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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:32 am    Post subject: Corporal George Cooke Prescott Reply with quote

WW1
G.C. Prescott

The newspaper gives him an officer rank, but it states he enlisted on the outbreak of war, so probably the man below.
Not on SNWM as born in Ireland and didn't serve in a Scottish regiment.
Not listed in the War Returns as not Scottish born or attested therin.


(Glasgow Herald 4th May 1915)
"Lieutenant George Prescott, of the Royal Engineers, intimation of whose death has also been received by his mother, Mrs Bowen Webb Prescott, of Cairnbank, Dunbar, was only 20 years of age, and enlisted on the outbreak of war. "

CWGC
PRESCOTT, G C
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 990
Date of Death: 20/04/1915
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers 2nd Home Counties Field Coy.
Grave Reference: Enclosure No.2 V. A. 29.
Cemetery: BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:30 pm    Post subject: Cpl. Robert Penney/Penny Reply with quote

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Robert Penney

Recorded by the military as Penny.

(Glasgow Herald 12th September 1916)
"Killed in action on 3rd September, Corporal R. Penney (18516) H.L.I., only son of Robert Penney (late N.B.R.) 91 High Street, Dunbar."

CWGC
PENNY, ROBERT
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 18516
Date of Death: 03/09/1916
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 10th/11th Bn.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 15 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: PENNY
Firstname: Robert
Service Number: 18516
Date Death: 03/09/1916
Place of birth: Rothbury Northumberland
Other: 10/11th Bn.
SNWM roll: THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
Rank: Cpl
Theatre of death: F.& F.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:26 am    Post subject: possible non - commemoration Reply with quote

This man is mentioned on a gravestone in Currie but is not on any of the memorials in the district. His parents lived in Millerhill, Edinburgh but he is not on Danderhall and Newton Memorial. Should he be on Dunbar?
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Surname HALLIDAY
Firstname George Alexander
Service number P/MX79434
Date of death 10/12/1941
Decoration
Place of birth Dunbar
Other
SNWM roll ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES
Rank E R A 5
Theatre of death R.N. H.M.S. Prince of Wales. At Sea.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He is on the CWGC register - so not a non-comm.

HALLIDAY, GEORGE ALEXANDER
Rank:Engine Room Artificer 5th Class
Service No:P/MX. 79434
Date of Death:10/12/1941
Age:20
Regiment/Service:Royal Navy
H.M.S. Prince of Wales
Panel ReferencePanel 53, Column 2.
MemorialPORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of George and Henrietta Halliday, of Millerhill, Midlothian.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:58 pm    Post subject: Halliday Reply with quote

HiKen,
Yes I know he is on CWGC so not a non comm as such but I was asking should he be on the Dunbar Memorial as that was his birth place. He is not on Danderhall ( Millerhill) where his parents were when he died.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:56 am    Post subject: Pte. George Anderson Reply with quote

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George Anderson

(Glasgow Herald 30th june 1915)
"Intimation has been received by his relatives in Dunbar that Private George Anderson, of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, has been killed. He was shot through the head in Flanders. He was 20 years of age, and enlisted in December. Previous to enlistment he was employed as a joiner with Mr Hugh White, Dunbar. He was the only son of Sergeant George Anderson, who has been at the front with the 8th Royal Scots for the past six months, and is at present home on leave."

CWGC
ANDERSON, G
Rank: Private
Service No: 12405
Date of Death: 19/06/1915
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 14.
Cemetery: GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George and Elizabeth Anderson, of 30, Castle St., Dunbar, East Lothian.

SNWM
Surname: ANDERSON
Forename: George
Rank: Gdsm
Service number: 12405
Place of birth: Dunbar
Date of death: 19 June 1915
Theatre of death: F&F
Cause of death: Died of wounds.
SNWM roll: SCOTS GUARDS
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:55 pm    Post subject: Pte. John Cross Reply with quote

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John Cross

Must have went by his middle name?

(Glasgow Herald 9th July 1915)
"Private John Cross, of the 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers, was killed at the Dardanelles on June 6. He leaves a widow ad six children. He was a Reservist, and previous to being called up was for many years in the employment of Mr W.R. Cunningham, coal merchant, Dunbar."

CWGC
CROSS, JAMES JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 8515
Date of Death: 04/06/1915
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to 222.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: CROSS
Forename: James John
Rank: Pte
Service number: 8515
Place of birth: Helton Sussex
Date of death: 4 June 1915
Theatre of death: Dardanelles
Cause of death: Killed in action
SNWM roll: THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
Other detail: 1st Bn.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:35 pm    Post subject: John Collins Reply with quote

John Collins Serjeant 10278 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Dunbar,Haddington e Dunbar Age 27 Died of Wounds Pas de Calais, France 22/06/1915 Son of the late William and Elizabeth Collins, of Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. Native of Dunbar. Etaples Military Cemetery Fr 0040 Plot II Row A Grave 10
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:43 pm    Post subject: Robert Smith GH Reply with quote

Robert Smith Pte 310033 7th Gordon Highlanders Dunbar Age 20 Died of Wounds Home 04/06/1917 Son of Mrs. Catherine Smith, of 23, High St., Dunbar, East Lothian. WHITTINGEHAME PARISH CHURCHYARD A. D. In North-West part.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JOHN E. MYLES.

