CLACKMANNAN
WAR MEMORIAL
World War
1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright Martin Edwards 2022
and further information supplied by Agnes Neeson from www.clackmannanshire.scot
The memorial
is to be found within the open ornamental garden ground on the corner
of Kirk Wynd and Kersegreen Road, Clackmannan,
towards the north west corner of the town. This spot in the village
was chosen as at that time it was deemed to be a place to encourage
“Quiet contemplation and reflection”, as Clackmannan was
a much smaller village when the War Memorial was erected and the positioning
would have meant that the Village Park was on the outskirts of the
village as the map below shows. (Red circle shows where War Memorial
is now situated). This piece of ground is believed to have originally
been part of the church grounds of the Erskine United Free Church,
the church is now gone, but the manse still stands and is the last
property on the left hand side as you head north on Kirk Wynd. (now
Autism Scotland House) The memorial takes the form of a square pillar
on a plinth carrying an inscription on panels on a two stepped base,
the memorial is topped by a square, medieval, cross with four carved
shields positioned towards the top of the column and a further shield
located on the north face of the pedestal. There is incised lettering
on stone panels to each of the four pedestal faces commemorating those
lost in the First World War (53 names) with further incised inscriptions
added to the base of the pedestal to commemorate the Second World
War (21 names). The monument was designed by architect Sir Robert
Lorimer in 1919 at a cost of £900 and was unveiled in 1921.
The war memorial was commissioned in 1919 by Clackmannan Parish Church,
the contract being given to Robert Lorimar, a very renowned architect
from Edinburgh, who prior to World War 1 was given many commissions
to renovate ancient buildings including castles. During and after
the war years he had many commissions for war memorials and designed
many Commonwealth War Grave Commission Cemeteries for Prisoners of
War who died in captivity. He also designed the Scottish National
War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle. Robert Lorimar went on over the
years to be given a Knighthood and was eventually appointed a Knight
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). The War Memorial
was unveiled by Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord of Burleigh in 1921.
On a
wooden panel within the church on a wooden panel are the names of
those who gave their lives in World War 2.

Extract
from Sunday Post - Sunday 4 December 1921, page 5:
Clackmannan
War Memorial will be unveiled on Sunday, 18th December, by Lord Balfour
Burleigh. Sir Robert Lorimer, A.R.A., was the architect and designer
of the memorial, which commands a prominent position at the north
entrance to the town.
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Photograph
above
from an old postcard |
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Photographs
(above and below) Copyright © Russell Edwards 2023 |
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TO
THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
CLACKMANNAN
WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS
1914-1919
ANDERSON |
Alexander |
Private
276009, 1st/7th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds 11 April 1917. Aged 21. Resident Clackmannan,
enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of Alexander and A. McCuaig
Anderson, of 1, Garden Place, Clackmannan. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row L. Grave
59. |
BARRETT |
J |
Sergeant
Major |
BATHGATE |
William |
Sergeant
S/3979, 11th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action 22 August 1917. Born Dumbarton, resident
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, enlisted Esher, Surrey. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
141 to 143. |
BEGG |
David |
Private
9234, 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 33. Born
Edinburgh, Midlothian, resident Clackmannan, enlisted Stirling.
Brother of Mrs. J. L. Anderson, of 1, Reekie Row, Sauchie, Alloa.
Buried in CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Row
C. Grave 4. |
The
Birrell family (below) were a family of 8 children.
Their mother was Clackmannan born and their father
had moved through from Fife. They lived in Kirk Wynd
and the father, Alexander, was a Quarryman.
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BIRRELL |
Alexander |
[Private
on memorial] Lance Corporal 260010, 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Killed in action 18 April 1917. Born and enlisted Clackmannan. No
known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 8 and 9. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
BIRRELL |
John
[Allan] |
Private
18434, 26th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 9423,
Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died of
wounds 15 October 1917. Born and enlisted Alloa, Clackmannshire.
