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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:13 pm    Post subject: Annan Academy Reply with quote

Located in the library of Annan Academy at OS Map Ref NY 194 663

UKNIWM Ref 44092

UKNIWM has the following description of the memorial:

"TRIANGULAR HEADED BEATEN COPPER PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF

ANNAN ACADEMY CREST AT THE BOTTOM CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE"

it also has the following information on the memorial

"PLAQUE WAS REMOVED DURING MAJOR WORKS ON THE SCHOOL. IT WAS THEN USED AS THE ROOF OF A HENHOUSE UNTIL IT WAS REDISCOVERED. IT WAS RESTORED BY APPRENTICES OF COCHRAN BOILERS, ANNAN" however I believe that the information re roof of a henhouse is incorrect as the school have informed me that it was one of the wooden Dux boards which was found being used as a henhouse roof.

Note that the first named is a female and the last named was the Dux in 1909 so I have included a photo of the Dux board in question.













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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In 2002 the Academy pupils undertook a project to research and document the names on the board. The result was the publication of a 106 page A4 booklet titled 'Annan Academy War Memorial, Beyond the Names'. The school still has a very small number of copies. I was fortunate enough to obtain a copy and so can look up information for any individual on request.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

With many thanks to "Teddy" (Gladys) and to "Spoons" (Paul) for their help.


LIZETTE ROME * * SISTER. ST. PETER'S HOSP.
Not listed by CWGC.
Mary Elizabeth Rome – age 33 – Sister, St. Peter’s Hospital, Covent Garden Landon.
Lizette was educated at Annan Academy and in 1911 she was a nurse at at Durham County Hospital, in Durham. She died in London.
During WW1 St. Peter's Hospital came under the Eastern Command, when some 12 beds were reserved for wounded servicemen.
Born 1885 in Annan. Daughter of Henry Flockhart Rome and of Elizabeth Brown (Carrick) Flockhart of Charles Street, Annan.
Died on 30 October 1918 and buried in Annan Cemetery.


JOHN ALLAN * * BOY. ROYAL NAVY.
John Allan – age 16 – Boy 2nd Class (J/91526) H.M.S. "Ganges II." Royal Navy.
John was educated at Annan Academy before he joined the navy. In 1918 HMS Ganges, was a naval training establishment at Shotley, near Ipswich in Suffolk. John died of disease.
Born 1902 in Annan. Son of the late John Allan and of Annie Allan of 6 Albert Place, Annan.
Died on Service on 7 November 1918 and buried in Annan Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


GAVIN J. BROWN * * Trooper, Lanarkshire YEOry.
Gavin James Brown – age 25 – Private (1281) 1/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry.
Gavin was educated at Annan Academy. He died in Beaumont Barracks, Aldershot, Farnham, Hampshire.
Born 1892 in Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late Gavin Brown of Flosh, Cummertrees and of Margaret (Broatch) Brown of Longdyke, Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire.
Died on Service on 20 January 1916 and buried in Cummertrees Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Mousewald Parish War Memorial in Dumfrieshire.
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JAMES Y. CALDWELL * Pte. M.G.C.
James Yuille Caldwell – age 20 – Private (141621) 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
James was educated at Annan Academy and was employed in the Commercial Bank of Scotland in Annan when he enlisted as Private (3330) in the Royal Fusiliers in June 1916. He was posted to France as Private (34479) in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in November 1916 and later transferred to the MGC. James was buried by the Germans in the Military Cemetery at La Broque in Alsace but was re-interrred in Plaine in 1921.
Born 1897 in Annan. Son of Robert and Agnes (Yuille) Caldwell of High Street, Annan.
Killed in Action on 27 June 1918 and buried in Plaine French National Cemetery, Bas-Rhin (Alsace) France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Commercial Bank of Scotland memorial in the RBS branch in St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh.

and his brother

LAWRENCE CALDWELL * Pte. 1st K.O.S.B
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Lawrence Caldwell – age 31 – Private (25609) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Lawrence was educated at Annan Academy. He was severely wounded and died in hospital in Rouen.
Born 1886 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire as Lawrence Alexander Caldwell.
Son of Robert and Agnes (Yuille) Caldwell of High Street, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 31 January 1917 and buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


