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DelBoy · Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:00 pm Post subject: Sgt. Henry Black

WW1
Sergt. Henry Black

(Glasgow Herald 17th June 1915)
"Sergeant Henry Black, 2st Battalion Black Watch, who was reported missing on May 9, is now officially reported as having been killed. He was a son of Mr Thomas Black, fisherman, 22 North Castle Street, St Andrews, and had been in France four months. He was amongst the National Reservists who voluinteered for foreign service. He leaves a widow and three young children."

CWGC
BLACK, HENRY
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 3/3969
Date of Death: 09/05/1915
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) "D" Coy. 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Panels 24 to 26.
Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Catherine Black, of 4, Saint Gregory, St. Andrews; husband of Margaret Stevenson Black, of Croft Cottage, Pittenweem, Fife.

SNWM
Surname: BLACK
Forename: Henry
Rank: A/Cpl
Service number: 3/3969
Place of birth: St Andrews Fife
Date of death: 9 May 1915
Theatre of death: F&F
SNWM roll: THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)
Other detail: 1st Bn.

anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:07 am Post subject: Thomas James Allen

Thomas James Allen Pte S/21822 1st Gordon Highlanders b Belfast e Perth 19 Killed in Action F&F 27/09/1918 Son of James and Mary Allen, of 17, South Bridge St., St. Andrews. Native of Belfast. Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt Fr 0357 Row G Grave 21
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:10 am Post subject: Charles Gordon Beattie

Charles Gordon Beattie Captain 260181 1st/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Newport, Fife Age 21 Killed in Action Aisne, France 20/07/1918 Son of Sir James Beattie, K.B.E., and Lady Beattie, of 52, Eaton Square, London. Educated at Clifton Bank School, St. Andrews, Edinburgh Academy, and King's College, Cambridge (1915). Soissons Memorial M. R. 18
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:12 am Post subject: John Campbell

John Campbell Pte 292416 1st Gordon Highlanders b Collace,Fife e Dundee Age 27 Killed in Action F&F 30/08/1918 Son of John and Julia Campbell, of 158, South St., St. Andrews, Fifeshire. Vis-En-Artois Memorial M. R. 16 Panel 10
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:23 am Post subject: John R Douglas

John Ramsay Douglas Pte 235620 4th Gordon Highlanders e Dundee Killed in Action F&F 21/11/1917 Son of William Douglas, of 4, Ellice Place, St. Andrews, Fifeshire. Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery Fr 1483 Plot VIII Row G Grave 09
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:24 am Post subject: William Dunne

William Dunne Pte S/23338 1st Gordon Highlanders b St.Andrews,Fife e Cupar Age 18 Killed in Action F & F 04/08/1918 Son of John and Rose Anne Dunne, of 5, College St., St. Andrew's, Fife. Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil Fr 0033 Plot III Row G Grave 05
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:26 am Post subject: David Fernie

David S Fernie Cpl S/7944 1st Gordon Highlanders b Kinaldy, Fife e Aberdeen Killed in Action F & F 25/09/1915 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres M. R. 29 Panel 38
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:28 am Post subject: Peter Hedderick

Peter Hedderick Private S/9826 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Kilcoquhar,Fife e Kirkcaldy Age 21 Killed in Action Pas de Calais, France 02/04/1917 Son of Annie Hedderick, of 3, Railway Place, Cupar, Fife, and the late Colin Hedderick. Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 & 9
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:29 am Post subject: David Lowrie

David Lowrie Pte S/20557 6th Gordon Highlanders b St Andrews, Fife e Cupar Age 19 Died of Wounds F&F 11/04/1918 Son of Chapman Lowrie and Mary Brown Lowrie, of 5. Market St., St. Andrews, Fife. Soldiers Effects: Fa: Chapman. Service Returns: 118/AF 367. Loos Memorial M. R. 19 Panel 115 to 119
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:30 am Post subject: Robert William Lyell

Robert William Lyell Pte S/22306 5th Gordon Highlanders b St Andrews,Fife e Perth Age 19 Killed in Action F&F 01/08/1918 Son of John Couper Lyell and Catherine Lyell, of Annell House, 36, Argyle St., St. Andrews, Fifeshire. Raperie British Cemetery, Ville-Montoire Fr 0524 Plot IV Row E Grave 9
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:33 am Post subject: David Nicol

David Nicoll Private S/7500 6th/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders Age 38 Died Pas de Calais, France 19/02/1919 Son of John and Jane Nicoll. Husband of Mary Nicoll, of 6, Muttoes Lane, St. Andrews. Native of St. Andrews. Etaples Military Cemetery Fr 0040 Plot LXXII Row C Grave 02
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anne park · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:35 am Post subject: John Gray Taylor

John Gray Taylor Private S/5500 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Hutton, Berwickshire e St Andrew's Age 25 Killed in Action West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 26/10/1917 Son of Mrs. Jane Taylor, of 22, Greenside Place, St. Andrews, Fife, and the late John Taylor. Hooge Crater Cemetery, Zillebeke B 112 Plot VIA Row F Grave 15
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A Beattie

Second Lieutenant John Nicoll Bennett, Royal Garrison Artillery, 121 Siege Battery, died 19th May, 1917, is also listed on Arbroath War Memorial.
Page 3 of that thread has his particulars:-

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=69198#69198
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anne park · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:38 pm Post subject: Robert Black Wilson GH

Robert Black Wilson Private S/19686 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders b St.Andrews,Fife e Cupar Age 20 Killed in Action Pas de Calais, France 15/06/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Black Wilson, of Gownlea, St. Andrews, Fife. Mother Jessie Dawson White. Soldiers Effects: Father: Robert B. Loos Memorial M. R. 19 Panel 115 to 119
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Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:34 pm Post subject:

John Christie Aitken, Military Cross – age 22 – Captain, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
John was commissioned in the 1st Argylls in October 1911. He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion at Fort George, Inverness and landed with them at Boulogne in August 1914. He was promoted to Captain in December 1914, was twice mentioned in despatches and was awarded a Military Cross. John was killed during the battle of Loos.
Born 1892 in Largo, Fife. Son of Colonel Francis Macnamara Aitken (commanding 13th Reserve Battalion at Tain) and of Blanche Maddeford (Brand) Aitken of Murrayfield, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
Killed in Action on 25 September 1915 and buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension, France.
Also named on the St. Mungo Parish War Memorial in the parish church in Kettleholm village, on the All Saints Episcopal Church Memorial in Lockerbie and on the Lockerbie War Memorial.
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