Husband of Mary Baillie Birrell, of 39, Hawkhill Rd., Kincardine,
Fife. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot IX. Row I. Grave 12. |
BIRRELL |
William |
[Private
on memorial] Lance Corporal S/2502, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-Shire Buffs). Killed in action 25 September 1915. Born Clackmannan,
Clackmannanshire, enlisted Dunblane, Perthshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 112
to 115. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
BOLTON |
Thomas |
Private
2144, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 16 May 1915. Aged 19. Resident and enlisted
Clackmannan. Son of Henry and Clementina Bolton, of 6, Kirk Place,
Clackmannan. Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XXVII. Row C. Grave 5.
Extract
from Glasgow Herald 27th May 1915:
Mr
Henry Bolton, Clackmannan, has been notified that his son, Private
Thomas Bolton, of the 7th (Territorial) Battalion of the A. and
S. H., was killed in action on Sunday, May 17. Private Bolton
was employed in the counting house of Hilton Brick and Tile Works.
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BRUCE |
Robert |
Captain
(the Hon-Master of Burleigh), 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's
(Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action 26 August
1914. Aged 34. Born 25 September 1880 in Edinburgh. Son of Lord
and Lady Balfour of Burleigh, of Kennet, Alloa, Scotland. Buried
in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row C.
Grave 2.
Exract
from Bond Of Sacrifice: Officers Died In The Great War 1914-1916,
Volume 1, page 56:
CAPTAIN
the Honble. ROBERT BRUCE, MASTER OF BURLEIGH, PRINCESS LOUISE'S
(ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS), who was killed at
Le Cateau on the 20th August, 1914, was the elder son of Lord
Balfour of Burleigh. He was born on the 25th September, 1880,
in Edinburgh, and was educated at Horris Hill (Mr. A. II. Evans)
and at Eton. Captain Bruce joined the 3rd Battalion of the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders in 1898, and accompanied the 4th Battalion
to South Africa in January, 1900; in April of the latter year
he was transferred to the 1st (Regular) Battalion, and with it
served through the South African War. He was present at operations
in the Orange Free State, in the Transvaal, in Orange River Colony,
and Cape Colony; he received the Queen's medal with three clasps,
and the King's medal with two clasps. Subsequently Captain Bruce
joined the 2nd Battalion and served with it in India and South
Africa. In March, 1910, ho was attached to the Egyptian Army,
with the rank of Bimbashi, and in September of that year became
Captain in the British Army. In 1912 he took part in an expedition
against certain tribes between the sources of the White and the
Blue Nile, receiving a medal for his services. In the following
year he was Intelligence Officer to the force which accompanied
the Joint Commission sent to delimit the boundary between the
Soudan and Uganda, receiving for his services the 4th Class Order
of the Medjidie.
Captain Bruce proceeded on active service at the very commencement
of the Great War, and was one of the officers killed soon after
the British Force entered the field. Only a short time before
the outbreak of the war, the engagement had been announced of
the Master of Burleigh to Miss Cicely Blair, only daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. Blair of Dalry, Ayrshire.
In
Clackmannan Church on the 8th November, the Rev. A. Irvine Robertson,
D.D., in the course of his address, made sympathetic reference
to the loss that parish and the country had suffered through the
untimely death of this young officer, representative of a family
of whom it can be said "that no name for the last six centuries
has stood higher in the esteem of Scotland than the name of Bruce."
In
a report received a few days after the arrival of the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders at the front, reference was made to the
Master of Burleigh:—"There the same spirit of brotherly
helpfulness that had always marked our friend once more manifested
itself. He would not be content with supervision; he would share
the labours of the lads he commanded; and so doing, with rifle
and bayonet in hand, leading on his men against overwhelming odds,
Robert Bruce met a hero's fate."

