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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:54 am    Post subject: Bolton, East Lothian Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Three of the four Second World War names


GIBSON, FREDERICK CHARLES
Rank: Leading Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Matabele
Date of Death: 17/01/1942
Service No: D/JX 157254
Additional information: Son of John William and Allison Stella Gibson, of Haddington, East Lothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 63, Column 3.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

PEEL, CHARLES DAVID
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Unit Text: 603 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 17/07/1940
Service No: 90199
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 6.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

LANDELS, LESLIE NINIAN
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 232 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 20/01/1942
Service No: 84695
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 411.
Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL


The CWGC database has the middle name of Sqdn Ldr Landles as Ninlan. I have contacted them about the mistake.

Note that Gibson and Landels died withn days of each other. When you pass through Bolton if you blink you miss it so the death of two of its young men in one week would have been quite a blow.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And some Great War details

Anderson, Charles

BLUNT, DUNCAN HAMILTON
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: Devonshire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 39
Date of Death: 03/10/1917
Awards: D S O, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Additional information: Son of George Henry and 152 Blunt, of Blaby Hill, Blaby, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 38 to 40.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

HOLME, ALEXANDER CHARLES
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Gloucestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 3rd Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 06/09/1914
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rawburn, Duns. His brother Second Lieut. R.H.P. Holme also fell.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Spec. Memorial.
Cemetery: LIMBE BOTANICAL GARDENS BURIAL GROUND

HOLME, RONALD HENRY PAULL
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09/11/1914
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rathburne, Duns. His brother Lieut. A.C. Holme also fell.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. I.
Cemetery: LONGFORMACUS NEW BURIAL GROUND

Logan John

Possibly

LOGAN, JOHN
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 15/10/1918
Service No: 38442
Additional information: Husband of M. Logan, of Main St., East Linton, Prestonkirk, East Lothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. D. 8.
Cemetery: DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY


LUSK, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 19/04/1917
Service No: 201143
Additional information: M.A. Son of James C. and Jessie S. Lusk, of Bolton Schoolhouse, Haddington, East Lothian. Born at Kinlochewe, Ross-shire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. D. 16.
Cemetery: GAZA WAR CEMETERY

MESTON, JOHN
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: 28/10/1917
Service No: 351540
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 47.
Cemetery: WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
SNWM Detail - Born: Humbie

MESTON, THOMAS GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit Text: 270th Siege Bty.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 02/07/1917
Service No: 110621
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Meston, of Duncrahill, Pencaitland, East Lothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XV. C. 1A.
Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

SHARP, JAMES WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Tank Corps
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/03/1918
Service No: 200246
Additional information: Son of John J. and Annie Sharp, of Ewingston, Humbie, Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. E. 21.
Cemetery: DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1


Watt, Peter William

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WATT, Peter
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 02/04/1918
Service No: 41681
Additional information: Son of Jessie Watt, of Hangingshaw Farm, Heriot, Midlothian; husband of J. G. Brown (formerly Watt).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. K. 33.
Cemetery: MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adam Brown wrote:

HOLME, ALEXANDER CHARLES
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rawburn, Duns. His brother Second Lieut. R.H.P. Holme also fell.

HOLME, RONALD HENRY PAULL
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rathburne, Duns. His Cemetery: LONGFORMACUS NEW BURIAL GROUND



As far as I can find out Rathburne is the name of the house (and I presume estate) in Rawburn outside Longformacus in Berwickshire.

The Holme brothers head the list of names on the Longformacus Lych Gate
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adam Brown wrote:
The CWGC database has the middle name of Sqdn Ldr Landles as Ninlan. I have contacted them about the mistake.


I'm glad to report that CWGC have contacted me to say the scanning error has been rectified and Sqdr Ldr Landles name is now recorded correctly.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From The Scotsman 16 June 1921.

    WAR MEMORIALS

    BOLTON, EAST LOTHIAN.— The parish memorial, containing the names of 10 local lads, takes the form of an artistic redsand stone drinking fountain surmounted by a cross, erected on the public road at the entrance of the churchyard. The dedication service was carried through by the Rev. A. Wallace Williamson, D.D., St Giles', Edinburgh, assisted by the Rev. J. B. Service, B.D., parish minister. The unveiling ceremony was performed bu General Hunter Blair, Eaglescairnie, in presence of a large attendance.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adam Brown wrote:
Adam Brown wrote:

HOLME, ALEXANDER CHARLES
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rawburn, Duns. His brother Second Lieut. R.H.P. Holme also fell.

HOLME, RONALD HENRY PAULL
Additional information: Son of Charles H. Holme, of Rathburne, Duns. His Cemetery: LONGFORMACUS NEW BURIAL GROUND



As far as I can find out Rathburne is the name of the house (and I presume estate) in Rawburn outside Longformacus in Berwickshire.

The Holme brothers head the list of names on the Longformacus Lych Gate



Through the boys' grandmother, the eldest daughter of General The Hon. Sir Patrick Stuart, the family were closely connected with Eaglescarnie, Haddington. (Source: Berwickshire News 22/9/1914 p.6)

The brothers are named on the Longformacus Parish War Memorial as:

ALEXANDER CHARLES HOLME LIEUT. 1st GLOUCESTERS 6th SEPT. 1914.
Alexander Charles Holme – age 25 – Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment attached to the 3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
Alexander was educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey before attending the Royal Military College at Sandhurst from where he was commissioned in the Gloucestershire Regiment in March 1909. He was promoted in July 1911 and served in India until his battalion returned to England when he transferred to the West African Frontier Force in 1912. Alexander was killed during the invasion of German Kamerun by British forces from Nigeria and he was buried in Nsanakang European Civil Cemetery.
Born 1888 in Mussoorie, Northern India. Son of Charles Henry Holme and of Eva Magdalen (Machell) Holme of Rawburn, Longformacus.
Killed in Action on 6 September 1914 and named on a special memorial in Limbe Botanical Gardens Burial Ground, Cameroon.

