ORCADIAN CASUALTIES IN “ROUTINE” TRENCH WARFARE, 1914 – 1918 Details of Orcadians who died in “routine” trench warfare and minor offensives on the Western Front, 1914 – 1918. Local memorials shown, if (bracketed), born there, but not listed on the memorial. Casualties highlighted commemorated on the Memorial, highlighted on the Loos Memorial, highlighted on the Thiepval Memorial, and highlighted on the Menin Gate Memorial. Photos of graves and memorial names by self highlighted and others highlighted. Pte. EDWIN I. BARNETT 7th Seaforths, 8th August 1915, age 29, Kirkwall. Grave I.D.53, Military Cemetery, Pas de Rfmn. WILLIAM CORNER 8th London Regiment (P.O. Rifles), 26th May 1916, age 20, Kirkwall. Grave I.B.52, Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais Pte. GEORGE DREVER 2nd Scots Guards, 27th December 1914, age 32, Kirkwall. Died of wounds, Grave III.A.85, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais Pte. JOHN DREVER 7th Seaforths, 10th December 1916, age 37, Kirkwall. Grave VIII.C.7, Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais th Pte. JOHN J. FAIRWEATHER 8th Seaforths, 26 December 1917, age 21, St. Andrews. Grave II.C.14, Level Crossing Cemetery, , Pas de Calais Pte. WILLIAM FINNIE 15th (Central Ontario) Battalion, C.E.F., 29th April 1916, age 19, Stromness. Grave VI.B.32, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen th Pte. ADAM FLEMING 2nd Argylls, 24 December 1916, age 30, (Kirkwall). Pier & Face 15A th C.S.M. DAVID FLETT 1/10th King’s (Liverpool Scottish), 16 June 1915, age 27, Stromness. Panel 6 Pte. PETER FOTHERINGHAME 11th Battalion, A.I.F., 26th May 1916, age 33, Sanday. Grave I.J.52, Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais Pte. WILLIAM FRISKEN 6th K.O.S.B., 16th February 1917, age 29, Kirkwall. Died of wounds, Grave I.G.19, Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais Spr. ALFRED G. GIBSON 130th Field Company, R.E., 16th February 1916, age 21. Died of wounds, Grave VIII.D.55, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais Pte. THOMAS GRAY 8th Seaforths, 3rd April 1917, age 26, Harray. Grave III.D.9, Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime nd Pte. ROBERT GUNN 8th Seaforths, 2 May 1916, age 23, South Ronaldsay. Panel 113 Pte. ROBERT HARCUS 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), 17th January 1916, age 22, Eday. Grave III.A.20, British Cemetery, Pas de Calais L/Cpl. DAVID HARROLD 16th (Manitoba) Battalion, C.E.F., 28th January 1916, age 21, Kirkwall. Grave I.A.10, La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut Pte. JOHN HEDDLE 18th H.L.I., 20th July 1917, age 23, Walls. Grave II.H.3, Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme th Pte. JAMES C. HOURSTON 8th Seaforths, 10 December 1917, age 20, Firth. Bay 8 th L/Cpl. GEORGE INKSTER, D.C.M. Princess Patricia’s C.L.I., C.E.F., 17 July 1916, age 35, Rousay. Grave VI.B.15, Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Pte. ALBERT IRELAND 23rd Northumberland Fusiliers, 8th March 1917, Kirkwall. Grave III.E.9, Faubourg-d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais Gnr. DAVID IRVINE 227th Siege Battery, R.G.A., 10th December 1917, age 22, Papa Westray. Grave I.C.16, Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Pte. DAVID F.C. JARVIS 28th London (Artists’ Rifles), 31st December 1917, age 33, (Shapinsay). Grave VIII.D.14, Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme Pte. CHARLES KIRKNESS 19th (Ontario) Battalion, C.E.F., 12th January 1917, age 29, Sandwick. Grave I.C.4, Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension, Pas de Calais th Pte. JOHN A. LAUGHTON 7th Seaforths, 9 September 1916, age 19, Holm. Bay 8 Gnr. RALPH A.T. LOUTTIT 193rd Siege Battery, R.G.A., 16th December 1917, age 21, Evie. Grave V.C.36, Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen st Pte. JOHN MCKENZIE 1st Gordons, 1 December 1914, South Ronaldsay, age 32. Panel 38 Pte. IAN E.A. MERRILEES 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, 27th September 1915, age 18, (Harray). Grave A.2, Halluin Communal Cemetery, Nord Pte. WILLIAM S. MOLONEY 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, 4th November 1916, age 21, (Kirkwall). Grave III.A.235, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Pte. JOHN