Photograph
Copyright © Russell Edwards 2023
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BURNS,
MC |
Francis |
[Lieutenant
on memorial] Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-Shire Buffs). Killed in action 31 July 1917. Awarded the Military
Cross (M.C.). No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 38. |
BURNSIDE |
James |
Private
352369, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Died of wounds
21 August 1917. Aged 20. Born Dirleton, East Lothian, resident Clackmannan,
enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of John and Isabella Burnside,
of Park Gardens, Dirleton, East Lothian. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 12. |
CLARK |
A |
Private |
CONDIE |
Thomas |
Private
S/5380, 12th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds in Salonika 19 May 1917. Aged 26. Born
and enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of Alexander and Margaret
Hunter Condie, of Sauchie, Clackmannanshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece. |
COOK |
David |
Private
2145, 1st/7th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds 16 November 1916. Born and enlisted
Clackmannan. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 15 A and 16 C. |
COOK |
Joseph |
Private
276048, "C" Company, 1st/7th Battalion, Princess Louise's
(Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died of wounds 6 November
1918. Aged 26. Resident Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Cook, of Russell House, Clackmannan. Buried
in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XLIX.
Row C. Grave 27. |
DAVID |
R |
Private |
DAVIS |
J |
Private |
DEVLIN |
Michael |
[Memorial
states Lance Corporal] Private S/5062, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch
(Royal Highlanders). Killed in action in Egypt 10 June 1918. Born
Maryhill, Lanarkshire, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried
in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section
N. Grave 30. |
FOGO |
J |
Private |
FORSYTH |
Alexander |
Lance
Corporal 275449, 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action 17 April 1918. Aged 21.Born
and resident Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son
of James and Arabella Robertson Forsyth, of 5, Port House, Clackmannan.
Mobilized August 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 141 to 143. |
GARDINER |
Peter |
Private
3462, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 17 May 1916. Aged 21. Enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Son of William and Janet Gardiner, of 19, Kennet Village, Alloa.
Buried in LOUEZ MILITARY CEMETERY, DUISANS, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II. Row B. Grave 3. |
GARDINER |
Peter |
Private
5941, 10th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died of
wounds 3 May 1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Clackmannan, enlisted
Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of Thomas and Catherine Gardiner, of
18, Kennet Village, Alloa. Buried in GUNNERS FARM MILITARY CEMETERY,
Hainaut, Belgium. Row Q. Grave 7. |
GEDDES |
James |
Private
38295, 17th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in
action 28 March 1918. Aged 26. Born and resident Clackmannan, enlisted
Stirling. Husband of Helen M. Geddes, of 24, Dean Park St., Edinburgh.
No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Panel 13 and 14. |
GRAHAM |
William |
Private
276056, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 15 November 1916. Resident Clackmannan, enlisted
Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in NEW MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY,
BEAUMONT-HAMEL, Somme, France. Row E. Grave 3. |
HARROWER,
MC |
Peter |
[Memorial
states Lieutenant] Second Lieutenant, 16th Battalion attached to
12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action
17 October 1918. Aged 27. Son of Joseph Harrower, of The Knowe,
Clackmannan. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in HARLEBEKE
NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row B.
Grave 2. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
HOWIE |
John |
Private
3658, 1st/7th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds 17 September 1915. Aged 18. Resident
Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of William and
Margaret Howie, of Clackmannan. Buried in MAILLY-MAILLET COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Row B. Grave 11. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
HUGHES |
John |
Private
276106, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 7 August 1917. Aged 19. Born Dunfermline,
Fifeshire, resident
Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of Jane Hughes,
of The Old Bnckwork, Clackmarman. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
42. |
HUNTER |
William |
Private
S/40898, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs)
formerly 2141, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 23 April 1917. Enlisted Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire.
Buried in GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row B. Grave 21. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
HUTTON |
Adam |
Corporal
3662, 1st/7th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds 31 July 1916. Aged
22. Resident Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son
of George and Elizabeth Hutton, of 12, The Square, Clachnannan.
Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot
B. Row 32. Grave 20. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
KERSHAW |
Kenneth
Robert Beresford |
[Lieutenant
on memorial] Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Killed in action 25 September 1915. Buried in FOSSE 7 MILITARY CEMETERY
(QUALITY STREET), MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row
B. Grave 11.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2,
page 192:
KERSHAW,
KENNETH ROBERT BERESFORD, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn.
