank Corps as Private (301927) He survived the war.

PRIVATE A. COLVIN
Arthur Colvin – age 21 – Private (201267) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Arthur was employed in the Duns Sawmill when he enlisted in November 1915. He joined his battalion in Egypt as Private (8275) in February 1916 and served in Palestine before the battalion moved to France in April 1918. He was a Lewis Gunner when he was killed.
Born 1897 in Duns as Arthur Alexander Colvin. Son of John and Annie (Fairlie) Colvin of South Street, Duns.
Killed in Action on 28 August 1918 and buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Episcopal Christ Church memorial in Duns.

LC-CPL. G. Y. COWE, M.M.
George Young Cowe, Military Medal – age 23 – Lance Corporal (S/6779) 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
George was a chauffeur at Cairney, Cupar in Fife when he enlisted in the Scots Greys in Cupar in August 1914. He was transferred to the Gordons in November 1914 and joined the 1st Battalion in France in April 1915. He was wounded in July and after treatment at the 13th General Hospital in Boulogne he was evacuated to England. He was posted to the 2nd Gordons in November 1915 and he was awarded a M.M. in 1916.
Born 1893 in Longformacus, Berwickshire. Son of the late Elizabeth Sherrif (Young) Cowe (died 1897) and of John Cowe of Manderston Kennels, Edrom, Berwickshire and of Castle Street and Swallowdean, Duns, and step-son of Jessie Main (McLean) Cowe,
Killed in Action on 1 July 1916 and buried in Gordon Cemetery, Mametz, France.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:25 am Post subject:

PRIVATE JOHN COWE
John Cowe – age 29 – Private (9501) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John had joined the KOSB in 1906 and had served in Egypt and in India for eight years. They were in Lucknow in August 1914 and returned to England via Egypt in December. They sailed again in March 1915, landing at Gallipoli on 25 April. John was killed a day later.
Born 1886 in Edinburgh. Son of the late William Cowe (died 1895 in Duns) and of Catherine (Blyth) Cowe formerly of the Hunt Inn, Newtown Street, Duns, and of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Brother of James Blyth Cowe of Wellfield, Duns.
Missing in Action on 26 April 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

PRIVATE ROBt. COWE
Robert Cowe – age 18 – Private (4462) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Bert was educated in the Berwickshire High School in Duns and was an apprentice bootmaker with his father when he joined the Territorial 4th KOSB in early 1914. He was mobilised in August and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in early June 1915 but he was killed by a sniper less than three weeks later.
Born 1897 in Duns. Son of the late Jane Wilson (Ford) Cowe (died 1899) and of Robert James Cowe of Duns.
Missing in Action on 24 June 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial and on the Berwickshire High School memorial.

PRIVATE J. DARLING
Jacob Darling – age 28 – Private (7601) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Jacob served his apprenticeship as a law clerk in Duns before he joined the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. He spent four years at their factory in Leith and then moved to the Dress Shirt factory at Potterhill in Paisley from where he enlisted in December 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1888 in Duns. Son of the late William Darling (died 1898) and of Agnes Allan Bookless (Paxton) Darling of the Cross Keys Hotel, Duns. Husband of Jeannie Miller (Watson) of 2 Alice Street, Paisley and of 63 Lorne Street, Leith who he married in 1910 in Swinton, Berwickshire.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial, on the SCWS Roll of Honour and Paisley's Fallen in the war 1914-1918.

