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Kenneth Morrison



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:43 pm    Post subject: Officer training in Stirling Reply with quote

Just curious - any one heard of Southfield House in Stirling:?
Dumfries & Galloway Standard 17/11/15 p.5
Mr. Arthur Midgley, formerly representative of the Royal Insurance Company at Dumfries has been commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Mr Midgley joined the motor machine gun service a year ago and has been in Belgium for four months. Four months after he joined he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He is now in training at the School of Instruction, Southfield House, Stirling.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope! Laughing

There might be something here though: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/built-heritage-ww1.pdf

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is bothering me!! I can't find any reference to Southfield House in WW1. The current Southfield House B&B (on Melville Terrace, almost next to the Terraces Hotel) used to be called Woodville but I can't find out when the name changed - after 1879 is the best I can do.
SouthWOOD House, on nearby Southfield Crescent (yes, I know it's confusing!!) was turned over to the VAD for war work in 1914 but was used as a Red Cross Hospital, first for Belgians and then NCO's and finally for officers. It was owned by Mr & Mrs Forrester of Annfield (later Stirling Albion's ground); incidentally, their son Hugh Fielding Forrester was killed at Kut in 1916.

I do hope someone else can come up with the info!
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:45 pm    Post subject: Sorry for giving everyone extra researching Reply with quote

I didn't mean to give extra researching but it's the detective work I enjoy.
Good luck all.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's really down to me Anne but since he was a "Gordon" you can have the blame Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not much in the way of clues here but it was an officers school of instruction

http://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/index.php?a=ZoomItem&key=SnsiTiI6MzksIlAiOnsiaXRlbWlkIjoiMzI0OTUiLCJwZXJjZW50VGVybXNUb01hdGNoIjoiMC42IiwibWF4UXVlcnlUZXJtcyI6IjIwIiwibWluRG9jRnJlcSI6IjEiLCJtaW5UZXJtRnJlcSI6IjEifX0%3D&pg=31&WINID=1453115663922#cnB9i4ay0ZoAAAFSVHFmQg/33120

It looks like it was for Scottish units given the mix of headgear on display.

The 11th (Reserve) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders was a New Army reserve battalion which sent drafts to the Service battalions in France & Flanders.

I would guess the school of instruction at Stirling was for newly promoted officers from the ranks who were joining a Scottish regiment.

The school of instruction would turn them into officers before going to the reserve battalions and then at a suitable point they would lead a draft of men to the Western Front.

There must be other references to it out there.

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