The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

jamiemcginlay · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 930 Location: Glasgow

Killearn - Stirling District
The Killearn war memorial is an ornate freestone mercat cross type memorial with a seven sided pedestal surmounted by a column. The roll of honour is on slate tablets set into the face of the pedestal and the memorial stands on a raised platform in gardens on the main street.

WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
Aitken Walter S.R. Private
Battison George Royal Engineers Sapper
Carr Robert Gordon Highlanders Private
Dobbie Alexander Gordon Highlanders Private
Edmonstone William G. Coldstream Guards Lieutenant
Ewing Ernest P. Orr Scots Guards Captain
Fairlie Walter Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Lance Corporal
Gordon Peter Scots Guards Private
Jenkinson William Grenadier Guards Signaler
Johnston John Black Watch Private
Lamont Hendry Royal Scots Private
Lennie Hugh Canadian Expiditionary Force Private
MacKie Thomas Highland Light Infantry Private
Marshall Andrew Highland Light Infantry Driver
Marshall David Machine Gun Corps Corporal
McCallum Hugh Gordon Highlanders Lance Corporal
McCallum Peter Canadian Expiditionary Force Private
McLaren Archibald Gordon Highlanders Private
McLean John Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
McLean William Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Miller Kenneth S. S.R. Lieutenant
Morrison William Royal Engineers Driver
Paterson William Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Sanderson John Border Regiment Lieutenant
Scott John Royal Field Artillery Gunner
Sporton Herbert Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Sergeant
Valentine James Royal Scots Private

WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
Barclay Frederick Recce Corps Sergeant
Bromilov John B.B. King's Own Scottish Borderers Captain
Fraser James L. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Lieutenant
McCuaig Duncan K. Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant D.F.C.
McCuaig Eric N. Royal Air Force Flight Sergeant

anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:19 pm Post subject: Robert Carr GH

Robert Carr Pte S/10142 8th Gordon Highlanders b Killearn, Stirling 30/06/1872 e Perth Age 43 Killed in Action F&F 25/09/1915 (Battle of Loos) Son of David Carr & Ann Aitken. Short Service: Age 32. Occ: Gen Labourer. Brother David Carr. 42 Dundas Pl; Glasgow. Loos Memorial M. R. 19 Panel 115 to 119
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anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:22 pm Post subject: Alexander Dobbie

Alexander Dobbie Pte S/40956 4th Gordon Highlanders b Killearn,Stirling e Paisley Died F&F 13/10/1918 Son of David Dobbie & Janet Bryce. 1901 Census Stockie Moor. b 1886. Formerly S/26090,Cameron Highlanders. Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy Fr 0725 Plot III Row A Grave 04
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anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:24 pm Post subject: Hugh McCallum

Hugh McCallum Corporal S/43601 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Upper Ballar, Stirling. e Stirling Age 23 Killed in Action West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 26/10/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCallum, of Drumtian Cottage, Balfron Station, Stirlingshire. Hooge Crater Cemetery, Zillebeke B112 Plot VII Row H Grave 12
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anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:27 pm Post subject: Archibald Sanderson McLaren

Archibald Sanderson McLaren Pte S/41476 7th Gordon Highlanders e Stirling Age 21 Killed in Action F&F 26/03/1918 Son of the late James and Jeanie McLaren, of Killearn, Glasgow. Beaulencourt British Cemetery Fr 0560 Plot I Row D Grave 02
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apanderson · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:11 am Post subject:

CWGC:
FAIRLIE, Walter
Lance Corporal
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 11th Bn.
No. 20865
Date of Death: 20th October 1917
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Margaret Fairlie, Blairessan, Killearn, Stirlingshire and the late David Fairlie.
Buried: Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, I. C. 33

SNWM:
FAIRLIE, Walter
Lance Corporal
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 11th Bn.
No. S/20865
Place of Birth: Blairessan, Stirlingshire
Date of Death: 20th October 1917
Cause of Death: Died of wounds

Glasgow Herald, 27th October 1917, 'Deaths on Service'
FAIRLIE - Killed in action, 20th October 1917, Lance Corporal Walter Fairlie, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, aged 22 years, only son of the late David Fairlie, Butcher, and Mrs. Fairlie, Blairessan, Killearn.

anne park · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 11:15 am Post subject: Peter McCallum

Name: Peter Mccallum
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1893
Birth Location: Balfrom, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Relative: Hugh Mccallum
Regiment Number: 420094
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Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:30 am Post subject:

Marshall David Machine Gun Corps Corporal.

I think that this is the same man who is named on the St. Boswell Parish War Memorial in Roxburghshire as:

DAVID MARSHALL, K.O.S.B.
David Stewart Marshall – age 27 – Corporal (34454) 143rd Company, Machine Gun Corps.
David was a gardener when he enlisted as Private (7233) in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers Reserve at Galashiels, Selkirkshire in November 1914. He re-enlisted in May 1916 at the MGC Depot at Grantham in Lincolnshire and joined his company in France in August.
(Source: Service record and Stirling Observer 22/9/1917 p.5)
Born 1890 at Badshalloch Cottage in Kilmaronock Parish, Dunbartonshire.
Son of the late David Marshall (died 1892) and of Agnes (McGregor) Marshall, and step-son of William Campbell who married Agnes in 1895 in Kilmaronock.
The family lived at High Lodge, Parkhill, Balfron, at Camoquhill Douglas, Balfron and at Dunkyan Lodge, Killearn, all in Stirlingshire.
Killed in Action on 23 August 1917 and buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.
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