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PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: PATERSON, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 6th Bn
Age: 35
Date of Death: 03/05/1917
Service No: 24893
Additional information: Son of the late George and Helen Paterson, of Hownam, Morebattle, Kelso; husband of Elizabeth Bell Paterson, of Bonchester Bridge, Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 6.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: ROBSON SCOTT, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Lothians and Border Horse
Unit Text: 1st/1st
Age: 20
Date of Death: 15/10/1915
Service No: 1563
Additional information: Son of T. W. and Florence J. Lang Robson Scott, of Lanton Tower, Jedburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: SOUTHDEAN PARISH CHURCHYARD


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: SCOTT, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 21/05/1917
Awards: M C
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Martha Scott, of 93, Mount View Rd., London, N.4.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. H. 11.
Cemetery: BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX
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Name: THOMPSON, ANDREW
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 12/07/1915
Service No: 7300
Additional information: Son of John B. and Elizabeth Thompson, of Carter House, Camptown, Jedburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to 222.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
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Name: TURNER, WALTER
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: (RFR/DEV/B/3673). S.S. "Gambia."
Age: 31
Date of Death: 31/05/1918
Service No: SS/1338
Additional information: Son of John and Annie Turner, of Bairnkine, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 26.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sgt. JOHN B. BALFOUR, D.C.M. M.G.C.
John Brown Balfour, Distinguished Conduct Medal – age 26 – Lance Sergeant (60802) 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
John was a full-back with the Jed Forest Rugby club and worked on the family farm at Westerhouses when he enlisted as Private (3/14915) in the Seaforth Highlanders. He joined his MGC Battalion in France and was awarded a DCM as 60802 Pte. J. B. Balfour, M.G. Corps. “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Although three times buried by shell fire, and severely wounded in the head, he continued to fire his gun, remaining at his post until the enemy attack was repulsed
Born 1892 in Southdean. Son of the late William Balfour (died 1902) and of Jane (Scott) Balfour of Westerhouses Farm, Southdean, Hawick.
He named his eldest brother Thomas Turnbull Balfour as his legatee.
Died of Wounds on 21 July 1918 and buried in St. Martin-d'Ablois (Ablois-St. Martin) Communal Cemetery, Marne, France.


Cpl. FRANK BELL, R.S.
Frank Bell – age 26 – Private (13843) 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots.
Frank was a gamekeeper at Spittalhaugh, near West Linton, Peebleshire when he enlisted in September 1914. He joined the 2nd Royal Scots in December but was severely wounded in the left leg and thigh while in action near Ypres in May 1915 and was treated in the Liverpool Merchants' Mobile Hospital in Paris. Later he served with the 15th Royal Scots (1st Edinburgh Battalion) He was wounded again in April 1918 and evacuated to hospital in Sutton Veny, Wiltshire. After he had returned to France he suffered gas poisoning and died in the 15th Casualty Clearing Station at Don.
Born 1892 in Lazonby, Penrith, Cumberland as Frank Bell. Son of Robert and Helen (Brown) Bell of The Club Rooms, Newcastleton, Roxburghshire.
In 1901 Robert Bell, aged 42 and born in Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, was a Police Sergeant in Wigton, Cumberland and in 1911, aged 51, he was the caretaker of the Reading Room at Aspatria, Cumberland. He was a Constable in Penrith when he and his wife Helen (Brown) born in Oxnam, Roxburghshire, had married in 1883 in Bedrule, Roxburghshire, and in 1911 Frank, aged 19, lived with them, working as a Post Messenger. Robert joined the Hawick Burgh Police as a constable for the duration of the war.
Died of Wounds on 3 November 1918 and buried in Don Communal Cemetery, Annoeullin, France.
Also named on the West Linton Parish War Memorial as Francis Bell.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pte. ANDREW BEST, K.O.S.B.
Andrew Best – age 24 – Private (7142) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Andrew was working on Doorpool Farm, Bonchester Bridge with his father when he enlisted in November 1914. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1890 at Spittal-on-Rule Cottage, Cavers, Roxburghshire. Son of James and Jane (Robson) Best of Doorpool, Bonchester Bridge and of Chesters, Southdean.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.


Pte. WILLIAM DOUGLAS, Bl. W.
William Douglas – age 20 – Private (11571) 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
William was a gamekeeper at Blackadder Mount, Edrom, Berwickshire when he enlisted. He was posted to his battalion in Mesopotamia in May 1916 but contracted malaria and died in the 31st Stationary Hospital in Baghdad.
Born 1897 in Southdean. Son of Tom and Agnes Wilson (Oliver) Douglas of Chesters, Southdean.
Died on Active Service on 14 December 1917 and buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
Also named on the Edrom Parish War Memorial.


