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EAST LOTHIAN WORLD WAR WAR 1 MEMORIAL DATABASE (Names of Soldiers on the Various WW1 War Memorial in All the Parishes/Wards in East Lothian) EAST LOTHIAN WORLD WAR WAR 1 MEMORIAL DATABASE (Names of soldiers on the various WW1 war memorial in all the parishes/wards in East Lothian) TOWN / VILLAGE LOCATION INAUGURATION SURNAME FORENAME RANK REGIMENT IMAGE DEATH DATE COURIER MU NEWS MEDAL GRAVE/MEMORIAL SITE NOTES Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 04/01/1918 No entry Tyne Cot Memorial, Parish Aberlady 12/06/1921 2nd Battalion Belgium Church Alexander James 15/12/1917 Lance Sergeant Royal Scots 12th 13/10/1916 No entry Loos Memorial, France Bird James Battalion 24/09/1915 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 10th 12/11/1915 No entry Loos Memorial, France Bird Thomas Battalion 25/09/1915 Private Royal Scots 12th 01/09/1916 No entry Thiepval Memorial, Brims William Macdonald Battalion 17/07/1916 Belgium Dunbar connection Captain Royal Gloucestershire No entry No entry Jerusalem Memorial, Israel Hussars & Palestine Charteris Hugo Francis 23/04/1916 Lord Elcho 2nd Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 1st No entry No entry Sailly-Labourse Communal Yvo Allan (The Battalion Cemetery, France Charteris Hon.) 17/10/1915 Private Royal Scots 2nd 01/09/1916 22/09/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France Cunningham John Battalion 19/08/1916 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 18/10/1918 No entry DC Potijze Burial Ground 153rd Brigade Cemetery, Belgium Dewar Robert Johnman 05/10/1918 Lieutenant Royal Scots 4th 21/12/1917 No entry MC Jerusalem Memorial, Israel Dalgleish William Battalion 12/11/1917 & Palestine Lieutenant Royal Scots 12th 18/05/1917 No entry Arras Memorial, France Eeles Charles Battalion 01/05/1917 Private Tank Corps 1st 11/10/1918 No entry Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Glasgow Stanley Battalion 29/09/1918 France Private Royal Scots 1st/4th 14/12/1917 No entry Alexandria (Hadra) War (Reserve) Battalion Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Guy John Cowan 01/12/1917 Private Royal Scots 9th 04/01/1918 No entry Red Cross Corner Battalion Cemetery, Beugny, France Athelstaneford Hannay Hugh 23/12/1917 connection Lieutenant Colonel Grenadier Guards 1st 10/05/1918 No entry MC Ramscappelle Road, France Hope George Everard Battalion 10/10/1917 Private Machine Gun Corps 13/09/1918 No entry Cambrai East Military (Infantry) 47th Cemetery, France Jack David Battalion 23/03/1918 Prestonkirk connection Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd 25/08/1916 No entry Dive Copse British Battalion Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Sportsmen's Battalion; McPhail Peter 02/08/1916 France gamekeeper at Gosford McIntosh J Unknown Black Watch Unknown No entry No entry Unknown Gunner Royal Field Artillery 17/05/1918 No entry Minster (Thanet) Cemetery, transf. to Labour Kent, England Murray James Corps 05/04/1918 Private Argyll & Sutherland 10/11/1916 No entry Thiepval Memorial, France Highlanders 10th Battalion Peffers John 12/10/1916 Page 1 of 128 EAST LOTHIAN WORLD WAR WAR 1 MEMORIAL DATABASE (Names of soldiers on the various WW1 war memorial in all the parishes/wards in East Lothian) Ritchie Thomas Private Royal Scots 28/04/1917 05/07/1918 No entry Arras Memorial, France 2nd Lieutenant