RONALD HENRY PAULL HOLME LIEUT. 2nd K.O.S.B. 9th NOV. 1914.
Ronald Henry Paull Holme – age 24 – Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Ronald was educated at Haileybury College in Hertfordshire before attending the Royal Military College at Sandhurst from where he was commissioned in the KOSB in October 1910. He landed with his battalion at in August 1914 but he was wounded at Messines in October and was evacuated to hospital in London where he died.
Born 1890 in Rurki, Northern India. Son of Charles Henry Holme and of Eva Magdalen (Machell) Holme of Rawburn, Longformacus.
Died of Wounds on 9 November 1914 and buried in Longformacus New Burial Ground. (CWG)
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CHARLES ANDERSON
Charles Anderson – age 24 – Private (23103) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots.
Charles was a gardener when he enlisted in Haddington in May 1915 and he was posted to the 12th Royal Scots in France in September. He was wounded and evacuated home in April 1917, returning to France to the 15th and then the 2nd Battalions in December 1917. Charles died of wounds in the 4th Casualty Clearing Station at Pernes.
Born 1894 in Friockheim, Kirkden, Fofarshire/Angus. Son of William and Annie (Forbes) Anderson of Cadger Path, Finavon and of Tannadice, Forfarshire.
Died of Wounds on 16 April 1918 and buried in Pernes British Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Bolton Parish Church memorial and on the Tannadice War Memorial.


DUNCAN HAMILTON BLUNT
Duncan Hamilton Blunt, Distinguished Service Order – age 39 – Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
Duncan was commissioned in the Leicestershire Regiment in February 1897 and transferred to the Devonshire Regiment as a Lieutenant in January 1899. He was promoted Captain in 1903, Major in 1915 and temporary Lieutenant Colonel 1916. He was awarded a DSO as Maj. (temp. Lt.-Col.) Duncan Hamilton Blunt, Devon. R. β€œFor conspicuous gallantry in action. He led his battalion with great dash in the attack and capture of a wood, and established his position in a captured enemy trench beyond. He thus greatly facilitated the further advance".
Born 1878 in Leicester. Son of the late George Henry Blunt (died 1913 in Edinburgh) and of Isabella (Baird) Blunt of Woodlands, Kirby Muxloe and of Blaby Hill, Blaby, Leicester.
Isabella was born in Bolton, Haddingtonshire in 1843.
Missing in Action on 3 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Bolton Parish Church memorial and on the Kirby Muxloe War Memorial in Blaby, Leicester.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ALEXANDER C. HOLME

and his brother

RONALD H. HOLME


See posting above.
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JOHN LOGAN
John Logan – age 31 – Private (S/8049) Depot, Gordon Highlanders.
John had served his apprenticeship at Haddo House in Aberdeenshire and was a gardener at Colston House, Bolton when he enlisted in December 1914. He was posted to the 10th Gordons in France in July 1915. John was wounded in September 1916 and evacuated to the Edinburgh War Hospital at Bangour, West Lothian where he died.
Born 1885 in Dundee. Son of James and Georgina (Farquhar) Logan of 9 Claremont Street, Aberdeen.
Died of Wounds on 16 September 1916 and buried in Ecclesmachan Cemetery, West Lothian. (CWG)
Also named on the Bolton Parish Church memorial and on the Aberdeen War Memorial.


ROBERT LUSK
Robert Lusk – age 25 – Private (201143) 1/4th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots.
Robert was educated at the Knox Institute in Haddington before becoming a Student of the Arts at Edinburgh University from where he graduated M.A. In 1912. He enlisted as Private (4298) in November 1915 and joined his battalion in Egypt in July 1916. Robert served in Palestine where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1891 in Kinlochewe, Gairloch, Ross-shire. Son of James Christie Lusk and Jessie (Scott) Lusk of Bolton Schoolhouse, Haddingtonshire/East Lothian.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.
Also named on the Bolton Parish Church memorial and on the Edinburgh University Old College memorial and Roll of the Fallen.


JOHN MESTON
John Meston – age 31 – Private (351540) 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots.
John enlisted as Private (4341) in the Seaforth Highlanders and was posted to the Royal Scots in France.
Born 1886 in Humbie, Haddingtonshire/East Lothian. Son of Andrew and Marion (Anderson) Meston of Marvingston, Bolton and of Duncrahill, Pencaitland, East Lothian.
Killed in Action on 28 October 1917 and buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, France.

and his brother

THO. JAS. GEO. MESTON

Thomas George Meston – age 23 – Gunner (110621) 270th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Thomas was a ploughman at Marivngston, Bolton when he enlisted in December 1915. He was mobilised in August 1916 and went to France in March 1917. Thomas died in the 10th Casualty Clearing Station at Lijssenthoek.
Born 1894 in Saltoun, Haddingtonshire/East Lothian. Son of Andrew and Marion (Anderson) Meston of Marvingston, Bolton and of Duncrahill, Pencaitland, East Lothian.
Died of Wounds on 2 July 1917 and buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Bolton Parish Church memorial.
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