Edinburgh’s Great War Roll of Honour Cramond District Great War Roll of Honour: Restricted [Covering Barnton, Blackhall, Cramond, Davidson’s Mains, Granton, North Clermiston & Turnhouse] ***Please note that this file does not include Cargilfield School which is located in the Cramond area. The school memorial is large and will appear as a separate roll of honour. 1 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, 2 nd 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. © Copyright 2012-Garry A Ketchen 2 Alexander, John Linton. Private, 15 th Bn Royal Scots, 29862. Killed in action 09/04/1918. Aged 24. Comm: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Born: Granton. Roll: Cramond. Allan, John Larmour. Sergeant, 6th Bn London Regiment, 817. Died 20/01/1918. Aged 46. Buried: Edinburgh [Comely Bank] Cemetery. Born: Ireland. Roll: Cramond. Anderson, James Alexander. 2nd Lieutenant, 6 th Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Died 6/07/1920. Aged 36. Buried: Cramond Kirk Church Yard, Edinburgh. Born: Echt, Aberdeen. Roll: Cramond. Ashton, William Hay. Private, 5 th /6 th Bn Scottish Rifles, 200493. Killed in action 23/04/1917. Aged 20. Comm: Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Blackhall. Roll: Cramond & Corstorphine. Baillie, John Orr. Private, 9 th Bn Royal Scots, 352961. Killed in action 23/04/1917. Aged 22. Buried: Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Bathgate. Roll: Cramond & Corstorphine. Baker, Alfred Parkes. Lieutenant, 11 th Bn Royal Scots. Died of wounds 01/12/1915. Aged 28. Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Born: Lanark. Roll: Cramond. Bald, Alexander Turner. Private, 10 th Bn Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), 435222. Killed in action 03/06/1916. Aged 29. Comm: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Blackhaugh, Stow. Roll: Cramond. Banks, James. Private, 1 st Bn Scots Guards, 16867. Killed in action 04/11/1918. Aged 26. Buried: in Villers-Pol Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Born: Musselburgh. Roll: Cramond, Colinton & Liberton. Bell, John. Private 14 th Bn London Scottish Regiment, 4191. Died 07/11/1915. Aged 30. Buried: Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Edinburgh, UK. Born: East Pilton. Roll: Cramond & Wardie Parish Church. 3 Bell, John Wilson. 2nd Lieutenant, 414 th (Lowland) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 18/02/1917. Aged 23. Buried: Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery Born: Leith. Roll: Cramond. Bertram, George Dawson. Private, 9 th Bn Royal Scots, 350163. Died of wounds 16/04/1917. Aged 31. Buried; Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Born: Cramond. Roll: Cramond. Beveridge, James. Lance Corporal, 2 nd Bn Royal Scots, 8588. Killed in action 18/07/1916. Aged 29. Buried: Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, France. Born: Uphall. Roll: Cramond & Dalmeny. Birrell, John Stewart. Corporal, 13 th Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers, 264247. Died 07/01/1920. Aged 44. Buried: ? Born: Crail, Fife. Roll: Cramond. Blackhall, William. Private, 9 th Bn Highland Light Infantry, 331603. Killed in action 15/07/1916. Aged 26. Buried: Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. Born: Edinburgh. Roll: Cramond. Blyth, David. Lance Corporal, 8 th Bn Seaforth Highlanders, S/8828. Died of wounds 20/07/1916. Aged 28. Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France Born: Leith. Roll: Cramond. Borthwick, James. Private, 1 st Bn Scottish Rifles, 40451. Died of wounds 22/05/1917. Aged 37. Buried: Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisuex-St Marc, France. Born: Liberton. Roll: Cramond & Liberton. Boswall, James Donaldson. Captain 10 th Bn Seaforth Highlanders attd 1 st Bn Essex Regiment. Killed in action 06/06/1915. Aged 45. Comm: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Born: Madras, India. Roll: Cramond. Boyle, Matthew. Private, 11 th Bn Royal Scots, 43003. Killed in action 12/04/1917. Aged 27. Buried: Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Prestonkirk, East Lothian. Roll: Cramond. 4 Boyle, Michael. Corporal, “C” Battery, 124 th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 69745. Died 30/11/1918. Aged 25. Buried: Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Edinburgh, UK. Born: Whillingham, Haddingstonshire. Roll: Cramond. Breslin, Thomas. Private, 59 th Bn Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force, 1914. Killed in action 19/07/1916. Aged 26. Buried: Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-Darmentieres, Nord, France. Born: County Carlow, Ireland. Roll: Cramond. Brown, James. Private, 15 th Bn Royal Scots, 251091. Killed in action 16/04/1918. Aged 31. Comm: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Belgium Born: Davidson’s Mains. Roll: Cramond. Brown, John. Guardsman, 1 st Bn Scots Guards, 8425. Killed in action 29/10/1914. Aged 26. Comm: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Cramond. Roll: Cramond Brown, Robert Glen. Private, 2 nd Bn King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 43145. Killed in action 28/06/1918. Aged 31. Comm: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Born: Edinburgh. Roll: Cramond. Bruce, Thomas Scott. Private, 2 nd Bn Royal Scots, 16539. Killed in action 13/11/1916. Aged 19. Buried: Serre Road Cemetery No1, Paas-de-Calais, France, Grave I.A.36. Born: Glencorse, Penicuik. Roll: Cramond. Buchanan, Charles McGregor. Private, 9 th Bn Black Watch, S/5161. Killed in action 25/09/1915. Aged 19. Comm: Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Edinburgh. Roll: Cramond. Calderwood, John. Private, 5 th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment, 19893. Killed in action 16/08/1917. Aged 21. Comm: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Born: Glasgow. Roll: Cramond. Cameron, James. Private, 6th Bn Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, S/22195. Died of wounds 14/07/1916. Aged 19. Buried: Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born: Dalmeny. Roll: Cramond & Dalmeny. 5 Cameron, James Ritchie. Lieutenant, 6th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 21/03/1918. Aged 29. Comm: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Born: Edinburgh. Roll: Cramond. Cameron, John. Company Sergeant Major, 2nd Bn Black Watch, 28906. MC. Died 12/04/1920. Aged 27. Buried: Cramond Kirk Church Yard, Edinburgh. Born: Glasgow. Roll: Cramond. Campbell, William. 2nd Lieutenant, 9 th Bn Royal Scots. MC. KIA 31/07/1917. Aged 22. Buried: Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Edinburgh. Roll: Cramond & Dalmeny. Carmichael, Colin. Private, 17 th Bn Royal Scots, 27928. Died 22/08/1918. Aged 25. Buried: Cramond Kirk Church Yard, Edinburgh. Born: Kenmore, Perthshire. Roll: Cramond. Carter, William Samuel. Acting Sergeant, 9 th Bn Royal Scots, 1886. Died 12/03/1916. Aged 48. Buried: Louez Military Cemetery, Duisans, Pas-de-Calais, France. Birn: Lydd, Kent. Roll: Cramond. Clark, James. C.B. K.C. Lieutenant-Colonel, 9 th Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. MID. Killed in action 10/05/1915. Aged 56. Buried: Brandhoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born: Paisley. Roll: Cramond & Brunstfield Links Golfing Society Limited . Clarkson, Edward Alexander. Private, 2/7 th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 307375. Killed in action 01/07/1918. Aged 23. Buried: St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Robecq, France. Born: Edinburgh. Roll: Cramond, Dalmeny & Kirkliston.