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Kelburne Cricket Roll of Honour

 
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SouthsideChaz



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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 9:47 pm    Post subject: Kelburne Cricket Roll of Honour Reply with quote

This is from a book at kelburne cricket club in Paisley.

I have got lots of information but can’t find any pictures. I have looked at loads of sites I normally get pictures from but no joy.

https://flic.kr/p/2j19fZc
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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name Birth Death Regiment
Henry George Brunsdon 1889 1917 Royal Scots
Archibald Burt 1894 1916 Highland Light Infantry
David Galloway Davidson 1882 1915 Highland Light Infantry
Archibald Ludovic McRae 1895 1917 Cameron Highlanders
John Thomson Miller 1890 1916 Highland Light Infantry
John R Murray 1892 1917 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
David Riddell Ramsay 1894 1917 Cameron Highlanders
Charles Douglas Rolland 1895 1916 Highland Light Infantry
James Scott 1880 1916 Highland Light Infantry
George Thomson 1886 1916 Highland Light Infantry
Alexander Baird Waddell 1892 1917 Cameron Highlanders
William Nisbet Waters 1877 1916 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The date of birth of the last named man caught my eye.

CWGC:
Second Lieutenant
WATERS, WILLIAM NISBET
Died 28/07/1916
Aged 38
1st/6th Bn.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Son of William Waters; husband of Jessie Paton Waters, of 24, Greenlaw Drive, Paisley.
Buried at SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Location: Somme, France.

LGaz 25 May 1915
6th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders); the undermentioned to be Second Lieutenants : —
….. Larice-Serjeant William Nisbet Waters, from 5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles. Dated 28th May, 1915. Lance-Serjeant James Andrew. Dated 28th May, 1915.

His Medal Card gives his number as A/L/SGT. 8247. No Overseas service.
Went to France as 2nd Lt. on 1 July 1916 (killed at the end of the month)
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 7:37 am    Post subject: Cheers Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Daily Record 3 August 1916.

PAISLEY OFFICER KILLED. Captain W. N. Waters, Argylls, whose wife and two children reside Marielea, Greenlaw Drive. Paisley, has been killed in action. He was 38 years of age, and had served for a period in the old Volunteers. When war broke out joined the National Reserve, and in May of last year he received a commission in the Argylls, attaining the rank of temporary captain, and acting adjutant. On going to the front in June last he reverted to the rank of second lieutenant. In civilian employment he was a surveyor to the Northern Assurance Company. He was a son of Mr. William Waters, manufacturer. A brother, Second-Lieut. R. R. Waters, is in the company to which he was attached.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BRUNSDON, HENRY GEORGE
Initials: HG
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 1st/9th Bn
Date of Death: 24/4/1917
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of Henry and Isabella Mair Brunsdon, of Paisley.
Grave Reference: C 29
Cemetery: Haute-Avesnes British Cemetery.

Also named on Paisley Grammar School Memorial.
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Name: ROLLAND, CHARLES D
Initials: CD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 15768
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Bn
Date of Death: 1/7/1916
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 15C
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Also named on Glasgow Academy War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MCRAE, ARCHIBALD LUDOVIC
Initials: AL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Bn
Date of Death: 12/10/1917
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Mrs. A. M. McRae, of "Craigievar," Hawkhead Rd., Paisley, and the late Maj. Alex Gordon McRae (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Retd.).
Panel Reference: Panel 136 to 138
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial.

Also named on Glasgow High School War Memorial.
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