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Kenneth Morrison



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PTE. THOMAS LINDSAY 1/5th NORTHUMBERLAND FUS.
Thomas Lindsay – age 29 – Private (241878) 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
In 1891 Thomas was with his mother Agnes, his aunt Ann and his grandparents Thomas and May Lindsay in Fogo, Berwickshire. By 1901 the family were in Whitsome with Thomas senior and Ann and in 1911 they were at Mongo's Walls Farm in Edrom where Thomas was a farm servant. He enlisted as Private (5/6627) in the 1/5th Battalion.
Born 1887 at Harcarse, Fogo, Berwickshire. Son of Agnes Lindsay and nephew of Ann Lindsay.
Killed in Action on 14 November 1916 and buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.


PTE. ANDREW PAXTON 7/8 K.O.S.B.
Andrew Paxton – age 21 – Private (20730) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Andrew enlisted with his brother William (20727) in July 1915 and he joined the 8th KOSB in France in December 1915.
Born 1894 in Swinton, Berwickshire, Son of Andrew and Grace (Cockburn) Paxton of Mountfair, Swinton and of Hilton, Chirnside, Berwickshire.
Missing in Action on 18 August 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Swinton Parish and on the Edrom Parish War Memorials.
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PTE. ADAM QUINN 1/4 K.O.S.B.
Adam Blackie Quinn – age 22 – Private (7235) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Adam enlisted in November 1914 and 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 1893 in Swinton, Berwickshire as Quin. Son of Edward and Margaret (Blackie) Quin of Whitelaws, Edrom, of Whitsome Laws, Whitsome, of Leetside, Chirnside, all in Berwickshire, and of Windywalls, Sprouston, Roxburghshire.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Edrom Parish War Memorial and on the Our Lady Immaculate & St. Margaret Church memorial in Duns, Berwickshire.

and his brother

TROOPER WILLIAM QUINN 2nd KING EDWARD'S HORSE

William Quinn – age 27 – Private (1447) 2nd King Edward's Horse
William landed with his squadron in France in July 1915. He was killed by a sniper but his burial place was lost.
Born 1888 in Cranshaws, Longformacus. Berwickshire as Quin. Son of Edward and Margaret (Blackie) Quin of Whitelaws, Edrom, of Whitsome Laws, Whitsome, of Leetside, Chirnside, all in Berwickshire, and of Windywalls, Sprouston, Roxburghshire.
Killed in Action on 27 November 1915 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Edrom Parish War Memorial and on the Our Lady Immaculate & St. Margaret Church memorial in Duns, Berwickshire.


MICHAEL THOMSON NAVAL SCHOOLMASTER
Michael Thomson – age 34 – Schoolmaster Warrant Officer, H.M.S. Hecla, Royal Navy.
Michael was a school teacher at Whitsome when he enlisted as Ordinary Seaman (J54362) in June 1916. He was posted to the Royal Navy's Torpedo School, HMS Defiance, in September 1916 and changed his rating to Naval Schoolmaster (M24386) He joined the depot ship HMS Hecla in November 1916 and in June 1917 was rated as a Warrant Officer. Michael died of pneumonia at the Royal Naval Hospital in Chatham, Kent.
Born 1884 in Edinburgh. Son of David and Mary Thomson of Craigcrook Place, Blackhall, Edinburgh. Husband of Margaret Penden (Hay) Thomson of 30 Princes Street, Innerleithen who he married in 1914 in Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
Died on Service on 12 February 1919 and buried in Innerleithen Cemetery. (CWG)
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PTE. ANDREW WHITE 8th SEAFORTH HDRS.
Andrew Logan White – age 20 – Private (5762) 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Andrew was a ploughman at Dykegatehead, Whitsome when he enlisted in November 1914. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915 and was in the battalion's transport section when his party was hit by a shell while bringing up water to the front line.
Born 1895 at Fishwick Mains, Hutton, Berwickshire. Son of Thomas Steel White and Ellen (Logan) White of Dykegatehead, Whitsome.
Killed in Action on 26 October 1915 and buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, France.


L-CPL. JOHN WIGHTMAN 7/8 K.O.S.B.
John Wightman – age 20 – Corporal (29929) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was a ploughman at Whitsome Laws when he enlisted. He died of gas poisoning and wounds in the 10th General Hospital in Rouen.
Born 1897 at Blackburn Farm, Grantshouse, Cockburnspath, Berwickshire. Son of the late Janet (Ross) Wightman (died 1900 in Edrom, Berwickshire) and of John Wightman of Spital Mains, Hutton and of Greenhead, Reston, Berwickshire.
Died of Wounds on 3 August 1917 and buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.


CPL. JOHN WILSON LONDON SCOTTISH
John Wilson – age 25 – Corporal (1857) 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)
John was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns before serving his apprenticeship in the Royal Bank of Scotland in Duns. He was promoted to the London branch of the bank and later accepted the post of assistant secretary to Messrs Balfour, Beattie & Co. Electrical Engineers. He was a member of the Territorial London Scottish and landed with his battalion at Le Havre in September 1914. John was killed when a grenade he was preparing exploded prematurely.
Born 1889 in Swinton, Berwickshire. Son of William and Annie (McGilvray) Wilson of Laws Cottage, Whitsome.
Died on Active Service on 13 June 1915 and buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension, France
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial.


