The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

dhubthaigh · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: SALINE

GREAT WAR

WW2

DelBoy · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:23 pm Post subject: Memorial Transcription

WW1

R.E.
2nd Lieut. James Bennett
A-Sgt. Joseph Young
L-Cpl. James McCurrach
Sapr. Geo. Grant

H-Land Cyclist Battn.
L-Cpl. Geo. Kean

Royal Scots Fusilrs.
Pte. David Templeman

Border Regt.
Pte. George Little

London Rifles
Pte. Robert Kean

Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. Wm. Craig

M.G.C.
Pte. Wm. Adams

R.F.A.
Gunner John McPhee

R.N.
Stoker Alex. Arnot

Scottish Rifles
Lieut. John Findlay
Sgt. A. R. Maxwl. Robertson
Pte. Wm. Scott

Seaforth H-Ldrs
L-Cpl. Alex. Boyd
Pte. David Anderson
Pte. Geo. Craig
Pte. Thos. Meikle John
Pte. And. Ramage
Pte. Laurance Ritchie
Pte. And. Russell
Pte. David Rutherford

A.&.S.H.
Pte. David Scott

Cameron H-Ldrs
Pte. And. Ramage

Scots Guards
Pte. Jas. McLean

Black Watch
A-Sgt. Jas. Hiddles
Cpl. Robt. McGrouther
Cpl. Wm. Mellon
Piper Wm. Harley
Pte. Geo. Fraser
Pte. John Hastie
Pte. Patrick Mellon
Pte. Robt. McPhee
Pte. Thos. Steven
Pte. Thos. Stronach
Pte. Jas. Thyne
Pte. Gavin Wilson

Royal Scots
Sgt. Maj. John Philp
Pte. Walter Inglis
Pte. Hugh McDonald

K.O.S.B.
Pte. Thos. Couch
Pte. Henry McIntyre

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F-Sgt. Alexander R. Burgess, R. A. F.
F-Sgt. John Young, R.A.F.
Cpl. John T. Melon, Black Watch
Pte. David Kent, Black Watch
P.O. Arthur E. Hedley, R. N.

DelBoy · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:36 pm Post subject: 2nd Lt. James Bennett

WW1
R.E.
2nd Lieut. James Bennett

(Glasgow Herald 4th of December 1916)
"Killed in action, 28th November, Jas. Bennett, A.R.I.B.A. Second Lieutenant R.E. eldest son of David Bennett, Saline, Fife."

CWGC
Name: BENNETT, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 129th Field Coy.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 28/11/1916
Additional information: Son of Margaret Bennett, of "Hillview," Saline, Fife, and the late David Bennett. Architect, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. L. 13.
Cemetery: MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY

SNWM
Surname: BENNETT
Firstname: James
Date Death: 28/11/1916
Place of birth: Dunfermline
Other: 129 Field Company. Formerly 96073 3rd/1st Queen's Own Royal Glasow Yeomanry
SNWM roll: THE ROYAL ENGINEERS
Rank: 2nd/Lt

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

Kinrossshire Advertiser 23rd April 1921

Few places in our district possess a more ideal site for a memorial to the brave lives sacrificed for their country than the sequestered and beautifully situated village of Saline.
Consisting of an imposing column in front of Saline Parish Church a handsome memorial has been erected to the memory of some 45 members of the parish who made the supreme sacrifice in the recent war.
The unveiling ceremony was performed by Miss Moubray,Balgonar Estate, and Sir Henry Dalziel of Kinneddes,in the course of an appropriate address,referred to the large population of local men who had given their lives.
Subsequently a memorial service was held in the Parish Church,conducted jointly by the Revs John McAra,Saline and J.Fox,UF Church,Saline.There was a large congregation as well as ex service men and local societies.

BurtFHR · Joined: 22 Jun 2013 Posts: 46 Location: Culross, Fife

STOKER ALEX ARNOT RN

GWGC
Name: Alexander ARNOTT
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Vanguard"
Rank: Stoker
Service No: 3186S
Date of death: 9 July 1917
Age: 32
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 28
Additional Information: Son of Mr and Mrs James Arnott of Saline, Dunfermline.

