Captain (& Adjutant), 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action in Gallipoli Peninsul 25 April 1915. Aged 31. Son of the late Major P. Marrow; husband of Constance M. Machin (formerly Marrow), of Belchester, Coldstream, Berwickshire. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Grave lost. Special memorial Plot ?. Row C. Grave 50.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice, Volume 2, page 314-315:

CAPTAIN EDWARD ARMFIELD MARROW, ADJUTANT 1st BATTN. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS, was the only surviving son of Major P. Marrow, King's Dragoon Guards, who retired from the Service in 1888 and died in 1903, and was born on the 26th September, 1883, at Blantyre, Scotland. He was educated at Summerfield, Oxford, to which he went in 1891, and at Harrow from 1897 to Christmas, 1900, passing into the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1901. He received his commission in the King's Own Scottish Borderers in January, 1902, joining the 2nd Battalion in India; was promoted Lieutenant in January, 1906; was at the Depot of his regiment at Berwick-on-Tweed from 1908 to 1912; and returned to India to the 1st Battalion, having been promoted Captain in April, 1910. He was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Battalion in May, 1914.

The battalion left India in October, 1911, and came to England, embarking for the Dardanelles on the 17th March, 1915. Captain Marrow was killed in action in Gallipoli Peninsula on the 26th April, 1915, the battalion having landed at "Y" Beach on the previous day.

Captain Marrow married in January, 1911, Constance Marion, daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Bloomfield Gough, 9th Lancers. He had two children: Margaret Constance, who died in infancy; and Peter, born in January, 1913.

Private 19351, "A" Company, 16th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 29. Resident Dunbar, East Lothian, enlisted Edinburgh. Son of the late Thomas and Mary Russell. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.

Vice-Admiral, Royal Navy. Died of illness 8 January 1917 in Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London. Awarded K.C.B. and K.CD.V.O. Born 31 July 1860 in Dunbar, East Lothian. Son of George and Helen Hime (nee Campbell) Warrender. Married Ethel Maud Ashley January to March Quarter 1894 in St. George Hanover Square Registration District, London (she became Lady Maud). As a Midshipman landed with the Naval brigade in the Zulu War. In the 1871 census he was aged 10, a scholar, born Midlothian, resident Whitehouse Loan, Bruntsfield Lodge, St Cuthbert, Edinburgh. Enlisted in the Royal navy 15 January 1873. In the 1881 census he was aged 20, born Scotland, a Lieutenant, Royal Navy at Sea, aboard H.M.S. "Champion".Buried in CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION CEMETERY, Marble Arch, City of Westminster, Greater London.

Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations 1917:

WARRENDER sir George John Scott of Lochend and Bruntisfield House Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh baronet vice-admiral R.N. died 8 January 1917 at 23 Great Cumberland-place Middlesex Confirmation of lady Ethel Maud Warrender widow and William Hugh Murray writer to the signet.
Sealed London 22 May.

Extract from The Times, Tuesday 9 January 1917, page 8:

DEATH OF SIR GEORGE
WARRENDER.

DISTINGUISHED NAVAL
SERVICES.

We regret to announce that the illness of Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender, which obliged him to relinquish the post of Commander-In-Chief at Plymouth just over a month ago, terminated fatally yesterday at his house in London.

Sir George was in his fifty-seventh year. On account of his ill-health he was placed on the retired list at his own request on December 6. He had had a varied and distinguished career in the Navy, and was a very popular officer and capable seaman. During the early months of the war he served as Second-in-Command of the Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, with his flag in the King George V. He had been unable to retain this arduous post, however, and had been appointed to the Western Port Command before the battle of Jutland was fought.

George John Scott Warrender, second son of the sixth baronet, was born in Scotland on July 31, 1860. He entered the Navy as a cadet in 1873. As a midshipman he served in the Raleigh and afterwards in the Boadicea, from which ship he landed with the Naval Brigade in the Zulu war, and accompanied the Eshowe Relief Column. He was also present at the battle of Gingihlovo, and received the Zulu medal and clasp. In the same year, 1879, he became a sub-lieutenant, and a lieutenant in 1880, taking three "firsts" in his examinations. In that rank he specialized in gunnery, and achieved a high reputation in that capacity. He was promoted to commander in 1893, from the Active, flagship of the Training Squadron, and to captain in 1898, after three years' service as commander of the Royal yacht. His first employment as a captain was as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Sir James Bruce, whose flag flew in the Barfleur, as Second-in-Command on the China station. He took part in the operations against the Boxers in 1900, and for this he received a C.B. In 1907 he commanded the East Indies Squadron as a commodore, and afterwards as a rear-admiral, on his promotion to that rank in July, 1908. Returning from that command in 1909, he was appointed in 1910 to the command of the Second Cruiser Squadron, which he held, until 1912, when he was transferred to the command of the Second Battle Squadron. At the Coronation celebrations in Dublin, in July, 1911, he commanded the naval contingent at the great review in Phoenix Park, and was awarded the K.C.V.O. by King George. He became a vice-admiral in June, 1913.

Sir George Warrender succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1901, his elder brother having died some years before. He married, in 1894, Lady Maud Ashley, daughter of the eighth Earl of Shaftesbury. Both were well known and highly popular in London society. Lady Maud survives him, and'there were three children of the marriage, two sons and one daughter. The elder son, Victor Alexander Anthony George, who succeeds to the title, was born in 1899, and was a godson of Queen Victoria.

Captain Brevet Major, 459th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 24. Croix de Guerre with palm (France). Son of Gen. Sir Reginald Wingate, 1st Bart., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., K.C.M.G., D.S.O., (Col. Commandant Royal Artillery) and Lady Wingate, D.B.E., of Knockenhair, Dunbar, East Lothian. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1.