The Gordon Highlanders, yr. s. of William Arthur Kershaw,
of Oakdene, Wooburn, co. Bucks, Managing Director of Messrs. Thomas
& Green, Ltd., by his wife, Mary Marie, dau. of William Mitchell,
of Wallingford, Berks; and gdson. of William Kershaw, of Springfield,
Heywood; b. Maidstone, co. Kent, 28 March, 1892; educ.
Borlase School, Great Marlow; Rossall School, where he was a member
of the O.T.C., and, on leaving there, went to France and lived
for some time with a French pastor to learn the language; subsequently
went to live with a German Pfarrer at Winningen, on the
Moselle, near Coblentz, to learn that language and study generally;
returned to England, when he began the study of Engineering, first
in London, then with Messrs. Bertrams. Ltd., of Edinburgh, and,
passing on to his technical studies, started work with Messrs.
J. & A. Weir, Ltd.; enlisted In the Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders 6 Aug. 1914, two days after war was declared, quickly
attained the rank of Sergt., and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 9th Gordon
Highlanders 22 Sept. following; was appointed Machine Gun Officer,
being sent to Camberley Staff College for a captain's course;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
the beginning of July, and was killed in action at the Battle
of Loos 25 Sept. 1915. Buried there. Capt. T. G. Taylor wrote:
" During all the time he has been out here he has been doing
splendid work, and he gained the affection of us all, and not
only of us, but also of his men. They all loved him, and would,
in fact, follow him anywhere. I had to send two platoons up with
the assaulting columns, and I could see it would have broken his
heart if I had not sent him for one. Hi thanked me with all his
heart when I told him I had selected his platoon for one He did
perfectly splendidly, and I have brought his conduct forward to
the notice of the Brigadier, and Col. Scott has forwarded my recommendation
to the Divisional Commander. I don't think I could do better than
quote what I wrote about the work of his platoon in my despatch,
as I feel sure you would like the actual words used best: ' No.
11 Platoon followed the 6th and 7th line of the 9th Black Watch.
Seeing that the left flank of the Black Watch was exposed Lieut.
Kershaw led his platoon half left and charged some German 1st
line trenches immediately on the left of the Black Watch, who
at this time had not been able to reach the German 1st line trenches
owing to a hot fire from machine guns, rifles and bombs. These
trenches he took unaided. The 2nd line was captured almost without
opposition, and an advance made on Loos. Within some 300 yards
of Loos, where a road crosses the front, a hot fire was encountered
from M.G.'s. Lieut. Kershaw was killed at this point after having
been previously wounded. All accounts agree that this officer
performed most gallantly leading that part of the line to the
assault on Loos.' His men say he was perfectly splendid, always
in front, and leading the whole way. Well, what more can I say
? No one ever did better, and it is quite impossible to replace
him. I trust you will accept my very deepest and sincerest sympathy
in your great. and if you will allow me to say so, our great and
irreparable loss. We have always been more like a family in our
little company mess than anything else, and I can assure you that
I speak on behalf of my brother officers as well as myself in
all that I have said. I called for volunteers from his platoon
as soon as we were withdrawn from action, and we brought him in
on Monday. These are the names of the men I selected—the
whole platoon volunteered: 3878 Private M. McIntyre. 6836 Private
T. Dempsey, 9496 Private T. Kirkwood, and the Platoon Sergt..
6414 Sergt. G. Henderson. They went out under a heavy shell fire
and brought him in. I had the padre to read the service. We laid
him in a little soldiers' cemetery near Quality Street—the
village of Pit or Fosse No. 7," and Coy. Q.M.-Sergt. S. Farrow:
" There was never any doubt as to how his platoon would behave
in battle. His boys learned to know him, and everyone knew he
would lead them well, and they would follow his lead, and so it
proved when the time to strike came. Lieut. Kershaw spoke to the
boys, gave them the lead. and right up to the last spared no thought
for himself, but encouraged and cheered his lads on, helping them
to a victory in which he was not spared to partake. He died so
bravely, just as a real British officer. To anyone who has not
actually perceived it, I think it may be difficult to understand
how it can be possible for men to care so intensely for a fellow-man
in so short a time, barely a year; yet I have seen and know that
throughout Mr. Kershaw's platoon, and not only his platoon, but
the whole company, he was respected and admired, and now his memory
is revered." Unm.