Pte. DAVIDSON HEDLEY, A.I.F.
Davidson Hedley – age 27 – Lance Corporal (1640) 45th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
Davidson was a shepherd when he emigrated with his brother Ralph in 1912. He was working at Annandale, Coonamble, New South Wales when he enlisted at Tooraweenah in January 1916. He sailed from Sydney in April and joined his battalion in France in August. He as wounded in June 1917 and after treatment in the 32nd Stationary Hospital in Wimereux he was evacuated to the 1st Southern General Hospital in Birmingham. He rejoined his battalion in September and was promoted to Lance Corporal but he was killed two weeks later.
Born 1890 in Southdean. Son of John and Catherine (Beattie) Hedley of Roughlee and of Temple Hall, Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire. They had married in 1884 in Southdean.
Missing in Action on 20 October 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Ralph Hedley Private (2613) enlisted in June 1915 and was awarded a Military Medal. He survived the war and returned to Australia.
'Near MERRIS on 11th July, 1918 in daylight Lance Corporal HEDLEY led a patrol of four men into No Man's Land, located an enemy post and captured the six occupants. He then went further and mopped up a number of isolated dug-outs, killing the enemy where resistance was shown and capturing eight more prisoners. During this operation he was continually being sniped at but he showed the greatest coolness and set a splendid example to the men with him.'
(Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 36 14/3/1919)
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Tpr. ADAM H. MABEN, Sc. H.
Adam Herbertson Maben – age 24 – Private (1035) “J” Squadron, 1st Scottish Horse.
Adam had worked in the office of solicitors in Jedburgh before he took up a post as a clerk at the Estancia La Blanca Manca, Piedritas, Argentina. He sailed from Buenos Aires and arrived in Liverpool in November 1914 to enlist. He and his brother James (Private 789) landed at Gallipoli with their Regiment as dismounted troops in September 1915 but Adam was killed two months later
Born 1892 in Southdean. Son of William and Jeannie (Mundell) Maben of Bairnkine, Southdean.
Killed in Action on 4 November 1915 and buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
James Maben, Private and Sergeant (789) was commissioned in the KOSB in May 1917. He was wounded and made a Prisoner of War at Cambrai in March 1918.


Cpl. GEORGE PATERSON, K.O.S.B.
George Paterson – age 35 – Corporal (24893) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
George was a stone-dyker on the Jed-forest Estate when he enlisted in June 1916.
Born 1881 in Hownam, Roxburghshire. Son of the late George Paterson (died 1884) and of Helen (Dodds) Paterson of Hownam, Morebattle, Kelso, Roxburghshire. Husband of Elizabeth (Bell) Paterson of Chesters, Southdean and of Bonchester Bridge, Hawick who he married in 1909 in Longtown, Cumberland.
Missing in Action on 3 May 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Hownam or Hounam Parish War Memorial.


Tpr. JOHN ROBSON SCOTT, L. & B. H.
John Robson Scott – age 20 – Private (1563) 1/1st Lothians and Border Horse.
John had enlisted in the L&B Horse but became ill while in training and he suffered from emphysema for some months before his death. He was a student of agriculture when he died of pneumonia at 48 Moray Place, Edinburgh.
Born 1895 in Southdean. Son of the late Florence Jane (Lang) Robson Scott (died 1911) and of Thomas William Robson Scott of Lanton Tower, Southdean.
Died on 15 October 1915 and buried in Southdean Parish Churchyard. (CWG)
His brother Thomas Robson-Scott, Sergeant/Air Gunner (1371161) RAF was killed in 1941 and he is also named on this memorial.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lt. THOMAS SCOTT, M.C. Sc. R.
Thomas Scott, Military Cross – age 22 – Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Thomas was educated at St. Mary's School in Melrose and, from 1909, at Edinburgh Academy where in his last year, 1913, he was dux of the upper modern class and Lance-Sergeant in the Officer Training Corps. He left his home in San Jose, Costa Rica, arriving at Avonmouth in September 1914 and was commissioned from Cadet in the OTC to the 4th (Reserve) Battalion of the Scottish Rifles in January 1915. He was posted to the 1st Battalion in March 1916 and was awarded a Military Cross as 2nd Lt. Thomas Scott, 4th (attd. 1st) Bn.,Sco. Rif. “For conspicuous gallantry. After the explosion of a mine he went out in daylight and endeavoured to reach an officer and man who were lying half buried below the lip of the crater. It was chiefly due to his efforts that the two were rescued at night
Born 1894 in the United States of America. (Source: Academy Roll of Honour and 1911 census)
Son of Thomas and Martha Scott of San Jose, Costa Rica, of 2 Hornsey Rise Gardens, Crouch End, London and of 93 Mount View Road, London.
Nephew of Mrs Balfour, Westerhouses, Southdean and of Mrs (Captain) Brown, Boundaries, Jedburgh. Grandson of the late Mr Scott, Old Jedward.
Died of Wounds on 21 May 1917 and buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France.
Also named on the Edinburgh Academy memorial.


