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Gordon Highlanders, Boer War, Esplanade, Edinburgh

 
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:53 pm    Post subject: Gordon Highlanders, Boer War, Esplanade, Edinburgh Reply with quote

Gordon Highlanders, Boer War
Location: Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh
OS Ref: NT 253 734

Unfortunately the quality isn't that good when I've shrunk the size of the image to post it.





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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some more pictures of this memorial.









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Officers and Men of the Gordon Highlanders who lost their lives in the South African War 1899 to 1902.
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Lt. Colonel W H Dick-Cunyngham, VC
Lt. Colonel G T F Downman
Major H W D Denne
Major C C Miller-Wallnutt, DSO
Captain A D Fraser
Captain E Streatfield, DSO
Captain St J Meyrick
Captain A S Wingate
Captain S c Maitland
Captain D R Younger, VC
Captain J H Ogilvie, DSO
Leiutenant C H Monro
Leiutenant J D Dalrymple-Hay
Leiutenant L B Bradbury
Leiutenant A A D Best
Leiutenant A Cameron DSO
2nd Leiutenant I A Campbell
2nd Leiutenant J G D Murray
2nd Leiutenant J R Mc O Campbell
2nd Leiutenant G V W Clowes
2nd Leiutenant R M Kynoch Shand
No.1771 Cr. Sergeant J Craib
No.1402 Cr. Sergeant J Lindsay
No.2521 Cr. Sergeant J Taggart
No.5631 Sergeant P E O Brind
No.8172 Sergeant W F Budgett
No.3768 Sergeant G Cruickshank
No.4920 Sergeant H E Demaine
No.4508 Sergeant H M Greenwood
No.8294 Sergeant F H Harris
No.3778 Sergeant G Harris
No.2396 Sergeant A McLaggan
No.4968 Sergeant W Middleton
No.8002 Sergeant A Porter
No.2899 Sergeant J Raffan
No.6811 Sergeant J Stoddart
No.4770 Sergeant J Walker
No.4978 Lce. Sergeant R Reid
No.8004 Lce. Sergeant W Simpson
No.4521 Corporal R Andrew
No.4656 Corporal J Blyth
No.5428 Corporal G W Cuthbert
No.2091 Corporal W Ferguson
No.4233 Corporal A Maxwell
No.6176 Corporal T R Porteous
No.5612 Corporal W Skelton
No.5096 Corporal J Traynor
No.5925 Lce. Corporal F H Allan
No.6092 Lce. Corporal C Bryden
No.6361 Lce. Corporal A F Duncan
No.4794 Lce. Corporal G A S Fricker
No.6413 Lce. Corporal Hennessy
No.8191 Lce. Corporal W H Kidd
No.5473 Lce. Corporal J McKay
No.6396 Lce. Corporal J McLachlan
No.6091 Lce. Corporal J McLeod
No.6151 Lce. Corporal J Macrae
No.6411 Lce. Corporal N Mathieson
No.6374 Lce. Corporal J Moir
No.6270 Lce. Corporal D E Phillips
No.6328 Lce. Corporal J Pollock
No.2507 Lce. Corporal J W Robertson
No.4958 Lce. Corporal J Simpson
No.5039 Drummer G Downie
No.4467 Drummer J McAvoy
No.3632 Drummer T Nicholson
No.5663 Private W Aitken
No.6698 Private J Allison
No.7363 Private F Arthur
No.3203 Private P Baird
No.4478 Private J Baker
No.3057 Private J Barron
No.3718 Private C W E Beeten
No.8047 Private W Bennett
No.6498 Private J Bett
No.4748 Private G Birnie
No.6280 Private R Bissett
No.6821 Private J Bole
No.6437 Private J Bonner
No.3581 Private S Bordon
No.5662 Private W Bothwell
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No.3482 Private J Bowman
No.6442 Private A Brotherston
No.6965 Private J Brownie
No.5247 Private J Bruce
No.3285 Private J Bryant
No.4632 Private J Burgon
No.3364 Private A Burns
No.5885 Private H Burridge
No.8043 Private J C Carnie
No.6420 Private H R Cattanach
No.4420 Private C Cheshire
No.6330 Private W J Cheyne
No.5580 Private A Chisholm
No.6189 Private E G Chissel
No.3575 Private E Clark
No.4009 Private H Clark
No.5511 Private T Clark
No.5189 Private J Clow
No.8338 Private J Copland
No.4139 Private J Couper
No.4132 Private J Cowan
No.5989 Private J Crosbie
No.4707 Private H Cruden
No.6974 Private A Cunningham
No.3781 Private P Cunningham
No.6906 Private F W Dadds
No.5014 Private R Dale
No.6577 Private H Davidson
No.4575 Private W Day
No.6642 Private G Days
No.5945 Private A Donald
No.6373 Private J Donaldson
No.6110 Private A Duncan
No.4031 Private G Duncan
No.5024 Private J Duthie
No.6521 Private D Easson
No.3923 Private J Eddolls
No.4516 Private E Ellis
No.4677 Private E J Evans
No.6285 Private T M Faulds
No.6088 Private J Fielding
No.2031 Private J Findlay
No.7011 Private A Forbes
No.8232 Private W Forbes
No.7262 Private F Fraser
No.5619 Private J Fraser
No.6934 Private J Fraser
No.6492 Private W Fraser
No.3404 Private W Graham
No.6263 Private R Grieve
No.5169 Private J Guest
No.4789 Private A W J Hadfield
No.4380 Private R Hall
No.5101 Private S Hay
No.631 Private T Heary
No.5461 Private R Henderson