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KING |
James |
Private
S/2242, 10th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action 25 September 1915. Born Culross,
Fifeshire, resident Clackmannan, enlisted Stirling. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 125
to 127. |
MACKIE |
J |
Private |
McBEATH |
Robert |
Private
11093, 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action 11 August 1916. Resident
Clackmannan, born and enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 15 A and 16 C. |
McCALLUM |
Margaret |
Sister,
Clackmannan District Nurse. By the time the Spanish Flu and Typhoid
Pandemics were under control 450 people had died including Sister
McCallum who died 30 September 1919. Buried in Tursovka.
The
only female on the Clackmannan's War Memorial is Sister Margaret
McCallum. Sister McCallum was a Clackmannan District Nurse who
originally came from Helensburgh.
She was one of 151 Scottish District Nurses who volunteered in
World War 1 to provide Nursing Services should the War Office
or Admiralty call upon them to work in any hospital which was
being organised and approved by the Red Cross. She volunteered
with the Red Cross as a Qualified Nurse and worked at the Anglo-Russian
Hospital in Petrograd (St Petersburgh) which had 200 beds in it.
The hospital was known as “the Empire's (British) gift to
our Russian Allies” and operated between 1915-1918. The
hospital was closed in February 1917 and staff evacuated to England
when the Russian Revolution started.
A
picture taken at the Anglo-Russian Hospital when the Russian
Empress and 2 of her
daughters Officially opened in the hospital in May 1916
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After
she left Petrograd, Sister McCallum spent some time working at
Homeville Auxillary Military Hospital in Headcorn near Maidstone,
Kent.
She then joined a Red Cross mission to Czechoslovakia which was
battling Spanish Flu and Typhoid Fever at the time. The team that
went over established First Aid Stations, Refreshment Stations,
A Children's Home and an Epidemic Hospital. They also assisted
the hungary, orphans, mothers, children and the elderly in any
way they could.
The Red Cross Mission established their headquaters in Tursovka
as the spread of the infections were horrendous here. They took
over a local school where they established an epidemic hospital
with 2 30 bedded disinfection units, they also had a boiler which
helped with cleanliness and therefore helped to decrease the risk
of infection. The Czechoslovakian Army and local women helped
at the hospital and they also had a cook.
Sister McCallum was involved in setting up medical stations in
an attempt to get the Spanish Flu and Typhoid Fever under control
and stop it spreading in the weakened population who were under
nourished. Her stations gave the starving people brought to them
from distant villages by Slovak soliders, a serious of baths to
disinfect them. Some of the people had never seen a bath before
and were scared of them so would howler and scream and fight not
to go into them. One nurse said of Sister McCallum “Miss
McCallum small though she was, was a wonder at bathing the people
and a most devoted worker”
The staff at these medical stations were all worried about being
biten by insects which carried the typhoid fever they all wore
the full local military uniform of coats, trousers, caps and high
boots, but Sister McCallum refused and wouldn't wear the uniform.
Unfortunately this lead to her being biten probably by a lous
and contracting Typhoid Fever.
By the time the Spanish Flu and Typhoid Pandemics were under control
450 people had died. Sadly Sister McCallum died on the 30th September
1919, she is buried in Tursovka.
The mission Sister McCallum was on lead to the provision of proper
medical services in the region and to this day the local people
have not forgot Sister McCallum's sacrifice and they still honour
her each year.