Extract from V.C. and D.S.O. Book Volume II:

WINGATE, MALCOLM ROY, Lieut., was born 28 Aug. 1893, at Whitehill, Newton Abbot, second son of General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, High Commissioner of Egypt, and Catherine Leslie, his wife, daughter of the late Capt. Joseph Sparkhall Rundle, Royal Navy. He was educated at Locker's Park, Hemel Hempstead, and at Winchester, passing 17th into Woolwich from Winchester in 1911. He passed out 10th in Dec. 1912, obtaining a commission in the Royal Engineers as Second Lieutenant. He joined at Chatham in April, 1913, the School of Military Engineering. On mobilization at the commencement of the European War in 1914 he was appointed to the 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers (1st Division. Expeditionary Force, Border Camp, Major H. Pritchard). He proceeded to France on the 14th Aug.; was in the Retreat from Mons; took part in operations on the Marne and Aisne, and at Ypres, fighting with his Field Company in all the fierce actions of that period. He was mentioned in Despatches in Feb. and March, 1915; was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 19 Feb. 1915], and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 10 March 1915]: “Malcolm Roy Wingate, Lieut., 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers. For conspicuous gallantry on numerous occasions under dangerous conditions, especially at Givenchy on 27 Jan. 1915, when he led a small party and blew in the head of the enemy's sap at the Whit-House." In Aug. 1915, he was appointed to the Staff as Staff Captain to the Engineer-in-Chief at General Headquarters in France, where he remained until 1917. During that time he was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He considered, however, that his place was at the front, and he asked to be allowed to return to a field company, which was eventually permitted. He was again mentioned in Despatches in May and Dec. 1917, and was given the Brevet of Major on 1 Jan. 1918, after considerably less than five years' service. He was commanding the 459th Field Company when he fell in action 21 March, 1918, aged twenty-four, when leading men forward to their battle positions during the enemy's attack. A correspondent writes: “His strength of character was concealed under a singularly quiet, courteous and unassuming manner. He was resolute of purpose, punctilous in the discharge of his duty and fearless in carrying it out."

First Radio Officer, S.S. "Belcrest" (London), Merchant Navy. Supposed drowned when his vessel went missing 15 February 1941. Aged 29. Born Turriff, Aberdeenshire in 1911, resident View Field, Dunbar. Son of George Panton Crarer, M.C., Mentioned in Despatches, and of Mary Crarer, of Dunbar, East Lothian. Height 5 feet 9 inches, brown eyes, brown hair, dark complexion. Merchant Seaman's ticket issued British Consulate 17 March 1939. No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 15.

Able Seaman P/JX 144456, H.M.S. "Beverley," Royal Navy. Died at sea 11 April 1943. Aged 24. Born 24 October 1919 in Dunbar. Son of Jane Herbert, of Dunbar, East Lothian. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 74, Column 3.

Aircraftman 1st Class 1554179, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 13 October 1945. Aged 41. Husband of Robina Hume, of West Barns. Buried in DUNBAR CEMETERY, East Lothian. Section B. Grave 264.

Corporal 3051813, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Died as a Japanese prisoner of War between 1 and 2 October 1942 when lost at sea in the S.S. Lisbon Maru. Aged 31. Born East Lothian, resident Edinburgh. Son of Thomas and Agnes Peffers. No known grave. Commemorated at SAI WAN MEMORIAL, China, (including Hong Kong). Column 10.

Note: On 27 September 1942 the Lisbon Maru left Hong Kong for Shanghai with 1,816 prisoners on board; she was torpedoed on 1 October by the American Submarine USS "Grouper," 6 miles from Tung Fusham Island, off the China coast. He was in Hold Two.

Guardsman 22022534, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action at Kuala Kubu, Selangor, by a booby trapped body with a hand grenade exploded 25 September 1949. Aged 19. Born 28 September 1929. Resident of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. Buried in Cheras Road Christian Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Row 29. Grave 956.

Note: The 2nd Battalion was once more involved in war, however, when it deployed to Malaya during the native insurgency there as part of the 2nd Guards Brigade. The State of Emergency in Malaya had been declared in June after increased violence and terrorist acts against British, Asian and other citizens were perpetrated by the Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA), an organisation made up largely of ethnic Chinese Communists who opposed the creation of the Federation of Malaya as they believed it did not directly lead to the creation of a Communist state, and also opposed the British Empire. The Communist insurgents were originally known as 'Bandits' but this was soon replaced with the term CT (Communist Terrorist). The battalion arrived in Malaya in October with the rest of the Guards Brigade and in 1950, the battalion joined the 18th Infantry Brigade, the retitled 2nd Guards Brigade.

During its time in Malaya, the 2nd Battalion performed a variety of duties, including, in their involvement in the Emergency, guarding duties due to the Malayan Police's manpower problems, but also performed more aggressive tasks, such as patrolling into the dense jungle, hunting for CT. The patrols were difficult for the Commonwealth forces, who did not know where the CT lurked, and who had to contend with all the many aspects of the jungle, such as the diverse animals and sounds that make the jungle their home (especially leeches), and the claustrophobia of such a place, with the soldiers having probably been accustomed to living in relatively wide-open cities. A very apparent danger was the deadly booby traps laid by the CT. Patrols at times, despite hard slogging in the energy-sapping jungle, gave very little to show for the hard-work, but when contact was made with the CT, it invariably ended in fierce, close-quarters combat, with much valour and professionalism often displayed by the battalion. In 1948, the Scots Guards were involved in the Batang Kali massacre. By the time the battalion departed Malaya in 1951 for home. it had lost thirteen officers and other ranks. The Emergency was declared over on 31 July 1960, the Communists had been defeated.