Grange Cricket Club

Grange Cricket Club Roll of Honour

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Anderson, Francis: Major, 2nd attached 12th Royal Scots. Born on 21/05/1881 at Edinburgh. A son of Archibald Anderson, Inland Revenue Storekeeper, and Harriet Anderson, of Cairn Craig, Trinity, Edinburgh. Major Anderson was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1888-1899] and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Scots in 1901, serving in the South African War being awarded the Queen’s South Africa medal with 2 clasps and the King’s South Africa medal with 2 clasps. Promoted Lieutenant in 1903 and then Captain in 1913. When a Captain in the Royal Scots he was attached to the Sierra Leone Battalion of the West African Frontier Force serving in Cameroon, West Africa from 15/09/1914 until 1916. He was promoted to Major in 1916 and was attached to the 12th Royal Scots serving on the Western Front. He was wounded by an aerial torpedo on 26/01/1917 whilst serving in the Arras sector and died of his wounds on 28/01/1917, aged 36, and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, Grave V.A.23. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He is mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, and in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 02/02/1917. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Armit, Napier: Captain, 16th Royal Scots. Born on 22/03/1880 at Broughty Ferry, Dundee. A son of Thomas Napier Armit, Salvage Engineer, and Mary Ann Armit of 7 Claremont Terrace, Edinburgh. Husband of Jennie Cousin Mackie. Captain Armit was educated at George Watson’s College [1889] and Edinburgh University [1901- 1903]. He was employed as an Advocate with by Messrs Beveridge, Sutherland and Smith, W.S., Leith. He enlisted in December 1916 and served as a Private in the 16th Royal Scots, being promoted Captain on 14/01/1915, serving in “B” Company of the same battalion. He was killed in action on 04/08/1916, aged 36, close to Bazentin-le-petit during the Somme offensive and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D. He was awarded the British War Medal, Victory Medal & the Military Cross. He is mentioned in The Watsonian War record 1914-1918, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919 and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 11 & 12/081916. He is remembered on the Newhaven Parish Memorial and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Balfour-Melville, James Elliot: 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd attached 2nd Black Watch. Born on 08/07/1882 at Edinburgh. A son of Leslie Melville Balfour Melville, Writer to the Signet & Sportman, and Jeanie Amelia Balfour-Melville of 3 Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh. 2nd Lieutenant Balfour-Melville was educated at Cargilfield Preparatory School, Edinburgh Academy 1889-1891] and Oriel College, Oxford [1901]. He was employed as a Chartered Accountant initially with Messrs Lindsay, Jameson & Haldane then Messrs Guild & Shepherd and was a well known cricketer at the Grange Cricket Club. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Black Watch on 03/11/1914 and was attached to the 2nd Black Watch, entering France as a theatre of war on 18/05/1915. He was killed in action on 25/09/1915, aged 33, at the Battle of Loos and is remembered on the Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France, Panel 78 to 83. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and is mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914- 1918 and a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 04/10/1915. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Beveridge, David Alexander: 2nd Lieutenant, 54th Brigade HQ, Royal Field Artillery. Born on 04/11/1886 at Dunfermline. A son of Erskine Beveridge L,L.D., Linen Manufacturer, and Mary Owst Beveridge of Dunfermline. 2nd Lieutenant Beveridge was educated at St. Ninian’s, Moffat, Loretto School, Musselburgh [1900-1905], Pembroke College, Cambridge [1908] and Edinburgh University [1908-1909], later qualifying as an Advocate. He served in the Edinburgh University Officers Training Corps between September and October 1914 and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Irish Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery on 10/10/1914, entering Gallipoli as a theatre of war on 18/07/1915, serving in the 54th Brigade, RFA. He died in St Andrew’s Hospital, Malta, on 13/09/1915, aged 28, from dysentery contracted whilst serving in Gallipoli and is buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta, Grave B.XII.5. He was awarded the 1914- 1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in the Loretto School Roll of Honour 1914-1918, The Loretto School Register 1825-1964 , the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour

1914-1918, and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 23/09/1915. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Brown, William Sandilands: Captain, 3rd North Staffordshire Regiment, attached 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Born on 20/08/1891 at Bellahouston, Glasgow. A son of The Very Rev Dr John Brown, Minister of Bellahouston Parish Church, and Margaret Romanes Brown of "Romanhouse", Hallhead Road, then 73 Ainslie Place, both Edinburgh. Captain Brown was educated at Glasgow High School, Glasgow University [1912] and Edinburgh University [1912-1914], later becoming an Apprentice Writer to the Signet. He enlisted in September 1914 and initially served as Private 17040 in the 15th Royal Scots, being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the North Staffordshire Regiment in April 1915, entering France as a theatre of war on 09/02/1916. He was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1916 then Captain in July 1917 being attached to the 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action on 14/10/1918, aged 26, and is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Grave XVII.L.5. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was is mentioned in the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919, the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914-1919. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial

Cairns, George Morton: 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Black Watch. Born on 01/09/1881 at Edinburgh. A son of Henry Cairns, Writer to the Signet, and Jane S Cairns of 27 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh. 2nd Lieutenant Cairns was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1891-1900], St. John’s College, Oxford [1901-1905], later becoming a Writer to the Signet in 1908 and a partner in the firm of Cairns, McIntosh & Morton W.S. He enlisted into the Army Service Corps as Private M2/105693 during May 1915 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Black Watch on 30/11/1915, entering France as a theatre of war on 03/09/1916, being posted to the 6th Black Watch on 09/09/1916. He was killed in action on 13/11/1916, aged 35, at Beaumont Hamel and is buried in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France, Grave II.G.16. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal. He is mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914-1919, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 21/11/1916. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Cheyne, Harry: Major, “D” Battery, 189th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born on 08/12/1882 in Edinburgh. A son of Harry Cheyne, Writer to the Signet, and Dora Cheyne of 13 Rutland Street then 4 Moray Place, both Edinburgh. Major Cheyne was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1888-1891], University College, Oxford [1905] and Edinburgh University [1905-1908]. He qualified as a Writer to the Signet in 1908 and was employed by Messrs Mackenzie & Kermack, W.S. in Edinburgh. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Lowland Brigade, RFA in 1909 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1914 , being mobilised on 04/08/1914. He entered France as a theatre of war on 24/10/1915 and was promoted to Captain during December