SEAMAN JOSEPH WOOD H.M.S. “SURPRISE”
Joseph Wood – age 19 – Able Seaman (J/32357) H.M.S. Surprise, Royal Navy.
Joseph was a farm servant, aged 18, when he enlisted in April 1916. He was rated as an Ordinary Seaman in August 1916 and AB in June 1917. He joined the destroyer “Surprise” in August 1917. “Surprise” was part of the escort of a Netherlands-bound convoy on 22 December and the escort waited near the Maas Light Buoy for the return convoy but in the early hours of 23 December, the destroyers Surprise, Torrent, Tornado and Radiant ran into a German minefield, with Torrent striking a German mine. Surprise and Tornado went to rescue Torrent's crew, but Torrent set off a second mine and quickly sank. While she was attempting to rescue survivors and recover her boats, Surprise struck a mine and sank, while Tornado was sunk by two mines while trying to rejoin Radiant. Only Radiant was undamaged and picked up the survivors from the three ships.
Born 1898 in Coldingham, Berwickshire. Son of the late Helen (Clyde) Wood (died 1907) and of George Thompson Wood, and step-son of Elizabeth (Robertson) Wood of Horndean, Ladykirk and of Whitsome, Berwickshire who married George in 1909 in Coldingham.
Missing in Action/Lost at Sea on 23 December 1917 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
Named on the Ladykirk Parish Church Roll of Honour.

In July 1916 Joseph's father, George Thompson Wood, aged 44, was working as a stone mason at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada when he enlisted as Private (1081683) in the 1st Construction Battalion but he was found to be unfit for active service and was discharged 10 days later. He gave his wife's address as Horndean, Ladykirk, Berwickshire. Joseph's naval death record shows his next of kin as his mother Elizabeth at Whitsome, Berwickshire
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1939 – 1945


PTE. THOMAS D. HOGG. K.O.S.B.
Thomas Darling Hogg – age 27 – Private (3190158) 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns and farmed with his father in Whitsome. He was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB and they landed at Ostend in Belgium in October 1944, fighting in the battle of the Scheldt before crossing into the Netherlands.
Born 1917 in Whitsome. Son of James and Alice Ethel (Milne) Hogg of Whitsome East Newton.
Killed in Action on 28 December 1944 and buried in Brunssum War Cemetery, Netherlands.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial.


L-CPL. ROBERT R. LOUGH. K.O.S.B.
Robert Ruthven Lough – age 29 – Lance Corporal (3190152) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was employed on forestry work at Kelloe House and was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB. He volunteered for overseas service and was posted as a piper to the 2nd KOSB in India. The battalion landed in Burma as part of the 89th Brigade in the 7th (Indian) Division in September 1943 for service in the Burma Campaign. Robert was reported missing believed drowned.
Born 1914 in Whitsome. Son of Richard Gordon Lough and Isabella (Paterson) Lough of Whitsome.
Missing in Action on 8 October 1943 and named on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar.

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L-CPL. THOMAS B. LOUGH. 1st R.S.

Thomas Boyd Lough – age 24 – Lance Corporal (3190156) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots.
Thomas was a baker and was a member of the Territorial 4th KOSB. The 1st Royal Scots were reformed after Dunkirk in June 1940 and went out to India in June 1942. After serving in Burma in 1943 they returned to India and then played a major role in the defence of Kohima.
Born 1920 in Whitsome. Son of Richard Gordon Lough and Isabella (Paterson) Lough of Whitsome.
Killed in Action on 28 May 1944 and buried in Kohima War Cemetery, India.
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PTE. GEORGE McLEOD. K.O.S.B.
George Johnston McLeod – age 29 – Private (3196222) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
The 2nd KOSB had been in the East since 1923. Until November 1942 they were at Razmak on the North West Frontier of India when they left for Peshawar. (both now in Pakistan)
Born 1913 in Chirnside, Berwickshire. Son of the late Mary (Johnston) McLeod (died 1940) of Turtleton, Duns, Berwickshire and of William McLeod of Whitsome.
Died on Service on 13 October 1942 and buried in Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.


CPL. JOHN WOOD. SEAFORTHS.
John Wood – age 22 – Corporal (3058457) 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
John was a bakery vanman in Whitsome and in Coldingham, Berwickshire when he enlisted. He landed with his battalion, as part of the 51st Highland Division, at Le Havre in January 1940 but by June the Division was being pushed back to the coast. Preparations to evacuate the Division from Dieppe could not be used so the decision was to use Le Havre. Eventually the main body of the Division arrived at St.Valery-en-Caux where it was forced to surrender. John was fatally wounded near Dieppe and he and seven comrades are buried at Arques-La-Bataille.
Born 1918 at Fishwick Mains, Hutton, Berwickshire. Son of Peter and Euphemia (Wilson) Wood of Chapel Hill, Cockburnspath and of Lintlaw, Berwickshire.
Died of Wounds on 9 June 1940 and buried in Arques-La-Bataille Communal Cemetery near Dieppe, France.
Also named on the Coldingham Parish War Memorial and on the Cockburnspath WW2 Memorial in St. Helen's Church.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was at an event in Whitsome Ark (their village hall) tonight and noted original brass WWI plaque from the church is high up on a wall inside.

IanA's photo of it from 2007 at the start of this thread seems to have gone.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Merseman wrote:
I was at an event in Whitsome Ark (their village hall) tonight and noted original brass WWI plaque from the church is high up on a wall inside.

IanA's photo of it from 2007 at the start of this thread seems to have gone.

I can still see it. I suspect Photobucket are up to their devious tricks.
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