RONALD COWAN * * LIEUT. 6th H.L.I.
Ronald Cowan – age 19 – Lieutenant, 1/6th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
He was educated at Annan Academy and afterwards for three years at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. On leaving school he entered the office of Moore, Carson & Watson, chartered accountants, Glasgow, and had served one year of his apprenticeship. Ronald was commissioned in the HLI in August 1914 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli on 3 July 1915.
Born 1896 in Hoddom, Dumfriesshire. Son of Ronald Lindsay Cowan and Anne Margaret (Kennedy) Cowan of Hallguards, Ecclefechan.
Killed in Action on 13 July 1915 Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Hoddom Parish War Memorial in Ecclefechan and on the Merchiston Castle School Memorial.
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JAMES N. COX * * SAPPER, R.E.
James Nicol Cox – age 38 – Sapper (422977) Royal Engineers.
James was educated at Annan Academy and in 1901, aged 21, he was an electrical engineer living at Marchmont Road in Edinburgh with his mother and family.
James was discharged from the army due to mental heath issues in August 1917 and died in the Midlothian Asylum at Lasswade.
Born 1880 Annan as James Nichol Cox. Son of the late David Charles Cox and of the late Margaret Dryden (Symington) Cox. Husband of Janet Scott of Yewlands Cottages, Liberton, Edinburgh who he married in 1913 in Newington, Edinburgh.
Died on 24 November 1918 and buried in Penicuik Old Parish Churchyard, Midlothian. (CWG)


ARCH. DOUGLAS * * Pte. R.A.M.C.
Archibald Douglas – age 25 – Private (30508) 8th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Archibald was educated at Annan Academy and served his apprenticeship in the offices at Provost Mills in Annan before he emigrated to Australia. He returned and worked for a potato merchant in Annan, Newcastle and in the Midlands before he enlisted in August 1914. He joined the 63rd Field Ambulance, arrived in Rouen in June 1915 and joined the 8th FA.
Born 1892 in Annan. Son of Bailie Ebenezer Douglas and Elizabeth Hobkirk (Hammond) Douglas of 2 Church Street, Annan.
Killed in Action on 3 May 1917 and buried in Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


BERNARD M'N. HALLIDAY Pte. R.A.M.C.
Not listed by CWGC but under review. See http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=10053
Bernard McNeish Halliday – age 30 – Private (6055) Royal Army Medical Corps.
Bernard was educated at Annan Academy and by 1901 his family had moved to the Isle of Man. He was a motor car driver when he enlisted as Private (6055) in Douglas on the Isle of Man in January 1912. He trained as a cook and was working in the kitchens at the Rest Camp Hospital in Southampton when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in January 1918. He was discharged from the army on 21 February 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge (B74897). Bernard went to live with his parents at 15 Oakdale Road, Waterloo, Liverpool and he died there in the following year.
Born 1888 in Annan as Bernard McNeish Halliday. Son of James and Emily Elizabeth or Bessie (Airley) Halliday of Sulby, Lezayre, Isle of Man who married in 1884 in Santon, Isle of Man.
Died on 7 June 1919 (burial place not yet known)
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.
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WM. HENDERSON * L.Corpl. 1st K.O.S.B.
William Henderson – age 20 – Lance Corporal (40488) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
William was educated at Gretna school and Annan Academy before he joined the Commercial Bank of Scotland in Annan. He enlisted in the 9th Royal Scots in January 1916 but was posted to the KOSB.
Born 1896 in Gretna, Dumfriesshire. Son of Thomas and Barbara Jane (McTaggart) Henderson of Rose Cottage, Stapleton Road, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 18 August 1917 and buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial, on the Annan Parish Church memorial and on the Commercial Bank of Scotland memorial in the RBS branch in St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh.