1916. In April 1917 he was promoted Major and was in charge of “D” Battery, of the 189th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, being made Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1917. He was killed in action on 10/07/1917, aged 34, and is buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Grave II.D.26. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914-1919, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919, and a death notice in The Scotsman, 16/07/1917. He is remembered on the Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society Limited Memorial and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Cummins, Herbert Charles Bruce: Captain, 9th (Pioneer Battalion) Seaforth Highlanders. Born around 1876 at Hedenham, Norfolk. A son of Rev William Henry Cummins, Vicar of Hardley, Norfolk, and Jeanie Douglas Cummins. Captain Cummins was educated at Durham University [1908] and later became a Classical and Upper School Master at Edinburgh Academy from 1908 till 1914. During the Great War he served as a Captain in the 9th (Pioneer Battalion) Seaforth Highlanders, entering France as a theatre of war on 10/05/1915, being wounded in 1916. He died of wounds received in action on 07/05/1916, aged 39, and is buried at Nieppe Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, Grave IV.A.3. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in, the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 11/05/1916. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Fraser, Rowland: Captain, 6th attached 1st Rifle Brigade. Born on 10/01/1890 at Perth. A son of John McL Fraser, Auctioneer & Live Stock Agent, and Alice Fraser of Invermay, Forgandenny. Husband of Mary Dorothy Fraser of Invermay, Forgandenny, Perthshire. Captain Fraser was educated at Merchiston Castle School [1900- 1908], Pembroke, Cambridge University [1908-1911] and Edinburgh University where he studied law until the outbreak of war. He enlisted in August 1914, being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Rifle Brigade, entering France as a theatre of war on 05/01/1915. He was promoted Lieutenant in August 1915 then Captain in November 1915 and was attached to the 1st Rifle Brigade. He was killed in action on 01/07/1916, aged 26, and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 16 B. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in the Merchiston Castle School Register 1833- 1950, the Merchiston Castle School Roll of Honour 1914-1919, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919, and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 08/07/1916. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Galletly, Ian: Lieutenant, “C” Battery, 258th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born on 15/11/1889 at Edinburgh. A son of John James Galletly, S.S.C. and Johanna Galletly, of "Inchdrewer", Colinton and 12 Great King Street, Edinburgh. Lieutenant Galletly was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1896-1908], University College, Oxford [1908-1912] and Edinburgh University [1912- 1914]. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the Lowland Brigade of the RFA during January 1914. At the outbreak of war he was serving as an Apprentice Writer to the Signet at Messrs Dundas & Wilson, S.S.C. of Edinburgh. He was mobilised with the Lowland Brigade, RFA on 04/08/1914, promoted Lieutenant 1915 and entered France as a theatre of war on 24/10/1915, being was later attached to the Highland Division. He was killed in action at Mametz Wood on 03/08/1916, aged 27 and is buried in Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France, Grave I.D.68. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914-1919, the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919, and a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 10/08/1916. He is remembered on the Colinton Memorial and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Gibson-Craig, Sir Archibald Charles [4th Baronet]: Lieutenant, 2nd Highland Light Infantry. Born on 24/08/1883 at Currie. A son of Sir James Henry Gibson-Craig, 3rd Baronet, and of Lady Julia Gibson-Craig, of Riccarton, Currie, Midlothian. Lieutenant Gibson- Craig was educated at Harrow [1896-1901] and Trinity College, Cambridge [1905]. He initially served in the Lothians & Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Highland Light Infantry on 25/07/1906, being promoted to Lieutenant on 28/04/1909. From 19/03/1913 he was employed in Colonial service with the Nigerian Regiment of the West African Frontier Force. At the outbreak of the Great War he entered France as a theatre of war on 13/08/1914. He was killed in action between 14-17/09/1914, aged 31, and is remembered on the La Ferte-sous- Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was awarded the 1914 Star with clasp, British War Medal, Victory Medal and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He is mentioned in The Bond of Sacrifice, A Biographical Record of British Officers who fell in the Great War, Volume 1, August to December 1914, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 21/09/1914. He is remembered on the Currie Kirk Memorial and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Grant-Peterkin, Cosmo Gordon: Captain, acting Major, Lovat’s Scouts attached 5th Gordon Highlanders. Born around 1879 at Kinloss, Moray. A son of James Grant Peterkin, Landed Proprietor, and Kate AG Grant-Peterkin of Grange, Forres. Major Grant-Peterkin was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant during August 1914 and served in “E” Squad of the Scottish Horse, entering France as a theatre of war on 09/07/1917, being attached to the 5th Gordon Highlanders. He died of wounds received in action on 12/09/1917, aged 38, and is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Grave VII.A.18. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in a biographical note in The Scotsman, 17/09/1917. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Gilroy, George Bruce: Captain, 8th Black Watch. Born on 16/09/1889 at Clatto House, Cupar. A son of George A Gilroy, Jute Spinner and Manufacturer, and Annie B Gilroy of Clatto, Cupar, Fife. Captain Gilroy was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University [1908]. He was mobilised in August 1914 served as Captain in the 8th Black Watch. He died of wounds received in action near Longueval on 15/071916, aged 27, and is buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, Plot 1, Row D, Grave 26. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal & Military Cross and was mentioned in a biographical note in The Scotsman, 21/07/1916. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Henderson-Hamilton, James Campbell: Lieutenant, 9th Black Watch. Born on 26/01/1884 in Edinburgh. A son of the Rev Charles Henderson-Hamilton, Rector of St. Mary's, Hamilton, and Mary Greenhill Henderson-Hamilton of Dalserf. Husband of Margaret [Rose] Henderson-Hamilton. Lieutenant Henderson-Hamilton was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Edinburgh University. He qualified as an Advocate in 1907 and then became a Chartered Accountant employed by Messrs Moncrieff & Horsburgh, C.A.. Prior to the war he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 9th Royal Scots, serving between 1902 and 1906. At the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Black Watch on 16/09/1914 and then promoted to Lieutenant on 14/12/1914, entering France as a theatre of war on 08/07/1915. He was killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 27/09/1915, aged 31, and is buried in Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, Pas-de-Calais, France, Grave I.G.8. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919 and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 05/10/1915. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