Jeannie's brother George Watson, Private (200269) 1/4th KOSB was killed at Gaza on 19 April 1917 and is named on the Swinton Parish War Memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:30 am Post subject:

PRIVATE D. DONOGHUE
Daniel Donoghue – age 25 – Private (S/17544) 1/7th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Daniel landed with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Boulogne as Private (S/3550) in July 1915. At some point he transferred to the Black Watch.
Born 1892 in Berwick, Northumberland - indexed as Donohoe. Son of the late Annie Donoghue (died 1896) and of John Donoghue, and step-son of Agnes (Murray) Donoghue of Blackburn, Grantshouse, of Gunsgreen Hill, Ayton and of of Sisterpath, Duns, all in Berwickshire.
Missing on Action on 26 March 1918 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Ayton Parish War Memorial and on the Our Lady Immaculate & St Margaret's Catholic Church memorial in Duns.

and his brother

CORPL. J. DONOGHUE
James Donoghue – age 25 – Corporal (17193) 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
James had been employed at Chirnside Mill near Duns for a number of years when he enlisted at the outbreak of war. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 but he was killed four months later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1890 in Berwick, Northumberland - indexed as Donoughue. Son of the late Annie Donoghue (died 1896) and of John Donoghue, and step-son of Agnes (Murray) Donoghue of Blackburn, Grantshouse, of Gunsgreen Hill, Ayton and of of Sisterpath, Duns, all in Berwickshire.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Ayton Parish War Memorial and on the Our Lady Immaculate & St Margaret's Catholic Church memorial in Duns.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:38 am Post subject:

PRIVATE J. F. DUNLOP (sic)
Joseph Hastie Dunlop – age 19 – Private (22689) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Joe was employed by the North British Railway Company as a porter at Duns Station when he enlisted and he served in the 6th KOSB until he was wounded in 1916. He was evacuated to hospital in Edinburgh and after he had recovered he joined the 2nd KOSB.
Born 1897 in Gordon, Berwickshire as Joe Hastie Dunlop. Son of William and Isabella (Colston) Dunlop of 8 Easter Street and of 68 Castle Street, Duns.
Missing in Action on 9 May 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial and on the North British Railway Company memorial in Waverley Station, Edinburgh.

and his brother

SERGT. WM. DUNLOP
William Dunlop – age 32 – Sergeant (201003) 2/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was employed as a timekeeper at the Chirnside Paper Mill near Duns when he enlisted. The 2/5th and the 2/4th (Border) Battalions had merged in January 1916 and they moved to Ireland a year later. By July 1917 they were at the Curragh Camp near Dublin where William contracted pneumonia and he died in the camp's Military Hospital.
Born 1885 in Gordon, Berwickshire. Son of William and Isabella (Colston) Dunlop of 8 Easter Street and of 68 Castle Street, Duns. Husband of Elizabeth Stuart (Aitchison) Dunlop who he married in 1912 in Duns.
Died on Service on 2 October 1917 and buried in Duns Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial and on the Edrom Parish War Memorial.

PRIVATE WM. DUNS
William Duns – age 19 – Private (28601) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William worked with his father in the building trade and he enlisted when he was 17.
Born 1898 in Duns. Son of William and Elisabeth (Aitchison) Duns of Gourlay's Wynd and of Clockmill, Duns.
Missing in Action on 25 August 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:44 am Post subject:

LIEUT. GEORGE FAIR
George Fair – age 36 – Lieutenant, 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
George was educated at the Berwickshire High School in Duns and he was an apprentice in his father's coach building business before taking a position in a solicitor's office in Duns. He was in agriculture and was a member of the Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry when as Sergeant (257) he was mobilised in August 1914. He was commissioned in the KOSB in August 1915 and joined his battalion in Egypt, serving in Palestine until they moved to France in April 1918. He was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1917.
Born 1882 in Duns. Son of Provost George McFarlane Fair and of Elizabeth (Norris) Fair of 74 Castle Street, Duns.
Died of Wounds on 1 October 1918 and buried in Cambrai East Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Episcopal Christ Church memorial in Duns.

PRIVATE P. FEENEY
Peter Feeney – age 21 – Private (14872) 12th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Peter had been employed in the Cumledge Mill, Duns before he became a goods shunter with the North British Railway Company at Bathgate in West Lothian and he enlisted from there. He landed with his battalion in France in May 1915.
Born 1895 in Duns. Son of the late Thomas Feeney (died 1895) and of Mary Ann (Donoghue) Feeney of 29 South Street, Duns.
Missing in Action on 14 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Our Lady Immaculate & St Margaret's Catholic Church memorial in Duns and on the North British Railway Company memorial in Waverley Station, Edinburgh.