WM. S. HUGHES * * C.Q.M.S. 5th K.O.S.B.
William Stuart Hughes – age 46 – Company Quartermaster Sergeant (1786) 5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William was educated at Annan Academy, was a plumber in Annan and had served with the Territorial 5th KOSB when he enlisted in August 1914. He was posted as Colour Sergeant to the 12th Scottish Provisional Battalion in May 1915 but was discharged from the army as physically unfit for further service on 24 March 1916 and was awarded a Silver War Badge (45773) William died at his home a year later.
Born 1870 in Annan. Son of the late Edward Henry Stuart Hughes and Mary (Lawson) Hughes. Husband of Annie (Shennan) Hughes of 32 Ednam Street, Annan who he married in 1896 in Annan.
Died on 28 March 1917 and buried in Annan Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


JOHN P. HYSLOP * * Pte. 5/6th SCOT. RIFLES.
John Peter Hyslop – age 27 – Private (41112) 5th/6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
John was educated at Annan Academy and in 1911 John and his brother Herries were working in the drapery trade in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but by 1916, with Herries and another brother, Maxwell, already in the army, John was assisting his father as a farmer and livestock dealer. He enlisted as Private (1618) in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry in May 1916 and was posted initially to the 10th Scottish Rifles. John was killed in the last week of the war.
Born 1891 at Tregallon, Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Peter and Janet (Herries) Hyslop of Hillside, Annan.
Killed in Action on 7 November 1918 and buried in Ecuelin Churchyard, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.
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DOUGLAS J. JARDINE * Pte. 1/5th K.O.S.B.
Douglas Johnston Jardine – age 25 – Private (202025) 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Douglas was educated at Annan Academy and was an apprentice plumber in Annan when he enlisted as Private (709) in the Territorial 5th KOSB in April 1910. He was mobilised in August 1914 and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he contracted diphtheria in November and was evacuated to the 17th General Hospital in Alexandria. He was still in Egypt when his time expired and he was discharged from the army in April 1916. At some point he re-enlisted and was posted to the Gordons in France.
Born 1893 at Croftheads, Annan. Son of Bailie Joseph Jardine and of Mary Jane (Bound) Jardine of Ednam Street, Annan.
Killed in Action on 4 May 1918 and buried in Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.

and his brother

ROBERT J. JARDINE * Corpl. 1/5th K.O.S.B
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Robert Johnston Jardine – age 22 – Corporal (384) 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was educated at Annan Academy and has just completed his apprenticeship as a joiner in Annan when, as a member of the Territorials, he was mobilised in August 1914. The battalion were in training at Bannockburn, St Ninians, Stirlingshire when Robert died of heart failure.
Born 1890 at Croftheads, Annan. Son of Bailie Joseph Jardine and of Mary Jane (Bound) Jardine of Ednam Street, Annan.
Died on Service on 17 August 1914 and buried in Annan Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


