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PostPosted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

UKNIWM Ref No. not listed
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Buildings of Scotland - Borders, p478

War Memorial, West of the church. Celtic cross, c1920.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:19 am    Post subject: Robert Donald High GH Reply with quote

Robert Donald High Lt 4th Gordon Highlanders b Monymusk 20/10/1880 Age 38 Killed in Action F & F 22/03/1918 Son of James High, Monymusk. 1881 Census: West Auchravie. 1891 Census: Hill of Balvack: Ferniebank Croft. 1901 Census: 55 Orchard Street, Aberdeen: Art Student. City Roll of Honour : Ladykirk, Berwick. Educated Robert Gordons. Officers Book page 242. Roll of Service in the Great War : page 82 : photo. Aberdeen University Book of Remembrance. Monymusk MI Entry 58 Son of James High & Jessie Bain. Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 Column 22 AJ 08-01-19 Page 1 Aberdeen Weekly Journal 27-06-19 Page 6 City & Ladykirk Parish Church
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:32 am    Post subject: David Moody Reply with quote

David Moody Company Serjeant Major 12673 1st Garrison Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Mertown 13/04/1885 e Melrose 42 Died Pakistan 06/06/1918 Son of David Moody + Jane Douglas. Father's Occ: Gamekeeper & Fisherman. 1891 Census: Bemersyde, Mertoun. Rawalpindi War Cemetery 4. B. 27. Jedburgh & Ladykirk Parish Church
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:17 am    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) report Reply with quote

The Cross is WMR 81413
The Roll of Honour is WMR 81414
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PTE. ARTHUR CABORN, Y.L.I.
Arthur Henry Caborn – age 25 – Private (18851) 10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
In 1911 Arthur was a footman at Poole Court, Yate near Bristol. He was employed at Ladykirk House when he enlisted at Coldstream in 1914 and he landed with his battalion in France in September 1915.
Born 1891 in Mickleover, Burton, Derbyshire. Son of Joseph and Jane (Warren) Caborn of Common End, Mickleover.
Killed in Action on 9 April 1917 and buried in Cojeul British Cemetery, St. Martin-Sur-Cojeul, near Arras, France.


PTE. WILLIAM CHALMERS, K.O.S.B.
William Dunford Chalmers – age 21 – Private (7306) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
William had served his apprenticeship under his father, the head gardener at Haggerston Castle, Beal, Northumberland, and he was the foreman at The Gardens of Ladykirk when he enlisted. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1894 in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Alexander and Mary (Moffat) Chalmers of Garvald House Gardens, West Linton, Peebles.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the West Linton Parish War Memorial and on the West Linton section of the Peebles War Memorial.


PTE. JOHN CUNNINGHAM, R.S.F.
John Cunningham – age 19 – Private (40572) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
John was brought up by his grandparents the late Susan Watt (Cunningham) Aitchison (died 1912) and David Aitchison of New Ladykirk and of Eddington Mains, Chirnside, Berwickshire. He was a ploughman at New Ladykirk Farm when he enlisted in June 1916 and he was posted to his battalion in France in October 1916.
Born c.1898 in Duns, Berwickshire but I cannot trace. Son of ?
Killed in Action on 23 April 1917 and buried in Bootham Cemetery, Heninel near Arras, France.
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PTE. JOHN FITZGERALD, B.W.
John Fitzgerald – age 28 – Private (S/4503) 9th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
John was under-foreman at The Gardens of Ladykirk when he enlisted at the outbreak of war. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915 but he was killed just over two months later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1887 in Torwood Village, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire as John William Fitzgerald. Son of William and Jane Ann (Stewart) Fitzgerald of Torwood, Birnam, Dunkeld, Perthshire.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
Also named on the Dunkeld War Memorial together with his brothers Edward, 10th Sherwood Foresters, died 25 March 1918 and Thomas, 2nd Cameron Highlanders, died 1 September 1918.


