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Marchmont St Giles’ Graveyard Walk War and Warriors Cpl John Howie 2nd Lieut George Howie died 1 September 1916 died 21st March 1918 aged 21 aged 30 K Company, 3rd Battalion attached to 3rd special battalion, 16th Battalion Royal Scots Royal Engineers “RIP UNTIL THE DAY His name is on the Arras DAWNS AND THE Memorial, along with SHADOWS FLEE AWAY” 35,000 other soldiers Buried at Ration farm whose remains were not (L a Plus Douve) Annexe, discovered. Belgium He died on the first day of The graveyard is south of the German Spring Ypres, north of Offensive of 1918 which Armentieres and just was the last major German north of Ploegstreet offensive of the war called Wood, with 11,000 operation Michael and he names on memorial was on the front line at without graves. Arras. Sons of Mr and Mrs John Howie, 32 Dublin Street Major General Frederick Roome, 1783-1845 He was the son and brother of Major Generals He served in the Indian Army Frederick married Evander McIver Roome born 1796 - 1875 (born Morrison) in 1824, at age 40 she was 28 Evander is buried in the graveyard although her husband is buried in Bombay. They had 6 children. Frederick seems to have been married before Evander and his first wife was Indian. He appears to have had 4 other children. Lieut Andrew Ronald Lusk Died aged 21 on 30th June 1942 1st Batt, Kings Own Royal Regiment Lancaster He is commemorated on the El Alamein War Memorial. The Alamein Memorial forms the entrance to the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt. The memorial commemorates nearly 12,000 servicemen of the British Empire who died in the Western Desert campaigns of the Second World War including the Battle of El Alamein. He died the day before the major German Offensive called the first battle of El Alamein. David James Theodore Lusk Flying Officer Died aged 24 on 7th May 1940 22 Squadron of Royal Air Force He is buried in the Jonkerbos Cemetery. His grave stone reads “NOR HEIGHT, NOR DEPTH, ... SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD” Both David and Andrew were the brothers of Mary Lusk whose married name was Levison, who was the woman who campaigned for the Ordination of Women in the Church of Scotland. Major General Charles Irvine Indian Army Born on 17 February 1823, Tarves, Aberdeen. Father Alexander Forbes Irvine, mother Margaret Hamilton. He became an Officer in the Honorable East India Company Service, before joining the 51st North India Company, then afterwards the Punjab Infantry. in 1843 he went through the Gwalior campaign; he was present at the Battle of Punnair, where he was awarded a medal; he took part in the first Sutlej campaign 1845-46, his regiment being em- ployed on escort of seige trains; he was present at first and second seiges of Mooltan 1848-49, where he was again awarded a medal; was, at time of outbreak of Inidan Mutiny, in command of Fort Michmie, and later second in command of his regiment. He went with the same regiment on Expedition to China under SIr Hope Grant 1860-61; he was present in Looshai Expedition 1865 (medal). He joined the Bengal Staff Corps on its foundation, and retired with the rank of Major General 23 January 1875. Captain James Donaldson Died 23/08/1917 Aged 39 7th Battalion attached to the 9th Battalion, the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Son of Mr and Mrs Donaldson, of Arncroach, Fife; husband of Helen Donaldson, of 7, Briarwood Terrace, West Park Road, Dundee. He was killed at the 3rd Battle of Ypres – Paschendaele. He is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3, Which contains 975 First World War burials. This grave marks men who died in Scotland and who had close local connections. Little is known about them, although they probably died of illness or a time after they received wounds. Serjeant WILLIAM CAMPBELL Service Number 3065 Died 26/01/1915 5th Bn. Royal Scots Husband of Henrietta Aitken Shaw Ogilvie 13, Viewforth Square, Edinburgh. Awarded Territorial Force Efficiency Medal. Died of pneumonia Private C Francis Service Number 10957 Died 29/05/1918 aged 24 King's Own Scottish Borderers Flight Cadet JOHN WOOD MACKAY Service Number 110338 Died 13/06/1918 Aged 18 39th Sqdn. Royal Air Force, THE Squadron was based in London and spent the war fighting Gotha Bombers and Zepellins. Son of Donald and Frances MacKay, 38, Spottiswoode St., Edinburgh. He died while flying. Private J TRAYNOR Service Number 45010 Died 10/02/1919 16th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Serjeant JAMES JUDE Service Number 7255957 Died 22/01/1946 Aged 43 Royal Army Medical Corps Son of Alexander and Mary Jude; husband of Mary Ann Jude, of Edinburgh. Little is known about James Jude, however, it is the one grave stone in this cemetery which a stone of