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Edinburgh’s Great War Roll of Honour Colinton District Great War Roll of Honour: Restricted [Covering Colinton, Longstone & Slateford] This portion of the Edinburgh Great War Roll of Honour is part of a much larger work that will be published over a period of time. It should also be noted that this particular roll is also a restricted one of Great War casualties giving basic details of each casualty: Name, Rank, Battalion/Ship/Squadron, Regiment/Service, Number. Special awards. Cause and date of death. Age. Place commemorated or buried. Birthplace. District of Edinburgh’s Great War Roll of Honour name is recorded in. The reason this roll is presently restricted is that we would like to invite and give the greater community the opportunity to fill out the story of each casualty, even helping identify casualties that appear on local memorials that cannot be clearly identified or have some details missing. These latter casualties appear in red with some having question marks in the area that needs to be clarified. It is also worth noting at this point that the names of some casualties appear on more than one district. The larger Roll of Honour [RoH] will also include information about those who served and survived and again the hope is that the wider community will come forward and share the story of their ancestors’ who served in the Great War, whether a casualty or survivor. The larger RoH will contain information such as: Name. Rank, Battalion/Ship/Squadron, Regiment/Service. Born when and where? Parent’s names and address. Spouse’s name and address. Details of education. Pre-war employment. Date and place enlisted. Military service including rank, service numbers, units served in, dates of entry into theatre of war. Dates and details of wounds received. How and when the person died, age, place commemorated or buried. Military medals and special awards. The names of any rolls of honour, books, newspaper articles/casualty lists the person is mentioned in and whether a photo has been found. The name of the district of Edinburgh’s Great War Roll of Honour the person’s name is recorded on. If you can help recreate the story, fill in gaps, or help solve an unidentified casualty, then please contact me at the following e-mail address: [email protected] Please note that evidence may be required before details are added to any person named in the RoH. The districts for each portion of the RoH are based on the following map: Ordnance Survey Maps One-inch, 2nd Edition, Scotland, 1898-1904, Sheet 32. Evidence associating casualties with particular districts has come from: surviving service records located either at the National Archives, London or on www.Ancestry.co.uk or www.Findmypast.co.uk; online National Archive resources located in other countries; the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s website; the Scottish National War Memorial website; the Soldiers Died in the Great War CD- Rom [N&MP]; birth, marriage, death certificates and census returns located in Register House in Edinburgh; civic, church and school memorials; various rolls of honour; casualty lists, biographical notes and death notices published in newspapers and gravestones located within cemeteries in the appropriate district. Allison, John. Private, 2nd Bn King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 30208. Killed in action 04/10/1917. Aged 24. Comm: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Corstorphine. Roll: Corstorphine, Colinton, Currie & Kirkliston. Beilby, Julius Henry M.B., C.M. Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps att 1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry. MID. Killed in action 23/04/1917. Aged 47. Comm: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton. Bell, John Murray. Captain, 9th Black Watch. Killed in action 25/09/1915. Aged 33. Buried: Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France. Born: Edinburgh. Roll: Colinton. Bell, William. Sergeant, “C” Battery, 305th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 3439. Killed in action 12/07/1916. Aged 20. Buried: Laventine Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France Born: Slateford. Roll: Colinton. Benham, John Russell. 2nd Lieutenant, 100th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 04/05/1915. Aged 19. Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Nord, France. Born: Columbo, Ceylon. Roll: Colinton. Black, Alexander. Corporal, 4th Bn Royal Scots, 250973. Died of wounds 22/04/1917. Aged 36. Buried: Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton. Black, William McLeod. Sergeant, 9th Bn Royal Scots, 1001. Killed in action 17/04/1915. Aged 29. Comm: Ypres (Menin) Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Farnham, Surrey. Roll: Colinton. Bremner, William Thomson. Corporal, 9th Bn Black Watch, S/9465. Died of wounds 22/09/1916. Aged 34. Buried: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Born: Penicuik. Roll: Colinton & Currie. Brotherston, George. Private, 16th Bn Royal Scots, 51356. Killed in action 16/04/1918. Aged 20. Comm: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton. Brown, Hugh Falconer. Sergeant, 5th Battery, 45th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 79555. Died 04/05/1916. Aged 32. Buried: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Born: Juniper Green. Roll: Colinton & Currie. Brown, William Private, 3rd Bn Highland Light Infantry, 3855. Died 01/08/1915. Aged ?? Buried: Colinton Parish Churchyard, Colinton, UK. Born: Glasgow. Roll: Colinton. Brownlee, Alexander Paton. Lance Corporal, 115th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 27403. Killed in action 02/08/1917. Aged 21. Comm: Ypres (Menin) Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Edinburgh. Roll: Colinton. Bryce, Andrew. Private, 2nd Bn Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 8158. Killed in action 12/03/1915. Aged ?? Buried: Voormezeele Enclosure No 3, Ieper, Belgium. Born: Currie. Roll: Currie & Colinton. Bryce, Thomas Hamilton. Lance Corporal, 7th Bn Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, S/22738. Killed in action 14/10/1917. Aged 26. Comm: Arras Memorial, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Ratho. Roll: Colinton & Ratho. Calder, James. Private, 3/9th Bn Royal Scots, 3488. Died 02/08/1917. Aged 38. Buried:???? Born: West Linton, Peebleshire. Roll: Currie, Colinton & Liberton. Campbell, Alexander. Corporal, ???????, ????? KIA/DOW/Died ??????. Aged ?? Buried/Comm: ?????? Born: ?????. Roll: Colinton Campbell, Alexander. Private, ???????, ????? KIA/DOW/Died ??????. Aged ?? Buried/Comm: ?????? Born: ?????. Roll: Colinton Campbell, William Samuel. Private, 8th Bn Gordon Highlanders, S/6591. Killed in action 26/09/1915. Aged 19. Comm: Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Longstone. Roll: Colinton. Carmichael, Archibald. Private, 4th Bn Royal Scots, 2284. Died of wounds 18/06/1915. Aged 24. Buried: East Mudros Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece. Born: Dunblane. Roll: Colinton. Carrigan, Patrick Hughes Private, 8th Bn Gordon Highlanders ,S/6592. Died of wounds 02/10/1915. Aged 18. Comm: St. Sever Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, Rouen, France. Born: Ratho. Roll: Colinton & Ratho. Carruthers, Matthew [served as James Henderson]. Private, 1st Bn Black Watch, 3126. Killed in action 24/04/1915. Aged 24. Comm: Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Calton or England. Roll: Colinton. Cassidy, James. Private, 5th/6th Bn Royal Scots, 275932. Killed in action 11/08/1918. Aged 20. Buried: Bouchoir British Cemetery, Somme, France. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton & Currie. Chisholm, James. Private, 9th Bn Highland Light Infantry, 241894. Killed in action 25/09/1917. Aged 30. Comm: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Juniper Green. Roll: Currie & Colinton. Close, Dennis. Private, 1st Bn Black Watch, 2767. Died of wounds 20/081916. Aged 19. Buried: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Born: Slateford. Roll: Colinton. Close, William. Private, 1st Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers, 40188. Killed in action 05/01/1917. Aged 21. Buried: Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France. Born: Slateford. Roll: Colinton. Connor, Francis. Private, 2nd Bn Royal Scots, 2619. Killed in action 20/07/1915. Aged 20. Comm: Ypres (Menin) Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton. Connor, William. Private, 1/7th Bn Argyll & Suthreland Highlanders, 350975. Died 18/07/1918. Aged 25. Buried: Provins (Haute-Ville) Communal Cemetery, Seine-et-Marne, France. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton. Coull, Alexander. Private, 16th Bn Royal Scots, 25234. Killed in action 09/04/1917. Aged 23. Buried: Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St Laurent-Blangy, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Norham, Northumberland. Roll: Colinton. Cowie, Alexander. Private, 1/5th Bn Gordon Highlanders, 260062. Died of wounds 10/04/1917. Aged 22. Buried: Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Slateford. Roll: Colinton. Craig, James. Private, 2nd Bn Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Division, 10186. Killed in action 30/09/1916. Aged 24. Comm: Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Somme, France. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton. Cunningham, James. Lance Corporal, 1st Bn Gordon Highlanders, S/5215. Killed in action 14/06/1917. Aged 27. Comm: Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton. Cunningham, John. Lance Corporal, 12th Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, S/2740. Killed in action 19/09/1918. Aged 30. Buried: Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece. Born: Colinton. Roll: Colinton. Dalrymple, James. Lance Corporal, 1st Bn Devonshire Regiment, 31103. Died of wounds 21/08/1918. Aged ??. Buried: Gommecourt British Cemetery No2, Hebuterne, Pas-de-Calias,