AGNEW D. LATIMER * Trooper, Lanarkshire YEOry.
Agnew Dickson Latimer – age 21 – Private (203296) 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Agnew was educated at the Annan Academy and was working in the shop and offices of a bookseller and publisher in Annan when he enlisted as Private (2175) in the 1/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry in August 1914. He landed with his unit as dismounted troops at Gallipoli in October 1915 but he contracted enteric fever and was evacuated to hospital where he was operated on for appendicitis. He was evacuated home and then posted as Private (3649) to the 1/5th Scottish Rifles in France in November 1916.
Born 1895 in Annan. Son of Robert Rome Latimer and Agnes (Dickson) Latimer of 22 Carlyle Place, Annan.
Killed in Action on 14 April 1917 and buried in Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Parish Church memorial.
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JAMES A. LEITCH * Pte. 1st R.S.F.
James Andrew Leitch – age 37 – Private (24045) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
James was educated at Annan Academy and was a grocer in Annan when he enlisted as Private (23147) in the KOSB in March 1916. He was posted to the 2nd RSF in France in June but a few weeks later he was wounded and treated at the 1st South African General Hospital in Abbeville before being evacuated to the 3rd Western General Hospital at Newport, South Wales in July 1916. He returned to France and joined the 1st RSF in November 1916 but was evacuated again due to illness to the Red Cross Hospital at Cardonald, Glasgow in December. He rejoined his battalion in June 1917 but was killed three months later.
Born 1880 in Annan. Son of the late Andrew and Jane (French) Leitch of 5 Shankland Court, Annan and of 97 & 99 High Street, Annan. Brother of Alexander Leitch of West View, North Street, Annan.
Missing in Action on 26 September 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Parish Church memorial.
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EDWARD S. LINTON * Sgt. PILOT, R.A.F.
Edward Smith Linton – age 21 – Sergeant (26059) 18th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force.
Edward was educated at Annan Academy. He enlisted as Private (1292) in the 1/5th KOSB and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915. He contracted enteric fever and was treated on the hospital ship “Seang Bee” in July before being evacuated home. He left Annan again in December 1915 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in June 1916. He was Mentioned in Despatches by the Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty. Edward was killed in a flying accident in Egypt.
Born 1897 in Annan. Son of the late Joseph Linton and of Mary (Gass) Linton of Murrayfield Cottages, Annan.
Died on Service on 4 February 1919 and buried in Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Parish Church memorial together with his brother Matthew Gass Linton, Private (9187) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, killed on 16 July 1916.


DAVID L. LOUDON * L.Corpl. 2nd Can. M. RIFLES.
David Little Loudon – age 35 – Lance Corporal (117359) 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles.
David was educated at Annan Academy and was a carpenter when he enlisted in Calgary, Alberta in January 1915. He sailed from Canada in October and he landed in France in January 1916. He was wounded at Ypres and evacuated to the 3rd London General Hospital in Wandsworth, London in May 1916. He rejoined his unit in France and was promoted to Lance Corporal in April 1917. David was killed near Passchendaele.
Born 1881 in Annan. Son of the late David Cunningham Loudon and of Agnes Rogerson (Little) Loudon of 25 Port Street, Annan. Brother of Miss Jeanie Little Loudon of 25 Port Street, Annan.
Killed in Action on 31 October 1917 and buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.
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ALEX. C. M'ANDREW * 1st Cl. EngR. Mer. Ser.
Alexander Campbell McAndrew – age 28 – Second Engineer, S.S. Karonga (North Shields) Mercantile Marine.
Alexander was educated at Annan Academy before he went to sea.
The “Karonga” was sailing from Newport to Bombay via the Mediterranean when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U63 in the Strait of Messina.
Born c.1888 in Glasgow (CWGC) or in Cathcart Renfrewshire (1901 census) but I cannot trace. Probably born as Alexander McDonald.
Son of Margaret McDonald of Solway View, Creca Hall, Annan who married the late William McAndrew of Creca Hall in Ardchattan, Argyll in 1896, and who married William Davidson in 1912 in Annan. (Margaret was born in Cathcart in 1864 and died in Annan in 1919)
Brother of Miss Elizabeth Campbell McAndrew of Creca Hall and of 8 Alexandria Place, Annan.
Killed by enemy action/Lost at Sea on 28 April 1917 and named on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Parish Church memorial.


ROBT. S. M'CULLOCH * L.Cpl. 16th H.L.I.
Robert Squince McCulloch – age 21 – Lance Corporal (40907) 16th Battalion (2nd Glasgow) Highland Light Infantry.
Robert was educated at Annan Academy and at Edinburgh College of Art where he was training to be a decorator. He enlisted as Private (2107) in the 1/9th (Highlanders) Royal Scots in September 1914 and landed with his battalion at Le Havre in February 1915. He was wounded at Ypres in May and was evacuated home. He returned to France and was posted to the HLI in August 1916 but died from accidental gun shot wounds in the St. John's Ambulance Brigade Hospital at Etaples.
Born 1895 in Annan. Son of John and Jean Morton (Irving) McCulloch, of "Cadzow" 6 Seaforth Avenue, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 21 February 1917 and buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


