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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:32 pm    Post subject: Bowden Reply with quote

UKNIWM Ref: 13311
OS Map ref: NT554302

Unveiled by the Countess of Dalkeith on 30th October, 1921.
A green marble plaque listing 28 men who fell.
(The village of Bowden's memorial only lists 12 names in total).



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The gold names against the green marble are very difficult to pick out even at very close range.


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Derek,

If you have researched the memorial do you have any idea why there are 28 listed here and only 12 on the public ? That is a big difference.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It may depend on the denomination of this church or they may have had less strict criteria for inclusion on the memorial.

I'd try and find out what the denomination was in the early 1920s

I notice that John Lang is listed as Sch of Musk. Which I take is School of Musketry.

There is an online detailed short history of the School of Musketry, later the Small Arms School at Hythe. http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/HYTHE%20SCHOOL%20OF%20MUSKETRY.pdf

It has a Roll of Honour but John Lang isn't listed on it. Neither is he one of the 12 names listed on the Bowden Civic War Memorial
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

James Ballantyne Scott of The Canadian Seaforths is eluding me. He is listed on the civic memorial as well which gives his middle name and confirms his unit.

The Canadian Seaforths were the 72nd Bn CEF but also made up part of the 16th Bn Canadian Scottish.

I've found a James Scott who's family came from Birgham but he isn't listed on any of the memorials in that part of the Borders: Coldstream, Eccles (the parish of which Birgham is in), Leitholm, Kelso, Sprouston and Ednam. He was also formerly 76th Bn and 4th Bn neither of which were Canadian Seaforth battalions

So I have a James Scott I can't identify in Bowden and a James Scott from Brigham I can't find on any memorial.

SCOTT, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Unit Text: 4th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 08/09/1916
Service No: 141542
Additional information: Son of James and Margaret Scott, of Laurel Cottage, Birgham, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 13.
Cemetery: SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON

His Attestation papers don't help
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Forget the man listed above for now. This man is a more likely fit for James Ballantyne Scott

SCOTT, J
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Unit Text: 72nd Bn.
Date of Death: 30/10/1917
Service No: 1016013
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 18 - 28 - 30.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

His unit is the Canadian Seaforths and his attestation papers give his name as James. he was born in Earlston, Berwickshire (but not listed on that memorial). His mother is Mrs Margaret Scott residing at Clarelaw ????? Roxburghshire.

A handwritten placename has been written on the attestation paper but I can't make it out. His birth date was 5.2.1884
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Newtown
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:53 am    Post subject: Clarelaw Reply with quote

Thanks Jim. Newtown could be Newtown St Boswells which is very near Bowden

By trawling Google I found a reference to Clarelaw and Middleham Mill in the Barony of Bowden. It could be the old name for Midlem?

I found something else which says "Clarelaw, called Langsyde" and there is still a Langside just south of Bowden.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clarelaw seems to spelled Clarilaw on modern maps. Perhaps it was then too and Clarelaw is just a typo or a false recollection.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adam Brown wrote:
It may depend on the denomination of this church or they may have had less strict criteria for inclusion on the memorial.

I'd try and find out what the denomination was in the early 1920s

I notice that John Lang is listed as Sch of Musk. Which I take is School of Musketry.

There is an online detailed short history of the School of Musketry, later the Small Arms School at Hythe. http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/HYTHE%20SCHOOL%20OF%20MUSKETRY.pdf

It has a Roll of Honour but John Lang isn't listed on it. Neither is he one of the 12 names listed on the Bowden Civic War Memorial


Note his age Shocked
CWGC has:
Captain LANG, JOHN.
Died 15/04/1917
Aged 68
General List (T.F. Reserve)
An author. Son of John and Jane Sellar Lang, of Overwells, Roxburghshire, and Viewfield, Selkirk; husband of Jean Blaikie Lang, of 46, Queen St., Edinburgh.
Buried at SELKIRK PARISH CHURCHYARD