Royal Scot 16th 04/01/1918 No entry Wancourt British Cemetery, Scarlett Robert Stubbs Battalion 20/12/1917 France Private Argyll & Sutherland 29/01/1915 No entry Ploegsteert Memorial, Highlanders 2nd Belgium Battalion Sibbald John 10/11/1914 Haddington connection Private Gordon Highlanders 30/11/1917 No entry Tyne Cot Memorial, 1st Battalion Belgium Sinclair James Taylor 26/09/1917 Captain Royal Field Artillery No entry No entry Edinburgh (Rosebank) Taylor William Currie 07/11/1918 Cemetery, Scotland Private Royal Scots 1st/9th 04/05/1917 No entry Roclincourt Valley Templeton John Battalion 09/04/1917 Cemetery, France Sergeant Argyll & Sutherland 03/08/1917 No entry Ypres Town Cemetery Highlanders 11th Extension, Belgium Battalion 09- Wilson James 10/07/1917 Parish Royal Scots 15th No entry Athelstane-ford Church 26/09/1920 Barrie William Private Battalion Yes 26/08/1917 26/07/1918 Thiepval Memorial, France Royal Scots 2nd No entry Binnie Alexander Private Battalion Yes 13/11/1916 No entry Thiepval Memorial, France Highland Light No entry Infantry 12th Martinsart British Brown John Lieutenant Battalion 25/03/1918 05/04/1918 Cemetery, France Combe William Private Unknown Unknown No entry No entry Unknown Black Watch 7th 20 or No entry Dempster John Sergeant Battalion 24/07/1918 23/08/1918 MM Soissons Memorial, France Black Watch 1st/7th No entry Sevre Road Cemetery, Dempster William Lance Corporal Battalion 30/07/1916 11/08/1916 France Black Watch 9th No entry Battalion; Royal Findlay Alexander Private Highlanders 25/09/1915 22/09/1916 Loos Memorial, France Royal Scots 2nd No entry Pernes British Cemetery, Fletcher William Private Battalion 23/05/1918 31/05/1918 France Royal Naval No entry Volunteer Reserve Fulton James Corporal/Able Seaman (Hawke Battalion) 25/03/1918 26/04/1918 Arras Memorial, France Fulton Robert Unknown Unknown Unknown No entry No entry Unknown No entry Gordon Highlanders "B" Company 1st Ypres (Menin Gate) Gray William Sergeant Battalion 25/09/1915 08/10/1915 Memorial, Belgium Private Royal Scots 9th 04/01/1918 No entry Red Cross Corner Battalion Cemetery, Beugny, France Hannay Hugh 23/12/1917 Aberlady connection Black Watch 9th No entry Hannay John Private Battalion 25/09/1915 05/11/1915 Loos Memorial, France Page 2 of 128 EAST LOTHIAN WORLD WAR WAR 1 MEMORIAL DATABASE (Names of soldiers on the various WW1 war memorial in all the parishes/wards in East Lothian) No entry Cameron Highlanders Jack Charles Private 1st Battalion 09/10/1914 11/12/1914 Vendresse Church, France Black Watch 8th No entry Tyne Cot Memorial, Logan William Private Battalion 12/10/1917 No entry MM Belgium Pencaitland connection Royal Garrison No entry Artillery 22nd Topographical Tyne Cot Memorial, Logan William Allen Gunner Company 13/04/1918 03/05/1918 Belgium No entry Royal Marine Artillery Dover (St. James's) Gilmerton/Edinburgh Mann William Andrew Gunner 4th R.M. Battalion 23/04/1918 03/05/1918 Cemetery, Kent, England connection No entry Argyll & Sutherland London Cemetery & Highlanders 11th extension, Longueval, Marshall Thomas Private Battalion 01/09/1916 06/10/1916 France Royal Scots 11th No entry McGovern John Private Battalion 23/03/1918 20/06/1919 Pozieres Memorial, France Prestonkirk connection Melrose Andrew Unknown Unknown Unknown No entry No entry Unknown No entry Highland Light Loos Memorial, France Infantry "B" Company Btwn 25- Pow George Sergeant 12th