DONALD MACDONALD * Pte. 9th S.R.
Donald McDonald – age 19 – Private (42347) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Donald was educated at Annan Academy and was a medical student when he enlisted in July 1917. He was posted to the 9th Cameronians but was gassed in May 1918. He was discharged from the army and awarded a Silver War Badge (B3746) in September 1918. Donald died of tuberculosis at the family home at the Police Station in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.
Born 1899 in Dumfries. Son of Police Inspector George Brown McDonald and of Margaret (Don) McDonald of the Police Station Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.
Died on 21 January 1919 and buried in Morton (Thornhill) Cemetery, Dumfriesshire. (CWG)
Also named on the Annan War Memorial, on the Morton Parish War Memorial in Thornhill and on the Roll of Honour in Morton Parish Church.


DAVID G. M. MACDOUGALL 1/3rd King's Afric. Rfls.
David Graham Mather Macdougall – age 25 – Lieutenant, 5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers attached to the 1/3rd King's African Rifles.
David was educated in Kelso and at the Annan Academy before serving his apprenticeship in the Annan Branch of the Bank Of Scotland. He obtained a position in the Royal Bank of Canada in 1912 but he returned to join the Weensland Spinning Company of Hawick in 1914 and was commissioned in the KOSB in December 1915. David was promoted to Lieutenant with the KAR in April 1917 but was killed Ngangachie in East Africa.
Born 1891 in Kelso, Roxburghshire. Son of Alexander and Helen (Beattie) Macdougall of 10 Bank Street, Annan. Brother of Miss Dorothy Helen Hope Macdougall of Bank of Scotland House, 10 Bank Street Annan.
Killed in Action on 27 July 1917 and buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial, on the Annan Parish Church memorial and on the Hawick Roll of Honour.
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R. McKENZIE * * Pipe MAJOR, 6th K.O.S.B.
Robert MacKenzie – age 59 – Pipe-Major (14851) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert had served in the army for many years and had been awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medals. He became the caretaker of the drill-hall in Dumfries until 1897 and for the next 18 years he was the attendance officer of Annan School Board. In spite of his age, he volunteered and was accepted for service and he landed with the 6th KOSB at Boulogne in May 1915. Robert was wounded during the battle of Loos on 25th September and died in the 25th General Hospital at Dannes-Camiers. He was Mentioned in Despatches.
Born 1856 Duthil, Inverness-shire/Elginshire. Son of the late Robert and Mary (Murchison) MacKenzie. Husband of Jane (Dargie) Mackenzie of Ednam Street, Annan and of 40 Cliff Street, Yonkers, New York, U.S.A. who he married in 1879 in St. Andrew, Edinburgh.
His daughter Elizabeth was born c.1882 in Ireland, his sons - Robert was born c.1885 in Ireland, George was born c.1887 in England, Ronald c.1892 in India, and his daughter Margaret was born in 1897 in Kirkcudbrightshire.
Died of Wounds on 8 October 1915 and buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on an individual memorial now in the Devil's Porridge Museum in Eastriggs near Annan.

D&G Standard 9/9/1916 p.2
MEMORIAL TO ANNAN SOLDIER
An oval bronze memorial to the late Pipe- Major Mackenzie, attendance officer of Annan School Board, has been erected in the hall of Annan Public School. The cost has been defrayed principally the children attending the school, assisted by the children of the Academy, Breconbeds, and St CoJumba’s, while the remainder has been contributed by the staffs of all the schools, the members of the Board, a few friends, and some former scholars. This is recorded on a small brass plate, mounted on an oak base, beneath the memorial, and on the memorial itself is the following inscription “In memory of Pipe-Major Robert Mackenzie, 6th K.O.S.B., who, after eighteen years faithful service as attendance officer of Annan School Board, died the age of fifty-nine, from wounds received on September 25th, 1915, at Loos, France.” The inscription is surrounded a wreath of laurel and oak with intertwined ribbons, the continuity of the border being broken at the top by the regimental arms the K.O.S.B., and at the bottom by the Annan burgh arms, and the wreath is the emblem of victory, not of mourning.