Southern Reporter 26/4/1917 p.6
CAPTAIN JOHN LANG. As announced last week, the death occurred at Banchory of Captain John Lang. fourth son of the late John Lang, Sheriff-Clerk of Selkirkshire, and brother of Andrew Lang (not a nephew, as stated our last issue). Andrew Lang's last book, "Highways and Bvwavs in the Border," was begun in collaboration with his brother John, but in consequence of Andrew's death in July 1912, the entire work, with the exception of about one-tenth, came from his brother's pen. Besides smaller works and contributions to " Cornhill." " Longiman's” “ Scotsman" etc.. he was author of "Outposts of the Empire" and "The Land of the Golden Trade," published by Messrs T. C. & E C. Jack, in their "Romance of Empire”, of which he was editor. For the same firm he wrote " A Life of Nelson." and, in collaboration with his wife (Jean Lang), compiled "A Poetry of Empire" and, later, "Stones of the Border Marches." Captain Lang had had an adventurous life. In Australia, where he spent much of his life as vinegrower, he was for many years a member of the Victorian Mounted Rifles. Later, in New South Wales, he was captain of a local rifle club, runner-up for the Kolapore Cup, and winner of many medals and badges. He volunteered at once when the Boer War broke out, but was not accepted, owing to a defect caused by an accident in boyhood. Although in his sixties on the outbreak the present struggle, he volunteered for service and declared his willingness to serve in any capacity, and on account of his good marksmanship he was given a captain's commission and appointed instructor of musketry. Later he held the appointments of Adjutant and Quartermaster to the Scottish Command School of Musketry, Machine Guns and Bombing, at St. Andrews and Barry Camp. He acquired the illness from which died at Barry, and gave his life for his country at Banchory—where his brother Andrew also died—on the morning of April 15, 1917. The burial service was held at St. John's Episcopal Church. The service was choral, the Psalm being the 39th, while the hymns were "Lead, kindly light." and "Now the labourer's task is o'er." The music was reverently rendered bv the choir boys, accompanied by Mr Hartlev on the organ. The Rector of the Church and the Rev. Canon Reid, Rector of St. Paul's Church, York Place, Edinburgh, took part in the service. After the service the cortege proceeded to the Old Kirk Yard, the burial place being within the Church. The committal was taken by the Rev. Canon Reid, an old friend of the deceased. The pallbearers were Mrs Lang, Dr. Blaikie, Thos. Blaikie, Professor Scott Lang, Patrick Sellar, John C. Scott of Synton, A. F. Roberts of Fairnielee, and J. Strathearn Steedman, Selkirk.
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R. McV. ARMSTRONG A&SH.
Robert McVittie Armstrong – age 29 – Lance Corporal (S/15007) 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Robert died in the 36th Casualty Clearing Station at Zuydcoote near Dunkirk.
Born 1888 in Westruther, Berwickshire. Son of the late John Armstrong of Oakwood, Ettrick and of Agnes (Brotherston) Armstrong of Templehall Cottage, Midlem, Selkirk and of 71 High Street, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
Died of Wounds on 7 November 1917 and buried in Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Lilliesleaf Parish War Memorial, Roxburghshire.


ED. H. P. BRUNTON R.A.M.C.
Edward Henry Pollock Brunton – age 25 – Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
Edward was educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh and at Trinity College Cambridge from where he graduated in 1910. He became a House Surgeon at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital and then House Physician at St. Bartholomew's in London. He obtained a commission in April 1915 and landed with the 4th Grenadiers in France in August but he was killed two months later during the battle of Loos.
Born 1890 in London. Son of Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st Baronet, and the late Lady Brunton, Louisa Jane Stopford (died 1909)
Sir Thomas was the son of James Brunton of Hiltonshill, Bowden and was born there in 1844.
Killed in Action on 8 October 1915 and buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Fettes College memorial and on the Trinity College memorial.


JOHN CAIRNS R.S.F.
John Cairns – age 31 – Corporal (40179) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
John enlisted in the 2/9th Battalion, Royal Scots before being posted to the 1st RSF in France in 1916.
Born 1884 in Bowden. Son of George and Annie (Turnbull) Cairns, of Holydean, Bowden. Husband of Jessie Victoria (Noble) Cairns of Monksford Lodge, Newtown St. Boswells who he married in 1905 in Kelso, Roxburghshire.
Killed in Action on 13 November 1916 and buried in Serre Road Cemetery No.1, France.
Also named on the Newtown St. Boswell District War Memorial.
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ALEX. CAMPBELL R.F.A.
Alexander Campbell – age 25 – Gunner (143982) X.7 Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
Alexander was living in the St. Boswell area when he enlisted there.
The battery had joined the 7th Division in and the Division took up its positions in Italy in January 1918. In October 1918 the Division crossed the River Piave during the Battle of Vittoria Veneto.
Born 1893 in Stichell, Roxburghshire. Son of John and Maria (Weir) Campbell of Woodside Place, Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
Killed in Action on 11 October 1918 and buried in Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade, Italy.


THOMAS CATHIE A.S.C.
Thomas Cathie – age 37 – Private (M2/046610) Royal Army Service Corps.
In 1901 Thomas, aged 19, was a groom living at Upper Nisbet Farm, Crailing Roxburghshire. In 1911 he and his family were at Legerwood, Berwickshire and by 1914 they were living at Faughhill, Bowden where he was a chauffeur. He landed in France in May 1915 but after over four years of service he died of influenza/pneumonia in the Craigleith Military Hospital in Edinburgh.
Born 1881 in Haddington, East Lothian. Son of John and Mary (Ross) Cathie of Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith, Midlothian. Husband of Margaret Frances or Fanny (Wilson) Cathie who he married in 1903 in Hoddom, Dumfriesshire.
Died on Service on 17 December 1918 and buried in Dalkeith New Cemetery, Midlothian. (CWG)
Also named on the Bowden Parish War Memorial and on the Dalkeith War Memorial.