Pte. ANDREW THOMSON, K.O.S.B.
Note: Most records spell his name as Thompson.
Andrew Thompson – age 21 – Private (7300) 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Andrew was a shepherd at Broombaulks Farm, in the employ of F. R. Turner of Upper Nisbet, when he enlisted in late 1914. He was a member of the Edgerston Recreation Club and was well-known in the Upper Jedwater District. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June but was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah.
Born 1893 in Southdean as Thompson. Son of the late Janet (Cranston) Thompson (died 1899) and of John Brunton Thompson, and step-son of Elizabeth (Stevenson) Thompson of Carter House, Southdean who married John in 1902 in Southdean.
Missing in Action on 12 July 1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Edgerston War Memorial.


Gnr. WALTER TURNER, R.N.R.
Walter Turner – age 31 – Leading Seaman (SS/1338) and (RFR/DEV/B/3673) Royal Navy.
Walter was educated at Ancrum and at Jedburgh Grammar School before joining the Royal Navy in March 1906. After five years of service he joined the Merchant Marine and then worked at Edgerston Rigg Farm, Southdean. He remained in the Naval Reserve and in 1914 he re-enlisted, serving on the battleship HMS Ocean before being trained in gunnery at Devonport in May 1915 and then joining HM Torpedo Boat 99 as their gunner. He was posted to the Defensively Armed Merchant Ship “Gambia” as a member of the gun's crew in November 1917 but contracted malaria while on the Gold Coast in West Africa and he was buried at sea.
Born 1887 in Oxnam, Roxburghshire. Son of John and Annie (Monteviot) Turner, of Bairnkine, Southdean.
Died on Active Service/Buried at Sea on 31 May 1918 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1939 – 1945

FLT. LIEUT. JOHN L. H. ELIOTT, R.C.A.F.
John Livingston Hopkins Eliott – age 26 – Flight Lieutenant/Pilot (J/5332) Royal Canadian Air Force, 9 (RAF) Squadron, Bomber Command.
John was born and spent his childhood in the United States. He was educated at Harrow School from 1931 and at Trinity College Cambridge where he graduated B.A. in 1937. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the RCAF Special Reserve from Sergeant (R73781) in May 1941. John's Wellington bomber had taken off from RAF Honington in Suffolk for a raid on Warnemunde on the Baltic coast but was shot down near Rostock. John was buried there but was re-interred in Berlin in April 1947.
Born 1916 in Manhattan, New York, USA. Son of Sir Gilbert Alexander Boswell Eliott of Stobs, Roxburghshire and of Dora Flournoyonly (Hopkins) Eliott of Wolfelee, Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire. Dora was an American.
Killed in Action on 9 May 1942 and buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.
Also named on the Harrow School and Trinity College memorials.


SGT. GUNNER THOMAS ROBSON-SCOTT, R.A.F.
Thomas Robson-Scott – age 19 – Sergeant/Air Gunner (1371161) 106 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Thomas had been the Laird of Lethem since his father's death in 1937. He joined the RAF in 1940 and his Hampden bomber had taken off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire for a raid on Gelsenkirchen but the aircraft crashed near Oberhausen. He was buried in Dusseldorf North Cemetery but was re-interred at Reichswald in November 1946.
Born 1922 in Southdean. Son of the late Thomas William Robson-Scott (died 1937) and of his second wife Violet (Cunningham) Robson-Scott of Lethem, Southdean who he had married in 1918 in Jedburgh.
Killed in Action on 12 December 1941 and buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
Also named on an individual memorial in Southdean Church.
His elder brother John Robson Scott, Private (1563) 1/1st Lothians and Border Horse died in 1915 from an illness contracted while in training and he is also named on the Parish War Memorial.
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