and the book 'Floo'ers O' The Forest - Fallen Pipers of The Great War' has this recorded : -
Born at Grantown-on-Spey about 1856. Enlisted in the 78th Highlanders (no,337) in November, 1874 and was appointed Piper in November, 1876. Purchased his discharge in October,1878 and re-enlisted in The King's Own Scottish Borderers (no.276I) in July of the following year. Appointed Pipe-Major and served with the 2nd Battalion in the action at Gemaizah in 1888. (Sudan) Awarded the medal for Long Service and Good Conduct and retired to pension in October, 1896. Employed 16 years as Truant Officer for the Annan School Board, Dumfriesshire where he had resided at Ednam Street. Volunteered for service in the Great War. Went to France as Pipe-Major of the 6th (Service) Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers, in the 9th (Scottish) Division. Mentioned in Field-Marshall French's despatch of 30th November, 1915 for his gallantry at Loos (‘London Gazette’ 29422, 1st January, 1916). He had been gassed and wounded on the 25th September while playing the Battalion over the parapet when shot in both legs. Though he managed to crawl back to his own lines, his leg had to be amputated and he died of shock shortly afterward. "He was the finest and grandest old man in the Regiment, and we were justly proud of him." Died of his wounds on the 8th October,1915 "having well deserved the V.C." Because of his age, about 59, he had been offered the position of Battalion postman, but insisted on staying with his Company. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Jane MacKenzie of 40 Cliff Street,Yonkers, New York.
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ROBERT McLEAN * RIFLEman, S.A. IRISH Rifls.
Robert McLean – age 38 – Private (673) 2nd South African Rifles.
Robert was educated at Annan Academy and worked on his father's farms, latterly at Williamwood, Brydekirk near Annan, until he emigrated to South Africa. He was working as a storeman when he enlisted at Durban in November 1915. He was based at Zomba in Nyasaland (Malawi) when he was adjudged to be unfit for active service and he was reurned to Durban in November 1916. Robert died of acute alcoholism in Johannesburg Hospital,
Born 1879 in Annan. Son of Robert Brown McLean and Isabella Margaret (McDowall) McLean of Brae House, Annan.
Died on Service on 4 January 1917 and buried in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa. (CWG)
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Parish Church memorial.


JAMES G. MUIRHEAD * R.M.L.I.
James Graham Muirhead – age 20 – Private (CH/17214) HMS Cressy, Royal Marine Light Infantry.
James was educated at Annan Academy and was a solicitor's clerk in Annan when he joined the marines in October 1911. He was serving on the armoured cruiser “Cressy” when she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by the German submarine U 9. The cruisers Aboukir and Hogue were sunk in the same attack.
Born 1894 in Dornock, Dumfriesshire. Son of Alexander and Elspeth (Graham) Muirhead of Lowthertown, Eastriggs, Dornock,
Killed in Action/Lost at Sea on 22 September 1914 and named on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
Also named on the Dornock Parish War Memorial and on the Dornock Parish Church memorial.


GEORGE J. H. MUNDELL Pte. 7th K.O.S.B.
George Hope Mundell – age 25 – Private (7628) 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
George was educated at Annan Academy. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915 but was killed two months later during the battle of Loos. George's body was recovered from the battlefield and re-interred at Loos in February 1920.
Born 1889 in Annan. Son of the late James Mundell and of Alice (Hope) Mundell of 6 Cumberland Terrace, Annan.
Killed in Action on 25 September 1915 and buried in Loos British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