HUGH GRAY CHEAPE W.Y.
Hugh Annesley Gray-Cheape, Distinguished Service Order and Bar – age 39 – Lieutenant Colonel, Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
Hugh was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire and at Mulgrave Castle School in North Yorkshire before going to Trinity Hall, Cambridge University. He was commissioned in the Worcestershire Hussars in March 1897. He served in the South African War (1899-1902) with the Imperial Yeomanry and was promoted to Lieutenant in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in March 1903 but with effect from December 1900. He resigned his commission as a Captain but joined the Army Reserve in 1913 and was for a time at Bothendene in Bowden where he was a member of St. Boswells Curling Club and Joint Master of Berwickshire Hounds.
He was appointed as Major in the Worcester Yeomanry in November 1913 and promoted to be Lieutenant Colonel commanding the Warwickshire Yeomanry in 1915. He was awarded the DSO in January 1917. He was awarded a Bar to his DSO for conspicuous gallantry when he commanded the Warwickshire and Worcester Yeomanry in the charge at Huj in Palestine on 8 November 1917.
“Maj. (T./Lt.-Col.) Hugh Annesley Gray-Cheape, D.S.O., Yeo.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led a charge against the enemy's guns with the utmost gallantry and determination. The enemy's gunners were firing at point-blank range, but the guns were captured and the gunners put out of action
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Hugh was drowned when the troopship “Leasowe Castle” was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB 51 while sailing from Alexandria to Marseilles.
Born 1878 in Strathmiglo, Fife. Son of the late Colonel George Clarke Cheape of Wellfield, Fife, and of Maud Mary (Hemming) Cheape of Bentley Manor, Worcestershire. Husband of Carsina Gordon (Gray) Gray-Cheape of Carse Gray, Rescobie in Angus who he married in 1906 in Forfar.
Killed by enemy action/Lost at Sea on 27 May 1918 and named on the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt.
Also named on the Bowden Parish War Memorial, on the Aberlemno Parish and on the Rescobie Parish War Memorials in Angus, on the Strathmiglo Parish War Memorial in Fife and on the Glenalmond College memorial.

His brother Captain Leslie St. Clair Cheape, 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards attached to the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) was killed in Palestine on 23 April 1916.
The brothers are named on the Webheath and District War Memorial at St. Phillips Church near Redditch, Worcestershire and on the Strathmiglo Parish War Memorial in Fife
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JOHN YOUNG CLARK R.S.
John Young Clark – age 28 – Corporal (40507) 17th Battalion, Royal Scots.
John had emigrated to Canada some years earlier but had returned home in January 1914. He enlisted in the Royal Scots Greys in August 1914 and as Private (15142) joined the 1st (Royal) Dragoons in France in May 1915. Later he transferred to the Royal Scots where he served as a machine gunner.
Born 1889 in Ladhope (Galashiels) Roxburghshire. Son of the late Thomas Dalgleish Clark (died 1902) and of Mary Scott (Young) Clark of Thorn Cottage, Bowden.
Missing in Action on 20 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Bowden Parish War Memorial.


Wm. J. COCKBURN CAN.SCOT.
William John Cockburn – age 32 – Private (859967) 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), Canadian Infantry.
William was farming at Oakner, Manitoba and was a member of the local militia, the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada, when he enlisted in Winnipeg in April 1916. He sailed from Halifax,Nova Scotia in October and joined his battalion in France in April 1917 but was killed four months later.
Born 1885 in Melrose, Roxburghshire. Son of the late Margaret (Telfer) Cockburn (died 1902) and of Thomas Cockburn of Clarilaw, Bowden. He named his eldest sister Elizabeth of Clarilaw, Bowden in his will.
Missing in Action on 16 August 1917 and named on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Also named on the Bowden Parish War Memorial.