Her colleague's from Clackmannan clearly didn't forget about her
either as they erected the plaque below in her honour which was
displayed in Clackmannan Parish Church.

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McDERMOT |
F |
Private |
McDONALD |
William |
Private
238, 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 11 May 1915. Born and resident Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire,
enlisted Stirling. No
known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 44. |
McFARLANE |
James |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Gunner 96612, "5 C" Reserve Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Died 24 September 1917. Aged 24. Born Clackmannan,
enlisted Alloa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James McFarlane, of 8, Kirk
Place, Clackmannan. Cremated and commemorated at GREENWICH CEMETERY,
London. Screen Wall. 1 "C." B. 1142. |
McFARLANE |
John |
Private
S/25061, 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal
Highlanders) formerly 3998, F & F Yeomanry. Killed in action
24 July 1918. Born Clackmannan, enlisted Stirling. Buried in BOUILLY
CROSS ROADS MILITARY CEMETERY, Marne, France. PLot I. Row H. Collective
grave 1-6. |
McLEAN |
Hugh |
Corporal
276095, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 20 September 1917. Aged
21. Resident Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son
of Hugh and Margaret McLean, of 15, The Square, Clackmannan. No
known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 141 to 143. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
McLEAN |
William |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Sapper 414783, 418th Field Company, Royal
Engineers formerly 176820, Princess
Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died in United
Kingdom 13 March 1917. Born Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Buried in CLACKMANNAN CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire. Row D. Grave 18.
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MILL,
MM |
James |
Private
275403, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Died 20 September 1917. Aged 25. Brother of Jean Mill, of
7, North St., Clackmannan. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.).
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 141 to 143. |
MILL |
Robert |
Private
S/11842, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed
in action 3 September 1916. Born Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 10 A. |
MORRISON |
William |
Private
352362, 1st/9th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed
in action 23 April 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Clackmannan,
enlisted
Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of John and Isabella Morrison,
of 42, Main St., Clackmannan. Buried in BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY,
ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 12. |
MUNRO |
T |
Lieutenant |
NICHOLSON |
Thomas |
Private
35224, 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean) (Pioneers), Gloucestershire
Regiment formerly 231074, Royal Engineers. Born Clackmannan, enlisted
Stirling.
No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 40 and 41. |
RAMAGE |
George
|
Private
29138 [CWGC] or 29188 [SDGW], 14th (Service) Battalion, Highland
Light Infantry formerly 22575, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed
in action 23 October 1916. Aged 19. Born and resident Clackmannan,
enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of Mrs. C. McFarlane, of 8,
The Square, Clackmannan. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 108 to 112. |
SNADDON |
Andrew
[Johnston] |
Major,
4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry formerly 7th Battalion, Princess
Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) (2½
years). Killed in action 8 October 1916. Aged 27. Born 19 October
1888 in Clackmannan. Son of Andrew and Margaret Snaddon, of Clackmannan,
Scotland. Enlisted Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada 1 April 1915 at
12am, aged 26 years. Employed in Banking. Single. Height 5 feet
11 inches, chest 33½-37½ inches, fair complexion,
blue eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Presbyterian. Buried
in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Plot V. Row
C. Grave 27. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9130
- 2. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
SNEDDON |
Andrew |
[Private
on memorial] Guardsman 13622, "D" Company, 1st Battalion,
Scots Guards. Killed in action 15 September 1916. Aged 29. Born
Clackmannan, enlisted Greenock, Renfrew. Son of Thomas Richard and
Ann Sneddon, of 40, Broad St., Alloa, Clackmannanshire. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 7 D. |
SNEDDON |
David |
Private
276378, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged
19. Resident Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son
of Mrs. Ann Sneddon, of 40, Broad St, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried
in ROEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row D. Grave 55. |
SOMERVILLE |
James |
Private
S/40463, 11th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action 24 January 1917. Resident
Clackmannan, born and enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in
MARTINPUICH BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row C. Grave
9. |
TERRY |
Andrew
[B] |
[Sergeant
on memorial] Lance Sergeant 15806, 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd
Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 1 July 1916.