ARCHIBALD MURRAY * 43rd CANADIANS.
Archibald Murray – age 31 – Private (859913) 43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Archibald was educated at Annan Academy before he emigrated to Canada. He was an engineer, living at 599 Home Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was serving with the local militia the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada when he enlisted in April 1916. He married in Winnipeg before he sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in October and he joined his battalion in France in November 1916.
Born 1886 in Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late Archibald and Margaret (Hiddlestone) Murray of Corsehill, Brydekirk, Annan. Husband of Davina Taylor (Bickerton) Murray of 320 Langside Street, Winnipeg who he married in May 1916. Brother of James Murray of 5 Ednam Street, Annan.
Missing in Action on 26 October 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.
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JOHN MURRAY * * Pte. 6th K.O.S.B.
John Murray – age 19 – Private (33092) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was educated at Annan Academy and was working as a dentist in Glasgow when he enlisted there as Private (29226) in the 79th Battalion of the Training Reserve in 1917. He was posted to the 6th KOSB in France.
Born 1898 in Melrose, Roxburghshire. Son of Peter (a butler) and Mary Ann (Bethel) Murray of Carlyle Hall, Eastriggs, Dumfriesshire.
Killed in Action on 24 March 1918 and buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


JAMES M. NELSON * Pte. 2nd Can. M. RIFLES.
James Maxwell Nelson – age 27 – Private (117442) 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles.
James was educated at Annan Academy and was a rancher at Sunnyslope, Alberta when he enlisted with his brother Frank (Pte. 117441) in Calgary, Alberta in September 1915. They sailed from Canada in October 1915 and joined their battalion in France in January 1916. Frank was wounded at Ypres in May 1916, was evacuated back to Canada and discharged from the army in Calgary in February 1918. James was killed near Mouquet Farm. Courcelette.
Born 1889 in Annan. Son of the late Thomas and Mary (Maxwell) Nelson of Outertown, Annan. He named his sister Helen of Sunnyslope, Alberta and of Hilltop, Annan as his next of kin.
Missing in Action on 29 September 1916 and named on the Vimy Memorial. France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


JACK NICHOLSON * 5th Cameron HIGH.
John Nicholson – age 21 – Private (S/23204) 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
Jack was educated at Annan Academy and he had returned from America to enlist in June 1916. He went to France in August and had just received an order to attend a Cadet school with view to him being commissioned when he was killed.
Born 1895 in Annan. Son of John and Eleanor Elizabeth (Matts) Nicholson of Scaurbank, Annan.
Missing in Action on 18 October 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


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DAVID POOL * * CORpl. 5th CANADIANS.
David Pool – age 31 – Lance Corporal (1018446) 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
David was educated at Annan Academy and had emigrated to Canada. He homesteaded in the Windsor Lake district north west of Blaine Lake in Saskatchewan when he enlisted at North Battleford in May 1916. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in May 1917 and joined his battalion in France in December 1917. He was wounded in March 1918 and again on 10 August and was treated at the 6th General Hospital in Rouen before being evacuated to the 2nd Western General Hospital in Manchester. He died a month later in the Military Hospital at Langworthy Road in Salford.
Born 1886 in Annan. Son of John and Margaret Agnes (Kirkpatrick) Pool of Woodhead, Annan. He named his brother John of Windsor Lake, Saskatchewan in his will.
Died of Wounds on 21 September 1918 and buried in Annan Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Dornock Parish War Memorial and on the Dornock Church memorial.

D&G Standard 23/10/1918 p.3
Mr John Pool, Annan, has received word that his third son, Private William Pool, Canadians, was killed in action in France on 28th September. Mr Pool has lost two sons within the week, his fourth son. Lance-Corporal David Pool, having died of wounds on 21st September.


WM. POOL * * * Pte. 10th CANADIANS.
William Pool – age 34 – Private (3206255) 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
William was educated at Annan Academy and in 1901 William was a lawyer's clerk in Annan. He emigrated to Canada and had homesteaded northwest of Blaine Lake but was working as an elevator agent in Camrose, Alberta when he was drafted at Calgary in January 1918. He sailed from Canada in March 1918 and joined his battalion in France on 11 September 1918. He was killed less than three weeks later by machine gun fire during an attack near Epincy.
Born 1884 in Annan. Son of John and Margaret Agnes (Kirkpatrick) Pool of Woodhead Farm, Dornock, Annan.
Killed in Action on 28 September 1918 and buried in Haynecourt British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Dornock Parish War Memorial and on the Dornock Church memorial
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JOHN A. RAE * * Pte. 10th SCOTTISH Rifls.
John Andrew Rae – age 19 – Private (37746) 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
John was educated at Annan Academy and had just completed his apprenticeship at the British Linen Bank in Annan when he enlisted in February 1917. He joined his battalion in France at the beginning of August but was wounded three weeks later and died on a hospital train on his way to hospital in Rouen.
Born 1898 in Annan. Son of Thomas McLean Rae and Charlotte (Bell) Rae of 15 Scott's Street, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 22 August 1917 and buried in the St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the British Linen Bank memorial in St. Andrews Square, Edinburgh.