BENJAMIN HARPER W.Y.
Benjamin Harper – age 46 – Private (325232) Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) attached to the 1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry.
(Note: see the entry above for Hugh Annesley Gray-Cheape)
Ben was a servant at Bentley Hall, Worcestershire, the family home of Mrs. Maud Mary (Hemming) Cheape when he enlisted for the South African Campaign in her son Captain Hugh Cheape's squadron of the Imperial Yeomanry. At the time of the 1911 census he was at Bothendene Stables in Bowden while his wife and family were still at Webheath in Worcestershire. He enlisted again in 1914 as Private (2252) to served as the personal attendant of the by now Lieut. Colonel Hugh Annesley Gray-Cheape, landing with 1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry at Alexandria in Egypt in April 1915.
Born 1872 in Ross, Herefordshire. Son of John and Mary Ann Harper of Newland Common, Droitwich, Worcestershire. Husband of Annie Elizabeth (West) Harper of Post Office Lane, Fernhill Heath, Worcester who he married in 1904 in Droitwich, Worcestershire.
Died of Wounds on 5 November 1917 and buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Also named on the Bowden Parish War Memorial and on the Webheath and District War Memorial at St. Phillips Church near Redditch, Worcestershire, together with Hugh Annesley Gray-Cheape and his brother Captain Leslie St. Clair Cheape.
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JOHN L. KELSALL R.F.A.
John Lindsay Kelsall – age 26 – Captain, "B" Battery, 86th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
John of Bothendene House, St. Boswells was educated at Ardvreck School in Crieff, Perthshire, at Marleborough College in Wiltshire from 1905 to 1909 and at the Imperial College of Science in London. He was commissioned from a Cadet in the Officer Training Corps in August 1914 and was promoted to Captain in the Army Service Corps in July 1915 before he went to France in August. He was transferred to the RFA in June 1917 but was killed at Zillebeke Lake near Ypres two months later.
Born 1891 in Crieff, Perthshire as John Kelsall. Son of Henry and Mary Eudoxia Lindesay (Dallas) Kelsall of Bothendene House, Bowden, St. Boswells and of Moss Side Estate, Rochdale, Lancashire. Grandson of the late Henry Kelsall of The Butts, Rochdale.
Killed in Action on 28 August 1917 and buried in The Huts Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Bowden Parish War Memorial and on the St. Boswells Parish War Memorial.

His brother was awarded a Military Cross.
The Scotsman 12/6/1916 p.8
MILITARY CROSS FOR CAPTAIN KELSALL, A.S.C. Temp. Captain Hugh Ainsworth Kelsall (Horse Transport), A.S.C, has been awarded the Military Cross. Captain H. A. Kelsall went from the Military College, Sandhurst, to France with the 2nd Division, First Army, in August 1914, and was through the battle of the Aisne. He was mentioned in dispatches in January last. He was promoted permanent Lieutenant and Temp. Captain, Adjutant to Headquarters Train in April 1916; and has now received the Military Cross. He is twenty years of age, and was educated at Ardvreck, Crieff, and Marlborough College. He is the third son of Mr Henry Kelsall, and grandson of Hannah, Ladv Eliott of Stobs
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JOHN LANG SCH. OF MUSK.
Note: see earlier post for biographical details.
John Lang – age 68 – Captain, General List (T.F. Reserve)
Born 1849 in Selkirk. Son of the late John and Jane Plenderleath (Sellar) Lang of Overwells, Roxburghshire and of Viewfield, Selkirk. Husband of Jean Lang (Blaikie) Lang of 46 Queen Street, Edinburgh who he married in 1901 at Mount Lofty, Crafers, South Australia.
The Blaikie family lived at Holydean Farm, Bowden.
Died on Service on 15 April 1917 and buried in Selkirk Parish Churchyard. (CWG)
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ALEX. C. LINDSAY R.S.
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Alexander Cameron Lindsay – age 19 – Private (2462) 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots.
Alexander was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh 1904 -11 and was a Cadet in the Officer Training Corps 1909-11. He enlisted in September 1914 and landed with his battalion at Le Havre in February 1915 but was killed two months later.
Born 1895 in Leith, Edinburgh. Son of the late William Percival Lindsay (died 1901) and of Jane (Cameron) Lindsay of 55 Montpelier Park, Edinburgh.
Missing in Action on 23 April 1915 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the George Heriot's School memorial.


JOHN McNEILE K.O.S.B.
John McNeile – age 53 – Lieutenant Colonel, 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John was educated at Eton College and Cambridge University before being commissioned in the Coldstream Guards. He was promoted to Captain in July 1897 and retired as a Major in April 1905. He and his family came to live at Kippielaw House, Bowden and John was appointed as Lieutenant Colonel of the Territorial 4th KOSB in April 1912. The battalion was mobilised in August 1914 and they landed at Gallipoli in June 1915 but John was killed a month later leading his men at the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1862 in Belfast, Ireland. Son of the late Henry Hugh McNeile (died 1904) of Parkmount, Belfast, County Antrim and of Sophia Adelaide (McNabb) McNeile. Husband of Oonagh Edwina Conolly (daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Augustus Conolly V.C.) who he married in 1891 in Carlow, Ireland.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Bowden Church memorial.

His brother Lieutenant Colonel Henry Donald McNeile, 1st (Royal) Dragoons was killed on 20 December 1915, while his son Lieutenant John Henry McNeile of the Coldstream Guards was wounded and made prisoner of war in January 1915.
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