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DerekR · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: BURNTISLAND

Burntisland War Memorial

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DerekR · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject:

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

WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
Adamson Charles
Adamson Peter L.
Aird William
Alexander John S.
Baker William Ernest
Barclay George
Baxter Alexander
Birrell Thomas C.
Bishop Herbert
Blaney Thomas
Brandon James
Brember Albert
Brember Andrew
Brember William
Bruce James
Buchan Alexander
Callaghan Patrick
Carmichael James L.
Christie George
Clapperton William
Craig George
Crombie Alexander
Crosthwaite Robert
Cunningham James
Dair David
Dick James
Douglas George
Duncan Alexander
Duncan James
Ednie Henry
Elliot William
Ewan Alexander
Ewan James
Farmer Robert
Ferguson Hugh L.W.
Foote Richard
Foster Hugh
Fraser Gilbert T.H.
Gordon William
Gourlay William
Greenlees John
Greenlees William
Grubb Peter
Gunn James C.
Hay David
Hearn William H.
Henderson Charles
Henderson George
Henderson James
Henderson James H.
Hopps Hugh
Hopps Leonard
Hutton Alexander
Hutton David
Hutton William
Inglis David
Kinninmonth John
Langlands Alexander
Lawson James B.
Lee John
Leitch Thomas
Liddel Daniel M.
MacDonald Andrew
MacDonald Angus
MacKay Murdoch M.
MacKinnon James
Malone Patrick
Matthews William B.
McBride John
McCowatt Robert
McCrindle Robert
McEwan Malcolm
McIntosh Charles
McIntosh David
McLeod Roderick
McQueen William
Meldrum Robert
Meldrum Robert
Meldrum William
Millar David
Miller Fred R.
Mitchell Robert D.
Newell William
O'Brien John
O'Brien Thomas
Paton Andrew
Paton John
Pearson Alec
Peggs Arthur W.
Petrie William
Pettigrew John
Philp Robert K.
Pitkethly David M.
Pollands George
Potter John
Reid Charles
Reid John I.
Robertson James
Robertson John
Robertson Thomas
Rodger George S.
Rodgers John W.
Ronaldson David
Ronaldson John
Ross John
Roy David S.
Shanks Adam M.
Simpson George C.
Sinclair Stephen
Small John
Smith Andrew P.
Smith James
Smith John B.
Smith Ross
Smith William
Spence Gilbert C.D.
Spence Robert
Stocks Archibald
Taylor Daniel
Thomson Archibald
Thomson John
Thomson William
Turnbull Andrew
Wales George B.
Walker John
Walker William
White Alexander P.
Wilkie John H.
Wilson William
Wishart Peter
Young Peter
Younger John

WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
Anderson Peter
Best Robert A.
Birrell James C.
Birrell Logie
Bouffler Keith
Carnie Philip J.
Cunningham J.L.G.
Drysdale William
Ferguson John B.
Fotheringham John
Fraser Duncan
Gilmour James L.
Gray Alfred
Harrow W. Duncan
Irons Arthur
Lyle William E.
McGow John
McKelvie William
McLaughlan A.M.
Moyes Henry
Moynes Charles
Muir Henry E.
Nairn William
Paterson John P.
Reid James
Robertson Thomas A.
Ronaldson James
Ross Hamish
Russell Robert B.
Saunders George C.
Scobie John
Scotland Robert R.
Shand Andrew G.R.
Simpson David
Simpson H.E.
Smith William
Thompson James S.
Turnbull William
Valentine Joseph
Wilkie John
Wilkie John
Wilson John S.

john burnett · Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Fife

I am researching names on memorial. Have all the information now and in process of putting it together.

ADP · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 467 Location: Edinburgh

From The Scotsman 03 October 1921.

VISCOUNT NOVAR AND BURNTISLAND'S TRIBUTE

Burntisland war memorial was unveiled on Saturday afternoon by Viscount Novar. The memorial is of Aberdeen granite, and is in the form of a Celtic cross, standing on a square base, on the sides of which are inscribed the names of the one hundred and twenty-two local men who fell in the war.

Viscount Novar, after unveiling the memorial congratulated Burntisland on the memorial they had erected in recognition of what home and country owed to the men who went out and fought, and for years steadily endured inconceivable hardships, and faced with fearless mind the pitiless engines of destruction.

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john burnett · Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Fife

The memorial has been cleaned, wall altered and railings added.

anne park · Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:10 am Post subject: Gilbert Chisholm Drever Spence

Gilbert Chisholm Drever Spence Capt MC 2nd Highland Light Infantry b Burntisland 04/01/1897 Age 22 Killed in Action F & F 01/10/1918 Son of the late Dr Robert & Annabella (nee Bain) Spence, Burntisland, Fife. Shetland's Roll of Honour : page 118 : Photo. Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery Fr 1483 Plot VIII Row I Grave 11 Burntisland & Shetland
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anne park · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:02 pm Post subject: James Duncan GH

James Duncan Private 7698 3rd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Dalgety e Aldershot Age 33 Died Fifeshire, United Kingdom 08/08/1915 Son of David and Elizabeth Duncan, of Ceres, Fife. Born at Dalgety. DALGETY PARISH CHURCHYARD Old ground 17.
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anne park · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:04 pm Post subject: Hugh Lyell Walker Ferguson GH

Hugh Lyell Walker Ferguson Pte S/42123 1st Gordon Highlanders b Edinburgh e Perth Age 18 Killed in Action F & F 23/08/1918 Son of Alexander and Margaret Ferguson, of Rosyth Villa, Hamilton Rd., Motherwell. Born at Duddingston, Edinburgh. Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery Fr 0927 Plot I Row D Grave 03
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anne park · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:05 pm Post subject: Patrick Malone GH

Patrick Malone Private S/2703 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Dalmeny,Linllthgow e Kirkcaldy, Fife Age 24 Killed in Action Pas de Calais, France 25/09/1915 Loos Memorial M. R. 19 Panel 115 to 119. Burntisland & Kirkcaldy
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anne park · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:07 pm Post subject: John Pettigrew GH

John Pettigrew Private 22032 1st/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Stanley,Perthshire e Kirkcaldy, Fife Age 32 Killed in Action Marne, France 26/07/1918 Soldiers Will 4 Pages. Date 30th. Marfaux British Cemetery Fr 0622 Plot VIII Row B Grave 08
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anne park · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:09 pm Post subject: George B Wales SH

George B Wales Pte 285189 6th Seaforth Highlanders b Aberdeen e Greenock Killed in Action F & F 25/03/1918 Son of Margaret & the late David Wales. Father's Occ: Slater. Husband of Jeannie Weir Wales, Inverkip Cottage, Inverkip, Renfrewshire. Formerly 6040 A & S H.Date on Inverkip 21-3-18. 1891 Census 3 Gilcomston Terr; age 4. 1901 Census : Stable Boy age 14. Brother William & Alexander also died. Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 Burntisland Inverkip & Liberton
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DaveC · Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Fort Worth, Texas

20331 Private John Greenlees enlisted in Lochgelly. He was born in Loanhead to parents Andrew and Sarah. Greenlees was killed in action on July 17th 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and on the Burntisland War Memorial. He served with the 15th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment. The 15th Cheshires was a Bantam Battalion, made up of men between 5’ and 5’3” tall.