WM. RIDDICK * * Sgt. 14th A. & S. Highlanders.
William Riddick – age 21 – Sergeant (S/12107) 14th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
William was educated at Annan Academy and when the family moved to Stirling in 1912 he was employed as a clerk in the livestock market where his older brother John was an auctioneer. He enlisted in May 1915 and had joined his battalion in France in the summer of 1916.
His late father belonged to Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire and was well known farming circles in Dumfries and Cumberland, and was a pioneer of the cattle and horse trade with the Argentine. He died in Buenos Aires in January 1907 and his two oldest children, John and Annita were born there.
Born 1897 in Moffat, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late William Riddick and of Jessie (Paterson) Riddick of 8 Argyll Avenue, Stirling.
Died of Wounds on 25 March 1918 and buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France
Also named on the Stirling War Memorial and on the Stirling North Parish Church memorial.


JAS. H. ROBINSON * Pte. 1/6th Seaforth HIGH.
James Hope Robinson – age 18 – Private (S/41917) 1/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
James was educated at Annan Academy and at the High School at Sedbergh in Yorkshire (now in Cumbria) He was employed in the Commercial Bank of Scotland in Annan when he enlisted as Private (Tr/1/14109) in a Training Reserve Battalion and he was posted as Private (S/23766) to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders but was transferred to the Seaforths in France. James was wounded on 21 July and died five days later. He was buried in the Eperney French National Cemetery but was re-interred at Wimille in July 1964.
Born 1899 in Annan. Son of Joseph and Eliza Little (Hope) Robinson of Cereal House, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 26 July 1918 and buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial, on the Sedbergh School memorial and on the Commercial Bank of Scotland memorial in the RBS branch in St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh.
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HENRY J. SCOTT * * LIEUT. 4th Cameron HIGH.
Henry James Scott – age 25 – Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
Henry was educated at Annan Academy, at Stanley House School, in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire and at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh before he joined the Scottish Insurance Corporation, Ltd. in Edinburgh, and was appointed their inspector of agencies for West Cumberland and Dumfriesshire. He played for Annan C.C. and Carlisle F.C. before he left for Canada and took up farming with three Watsonian School friends. On the outbreak of war he returned and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 2/4th Cameron Highlanders in December 1914. Early in 1915 he was drafted to the first line in France and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1915. He served at Festubert, Givenchy and at Loos where he was fatally wounded. Henry died in the 2nd Red Cross Hospital in Rouen but his body was brought home and buried in Annan.
Born 1889 in Annan. Son of Alexander and Agnes (Gillies) Scott of 24 St. John's Road, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 29 September 1915 and buried in Annan Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the George Watson's College memorial.


DAVID W. SINCLAIR * LIEUT. R.A.M.C.
David Williamson Sinclair – age 22 – Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 11th Battalion, Royal Scots.
David was educated at Annan Academy before becoming a Student of Medicine at Edinburgh University in 1913. He joined the Medical section of the University's Officer Training Corps in 1916 and graduated M.B. & Ch.B. in July 1918. He was commissioned on 29 August and, after one week of training, he went to the Front. David died of wounds near Courtrai in Belgium and was buried in Harlebeke Churchyard but was re-interred in April 1950.
Born 1896 in Annan. Son of David and Agnes Williamson (Reid) Sinclair of 21 Johnstone Street, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 22 October 1918 and buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial, on the Edinburgh Old College memorial and on the Edinburgh University Roll of the Fallen.
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