2nd LIEUt. ROBERT D. HIGH, G.H.
Robert Donald High – age 37 – Second Lieutenant, 1/4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Robert graduated from Aberdeen University in 1907 and became Assistant Master in Moffat Academy, Dumfriesshire. At the outbreak of war he was Headmaster in Ladykirk Public School and he enlisted in early 1916. He was selected for officer training, was commissioned in March 1917 and joined his battalion in France in January 1918.
Born 1880 in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire. Son of the late James High (died 1911) and of the late Jessie (Bain) High (died 1917) formerly of Monymusk. Husband of Mary Brown (Carmichael) High of Ladykirk Schoolhouse who he married in 1908 in Edinburgh.
Missing in Action on 22 March 1918 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Aberdeen University and City of Aberdeen Rolls of Honour and on the Moffat Academy memorial


PTE. JAMES PURVES, S.H.
James Purves – age 22 – Private (S/6007) 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
James was educated at Chirnside School and in 1911 he was with the family at Gainslaw Hill, Berwick where he was an horseman on the farm. He enlisted in November 1914 and landed with his battalion at Boulogne in August 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1893 Marshall Meadows, Berwick, Northumberland as James Matthew Purves. Son of William and Ester (Waite) Purves of New Ladykirk.
Missing in Action on 25 September 1915 and named on the Loos Memorial, France.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PTE. PETER PURVES, K.O.S.B.
Peter Purves – age 21 – Private (41830) 12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Peter was a ploughman at Ladykirk Shiels when he enlisted in the summer of 1916. He was posted as Private (8701) to the 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers in France but he was transferred to the 12th HLI.
Born 1895 in Ladykirk. Son of the late Mary Purves (died 1916) Husband of Isabella Richardson (Steele) of Broomdykes, Edrom, Berwickshire who he married in April 1916 in Edrom.
Missing in Action on 24 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.


PTE. GEORGE WHITLEE, A.S.H.
George Thomas Whittle – age 19 – Private (201943) 1/6th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
George was a gardener at Ladykirk Hall when he enlisted as Private (4070) in October 1916. He was posted to his battalion in France in November 1917 but he died in the 54th Casualty Clearing Station at Aire.
Born 1898 at Eglingham, New Bewick, Glendale, Northumberland. Son of the late Thomas Whittle (died 1903) and of Mary (Thompson) Whittle, and step-son of Walter Young of Eden Hall, Ednam, Roxburghshire and of Hoselaw, Ednam who had married Mary in 1906 in Rothbury, Northumberland.
Died of Wounds on 9 May 1918 and buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Ednam Parish War Memorial and on the Kelso War Memorial in Roxburghshire as WHITTLE.




1939-1945

SGT. WILLIAM FLEMING, R.A.F.
William Fleming – age 34 – Sergeant (1294322) 460 (RAAF) Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
William was the Flight Engineer on this Australian Air Force Lancaster bomber which had taken off from RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire for a raid on Berlin. The aircraft crashed at Muckendorf south of Berlin and the crew were buried there but were re-interred in Berlin in May 1947.
Born 1910 in Ladykirk. Son of the late Mary (Forrest) Fleming (died 1929) and of Daniel Fleming of Ladykirk Shiels.
Killed in Action on 2 January 1944 and buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The communities of Ladykirk and Norham are on opposite banks of the Tweed and are in different counties (and countries) but places in Ladykirk Parish, Berwickshire are often referred to as in Norham-on-Tweed, Northumberland.


LADYKIRK PARISH CHURCH Roll of Honour

Arthur C. Cabon, K.O.Y. Light Infantry – See Parish War Memorial.

William Chalmers. K.O. Scottish Borderers – See Parish War Memorial.

John Cunningham, Royal Scots Fusiliers – See Parish War Memorial.


William F.R. Dobie, Royal Highlanders
William Findlay Robertson Dobie – age 27 – Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
William was educated at Kelso High School in Roxburghshire, at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and at Morrison's Academy in Crieff, Perthshire before he enlisted in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1905. In 1911 he was a Corporal with the 2nd Battalion in India and he was selected for officer training, obtaining a commission in the Gordon Highlanders in August 1911. He served in India and Egypt before he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, obtaining his pilot’s certificate at Farnborough in 1914. William joined his battalion in Belgium in November but he was killed three weeks later during the attack on Wytschaete near Ypres.
Born 1887 in Coldstream, Berwickshire. Son of Dr, David Robertson Dobie and of Frances Maud (Findlay) Dobie of High Street, Coldstream and, from about 1900, of Crieff, Perthshire.
Killed in Action on 14 December 1914 and buried in Irish House Cemetery, Belgium.
Named on the Crieff War Memorial, on an individual memorial in Crieff Parish Church, and on Kelso High School, George Watson's College and Morrison's Academy memorials.