MacKay, Hamish Strathy: Lieutenant, 1st Hampshire Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery attached 22nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Born on 31/03/1894 at Whitehouse, Cramond. A son of Col James Francis Mackay, C.B.E., and Annie Alma MacKay of Whitehouse, Cramond. Lieutenant MacKay was educated at Routtenburn & Sedberg and was employed as a Practical Engineer. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the RGA during August 1914 and after being promoted to Lieutenant he attended the Military Flying School at Shoreham from 17/12/1915. He was attached to the 22nd Squadron, RFC on 10/02/1916 and entered France as a theatre of war during March 1916, flying an FE2D in combat. He was killed in action on 09/09/1916, aged 22, and is buried in Allonville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France, Grave A.10. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in and De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914-1918 and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 22/09/1916. He is remembered on the Cramond Kirk Memorial, a family gravestone in Cramond Kirk Kirkyard and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Moir, Archibald Gifford: Lieutenant, 7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Born on 17/03/1890 at Alloa. A son of Archibald Patrick Moir, Solicitor, and Margaret Moir of Marshill, Alloa. Lieutenant Moir was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1899-1902], Banstead Hall, Surrey, Fettes College [1905-1908], and Edinburgh University [1911- 1913]. He qualified as a Law Agent in July 1914 and worked with his father’s firm, Messrs J.W. & A.P. Moir, Solicitors, of the Alloa branch of the Commercial Bank of Scotland. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 2nd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders on 12/05/1914, was promoted Lieutenant on 07/09/1914, being later posted to the 7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, entering France as a theatre of war during December 1914. He was killed in action during the Second Battle of Ypres on 25/04/1915, aged 25, and is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Grave Enclosure No. 4, XII.J.5. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal & was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, The Fettes College Register 1870 to 1922, page 191, Old Fettesians who served in His Majesty’s Forces at Home and Abroad during the Great War, and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 04/05/1915. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Murray, John Congreve: Lieutenant, 8th Royal Scots. Born on 21/08/1882 at Edinburgh. A son of Patrick Murray, Writer to the Signet, and Agnes Evelyn Murray (nee Congreve) of Edinburgh. Husband of Muriel Grace "Betty" Murray (nee Wingate) of 8 Great King Street, Edinburgh. Lieutenant Murray was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1889-1901] and later became a Stockbroker who was employed by Messrs Guild, Lawson & Murray. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Scots during July 1915, promoted Lieutenant that same year, entering France as a theatre of war on 02/06/1917, being wounded during the opening day of the Battle of Passchendaele on 20/09/1917. He died of his wounds on 23/09/1917, aged 35, and is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West- Vlaanderen, Belgium, Grave VIII.D.1. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and is mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, and a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 26/09/1917. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Mylne, James Graham: Lieutenant, 8th Royal Scots attached 4th Royal Scots. Born on 07/12/1886 at Edinburgh. A son of James Mylne, Writer to the Signet, and Jane R Mylne of 10 Ainslie Place then 36 Castle Street, Edinburgh. Lieutenant Mylne was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1896-1900], Harrow [1900-1905], University College, Oxford [1905] and Edinburgh University [1909-1910], becoming a Writer to the Signet in 1913. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd/8th Royal Scots during May 1915 and then attached to the 4th Royal Scots, entering Palestine as a theatre of war during 1917. His battalion moved to France in the spring of 1918 and he was promoted Lieutenant. He was killed in action at Queant on 02/09/1918, aged 33, and is buried in Queant Road Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, Grave III.C.7. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914-1919, the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War

Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919 and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 11/09/1918. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Sandeman, George Amelius Crawshay: Captain, 3rd attached 1st Hampshire Regiment. Born on 18/04/1882 in London. A son of Lt-Col George Glas Sandeman and Amy Sandeman of Fonab, Pitlochry, Perthshire. Captain Sandeman was educated at Cheam School, Sutton, Surrey, Eton [1896-1902] and then Christ Church, Oxford [1902]. He became Landlord and employer on the Fonhab estate as well as a Partner in the London firm David Sandeman & Sons. During the Great War he served as a captain in the 3rd, attached 1st, Hampshire Regiment, entering France as a theatre of war on 27/08/1914. He was killed in action at Zonnebeke on 26/04/1915, aged 32, and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 35. He was awarded the 1914 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and is mentioned in the Old Public School-Boys Who’s Who, Eton and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 19/05/1915. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Sanderson, Frederick Borthwick: 2nd Lieutenant, “C” Battery, 258th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born on 15/06/1889 at Comrie, Perthshire. A son of Frederick Reid Sanderson, Distiller, and Alice Helen Scott Sanderson of 5 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh and 18 Campden Hill Court, Kensington, London. 2nd Lieutenant Sanderson was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1896-1900], Charterhouse and Caius College, Cambridge [1912] and Edinburgh University [1911-1914] where he was studying medicine when war broke out. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1/1st Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 07/09/1914 and entered France as a theatre of war on 24/10/1915, later serving with “C” Battery of the 258th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died of wounds received in action on 10/08/1916, aged 27, whilst serving close to Mametz Wood during the Somme offensive and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, Grave Officers A.6.8. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal and is mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919 and a death notice in The Scotsman, 12/08/1916. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial. His brother Harold was also a Great War casualty.