Named on the Penpont Parish War Memorial in Dumfriesshire as:

JOHN MILES.
John Edward Myles – age 19 – Private (S/20337) 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
John served his apprenticeship as a gardener at Broxmouth Park near Dunbar, East Lothian and was employed at Drumlanrig Castle, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire when he enlisted.
Born 1897 in Dunbar, East Lothian. Son of William and Jessie (Harris) Myles of 1 Silver Street, Dunbar.
Died of Wounds on 26 September 1916 and buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Southern Reporter 12/10/1916 p.7
Private John E. Myles, the Cameron Highlanders, has died of wounds in France. He was the second son of Mr Myles, gardener at Eastbarns, near Dunbar, and after serving his apprenticeship as gardener at Broxmouth Park, obtained a situation at Drumlanrig Castle.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: ANDERSON, EDWARD
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 46152
Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers, 8th Bn
Date of Death: 16/8/1917
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of George and Euphemia Anderson, of 18, Church St., Dunbar, East Lothian.
Panel Reference: Panel 19 to 23 and 162
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial

Also named on Peebles War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks like the Community Council is considering adding additional names to the memorial: https://dunbarcommunitycouncil.org.uk/adding-missing-names-to-the-war-memorial/
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WALTER JARDINE.

Named on the Jedburgh war memorial in Roxburghshire as:

JARDINE, WR. GUN. R. G. A.
Walter Boyd Jardine – age 47 – Gunner (96104) 200th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, transferred as Private (541698) to the 487th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps.
Walter was a tailor when he enlisted in late 1915 and the 200th Battery landed in France in November 1916. Walter died of influenza in the Military Hospital at Ripon Camp in Yorkshire.
Born 1877 in Jedburgh as Walter Jardine. Son of the late John Jardine and of the late Margaret (Boyd) Jardine of Pleasance, Jedburgh.
Husband of Margaret Douglas (Hood) Jardine of 148 High Street, Dunbar (from 1925 Mrs John Moscrop of Blackburn, Chirnside, Berwickshire) who he married in 1910 in Hutton, Berwickshire.
Died on Service on 24 February 1919. and buried in Dunbar Cemetery, East Lothian. (CWG)

Also on the Jedburgh Memorial are his brothers:
Adam Jardine – age 38 – Private (G/16371) 10th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Died 31 July 1917.
William Boyd Jardine – age 31 – Corporal (3015) 2/10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died 16 January 1917.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GEORGE MACDONALD.

Named on the Melrose War Memorial in Roxburghshire as:

PRIVATE G.A. McDONALD.
George Alexander McDonald – age 24 – Private (1024) 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots.
George had worked as a joiner in Melrose before he moved to East Lothian. He enlisted in Dunbar and landed with his battalion at La Havre in November 1914 but he was killed six months later near Festubert.
Born 1890 in North Berwick, East Lothian. Son of Robert and Jane (Durie) McDonald of Smith Street and of Albert Place, Darnick, Melrose.
Missing in Action on 16 May 1915 and named on the Le Touret Memorial, France.
Also named on the Darnick Village War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:25 pm    Post subject: Dunbar WW1 names added 3 Reply with quote

I have been sent a page from the Herald (glasgow Herald ) for Saturday July 21st . 2021 under the heading of WAR HEROES HONOURED ON MEMORIAL ... A CENTURY AFTER THEY DIED .

The article relates the research done by HERBERT COUTTS , Chairman of the Dunbar War Memorial said that Two brothers from the town who went to Canada were casualties of the Great War and their names are now listed on the Dunbar War Memorial and another local lad also added to the memorial . The newspaper said that 20 names , 14 from the WW1 and 6 from the WW2 have been listed since 2018. (as mentioned above by Mike Morey on this site ).

The names added and reported in The Herald 21st July 2021 were the two brothers

Pte RICHARD WELSH enlisted at Vancover British Columbia and was serving with the 6th Infantry Brigade on the Western Front and fell ill in February 1919 and died aged 33 in a military hospital in Wimereux , France . Cause of death recorded is Influenza and Pheumonia attributed to active service.

His brother , WILLIAM WELSH , emigrated to Canada 3 years after his older brother and settled with his wife and 2 children in Saskatcgewan Province of Canada and enlisted in 1916 and serving with the 3rd Bn Canadian Machine Gun Corps during the battle of Mons and he was killed in action aged 37.

The researchers from the Town of Dunbar found that missing from the memorial was the name of :

SAMUEL HENDERSON who was a private with the 2/10th Cyclist Bn of the Royal Scots which spent most of its time in coastal defence duties around Berwick and Berwickshire. He died aged 23 in August 1917 at Templehall Camp, Coldingham from a Self Inflicted rifle shot injury

The newspaper from the Herald for 21st July 2021 shows photos of Richard Welsh and also William Welsh in Uniform.


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