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alasdair



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:11 am    Post subject: Ormiston East Lothian Reply with quote

Whilst out walking at the weekend I stopped and read the names on Ormiston Memorial as I'm sure we all do as we pass them.
On this Memorial is a James Moggie when I went home I searched CWGC and found that he was a L/CPL in the Royal Scots killed in action in April 1918 during the Battles fought to stop the German advance.
During my CWGC search I found an other Moggie (John Wynn) a civilian who was killed in March 1941. I have done a bit research into this unusual name but have found no link between the two.
John Wynn Moggie does not appear on Haddington War Memorial. Anyone from East Lothian know if these two were related, its such an unusual name
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are the details of the men in question

MOGGIE, JAMES SCOTT
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Date of Death: 11/04/1918
Service No: 330116
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10 to 13.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

MOGGIE, JOHN WYNN
Rank: Civilian
Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead
Age: 37
Date of Death: 03/03/1941
Additional information: of Amisfield Stables. in ambulance on way to Vert Memorial Hospital.
Casualty Type: Civilian War Dead
Reporting Authority: HADDINGTON, BURGH OF, SCOTLAND

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hume24



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Alasdair and Adam,

Found this forum through the genealogy forum, RootsChat. Smile

James and John were uncle and nephew. John Wynn Moggie's mother was Elizabeth Ann Moggie. Her parents were John Moggie and Mary Scott. They were also the parents of James Scott Moggie.

Hope this answers your question, Alasdair

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Hume!

Nice to see you here - and well done for solving yet another one of life's little mysteries. Very Happy

Anne
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you for the welcome, Anne.

Ormiston is one of my ancestors' haunts, so to speak!, so the thread title caught my eye.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:55 pm    Post subject: Thanks Reply with quote

Thank you hume a little mystery solved
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