John Fitzgerald, Royal Highlanders – See Parish War Memorial.

John Fleming, Durham Light Infantry – I cannot trace this man.

Robert D. High, Gordon Highlanders – See Parish War Memorial.


Henry Johnston. K.O. Scottish Borderers
Henry Elliot Johnston – age 19 – Private (23515) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Henry had been at the front for just three weeks when he was killed.
Born 1897 in Ladykirk. Son of John and Margaret (Smith) Johnston of 3 Havannah Court, Kelso, Roxburghshire.
Missing in Action on 3 September 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Named on the Kelso War Memorial.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

David Moody, Gordon Highlanders
David Moody – age 33 – Company Sergeant Major (12673) 1st Garrison Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
In 1901 David, aged 15, was a rabbit catcher in Mertoun, Berwickshire and in 1911 he was serving with the 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers in India. He became a postman in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire in August 1913 and, as an Army Reservist, he was mobilised a year later. He was posted as Corporal (8976) to the 2nd KOSB in France in November 1914. Later he served with the 8th KOSB before joining the 9th (Reserve) KOSB, which became the 53rd Training Reserve Battalion in September 1916, where he was Sergeant (2/4062) At some point David was transferred to the Gordon Highlanders in India where he died of heat stroke in the Stationary Hospital in Rawalpindi
Born 1885 in Mertoun, Berwickshire. Son of the late Jane (Douglas) Moody (died 1890) and of David Moody of Mertoun and of Norham-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Husband of Isabella (Moor) Moody of 16 High Street, Jedburgh and of Felkington, Northumberland who he married in 1913 in Berwick, Northumberland.
Died on Service on 6 June 1918 and buried in Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan.
Named on the Jedburgh War Memorial and on the Lilliesleaf Parish War Memorial both in Roxburghshire.


George Purvis, York & Lanc. Regiment
George Purves – age 24 – Corporal (20959) 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
George was a gardener in Alloa, Clackmannanshire when he enlisted as Private (21299) in the Yorkshire Light Infantry in September 1914. He was transferred to the Y&L Regiment in September 1915 and he was posted to the 6th Battalion at Gallipoli in December. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli he returned to Egypt and then moved with his battalion to France in June 1916. George died in the 9th Casualty Clearing Station in Contay.
Born 1892 in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Son of William and Margaret Purves of of Norham East Mains, of Grievestead, Norham and of Thornton, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Died of Wounds on 30 September 1916 and buried in Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France.


James Purvis, Seaforth Highlanders – See Parish War Memorial as Purves.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

James Purves. K.O. Scottish Borderers
Thought to be:
Thomas James Purves – age 19 – Private (7168) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
On the 1901 census and on the family gravestone in Lennel Old Churchyard he is named as James.
He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was fatally wounded a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah. His burial place was lost.
Born 1896 in Langton, Berwickshire. Son of the late Janet (Utterson) Purves (died 1900) and of Thomas Purves of Ladykirk Shiels and of Ayton Law, Ayton, Berwickshire.
Died of Wounds on 14 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.


Peter Purves. K.O. Scottish Borderers – See Parish War Memorial.


John Welsh. K.O. Scottish Borderers
John Welsh, Military Medal – age 36 – Private (29385) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John of Milnegraden West Mains, Coldstream was a wire-fencer when he enlisted and he was with the 4th (Reserve) KOSB at Stobs Camp when he married in April 1916. His award of a M.M. was made in January 1918.
Born 1881 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Jackson) Welsh of Coldstream. Husband of Elizabeth Dodd (Scott) Welsh of Yetholm who he married in 1916 in Newcastleton, Roxburghshire.
Died of Wounds on 15 November 1917 and buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.


George Whitlee, A. and S. Highlanders – See Parish War Memorial.


Joseph Wood, H.M. Royal Navy
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.
In July 1916 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
Joseph's naval death record shows his next of kin as Elizabeth at Whitsome.

Missing in Action/Lost at Sea on 23 December 1917 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
Named on the Whitsome Parish War Memorial.
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