The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

dhubthaigh · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: ERROL, WW1

The Errol Parish Great War Memorial is contained within the parish church known as "Cathedral of the Carse"
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WW1
TO THE GLORY OF GOD

1914 1919

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM THIS PARISH
WHO DIED IN THE WAR

THEIR NAMES SHALL BE HELD
IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE

dhubthaigh · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject:

PERTHSHIRE ADVERTISER: 20.10.1920

ERROL
DEDICATION OF WAR MEMORIAL

An impressive service was conducted in the Parish Church last Sunday forenoon, when a large and chaste memorial tablet, with the names of over 50 officers, N.C.O.'s, and men of the village and parish who fell in the Great War of 1914-18, was unveiled and dedicated. The service was a joint one with the members of the U.F. Church, and a large and representative gathering from both churches assembled to do homage to the memory of the fallen.
The service was conducted by the Rev. J.A. McLymont D.D. V.D., C.B.E., while the memorial was unveiled by Sir William Robertson, Lord Lieutenant of Fife. The Rev. MacLaren also took part, and Mr A.M. Small presided at the organ. The music was appropriate to the occasion, the lament "The Flowers o' the Forest" played on the organ being particularly impressive. The "Last Post" was sounded by Cpl. Kelly, Black Watch, from Perth Barracks.
In the evening a joint service was conducted in the U.F. Church, the preacher being the Rev. J.A. McLymont.

dhubthaigh · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject:

Apologies but once again, for myself at any rate, the photography proved a bit of a challenge for a variety of reasons.

Hopefully they do some justice to fine memorials.

DerekR · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject:

I think that most of us here have had problems taking photographs of metallic memorials and stained glass windows. Shocked

However, you seem to have had more bad luck than most with memorials that only list names. It must be a nightmare researching the men commemorated on them.
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dhubthaigh · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject:

Yes it certainly proves more of a challenge when they are recorded so simply. Its even more satisfying when they are 'identified' though.
Really down to sifting through the local papers.
For Errol , using the CWGC, SDGW and 'The Golden Book' for Perth & Perthshire I've got 44 of the 51 confirmed and about 4 others who only have a couple of options. David Smith could prove more problematic however Confused

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DelBoy · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:11 pm Post subject:

George Anderson
Hepburn Anderson
William E. Anderson
William Benvie
James Brown
Ernest Bruce
David Carr
Alexander Cowper
Frederick Dakers
Alfred B. Doe
John Dow
Thomas Fairweather
Drew Falconer
Malcolm J. Fraser
Simon Fraser
Andrew Goodall
David Goodall
Norman C. Goodall
Alex. Grindlay
William Harper
James Lamond
William Low
John Mann
Colin Melville
Joseph Millar
William Miller

William McCann
Charles McDougall
John McFeat
John McPheat
Alexander R. McKay
William T. McKay
Alexander McNab
James Ogilvie
John Paton
William D. Reid
Andrew Rennie
Peter Robertson
William Robertson
Andrew Runciman
Daniel Sim
Adam Simpson
David Smeaton
David Smith
John Spiers
Alexander Stewart
David Stewart
Henry Stewart
William Stewart
David Urquhart
William D.G. Wilson

apanderson · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject:

Name: BRUCE, ERNEST
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
Age: 26
Date of Death: 11/04/1917
Service No: 4167
Additional information: Son of Alexander Bruce, of Errol, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 26.
Cemetery: HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT

apanderson · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:47 pm Post subject:

Name: DOE, ALFRED BRAMHILL
Initials: A B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: "A" Coy. 6th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 23/04/1917
Additional information: Son of George Bramhill Doe and Elizabeth Lindsay Doe, of Errol; husband of Lilian Doe, of Home Lea, Errol, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 33.
Cemetery: BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX

apanderson · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:48 pm Post subject:

Name: RUNCIMAN, ANDREW
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 19/04/1918
Service No: 334266
Additional information: Son of William and Christina Runciman, of Longforgan Village, Dundee; husband of Margaret Runciman, of Mains of Errol, nr. Errol, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. A. 3.
Cemetery: WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

DelBoy · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:54 pm Post subject: Serjeant Andrew Rennie R.F.A.

Serjeant Andrew Rennie of the R.F.A. is also listed on the Arbroath, Arbroath old Kirk, and Perth Post Office memorials.

Name: RENNIE
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: 45th Bde.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 23/07/1917
Service No: 36777
Additional information: Son of Andrew and Catherine Rennie, of Arbroath; husband of Catherine McTavish Stirling (formerly Rennie), of Station House, Auchteralder, Perth shire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. B. 4.
Cemetery: RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND

According to the Arbroath RoH Andrew Rennie was born at Carmyllie, raised in Arbroath before joining the Army in 1905 and serving in Ireland for 3 years before moving to live in Errol and being a postman in Inchture.

Andrew Rennie married Catherine Henderson in 1910. It's unclear where the "McTavish Stirling" names come from. I imagine Auchteralder is Auchterarder?

Derek.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:17 pm Post subject:

Name: ANDERSON, HEPBURN SUMMERS
Initials: HS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 1st Bn
Service Number: 7851
Date of death: 14/9/1914
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of George Anderson, of Melville Terrace, Errol, Perthshire.
Memorial: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial

Wigtownshire Free Press (21/10/1915): Official intimation has now been received by Mrs Anderson, Errol, Perthshire, that her son, Private Hepburn Anderson, 1st Scots Guards, was killed in action in France on 14th September 1914.
Prior to the war Private Anderson was a member of the Wigtownshire Constabulary, and was stationed in Stranraer.
He was a reservist, and left to join his regiment immediately on the outbreak of hostilities.

dhubthaigh · EVENING TELEGRAPH: 20.10.1918

anne park · Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:16 am Post subject: John Paton Cpl GH

John James Roy Paton Corporal S/18020 6th/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Port Errol 12/12/1897 e Perth Age 19 Killed in Action Nord, France 27/10/1918 Son of Stewart & Annie Paton, Words Of Murie, Errol, Perthshire. Mother Ann Steel Roy. Inverkeilor Churchyard MI. Famars Communal Cemetery Extension Fr 1254 Grave 06
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