Battalion Yes 26/09/1915 17/12/1915 Highland Light No entry Infantry 14th Battalion; attd. 101st Trench Mortar Wytschaete Military Ritchie James Private Battery 28/09/1918 01/11/1918 Cemetery, Belgium Shattoch James Private Unknown Unknown No entry No entry Unknown King's Own Scottish No entry Borderers 2nd Ypres (Menin Gate) Tinlin John Private Battalion 18/04/1915 14/05/1915 Memorial, Belgium No entry Prestonkirk and North Cheshire Regiment Tannay British Cemetery, Berwick connections; Wight John S Private 1st Battalion 01/08/1918 16/08/1918 Thiennes, France mentioned in Despatches Parish Royal Scots 2nd No entry Pernes British Cemetery, Bolton 12/06/1921 Church Anderson Charles Private Battalion 16/04/1918 No entry France No entry Devonshire Regiment Tyne Cot Memorial, Twice mentioned in Blunt Duncan Hamilton Lieutenant Colonel 1st Battalion 03/10/1917 No entry DSO Belgium Despatches No entry Gloucester Regiment 1st Battalion; attd. 3rd Battalion Nigeria Limbe Botanical Gardens Holme Alexander Charles Lieutenant Regiment, W.A.F.F. 06/09/1914 No entry Burial Ground, Cameroon Duns connection No entry Connection to Aberdeen Gordon Highlanders Ecclesmachan Cemetery, where 10th Battalion was Logan John Private 10th Battalion/Depot 16/09/1916 No entry West Lothian formed Page 3 of 128 EAST LOTHIAN WORLD WAR WAR 1 MEMORIAL DATABASE (Names of soldiers on the various WW1 war memorial in all the parishes/wards in East Lothian) Royal Scots 1st/4th No entry Gaza War Cemetery, Israel Lusk Robert Private Battalion 19/04/1917 13/07/1917 M.A. & Palestine Royal Scots 9th Wancourt British Cemetery, Meston John Private Battalion 28/10/1917 23/11/1917 07/12/1917 France Royal Garrison Artillery 270th Siege Lijssenthoek Military Meston Thomas George Gunner Battalion 02/07/1917 13/07/1917 No entry Cemetery, Belgium Tank Corps 2nd Doullens Communal Sharp James William Private Battalion 25/03/1918 05/04/1918 No entry Cemetery Extension No. 1 King's Own Scottish Borderes 1st/5th Kantara War Memorial Watt Peter William Lance Corporal Battalion 16/01/1917 02/02/1917 No entry Cemetery, Egypt Record of No entry War Service Bolton (listed inside Parish Royal Scots 2nd Pernes British Cemetery, Church) Anderson Charles Private Battalion 16/04/1918 No entry France Lothian & Border Baird William Major Horse Nil Nil Survived the war No entry Devonshire Regiment Tyne Cot Memorial, Twice mentioned in Blunt Duncan Hamilton Lieutenant Colonel 1st Battalion 03/10/1917 No entry DSO Belgium Despatches Caven James Private R.A.S.C.M.T. Nil Nil Survived the war Cowie John P. Private 11th Royal Scots Nil Nil Survived the war Dodds Andrew M. Private 4th (Res) Royal Scots Nil Nil Survived the war Dunn Thomas Private A&S Highlanders Nil Nil Survived the war Geddes Marcus Private 11th Royal Scots Nil Nil Survived the war Glass John Corporal Royal Engineers Nil Nil Survived the war Goodall Thomas Clark Sergeant Seaforth Highlanders Nil Nil Survived the war Scottish Horse & 1/6 Gordon Peter Private Royal Highlanders Nil Nil Survived the war 5th Royal Scots Grieve William Lance Corporal Fusiliers Nil Nil Survived the war Henderson Robert Lance Corporal R.A.S.C.M.T. Nil Nil Survived the war Henry James Private 1st Battn. H.L.I. Nil Nil Survived the war Herkes, William William Private 15th Royal Scots Nil Nil Survived the war Hislop Nicol Private 4th (res) K.O.S.B.
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