PRIVATE JOHN FORD
John Ford – age 19 – Lance Corporal (200285) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was a butcher's assistant in Duns and a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB. He was mobilised in August 1914 and as Private (4463) he landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915. He then served in Egypt and in Palestine where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1897 in Duns as John Meins Ford. Son of James and Janet (Meins) Ford of 11 South Street, Duns.
Missing in Action on 19 April 1917 and named on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.

PRIVATE A. L. FORREST
Alexander Lauder Forrest – age 27 – Private (3760) 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Alexander enlisted in September 1914 and he landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915. He was a member of the signalling section when he was killed and he was buried in Blangy Military Cemetery. He was re-interred at Souchez after the war.
Born 1890 in Duns. Son of John and Margaret (Lauder) Forrest of Cumledge Mill, Duns.
Killed in Action on 9 April 1917 and buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:58 am Post subject:

PRIVATE WM. GOLD
William Gold – age 39 – Private (34176) 24th Battalion (1st Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers.
By 1891 the Gold family had moved from Perthshire to Duns where the father, Andrew, was a wood carter at the Saw Mill at Duns Station. William followed in this trade, in 1901 at Innerwick, East Lothian and in 1911, with his wife Mary Ann, at Westmeath in Ireland.
Born 1877 in Comrie, Perthshire. Son of the late Andrew Gold and of the late Elizabeth (Boyd) Gold of Sawmill Cottage, Duns (died 1905) Husband of Mary Ann (McEwan) Gold of 21 South Street, Duns who he married in 1905 in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire.
Killed in Action on 13 March 1917 and buried in Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

PRIVATE J. HAGGARTY
John Haggarty – age 31 – Private (40827) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
John was a butcher and had worked in Edinburgh for five years when he enlisted. He joined the 1/8th Royal Scots in France as Private (8030) in October 1916 but he was transferred to the RSF and he was killed less than a month later.
Born 1885 Duns. Son of James and Jane (Young) Haggarty of 40 Newtown Street, Duns. Husband of Mary Scott (Burns) Haggarty of 20 Easter Street, Duns and of Westburns Dunbar, East Lothian who he married in 1913 in Dunbar.
Missing in Action on 13 November 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Episcopal Christ Church memorial in Duns.

and his brother

PRIVATE R. HAGGARTY
Note: some military records have Haggerty.
Robert Haggerty – age 23 – Private (12421) 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.
Robert served his apprenticeship at Lanark Lodge, Duns and was a gardener in Forres. Moray when he enlisted in December 1914 and he joined his battalion in France in June. Robert was killed when leading a bombing party.
Born 1892 in Duns. Son of James and Jane (Young) Haggarty of 40 Newtown Street, Duns.
Missing in Action on 17 October 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Episcopal Christ Church memorial in Duns.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 12:29 pm Post subject:

PRIVATE ROBT. HAIR
Robert Hair – age 23 – Private (S/3700) 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Bob served his apprenticeship at the Cammo Foundry near Duns and was working in Markinch in Fife when he enlisted in September 1914. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915.
Born 1893 in Duns. Son of George and Betsy (Thomson) Hair of 9 Bridgend, Duns.
Killed in Action on 28 August 1916 and buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

PRIVATE W. G. HARDIE
William Hardie – age 24 – Private (S/4405) 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
William landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 but he was killed four months later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1892 at Gavinton in Langton, Berwickshire as William George Hardie. Son of the late George Falconer Hardie (died 1892) and of Isabella (Thomson) Hardie; from 1907 Mrs. Andrew Nichol of Broomhouse Cottage, Duns.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

PRIVATE D. HARPER
David Harper – age 22 – Private (4376) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
David was a house painter with his father in Duns when he enlisted in the Territorial 4th KOSB in 1912. He was mobilised in August 1914 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1893 in Duns. Son of David and Catherine (Thomson) Harper of 3 Market Square, Duns.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 12:41 pm Post subject:

PRIVATE A. C. HENDERSON
Alexander Clark Henderson – age 19 – Private (55269) 10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Alexander was living in Duns when he enlisted in the 18th HLI. He was transferred to the 10th/11th Battalion in France.
Born 1899 in Bridgeton, Glasgow. Son of James and Jessie (Clark) Henderson. Jessie Clark was born in 1869 in Coldingham, Berwickshire and a Jessie Henderson (widow) was at a house at Cumledge Mill, Duns from 1915. Jessie (Clark) Henderson died in 1935 in Duns.
Missing in Action on 9 April 1918 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

PRIVATE T. HENDERSON
Possibly:
Thomas Henderson – age 19 – Private (24988) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Born 1897 in Stow, Midlothian. Son of James and of Ellen or Helen (Butler) Henderson of Philiphaugh Cottages, Selkirk.
Killed in Action on 9 April 1917 and buried in Bailleul Road West Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, France.

PRIVATE FRED. HILL
Served as Frederick Barnett and as Fred Hill.
He is listed by CWGC as Frederick Barnett – age 32 – Private (23312) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots.
Fred Hill, a carter, gave his address as Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire when he enlisted there in the Royal Scots in June 1915. However in September 1916 it was discovered that he had previously enlisted in Salford as Frederick Barnett, Private (11242) in the 16th Lancashire Fusiliers (2nd Salford) in November 1914. Although it was recorded that he had deserted in June 1915, his re-enlistment was allowed to stand and no action was taken. He joined the 12th Royal Scots in France in October 1915 but he was wounded in December and evacuated home. He was posted to the 2nd Royal Scots in March 1916 but he was wounded in July and again evacuated home. Fred re-joined his battalion in October but he was killed a few weeks later.
Born 1884 in Salford, Lancashire. Son of Samuel and Martha (Naylor) Barnett of 34 West Fleet Street, Salford. Fred married in September 1915 in Duns when he was serving in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Scots.
Missing in Action on 13 November 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 12:50 pm Post subject:

PRIVATE WM. HOGG
William Hogg – age 22 – Private (201040) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was a grocer's assistant in Duns when he enlisted in June 1915. He was posted to his battalion in Egypt but the troopship “Ivernia” was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece in January 1917. He was picked up 24 hours later and taken to Crete before continuing his journey. He served in Palestine where he was wounded in April 1917 and then moved with his battalion to France in April 1918. William was killed at Vimy two months later.
Born 1896 in Duns. Son of the late William Hogg, sculptor, (died 1911) and of Elizabeth Mary (Barclay) Hogg of 11 Langtongate, Duns.
Killed in Action on 5 June 1918 and buried in La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, France.

PRIVATE H. H. HOLYWELL
Henry Halliday Holywell – age 18 – Private (7739) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Henry landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he contracted typhoid and was evacuated to the 21st General Hospital in Alexandria where he died.
Born 1897 in Duns. Son of James Walter Holywell and of Christina Veitch (Halliday) Holywell of Kilnknowe, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
Died on Active Service on 8 August 1915 and buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial in Duns, on the Duns Parish Church memorial and on Coldingham Parish Church memorial.

and his brother

PRIVATE J. T. HOLYWELL
James Thomson Holywell – age 22 – Private (66799) 117th Company, Machine Gun Corps.
James enlisted as Private (34563) in the Royal Scots in Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
The 117th was formed at Grantham, Lincolnshire in March 1916 and moved to France to join the 39th Division, at Bethune in May 1916.
Born 1895 in Duns. Son of James Walter Holywell and of Christina Veitch (Halliday) Holywell of Kilnknowe, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
Missing in Action on 17 November 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial, on the Coldingham Parish Church memorial and on the Aberfeldy War Memorial as Trooper, Scottish Horse.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 1:00 pm Post subject:

2nd LT. THOMAS HOOD
Thomas Hood – age 40 – Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to the 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Thomas was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh before working with a solicitor and land agent for the Duns Castle Estate. In 1905 he became a manager with the Ghabieh Land Company in the Nile Delta, Egypt. He returned home after the outbreak of war and gained a commission in August 1915, joining his battalion in France in March 1916.
Born 1875 in Makerstoun, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Thomas Hood of High Street, Coldstream, Berwickshire and of Bogend, Duns (died 1906) and of Robina (Hogue) Hood of 29 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh. Husband of Mary Todd (Wilson) Hood of Wellnage, Duns.
Missing in Action on 12 October 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.

PRIVATE W. A. F. HOPE
William Hope – age 18 – Private (4452) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William enlisted in the Territorial 4th KOSB in January 1914 and he was mobilised in August. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1897 at Westwood Farm in Coldingham, Grantshouse, Berwickshire as Andrew William Ferrier Hope. Son of John and Mary (Young) Hope of Wedderburn Mains, Duns and of Bogan, Coldingham.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Duns Parish Church memorial.

PRIVATE H. W. HUNTER
Henry Wilson Hunter – age 22 – Private (201039) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Henry enlisted in June 1915 and as Private (7868) he joined his battalion at Gallipoli in November. His twin brother David, Private (7368) had already fallen there on 12 July. Henry then served in Egypt and in Palestine where he was fatally wounded. His burial place was lost.
Born 1895 in Coldingham, Berwickshire. Son of the late Margaret (Wilson) Hunter (died 1904) of Haughhead, Coldingham and of William Hunter of Kimmerghame Mains, Duns/Edrom, Berwickshire.
Died of Wounds on 15 December 1917 and named on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.
Also named on the Edrom Parish War Memorial together with his twin brother David,

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 1:07 pm Post subject:

PRIVATE WM. HUNTER
William Hunter – age 19 – Private (4446) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William served his apprenticeship as a blacksmith in Duns. He was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and he was mobilised in August. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1895 in Edinburgh. Son of the late John Hunter and of Isabella Virtue (Hunter) Hunter; from 1908 Mrs Robert Paterson of 42 Easter Street, Duns.
His father was a regular soldier who served for over 20 years with the Royal Scots. In 1901 the family were in Duns and Isabella is listed as the wife of a soldier in South Africa.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Episcopal Christ Church memorial in Duns.

STOKER ALEX. LAWRIE
Alexander Lawrie – age 23 – Stoker 1st Class (K/29273) H.M.S. Narborough, Royal Navy.
Alexander was a gardener when he enlisted in November 1915. He was posted to HMS Diligence the depot ship of the 12th Destroyer Flotilla in October 1917 and he was serving on the destroyer “Narborough” when she and her sister ship, HMS Opal, were wrecked on the cliffs at Hesta Rock, just to the north of Windwick Bay, South Ronaldsay, Orkney.
Born 1894 in Duns. Son of the late Johanna Kinleyside (Simpson) Lawrie (died 1906) and of George Lawrie of Cumledge Mills, Duns.
Died on Active Service/ Lost at Sea on 12 January 1918 and named on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.

and his brother

SERGT. T. LAWRIE
Thomas Lawrie – age 23 – Sergeant (10731) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas had been a gamekeeper in the service of Lady Miller at Manderston, Duns and with Sir John Miller at Shawhead, Dumfries before he enlisted in the KOSB in 1910. He joined his battalion in France in September 1914 but he was killed two months later.
Born 1891 in Duns. Son of the late Johanna Kinleyside (Simpson) Lawrie (died 1906) and of George Lawrie of Cumledge Mills, Duns.
Missing in Action on 18 November 1914 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 1:19 pm Post subject:

2nd LT. JAS. M. LAWSON
James McKercher Lawson – age 23 – Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James was educated at the Berwickshire High School in Duns before serving his apprenticeship in the Royal Bank of Scotland in Duns. He moved to the Head Office in Edinburgh and at the outbreak of war he enlisted as Private (S/9958) in the 14th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He landed with the battalion at Le Havre in June 1916 and at the end of the year was selected for officer training. He was commissioned in April 1917 and returned to France in June but he was killed less than two weeks later.
Born c.1894 in Ponteland, Northumberland. (Source:1901 census but I cannot trace) Son of the late Duncan McKercher Lawson (died 1902) and of Wilhelmina (Chisholm) Lawson; step-son of James Shiel, estate manager, Abbey St. Bathans, Berwickshire who married Wilhelmina in 1907.
Killed in Action on 1 July 1917 and buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Abbey St. Bathans Parish War Memorial, on the Berwickshire High School memorial and on the RBS memorial in Edinburgh.

SERGT. H. LEARMONTH
Note: Many military records and CWGC show his name as Learmouth but at least one confirms his correct name was Learmonth.
Harry Learmouth – age 31 – Sergeant (6847) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Harry was a millworker when he enlisted in November 1899 when he was 15 (he claimed to be 18 ) and he served for 16 years in the KOSB, including in the South African War. He was in India, Burma and Aden from 1902 to 1906 and in the UK until 1911 when he returned to India with his family. They were at Lucknow in August 1914 and the battalion sailed to Egypt in November before returning to England in December. They sailed again in March, landing at Gallipoli in April. Harry was fatally wounded in August but his burial place was lost.
Born 1884 in Wilton, Hawick, Roxburghshire as Henry Learmonth. Son of William and of Agnes (McLeod) Learmonth of Cumledge Mills, Duns. Husband of Rachel (Bowers) Learmonth of 277 Swanson Street, Dalmarnock, Glasgow and of Gourlay's Wynd, Duns who he married in 1907 in Dundee when he was a Private in the KOSB.
Their last child, Herbert John Learmonth, born in Lucknow, died at Swanson Street of pneumonia on 4 November 1915, aged 11 months.
Died of Wounds on 22 August 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Episcopal Christ Church memorial in Duns, and on the Hawick Burgh and Glasgow Rolls of Honour. (All as Learmonth)

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PRIVATE R. LEITHEAD
Robert Leithead – age 30 – Private (40096) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert had been educated at the Berwickshire High School in Duns and he lived with his sisters at Cumledge Mills. He was a draper in Duns when he enlisted in February 1915 and he joined his battalion in the summer of 1916.
Born 1882 in Duns. Son of the late Richard Leithead (died 1901) and of the late Margaret (Frier) Leithead (died 1913)
Missing in Action on 4 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial.

PRIVATE WM. LESLIE
William Leslie – age 40 – Private (201429) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was a tailor. He enlisted in March 1916 and as Private (8485) he joined his battalion in Egypt in early 1917. He served in Palestine where he was killed near Gaza.
Born 1877 in Duns. Son of the late John Leslie, Sanitary Inspector and Burgh Surveyor, (died 1915) and of Jane (Jeffery) Leslie of 42 Newtown Street, Duns.
Missing in Action on 2 November 1917 and named on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.

PRIVATE T. LOUGH
Telfer Sanderson Lough – age 20 – Private (200868) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Telfer was a gardener at Manderston House, Duns when he enlisted and he joined his battalion as Private (7503) in Egypt in 1916. He served in Palestine where he was killed.
Born 1896 in Shildon, Auckland, County Durham. Son of the late William Lough (died 1914) and Annie (Sanderson) Lough of Market Place, Duns and of 60 Eskside, Musselburgh, Midlothian.
Killed in Action on 28 November 1917 and buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.
Also named on the Episcopal Christ Church memorial in Duns.

PRIVATE T. LUMSDEN
Thomas Lumsden – age 23– Private (S/3584) 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Thomas was an estate labourer when he enlisted in Duns in September 1914 and he landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915.
Born c.1892 in Glasgow. (Source: Service record but I cannot trace)
He was betrothed to Bridget Feeney of 29 South Street, Duns. (Source: Service record)
Missing in Action on 13 December 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.