The Commonwealth War Grave. Lieutenant ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL BROWN, WS Died 27/05/1918 Aged 35 "A" Bty. 95th Bde. Royal Field Artillery Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brown, of Edinburgh. " Faragon," Murrayfield Archibald was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery in December 1915. He served in France with A 95 Battery from 2nd September 1916 till 27th May 1918. He was promoted Lieutenant August 1917. He was killed on 27th May 1918 at Berry-au-Bac on the Aisne. He lies in the Jonquery Cemetery near Reims. Inscribed on his stone is “ELDEST SON OF ARCHIBALD GEORGE BROWN W.S. EDINBURGH LIEUTENANT ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL BROWN”. Jonchery-sur-Vesle British Cemetery was made after the Armistice, by the collection of graves from the battlefields and other cemeteries. There are now over 350, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over two-thirds are unidentified and special memorials are erected to five soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves could not be found. The cemetery covers an area of 1,376 square metres and is enclosed by a low flint rubble wall. Lieutenant PETER JOHN STEWART MCPHAIL, BA WS Died 26/11/1918 Aged 30 Royal Garrison Artillery Son of Peter and Catherine McEwan McPhail, of 7, Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh. Died at Winchester and is buried here. He Joined the Officer Training Corps in September 1915, and after training obtained a Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in Royal Garrison Artillery. He went to France in January 1917, where he was slightly wounded in March 1918 and afterwards suffered from shell-shock. In May 1918 found unfit for general service and returned to this country. In November 1918 contracted pneumonia and died on 26th of that month at Magdalene Camp Hospital, Winchester. Prior to his death he was promoted to Lieutenant and also served as a Temporary Adjutant. Peter senior was a prosperous merchant in Edinburgh, who gave the sum of £2,000 in 1919 to the Kenmore Nursing Association to form a memorial of his only son. The Marquis of Breadalbane at the same time intimated his intention to grant a perpetual title to the Association for the cottage occupied by the nurse in the village of Kenmore; and the Association has since been called "The Stewart McPhail Memorial Nursing Association.” Captain DOUGLAS MARSHALL STEWART Died 03/01/1919 Aged 24 4th Bn. Royal Scots A son of Mr. John and Jane. Stewart. He was born in 1894, and went through George Watson’s from 1902-12. He was in the OTC, 1907-12, and left with the rank of Colour Sergeant. He began the study of agriculture, and previous to the war was gazetted to the 4th Royal Scots. He went with his unit through the Gallipoli, Egyptian, and Palestine campaigns 1915-17 and rose to the rank of Captain. He was wounded in the head at the third battle of Gaza on 2nd November 1917, and died at Edinburgh on 3rd January, 1919. Serjeant WILLIAM ARCHIBALD AITKEN Died 11/05/1941 aged 39 1st County of London (Westminster) Battalion Of the Home Guard. Son of William Robertson and Janet Shadforth Aitken (nee Hoggan), of Sunderland, Co. Durham; husband of May Katherine Aitken, of Edinburgh. The worst air raid on London during the Blitz took place on 10-11 May 1941. Destruction was spread out all over the city, with German bombers targeting all bridges west of Tower Bridge, factories on the south side of the Thames, the warehouses at Stepney, and the railway line that ran north from Elephant and Castle. 505 bombers flew to London on the night of 10 May, the full moon lighting their snaking path along the Thames. The German pilots had 15 minutes to locate and bomb their targets once they reached London, but still the bombing lasted nearly seven hours, starting at 11pm on 10 May and continuing until the all-clear sounded at 5.50am the next morning. British anti-aircraft batteries and RAF nightfighters managed to shoot down 33 planes, but despite their best efforts,10-11 May 1941 was one of the most destructive raids of the war. The House of Commons, one of the best-known landmarks in Westminster, burned that night. In the House, the raging fire caused the roof to collapse. William Sansom, a volunteer fireman, remembered that: “in the morning there was nothing left of the famous House but a charred, black, smouldering, steaming ruin. The Bar no longer stood to check intruders. The Speaker’s chair was lost. The green-padded leathern lines of seats were charred and drenched. The ingenious, ingenuous, most typical gothic innovations of the old period had gone for ever; and with them the Chamber, its Press Gallery, its Strangers’ and Ladies’ galleries.” The night of 10-1 May 1941 marked the last major raid of the Blitz.