The Scottish War Memorials Project

apanderson · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

Is this George Lord Binning?

Name: BINNING, Lord GEORGE BAILLIE HAMILTON
Initials: G B H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Brigadier General
Regiment/Service: Royal Horse Guards
Secondary Regiment: Lothians and Border Horse
Secondary Unit Text: Commanding
Age: 60
Date of Death: 12/01/1917
Awards: C B, M V O
Additional information: Son of George, 11th Earl of Haddington; husband of Lady Binning, of Tyninghame, Prestonkirk, East Lothian. Served in Egyptian Campaign (1882), and Black Mountain Expedition (1891).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: TYNNINGHAME BURIAL GROUND

Cemetery: TYNNINGHAME BURIAL GROUND
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
No. of Identified Casualties: 1

apanderson · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:40 am Post subject:

Name: LUNAM
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: Depot
Date of Death: 20/12/1919
Service No: 200950
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Near South-East boundary.
Cemetery: NENTHORN CEMETERY

Cemetery: NENTHORN CEMETERY
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: This is near Nenthorn Old House, on the Kelso - Gordon road. It now belongs to the County Council.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1

After not being able to find the above David Lunam on SNWM, I checked with a colleague who has the MI's for Nenthorn and although there's no photo of his stone available (unknown at this point whether it's a standard CWGC or a Family Stone), the MI states that his year of death was 1915. Confused

There is another David Lunam (born Kelso, died 27.03.1918) on CWGC and SNWM but although both records vary slightly (as to regiment), this one was in 13th Bn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regt.), formerly R.A.S.C.

There is a David Lunam on Kelso Civic Memorial - but which one is it?

DerekR · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject:

David Lunam is also listed on the Linton Parish Church War Memorial:
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3871&highlight=lunam
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