Born Clackmannan, resident Alloa, Clackmannanshire, enlisted Glasgow.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 15 C. |
WATSON |
John |
Lance
Corporal 276008, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 23 April 1917. Resident Kennet Village,
Clackmannanshire, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9. |
WYLIE |
David |
Private
2630, 1st/7th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)
transferred to 148647, 185th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.
Died on service 18 July 1916. Aged
35. Resident Clackmannan, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son
of William and Marget Fraser Wylie, of Clackmannan. Buried in LOUEZ
MILITARY CEMETERY, DUISANS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row E.
Grave 14. See also Clackmannan
Erskine Church Memorial |
THEIR
NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE
ROLL
OF HONOUR
1939-1945 |
ARCHIBALD |
Robert
Boyd Ferguson |
Driver
2378826, "W." Air Formation Signals, Royal Corps of Signals.
Died 25 June 1942. Aged 32. Son of George and Margaret Ferguson
Archibald; husband of Mary Archibald, of Clackmannan. Buried in
BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot 7. Row E. Grave 11. |
BINNIE |
James |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1824919, 630 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
On a night operation to Braunschweig his aircraft, an Avro Lancaster
III, serial number ND655, took off from R.A.F. East Kirby, it and
its crew were lost without trace 23 May 1944. Aged 21. Son of James
Burns Binnie and Jessie Binnie, of Clackmannan. No known grave.
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 225. |
BRAND |
Adam |
No
further information currently available |
COOK |
James
[Thomson] |
Gunner
1743614, Royal Artillery. Died 14 July 1941. Son of Robert and Annie
Cook; husband of Margaret S. Cook, of Clackmannan. Buried in CLACKMANNAN
CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire. Section F. Grave 142. |
EDWARDS |
William |
No
further information currently available |
GARMORY |
Robert |
Leading
Aircraftman 947596, 162 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 13 August 1942. Aged 24. Son of Anthony and Isabell S. Garmory,
of Clackmannan. Buried in HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot 2.
Row E. Grave 2. |
HALL |
John
Forrester |
Private
7611548, Royal Army Ordnance Corps attached Royal Artillery. Died
3 April 1941. Aged 22. Son of Henry Crichley Hall and Janet Miller
Hall, of Clackmannan. Buried in EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, Egypt.
Plot XXX. Row J. Grave 2. |
HEPBURN |
James |
Aircraftman
1st Class 985681, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2 December
1941. Aged 25. Son of George and Helen Hepburn, of Clackmannan.
Buried in CLACKMANNAN CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire. Section I. Grave
10-11. |
HOGG |
George |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1561925, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Took off from R.A.F. Wickenby on a night operation to Mailly-le-Camp
flying in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number LM516, when his aircraft
was shot down on its bombing run and crashed at Poivres (Aube) some
20 Km NNE of Arcis-sur-Aube, 4 May 1944. Aged 21. Born in Clackmannan
9 June 1922, a twin, his twin sister, Jean Hogg, was in the W.A.A.F.
Son of James and Margaret Hogg, of Clackmannan, Scotland. Buried
in POIVRES CHURCHYARD, Aube, France. Grave 15. |
LINDSAY |
John
[Erskine] |
Flying
Officer 139097, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2 January
1944. Aged 20. Son of John Ronald McDonald Lindsay and Jane Michie
Walls Leishman Lindsay, of Clackmannan. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA)
WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 6. Row B. Grave 3. |
McCARD |
James |
Private
2971420, 7th Battalion, Princess
Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died as a
German Prisoner of War 27 December 1944. Aged 42. Born Glasgow,
resident Clackmannanshire. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY,
Berlin, Germany. Plot 11. Row D. Grave 8. |
McGHIE |
John
Alexander Johnstone Mills |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1820458, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Having taken off from R.A.F. Metheringham on a night mission to
Stuttgart flying in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number ME778, his
aircaft crashed near Durmersheim 29 July 1944. Buried in DURNBACH
WAR CEMETERY, Germany. Plot 11. Row H. Collective grave 8-11. |
PATERSON |
John
[Mackenzie] |
Chief
Engineering Officer, S.S. Duncarron (Grangemouth), Merchant Navy.