No.3672 Private G F Howlett
No.1624 Private H Hunt
No.8345 Private G Y Hutchison
No.6456 Private G Jeffrey
No.6213 Private D Johnston
No.4760 Private J Johnson
No.5712 Private J Kelly
No.5128 Private J H Knight
No.6485 Private J Kydd
No.6259 Private F W Lamboll
No.6348 Private A Ledingham
No.5614 Private W Lisco
No.6326 Private A Logan
No.4797 Private H J McCabe
No.5367 Private J McCabe
No.3816 Private T C McCallum
No.6554 Private D McDonald
No.4147 Private J McDonald
No.3836 Private J McDougall
No.8116 Private P McGillivray
No.3006 Private A McGuire
No.5542 Private A McIntosh
No.2924 Private J McIntosh
No.6999 Private J McKenzie
No.2965 Private J McLean
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No.5333 Private J McLeod
No.2674 Private T McNamee
No.5803 Private W J McRae
No.5969 Private P Marshall
No.6457 Private R Mathieson
No.4256 Private D Meadon
No.8057 Private J Meldrum
No.8197 Private T P Menzies
No.8037 Private G W Middleton
No.7170 Private G Milne
No.6038 Private C Mitchell
No.6881 Private A Moir
No.5387 Private G Moir
No.6880 Private R Moir
No.4542 Private G T Moore
No.3430 Private A Murison
No.3127 Private C Murison
No.8199 Private E B M Murray
No.5029 Private J Murray
No.3464 Private W Murray
No.4976 Private P E Mutch
No.2447 Private J Newbiggin
No.5520 Private J Nicol
No.5630 Private J Nicol
No.5214 Private J E Nieass
No.4539 Private T Norkett
No.1975 Private G Ogg
No.2657 Private J Ogg
No.5404 Private W Ogilvie
No.4248 Private E G Parker
No.6606 Private T Paton
No.1615 Private A E Poole
No.5135 Private E Printy
No.5402 Private A Provan
No.5324 Private J Rae
No.5565 Private J Reid
No.1592 Private G Revill
No.7112 Private T Ritchie
No.6968 Private W Robertson
No.6013 Private J Ross
No.3022 Private J Scott
No.7141 Private G Shaw
No.2897 Private R Mc C Shearer
No.3653 Private F Shinnick
No.6531 Private W Sivewright
No.1181 Private H Skae
No.6693 Private G Smart
No.3925 Private G Smith
No.3598 Private J Smith
No.4127 Private J Smith
No.6158 Private W Smith
No.3565 Private C Stace
No.7381 Private D Stewart
No.4775 Private H Stewart
No.3505 Private J Stewart
No.6093 Private J Stewart
No.4893 Private W Stock
No.3270 Private C Stoddart
No.8153 Private D B Stuart
No.8137 Private P Stuart
No.6394 Private H Sutter
No.6185 Private A Taylor
No.3980 Private J Taylor
No.6878 Private J Taylor
No.1440 Private T Taylor
No.2885 Private W Taylor
No.1497 Private D Thomson
No.8217 Private D E Thomson
No.3122 Private J Urquhart
No.3248 Private C Walker
No.8064 Private J Watt
No.3334 Private W Watt
No.6378 Private A Welsh
No.5395 Private F Welsh
No.5421 Private P Wiggins
No.5093 Private G Will
No.4141 Private J H Wilson
No.7034 Private J Wilson
No.4466 Private H Wood
No.4581 Private C J Wren
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- - Natal - - - - - - - - Transvaal - -
Cape Colony - - Orange Free State
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Erected by their comrades
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See also: http://www.justdone.co.za/ROH/List_People.asp?UnitAbv=Reg98

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pte. Edmond Chissel is listed on a Family Gravestone in Mar Cemetery, Stirling, see: http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?p=1002&mforum=scottishwargraves#1002 (Page 4).

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:23 am    Post subject: John Smith Raffan Reply with quote

John Smith Raffan
Birth 11 Apr 1870 Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland.
Death 21 Oct 1899 Elandslaagte, South Africa.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Dick-Cunyngham, VC (16 June 1851 – 7 January 1900)

Glenalmond College:
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-post-51117.html

See also:
http://www.boerwarcrank.co.za/Lieut-col%20Dick%20Cunyngham.pdf

And:
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Gloucestershire/CheltenhamBoerWar.html

And grave #34 on:
http://www.duddingstonkirk.co.uk/page28.html

And:
http://angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=2_vg_0&p=3629

And:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8543758

His son is commemorated on the Prestonfield WM in Edinburgh for WWII.
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1249

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lieutenant-Colonel G T F Downman

Killed 14th December 1899, Magersfontein, South Africa

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC18991216.2.10

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