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IanA



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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:57 pm    Post subject: Carlops Reply with quote



In the centre of the village, right next to the busy A702.


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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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IanA



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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shoeing Smith William McGill, 5th Dragoon Guards, died 16/11/14

2nd Lt Douglas V Gillespie, 70th Squadron RAF, MiD, died 6/4/18

Pte George Garden, 7th Seaforth Highlanders, died 25/9/15

Pte Hugh McGill, 12th Royal Scots Fusiliers, died 19/7/19

Pte Alex F Farquharson, 2nd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, died 18/8/16

Gunner James Kirkhope, 2nd/ 1st North Midlands Bty (Staffs) Heavy Bde. RGA, died 27/9/16

One puzzle - why should Pte McGill, who died in 1919, be remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial?
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to the SDGW, Pte Hugh McGill, 12th Royal Scots Fusiliers, died 19/7/18. This would make sense of why he is listed at Ploegsteert.
It looks like another scanning error by the CWGC.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:49 pm    Post subject: Hugh McGill Reply with quote

Hugh McGill was my Great Uncle. He was 14 when he joined-up and, as far as I'm aware, was sent away from the front when his true age was discovered but kept putting himself forward again and again. He was the youngest brother, Willie McGill (the other McGill on the memorial) being his eldest brother. I remember reading a book my Granny had that gave biographies of men (or should that be men and boys?)from the Carlops area who fought in WW1. I was confused about the date too.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

UKNIWM 44102

OS Map Ref NT 161 559

Just to confirm - there are no memorials inside the church and there is no WW2 memorial for Carlops.

update and photo sent to ukniwm.

\Paul
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MCGILL, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Shoeing Smith
Service Number: 6003
Regiment/Service: 5th Dragoon Guards, (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
Died: 16/11/1914
Additional Information: Son of William and Martha Gargin McGill, of Carlops, Penicuik, Midlothian.
Panel Reference: Panel 5
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

and his brother

Name: MCGILL, HUGH
Rank: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 295758
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Bn
Date of Death: 19/7/1918
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of William and Martha McGill, of Carlops by Penicuik, Midlothian. Enlisted 1914.
Panel Reference: Panel 4
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial

Bother are also named on West Linton and Carlops War Memorials.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: KIRKHOPE, JAMES
Initial: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: 887
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery, 2nd/1st North Midlands Bty. (Staffs) Heavy Bde
Date of Death: 27/9/1916
Age: 27
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Margaret Muir Kirkhope, of Church Hall Cottage, Carlops, Penicuik, Midlothian. Born at Dawhead, Losswade, Midlothian.
Grave Reference: IV P 12
Cemetery: Hebuterne Military Cemetery

Also named on West Linton and Peebles War Memorials.


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: GARDEN, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 10444
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 7th Bn
Date of Death: 25/9/1915
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Mary Garden, of St. Maries, East Trinity Rd., Edinburgh, and the late John Garden. Enlisted Sept., 1914.
Panel Reference: Panel 112 to 115
Memorial: Loos Memorial

Also named on West Linton and Peebles War Memorials.


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: FARQUHARSON, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/40206
Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 11th Bn
Date of Death: 22/8/1917
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of Catherine Farquharson, of Zealandia, Saskatchewan, Canada, and the late William Farquharson. Native of West Linton, Peebleshire.
Grave Reference: I B 8
Cemetery: Dochy Farm New British Cemetery

Also names on Kinfauns, Peebles and West Linton War Memorials.


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: GILLESPIE, DOUGLAS VICTOR
Initials: DV
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 70th Sqdn
Date of Death: 6/4/1918
Age: 20
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Additional Information: Son of George and Margaret Gillespie, of Dalvey, Callander, Perthshire. Born at Edinburgh.
Grave Reference: XIV F 7
Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery

Also named on West Linton and Peebles War Memorials and George Watson's College Memorial.

A photograph of Douglas Gillespie can be seen at: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205295424
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