Supposed drowned at sea7 September 1941. Aged 45. Born 13 June
1896 in Campese Glen. Son of William and Mary Paterson; husband
of Agnes Paterson, of Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. Ship's record
lists his address at 21, RichmondTerrace, Clackmannan. Originally
served in World War 1 as M32035, Royal Navy, enlisted 27 May 1918
for the duration of hostilities, then height 5 feet 7½
inches, chest 37½, brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion,
served from 23 August 1918 to 10 March 1919. In the 1901 census
he was aged 4, born Campsie, Strirlingshire, son of William and
Mary Paterson, resident Burnbank Cottage, Campsie, Clackmannanshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel
36.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:
PATERSON
John Mackenzie of 6 North-street Clackmannan
died 7 September 1941 at sea Confirmation of Agnes Ramage or Paterson
widow. Sealed Llandudno 30 March.
|
PHILP |
Frank
[Mitchell] |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 998678, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2 May
1941. Aged 20. Son of Andrew and Flora Philp. Buried in CLACKMANNAN
CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire. Section F. Grave 84. |
POWELL |
John
Henry Courthope |
Major
68370, "A" Squadron, 2nd Fife And Forfar Yeomanry, Royal
Armoured Corps. Killed in action 19 July 1944. Aged 32. M.A. Son
of Richard Henry and Barbara Frances Powell; husband of Helen Clare
Powell, of Edinburgh. Buried in BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY,
Calvados, France. Plot X. Row D. Grave 24. |
RAMAGE |
Alexander |
Captain
183771, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 153 (The Leicestershire
Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 10 July 1944.
Aged 28. Born 12 September 1915 Clackmannanshire, resident Clackmannanshire.
Son of William and Margaret Ramage; husband of Ida Ramage, of
Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. M.B., Ch.B. (St. Andrews). In the 1939
Register he was unmarried, an Officer, Hospital Resident Medical
Officer, Longton Hospital Upper Belgrave Road, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent,
Stoke-On-Trent. Buried in LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES,
Calvados, France. Plot VIII. Row L. Grave 3.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:
RAMAGE
Alexander of 23 Dundee-road Etruria Stoke-on-Trent
died 10 July 1944 on war service administration Chester
9 March to ida Ramage widow and William Ramage coal miner.
Effects £1078 11s. 10d.
|
REID |
William |
No
further information currently available |
RUSSELL |
Christopher
Donaldson |
Sergeant
(Observer) 1002563, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Flying out of R.A.F. Alconbury on night operations to Hamburg in
a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number X9742, last heard 3 hours
after take-off calling for help 14 January 1942. Aged 25. Son of
John and Jessie Russell, of Clackmannan. No known grave. Commemorated
on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 92. |
TALLIS |
Arthur |
Private
2982788, 7th Battalion, Princess
Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died as a
German Prisoner of War 16 December 1944. Aged 25. Born Dunfermline,
resident Clackmannanshire. Buried in KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY,
Poland. Plot 2A. Row C. Grave 11. |
TALLIS |
James |
Sapper
2136789, 91 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Wounded N.W. Europe,
died of wounds 13 June 1944. Aged 23. Born 7 September 1920. Enlisted
12 December 1940 in Burton. Son of Arthur and Mary Tallis, of 2,
Balfour Street, Clackmannan. Buried in HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY,
Calvados, France. Plot 1. Row N. Grave 9. |
YOUNG |
J |
Probably
Alexander YOUNG, Aircraftman 1st Class 1304211, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 9 August 1941. Aged 29. Son of James and
Elizabeth Young, of Kennet. Buried in CLACKMANNAN CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire.
Section E. Grave 42. |
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