Sanderson, Harold Scott: Lieutenant, 8th Black Watch. Born on 24/12/1892 at Edinburgh. A son of Frederick Reid Sanderson, Distiller, and Alice Helen Scott Sanderson of 5 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh and 18 Campden Hill Court, Kensington, London. Lieutenant Sanderson was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1898-1902] and Charterhouse and was later employed in the firm of Messrs Robertson, Sanderson & Co. (Ltd), Leith. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 8th Black Watch on 31/08/1914 and entered France as a theatre of war on 10/05/1915, being promoted to Lieutenant during June 1915. He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 25/09/1915, aged 22, and is remembered on the Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France, Panels 78 to 83. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, & Victory Medal. He is mentioned in De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register and a biographical note in The

Scotsman, 04/10/1915. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial. His brother Frederick was also a Great War casualty.

Thomson, Alan Graham: Acting Captain, 7th attached 2nd Royal Scots. Born on 05/05/1882 at Edinburgh. A son of Andrew Thomson, Timber Merchant, and Martha Thomson of 15 Inverleith Place and 21 Chester Street, both Edinburgh. Husband of Alice Graham Thomson of 11 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh and 37 Drayton Court, Drayton Gardens, London. Captain Thomson was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1888-1900], Corpus Christi College, Oxford [1900-1904] and Edinburgh University [1904- 1907]. He became a Writer to the Signet in 1907 and was employed by Messrs Mitchell & Baxter, W.S., Edinburgh. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Royal Scots during July 1915, was promoted Lieutenant in 1916 and attached to the 2nd Royal Scots in October 1916, entering France as a theatre of war on 08/10/1916, being promoted Acting Captain in 1917. He was killed in action on 26/09/1917, aged 35, and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panels 11 to 14 & 162. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and is remembered in the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914-1919, the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919 and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 13/10/1917. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Thomson, Kenneth Douglas: Lieutenant, 10th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Born on 10/10/1886 at Edinburgh. A son of James Wishart Thomson, Ship Owner, and Barbara G Thomson of 8 Inverleith Place, Edinburgh and Glenpark, Balerno. Lieutenant Thomson was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1892-1905] and University College, Oxford [1906]. He enlisted during August 1914 and initially served as Trooper 1664 in the Lothian & Borders Horse before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 10th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders during 1915. He entered France as a theatre of war on 21/01/1916 and was later promoted Lieutenant, acting as Transport Officer for the battalion. He was killed in action on 18/07/1916, aged 29, during the Battle of the Somme and is buried in Bray Military Cemetery, Somme, France, Grave I.C.21. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to the Edinburgh Academy Register and a biographical note and death notice in The Scotsman, 26/07/1916 & 27/07/1916. He is remembered on the Currie Kirk Memorial and the Balerno United Free Church Memorial and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Wallace, William Middleton: Lieutenant 5th Rifle Brigade attached 2nd Squadron, 1st Wing, Royal Flying Corps. Born on 23/09/1892 at Edinburgh. A son of Robert W Walker Wallace, Writer to the Signet, and Mary Parker Wallace of 7 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh and Halbeath, Dunfermline. Lieutenant Wallace was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1899-1912] and King’s College, Cambridge. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th Rifle Brigade and attached to the 1st Rifle Brigade in 1914, entering France as a theatre of war on 11/09/1914. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1915 and attached to 2nd Squadron, 1st Wing, Royal Flying

Corps as an Observer flying a BE2c, serial number 2034. He was killed in action on 22/08/1915, aged 22, when his plane was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. He is buried in Caberet-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas-de-Calais, France, Grave XII.D.11. He was awarded the 1914 Star, the British War Medal & Victory Medal. He was a Scottish Rugby International who played against England [1913], Ireland then Wales [1914]. He is mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 30/09/1915. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

White, William Kenneth: 2nd Lieutenant, 4th attached 2nd Scottish Rifles. Born on 15/05/1893, a son of William White S.S.C, of 19 North Park Terrace, then 38 Great King Street, Edinburgh. 2nd Lieutenant White was educated at Edinburgh Academy [1899-1912] and Edinburgh University [1911-1912]. He served in the Officer Training Corps from 1908 to 1911. Before the war he was employed as a Rubber Planter in Sungei Way, Selangor. After the outbreak of war he initially served in 1915 as a Private in the Malay States Volunteer Regiment. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Scottish Rifles on 13/09/1915 and entered France as a theatre of war on 10/11/1916, being attached to the 2nd Scottish Rifles as a Liaison Officer. He was killed in action near Ypres on 31/07/1917, aged 24, and is remembered on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 22. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, 20/08/1917, the Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, the War Supplement to the Edinburgh Academy Register, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919 and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 07/08/1917. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

