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jamiemcginlay



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:05 pm    Post subject: PITTENWEEM Reply with quote

Pittenweem - Fife
UKNIWM Ref No. 5766

The Pittenweem war memorial is a red sandtone celtic cross with wheel-head and celtic knotwork patterns carved in shallow relief on the face, and with a bronze wreath encircling the centre of the cross head. The cross stands on a wide grey freestone pedestal with sides faceD with rustic grey blocks. The commemoration and names of the dead are carved in the dressed faces of the pedestal.
The monument stands in the kirkyard on the main street opposite the Clydesdale Bank.






WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
ADAMSON DAVID SCOTS GUARDS GUARDSMAN
ADAMSON WILLIAM BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
AITKEN JOSEPH BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
ANDERSON JAMES BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
ANDERSON THOMAS ROYAL NAVY DECK HAND R.N.R.
BARNETT GEORGE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY GUNNER
BISSET ALEXANDER BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
BOWMAN ALEXANDER KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE
BOWMAN PETER ROYAL NAVY DECK HAND R.N.R.
BOWMAN ROBERT C. ROYAL NAVY SECOND HAND R.N.R.
BOYLE JAMES BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
BROWN JOHN ROYAL SCOTS LIEUTENANT
BROWN JOHN H. MERCHANT NAVY MASTER MARINER
BUTTERS WILLIAM KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE
CHALMERS ANDREW MACHINE GUN CORPS GUNNER
CLARK ALEXANDER BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
COLEMAN DAVID GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
DEWAR ROBERT BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
DUFF ALEXANDER BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
ELDER JAMES MERCHANT NAVY MASTER MARINER
FLEMING JOHN ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE
FLEMING JOHN SMITH ROYAL NAVY SECOND HAND R.N.R.
FLEMING WILLIAM BLACK WATCH CORPORAL
GALLOWAY JAMES MERCHANT NAVY SEAMAN
GAY THOMAS ROYAL NAVY GUNNER R.N.R.
GRAHAM JOHN DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY LIEUTENANT
HORSBURGH ALEXANDER BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
HUGHES GEORGE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
HUGHES GEORGE ARMY SERVICE CORPS PRIVATE
HUGHES JAMES ROYAL NAVY GUNNER R.N.R.
HUGHES ROBERT W. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS LANCE SERGEANT
LANG ANDREW ROYAL FLYING CORPS PRIVATE
LAWRIE THOMAS CAMERONIANS LANCE CORPORAL
LINDSAY EDWIN F. BLACK WATCH SERGEANT
LINDSAY GEORGE ROYAL NAVY DECK HAND R.N.R.
LINDSAY JOHN ROYAL NAVY DECK HAND R.N.R.
LUMSDEN JOHN H. AUSTRALIANS CORPORAL A.E.F.
LUMSDEN WILLIAM BLACK WATCH LANCE CORPORAL
MACKENZIE ALEXANDER M. ROYAL NAVY SECOND ENGINEER R.N.R.
MACKENZIE THOMAS CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MILLER FRED ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE
MUIR DAVID ROYAL NAVY LIEUTENANT R.N.R.
NICOLSON THOMAS BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
PATERSON ANDREW B. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE
PEATTIE DAVID BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
PEEBLES JAMES BLACK WATCH PRIVATE
SIMPSON ARCHIBALD LONDON REGIMENT PRIVATE
SPENCE HARRY ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE
TOSH JAMES A. CANADIANS PRIVATE
VALLANCE GEORGE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
WESTWOOD DAVID KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS LANCE CORPORAL
WILSON DAVID SCOTS GUARDS GUARDSMAN
WOOD JOHN M. ROYAL NAVY DECK HAND R.N.R.
WOOD PETER T. SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
WOOD WILLIAM ROYAL NAVY DECK HAND R.N.R.



WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
BOWMAN JOHN ROYAL NAVY STOKER
GARDNER JAMES ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
HUGHES ALEXANDER E. ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
HUGHES ANDREW ROYAL NAVY GUNNER
HUGHES WILLIAM ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
WATSON ANDREW ROYAL NAVY LEADING SEAMAN
WATSON THOMAS B. ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
ADAMS JOHN H.M. ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT
BOYTER PETER ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT
CALVERT ARTHUR J. ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING OFFICER
DUNCAN ALEXANDER ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT PILOT
LINDSAY GEORGE MCD. ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFTMAN FIRST CLASS
BISSETT THOMAS ARMY PRIVATE
BOWMAN JOHN D. ARMY PRIVATE
TAYLOR JAMES W. ARMY PRIVATE
BONNER GEORGE MERCHANT NAVY CAPTAIN
GAY WILLIAM MERCHANT NAVY QUARTERMASTER
JAMIESON ALEXANDER MERCHANT NAVY CARPENTER
MURRAY WILFRED MERCHANT NAVY CAPTAIN
SMITH DAVID MERCHANT NAVY SKIPPER
SUTHERLAND WILLIAM R. MERCHANT NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
TRAVIS ALFRED MERCHANT NAVY CAPTAIN
MACPHERSON ROBERT ROYAL ARMY CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT REVEREND
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BOWMAN
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Deck Hand
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Unit Text: H.M.S. "Clarosin."
Age: 22
Date of Death: 19/03/1920
Service No: 11979/DA
Additional information: Son of John Bowman, of West End, High St., Pittenweem.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: PITTENWEEM PARISH CHURCHYARD

Below - Pittenweem Kirkyard
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Alex Crawford



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

Regarding Peter Bowman HMS Clarison 19/03/20.

HMS Clarosin was the German trawler Sophie, built 1889, captured on 30 September 1915 by HMS Arethusa. It was sold on 18 February 1920 as the Blackhall.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:14 pm    Post subject: Pittenweem Reply with quote

Thanks to Mrs Aase Goldsmith for these additional photos.



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could this be the same man although listed as Lance Corporal on the memorial?

Name: LAWRIE, THOMAS BROWN
Initials: T B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 28/02/1915
Service No: 8229
Additional information: Son of David and Jane Lawrie, of 2, South Loan, Pittenweem, Fife.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 72.
Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

Anne
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anne. I 'think' this will be the correct find. I've seen quite a few instances of variations in rank betwen soutces. Jis MIC indicates private also.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:39 am    Post subject: Pte. Robert Dewar Reply with quote

jamiemcginlay wrote:
DEWAR ROBERT BLACK WATCH PRIVATE


(Glasgow Highlanders 8th Dec 1914)
"Private Robert Dewar (1270), of the 1st Battalion Black Watch (killed) was the only son of Mr Peter Dewar, Baker, 23 High Street, Pittenweem. He was 21 years of age and served for six years with the Black Watch as a reservist."

CWGC
Name: DEWAR, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 3/1270
Date of Death: 11/11/1914
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 37.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Peter Dewar, of 23, High St, Pittenween, Fife.

SNWM
Surname: DEWAR
Firstname: Robert
Service Number: 3/1270
Date Death: 11/11/1914
Place of birth: Pittenweem Fife
Other: 1st Bn.
SNWM roll: THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)
Rank: Pte
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:48 am    Post subject: David S Colman GH Reply with quote

David S Colman Pte S/42100 1st Gordon Highlanders b Stonehaven e Kirkcaldy Killed in Action F & F 15/06/1918 Chocques Military Cemetery Fr 0098 Plot VI Row B Grave 28
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