The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:32 pm Post subject: Clarkston Parish Churchyard

Situated on the A89 (Forrest Street), Clarskton, Airdrie
Map Reference: NS 783 660

No. of Identified CWGC Casualites: 4

Names of those buried or commemorated here:

BAXTER, JOHN
FERGUSON, COLIN
FREELAND, JOHN
LIVINGSTONE, GEORGE MILLAR
McALLISTER, R
McDONALD, ALLAN
McKEE, WILLIAM JOHN
NICOL, JAMES
PEACOCK, JOHN
RITCHIE, DANIEL
SPIERS, ROBERT
WALKER, DAVID MITCHELL
WILSON, ROBERT

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:33 pm Post subject:

Name: BAXTER, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 09/06/1915
Service No: S/7151
Additional information: Son of George and Janet Taylor Baxter.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 15.
Cemetery: CLARKSTON PARISH CHURCHYARD

The inscription on the small stone is as follows:

In memory of Bro. JOHN BAXTER, P.G.M. as a token of appreciation from the Members of Airdrie District L.O.L. No. ??
Who died on Wednesday June 9th 1915 from wounds received in France on 24th May
While serving his King and Country

Listed on Airdrie Civic Memorial.

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:34 pm Post subject:

Name: FREELAND, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Age: 33
Date of Death: 02/06/1918
Service No: S/3326
Additional information: Son of John and Mary Freeland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 290.
Cemetery: CLARKSTON PARISH CHURCHYARD

Listed on Airdrie Civic Memorial.

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:35 pm Post subject:

Name: McALLISTER
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Date of Death: 08/05/1918
Service No: 242321
Awards: M M
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 412.
Cemetery: CLARKSTON PARISH CHURCHYARD

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:35 pm Post subject:

Name: SPIERS, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 70th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 08/07/1941
Service No: 2765099
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Margaret Spiers, of Airdrie.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Eastern Plot. Row 12. Grave 237.
Cemetery: CLARKSTON PARISH CHURCHYARD

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:36 pm Post subject:

Name: LIVINGSTONE, GEORGE MILLAR
Initials: G M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 10th Bn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 21/08/1916
Service No: S/10418
Additional Information: Son of James & Harriet Hellen Livingstone (nee Millar)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 1.
Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

Listed on Airdrie Civic Memorial.

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:37 pm Post subject:

Name: NICOL, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 12/06/1915
Service No: 15724
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Nicol, of 281, Forest St., Clarkston, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 4.
Cemetery: RUE-DU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX

Listed on Airdrie Civic Memorial.

Pte. James Nicol in also listed on a stone erected by The Members of Drumgelloch Bible and Crown Loyal Orange Lodge No. 6.

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:41 pm Post subject:

Erected by The Members of Drumgelloch Bible and Crown Loyal Orange Lodge No. 6

In memory of The Brethren who fell in The Great War 1914 – 1919

JAMES NICOL, Scottish Rifles, June 1915
DANIEL RITCHIE, Black Watch, September 1915
WILLIAM J. McKEE, A. & S. H., November 1919

There are no William KcKee's listed on CWGC in 1919.

See previous post for information on James Nicol.

RITCHIE, DANIEL
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Service No: S/7285
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 78 to 83.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

WILLIAM J. McKEE, A. & S. H., November 1919
William John McKee died on 29 November 1919 at 239 Forest Street, Airdrie, aged 43 of Carcinoma of liver. Formerly a coal miner he was married to Margaret Paterson.
His discharge papers are on Ancestry Pension Records under William John McKee, Labour Corps 444572. The cause of discharge was myalgia.
He enlisted from the 239 Forest Street, Clarkston, Airdrie in August 1915 in the 14th A&SH and went to France in June 1916.
He was discharged on 18 November 1918.

James Nicol and Daniel Ritchie are listed on Airdrie Civic Memorial.

There is also a William T. McKee listed but I am uncertain that this will be the same William (or James) McKee who died in 1919.

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:42 pm Post subject:

Name: WALKER, DAVID MITCHELL
Initials: D M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 37
Date of Death: between 12/05/1917 and 16/05/1917
Service No: 285055
Additional information: Son of William Walker and Jane Mitchell Walker; husband of Jessie Moir McKay Walker.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. B. 5.
Cemetery: CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:43 pm Post subject:

There are no deaths listed on 17th March 1917 which is the date inscribed on the stone, but there are three listed for 17th February 1917 - this is the most likely.

Name: WILSON, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: Howe Bn. R.N. Div.
Date of Death: 17/02/1917
Service No: Clyde Z/4200
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 1 A.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

National Archives file ADM242 "Sailors Died in the Great War" note that the next of kin for the above man is his father Thomas, address 420 High Street, Airdrie.

There is a Robert Wilson listed on Airdrie Civic Memorial.

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:22 pm Post subject:

Name: McDONALD, ALLAN
Initials: A
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Australian Tunnelling Corps
Unit Text: 2nd Coy.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 11/06/1917
Service No: 3987
Additional information: Son of Daniel and Isabella McDonald, of Hazelwood, Sandbank, Holy Loch, Argyll, Scotland. Native of Caldercruix, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 37.
Cemetery: MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:23 pm Post subject:

PEACOCK, JOHN
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Unit Text: 43rd Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 29/10/1917
Service No: 693345
Additional information: Son of Walter and Christina Peacock, of "Chriss-Wal," Caldercruix, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:23 pm Post subject:

Name: FERGUSON, COLIN
Initials: C R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. President III.
Age: 38
Date of Death: 14/09/1944
Service No: P/JX 275779
Additional information: Son of Walter and Janet Ross Ferguson, of Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 10.
Cemetery: SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:24 am Post subject:

WILLIAM J. McKEE, A. & S. H., November 1919 (known as James McKee?)
William John McKee died on 29 November 1919 at 239 Forest Street, Airdrie, aged 43 of Carcinoma of liver. Formerly a coal miner he was married to Margaret Paterson.
His discharge papers are on Ancestry Pension Records under William John McKee, Labour Corps 444572. The cause of discharge was myalgia.
He enlisted from the 239 Forest Street, Clarkston, Airdrie in August 1915 in the 14th A&SH and went to France in June 1916.
He was discharged on 18 November 1918.
The file is quite difficult to read and I doubt there is a direct case for a non-com but perhaps the original diagnosis was connected to his cancer?
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Ken