Other notes: The battleship H.M.S. Vanguard sunk by an internal magazine explosion just before midnight on 9 July 1917 at Scapa Flow, Orkney, with the loss of over 800 men. There were only two survivors

DerekR · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:55 pm Post subject:

SCOTT, WILLIAM

Rank:
Private
Service No:
29509
Date of Death:
01/07/1918
Age:
32
Regiment/Service:
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st Bn.
Grave Reference:
Plot C. Grave 450.
Cemetery:
POONA (ST. SEPULCHRE'S) CEMETERY

Also commemorated on the Liddesdale War Memorial.
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Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:43 pm Post subject:

William Scott – age 32 – Private (29509) 1st Garrison Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
William was a colliery labourer at Glencraig, Fife when he married in October 1914. He enlisted in Lochgelly and as Private (S/7076) he joined the 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in France in October 1915. At some point he was transferred to the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Scottish Rifles which had been formed in February 1916 and moved to India. William died at Poona in July 1918.
Born 1886 in Castleton, Roxburghshire as William Milligan. Son of Rachel (Milligan) Scott and step-son of John Scott who married in 1889 in Castleton. Husband of Elizabeth (Roxburgh) Scott who he married in 1914 in Ballingry, Lochore, Fife.
Died on Service on 1 July 1918 and buried in Poona (St. Sepulchre's) Cemetery, India.
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Ken

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:56 pm Post subject:

K.O.S.B.
HENRY McINTYRE.

I'm not sure why it was decided to include Henry's name on this memorial but........

He is named on the Selkirk Roll of Honour as Mackintyre and on the CWGC Register as Macintyre but all military and civil records have McIntyre.

MACKINTYRE, HENRY, PRIVATE, K.O.S.B., 1914-15.
Henry Macintyre – age 34 – Private (8082) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
In 1911 Henry was a miner living with his wife and family at Gorebridge, Stobhill, Midlothian. As a reservist he was recalled at the outbreak of war and joined his battalion in France in September 1914. Henry was shot by a sniper.
Born 1881 in Selkirk as Henry Evatt McIntyre. Son of the late Henry McIntyre (died 1898) and Catherine (Kay) McIntyre (died 1884) formerly of Kirk Wynd, Selkirk. Husband of Barbara (Boyd) MacIntyre of 19 Woodside Terrace, Steelend, Saline, Fife who he married in 1907 in Belfast, Ireland.
Killed in Action on 18 March 1915 and buried in Chester Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

As far as I can tell he is not named on any of the Midlothian War Memorials.
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Ken

A Morris · Joined: 19 May 2010 Posts: 531 Location: Netherlands

Name: John McCurrach
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 93605
Date of death: 13th August 1917 aged 37
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Memorial: Saline Cemetery
Additional notes: Husband of Jessie Murray McCurrach; son of Helen H McCurrach and the late William McCurrach of Bickramside Farm, Saline
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Remembering my Great Uncle - 963 Private Charles Lockhart 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders - KIA 29/10/1914

A Morris · Joined: 19 May 2010 Posts: 531 Location: Netherlands

Name: George Grant
Rank: Sapper
Service No: 121625
Date of death: 15th June 1916 aged 43
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Memorial: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery
Additional notes: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Grant and husband of Annie Wardlaw Grant, Blossom Cottage, Saline
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Remembering my Great Uncle - 963 Private Charles Lockhart 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders - KIA 29/10/1914

A Morris · Joined: 19 May 2010 Posts: 531 Location: Netherlands

Name: George Kean
Rank: Private
Service No: 43060
Date of death: 18th November 1916
Regiment: 19th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
Memorial: Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery
Additional notes: Son of John and Janet Kean
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Remembering my Great Uncle - 963 Private Charles Lockhart 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders - KIA 29/10/1914

A Morris · Joined: 19 May 2010 Posts: 531 Location: Netherlands

Name: David Templeman
Rank: Private
Service No: 21071
Date of death: 15th September 1916
Regiment: 6th/7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
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Remembering my Great Uncle - 963 Private Charles Lockhart 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders - KIA 29/10/1914

A Morris · Joined: 19 May 2010 Posts: 531 Location: Netherlands

Name: George Little
Rank: Private
Service No: 13760
Date of death: 11th February 1917
Regiment: 11th Battalion Border Regiment
Memorial: Ten Tree Alley Cemetery, Puisieux
Additional notes: Son of James and Sarah Annie Little, of Bands Cotsdrum, Oakley. Born at Flimby, Cumberland
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Remembering my Great Uncle - 963 Private Charles Lockhart 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders - KIA 29/10/1914

A Morris · Joined: 19 May 2010 Posts: 531 Location: Netherlands

Name: Robert Kean
Rank: Rifleman
Service No: 375404
Date of death: 8th September 1917, aged 38
Regiment: 2nd/8th Battalion London Regiment
Memorial: Menin Gate
Additional notes: Son of George and Christina Kean of Saline
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Remembering my Great Uncle - 963 Private Charles Lockhart 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders - KIA 29/10/1914

A Morris · Joined: 19 May 2010 Posts: 531 Location: Netherlands

Name: William Craig
Rank: Rifleman
Service No: 17489
Date of death: 1st July 1916, aged 29
Regiment: 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Additional notes: Son of William Craig and Jessie Craig of West Road Saline
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Remembering my Great Uncle - 963 Private Charles Lockhart 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders - KIA 29/10/1914