MOODIE 18th H.L.I., 25th August 1917, age 26, Sanday. Pier & Face 15C Thiepval Memorial, Somme Pte. DONALD MORGAN 43rd (Manitoba) Battalion, C.E.F., 4th December 1917, age 32, Kirkwall. Grave VIII.A.3, Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais Pte. JOHN L. MOWAT 2nd Seaforths, 20th March 1917, age 38, Deerness. Died, Grave VI.C.32, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, Somme Pte. DAVID MUNRO 15th H.L.I., 17th March 1916, age 28, Rousay. Grave D.20, Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme C.S.M. MAGNUS NORQUAY 1/9th H.L.I., 16th May 1915, age 45, South Ronaldsay. Panel 37 or 38, Le Touret Memorial, Richebourg-L’Avoue, Pas de Calais th th Sgt. HENRY M. O’HARE, D.C.M. 110 Battery/24th Brigade, R.F.A., 5 December 1917, age 24, (Kirkwall). Grave B.7, Neuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery, Pas de Calais th Pte. GEORGE P. PEACE, M.M. 8th Seaforths, 24 December 1917, age 24, Eday. Grave II.B.44, Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas de Calais L/Cpl. WILLIAM PETRIE 1st Scots Guards, 30th March 1916, age 22, South Ronaldsay. Grave C.11, Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Pte. GEORGE ROBSON 7th Seaforths, 2nd January 1916, age 18, Orphir. Died, Grave L.D.N21, Hastings Cemetery, Sussex Gnr. JACOB SABISTON 431st Siege Battery, R.G.A., 18th December 1917, age 27, Birsay. Grave VII.B.25, Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme Pte. WILLIAM SHEARER 16th Battalion, C.E.F., 21st March 1918, age 25, Stronsay. Died of wounds, Grave I.G.15, British Cemetery, Pas de Calais Pte. JAMES SINCLAIR 2nd Seaforths, 29th January 1917, age 33, Orphir. Died, Grave I.C.18, Bray Military Cemetery, Somme Gnr. ROBERT SINCLAIR 36th Siege Battery, R.G.A., 19th May 1917, age 37, Westray, Papay & Shapinsay. Grave I.D.5, Henin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais Pte. GEORGE STEVENSON 7th Seaforths, 6th December 1916, age 30, Firth. Grave II.A.5, Faubourg-d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais th L/Cpl. JAMES W.B. STEVENSON 1/14th London Regt. (London Scottish), 9 June 1916, age 24, Stronsay. Grave III.G.3, Hebuterne Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais Pte. GEORGE I. STOUT 9th Seaforths, 4th July 1917, age 21, Stronsay. Died of wounds, Grave I.C.30, Coxyde Military Cemetery, Kokdijde, West-Vlaanderen Cpl. JOHN SUTHERLAND 1/4th Seaforths, 2nd April 1917, age 21, Holm. Died, Grave 341, North border, Holm Parish Churchyard, Orkney Pte. JAMES TAYLOR 1st Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F., 6th May 1917, age 28, Firth. Grave K16, Maple Leaf Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut Pte. JOHN M. TULLOCH 2nd Seaforths, 2nd December 1917, age 19, Stronsay. Died of wounds, Grave V.D.16, British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais th L/Sgt. JOSEPH THOMSON 2nd Scots Guards, 19 April 1916, age 37, South Ronaldsay. Panel 11 Pte. JOHN VELZIAN 13th Labour Company, A.S.C., 22nd November 1915, age 47, Kirkwall. Died, Grave A.4.5, Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas de Calais Pte. JAMES VOY 16th (Manitoba) Battalion, C.E.F., 7th March 1918, age 24, Kirkwall. Died of wounds, Grave II.E.17, Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais Pte. JOHN A. WALLACE 8th Seaforths, 17th March 1918, age 21, Eday. Grave II.B.2, Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux, Pas de Calais Pte. CALEB WALTER 2nd Seaforths, 28th January 1917, age 24, Stenness. Died, Grave O.IV.F.8, St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime Cpl. ROBERT WILSON 4th Field Coy., Canadian Engineers, 28th January 1918, age 31, Stromness. Grave I.G.27, La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, Pas de Calais Pte. STEWART WILSON 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, 21st July 1915, age 31, Kirkwall. Grave I.F.4, Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Cpl. JAMES A. WISHART 7th Camerons, 6th May 1916, age 24, Kirkwall. Grave III.H.4, Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais

The above list of 54 Orcadians, who died as a result of “routine” trench warfare or in minor offensives on the Western Front, includes eight Canadians, an Australian and a New Zealander born in Orkney.