Whitelaw, Geoffrey Lacy: 2nd Lieutenant, Household Battalion (1st Life Guards). Born in May 1898 at Edinburgh. A son of William Whitelaw, Chairman of North British Railway, and Gertrude Whitelaw of Monkland, Nairnshire and of Hatton House, Kirknewton. 2nd Lieutenant Whitelaw was educated at Loretto School [1911-1916]. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Household Battalion (1st Life Guards), entering France as a theatre of war on 05/05/1917, being wounded 3 times; on 15th July 1917, 22nd August 1917 & 12th October 1917 respectively. He was hospitalised and then passed fit to return to the Front during March 1918 but developed an acute attack of enteritis and appendicitis. He was operated on but died on 14/04/1918, aged 19, and is buried in Nairn Cemetery, Nairn, UK, Grave B3. 223. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in the Loretto Roll of Honour 1914-1920, The Loretto Register 1825-1964 and a biographical note in The Scotsman, 22/04/1918. He is remembered on the Ratho Memorial and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial, Edinburgh. His brothers Robert and William were also Great War casualties.

Whitelaw, Robert Hilary Lockhart: 2nd Lieutenant, Household Cavalry (Royal Horse Guards). Born around 1895 at Tibbermore, Perthshire. A son of William Whitelaw, Chairman of North British Railway, and Gertrude Whitelaw of Monkland, Nairnshire and of Hatton House, Kirknewton. 2nd Lieutenant Whitelaw was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the

Household Cavalry (Royal Horse Guards), entering France as a theatre of war on 08/11/1916. He died of wounds received in action on 28/05/1917, aged 22, and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, Grave Officers, B. 7. 21. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in a death notice and biographical note in The Scotsman, 31/05/1917 & 01/06/1917. He is remembered on the Ratho Memorial and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial, Edinburgh. His brothers Geoffrey and William were also Great War casualties.

Whitelaw, William Alexander: Lieutenant, 3rd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Born around 1891 at Coatbridge, Lanark. A son of William Whitelaw, Chairman of North British Railway, and Gertrude Whitelaw of Monkland, Nairnshire and of Hatton House, Kirknewton. Husband of Winifred Whitelaw of Monkland, Nairn and Greenpark, Liberton. Lieutenant Whitelaw was commissioned and served as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, entering France as a theatre of war on 12/07/1916. He died of influenza on 14/02/1919, aged 27, and is buried in Edinburgh [Liberton] Cemetery, Edinburgh, UK, Grave C. 134. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal. He is remembered on the Ratho Memorial, the Liberton Memorial and The Grange Cricket Club Memorial, Edinburgh. His brothers Geoffrey and Robert were also Great War casualties.

Younger, Charles Frearson [or Frierson in Officer’s Died in the Great War]: Lieutenant, Lothians and Borders Horse. Born on 09/091885 at Tillicoultry. A son of 1st Viscount George Younger Bart of Leckie, Brewer, and Lucy [Smith] Younger. Husband of Marjory Caroline [Murray] Younger of Gartur, Cambusbarron, Stirling. Lieutenant Younger was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford University [1904] and later became a Director in the brewers firm Messrs George Younger & Son, Alloa. During the Great War he enlisted on 29/08/1914 and served as a Lieutenant in the Lothians & Borders Horse. He died of wounds received in action on 21/03/1917, aged 31, and is buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, Grave M.8. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal and was mentioned in a biographical note in The Scotsman, 26/03/1917. He is remembered on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial.

The casualty below is not on The Grange Cricket Club Memorial but was mentioned in The Scotsman, 26/08/1916, as a member of The Grange Cricket Club.

Rorie, Thomas Handyside Baxter: Captain, 4th Black Watch attached 10th (Service) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. Born 24/03/1875 at Dundee. A son of Dr James Rorie, Superintendant Royal Asylum, and Margaret Rorie. Husband of Blanche M Rorie of Tighvonie, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire. Captain Rorie was educated at Dundee High School and Edinburgh University and was later employed as a Chartered Accountant based in Dundee. He was commissioned in the 4th Black Watch soon after the outbreak of war and was promoted to Captain on 24/10/1914. He entered France as a theatre of war during March 1916 and in June 1916 was attached to the 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He was killed in action near Contalmaison during the Battle of the Somme on 18/08/1916, aged 41, and was buried in Bazentin-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, Grave J.2. He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal

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