GREENLAW
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Martin Edwards 2006
The
memorial takes the form of a large stone mounment with an inset block
upon which the names of the fallen are inscribed in black lettering,
for the First World War. The memorial stands below the Greenlaw Town
Hall.
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From
an old postcard |
THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1919
ALDER |
Thomas
|
Private
13909, 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action
25th September 1915. Born Whitsome, enlisted and resident Greenlaw.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 53 to 56. Also commemorated on Hume War memorial. |
ANDERSON |
John |
Private
22467, 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died of wounds 13th
April 1918. Born leicester, enlisted Dublin, resident Greenham (sic),
Berwick. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime,
France. Section P. Plot VII. Row M. Grave 6A. |
ANDERSON |
Adam |
Private
7582, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in
action in the Dradanelles 12th July 1915. Born Duns, enlisted Galashiels,
resident Greenlaw. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAl,
Turkey. Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to 222. |
BAXTER |
Robert |
Corporal
29938, 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed
in action 24th April 1917. Aged 22. Born Ednam, enlisted and resident
Greenlaw. Son of James Baxter, of High St., Greenlaw, Berwickshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 6. |
BUCKHAM |
John |
Private
40070, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action
25th September 1916. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Duns, resident Greenlaw.
Son of Adam and Elizabeth Buckham, of Rawburn Cottage, Longformacus,
Berwickshire. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 2, Somme, France.
Plot XIV. Row D. Grave 7. |
COCKBURN |
William |
[Spelt
COCRBURN on CWGC] Private S/7625, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal
Highlanders). Killed in action 25th September 1915. Born and enlisted
Duns. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 78 to 83. |
COCKBURN |
James |
Private
201252, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed
in action in Egypt 13th November 1917. Aged 23. Born Swinton, enlisted
Berwick, Northumberland, resident Greenlaw. Son of James Cockburn,
of Dairy Cottage, Horstead Hall, Coltishall, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel. Panels 23 and 24. |
CLAPHAM |
Robert |
Corporal
4039, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in
action in the Dardanelles 12th July 1915. Aged 29. Born Dunbar,
Haddington, enlisted and resident Greenlaw. Son of James and Janet
Liddel Clapham, of High St., Greenlaw, Berwickshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAl, Turkey. Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to
222. |
CLAPHAM |
Matthew |
Private
200212, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died of wounds
20th June 1918. Aged 38. Born Foulden, enlisted and resident Greenlaw.
Son of James and Janet Clapham; husband of Jane Carruthers Clapham,
of Gateside Cottage, Duns, Berwickshire. Native of Greenlaw, Berwickshire.
Buried in BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
Plot I. Row H. Grave 1. |
CLARK |
William
D |
[Listed
as KOSB on memorial] Private 39486, 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles). Died 8 October 1918. Born Greenlaw 8 April 1898, enlisted
Galashiels. Buried in GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section
C. Grave 6. |
DOUGLAS,
DCM |
John |
Company
Sergeant Major 40057, Depot, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died
in United Kingdom 6th December 1918. Born Hawick, enlisted Greenlaw,
resident Halsburton. Formerly 51204, Royal Scots. Awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). Buried in GREENLAW PARISH CHURCHYARD, Berwickshire.
Grave 396. |
DOUGLAS |
Robert |
Private
45297, 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died in United
Kingdom 28th July 1918. Born Chester, Roxburgh, enlisted Galashiels,
Selkirk, resident Greenlaw. Buried in GREENLAW PARISH CHURCHYARD,
Berwickshire. Grave 395. |
DARLING |
James
[Renauit] |
Private
20888, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). Died
22nd April 1915. Aged 25. Born 31st May 1890 in Greenlaw. Son of
Catherine Mary Jacques Darling, of "The Cross Keys" Hotel,
Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland, and the late James Darling. Grocer
by trade. Umarried. Enlisted and passed fit 28th September 1914
at Valcartier, Canada. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 24 - 28 -
30. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2298 - 13 |
HENRY |
William |
Private
201322, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in
action 18th August 1918. Aged 26. Born and resident Greenlaw, enlisted
Berwick, Northumberland. Son of George Henry, of Rowchester, Greenlaw,
Berwickshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL,
Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 5. |
HAPPER |
Robert |
Private
18200, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
Died 17th June 1915. Born 9th November 1899 at Greenlaw. Next of
kin Tom Riddell. Dresser by trade. Unmarried. Passed fit to serve
4th September 1914 at Valcartier, enlisted 19th September 1914 at
Valcartier, Canada, aged 24 years 10 months, height 5 feet 5½
inches, girth 34 inches, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair brown.
No known grave. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4034 - 51. |
HALL |
William |
SR
- No further information currently available |
MATHER |
Thomas |
Private
27360, 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow), Highland Light Inafntry.
Killed in action 18th November 1916. Aged 33. Born Gordon, Berwickshire,
enlisted Duns, resident Greenlaw. Son of James and Isabella Mather,
of Greenlaw, Berwickshire. Formerly 143782, Royal Field Artillery.
Buried in ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL, Somme, France.
Plot VIII. Row E. Grave 18. |
MALLEN |
John |
Guardsman
15458, Scots Guards. Killed in action 12th March 1917. Aged 37.
Born Gordon, Berwick, enlisted Glasgow. Son of John and Margaret
Mallen, of Gordon, Berwickshire. Buried in SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 8. |
MURRAY |
Alexander
[Ramsay] |
Private
42305, 1st/7th (Blythswood) Battalion (Territorial), Jighland Light
Infantry. Killed in action 27th August 1918. Aged 37. Born Leith,
Midlothian, enlisted Berwick-on-Tweed, resident Greenlaw. Son of
John and Jane Elliot Murray, of Leith, Edinburgh; husband of Margaret
Kinghorn Murray, of Mill Wynd, Greenlaw, Berwickshire. Formerly
27368, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY,
FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row G. Grave 14. |
MOFFAT |
William |
Private
4490, 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 13th September
1916. Aged 20. Son of James and Agnes Moffat, late of Greenlaw.
Buried in GREENLAW PARISH CHURCHYARD, Berwickshire. Grave 412. |
ROUTLEDGE |
Fred
[Matthew Armstrong] |
Private
225850, 10th Battalion, Queen's Own Caeron Highlanders. Killed in
action in Salonika 25th October 1917. Enlisted Edinburgh, resident
Greenlaw. Formerly 1160, Scottish Horse. Buried in STRUMA MILITARY
CEMETERY, Greece. Plot II. Row F. Grave 1. |
REDPATH |
William |
Private
1857, 4th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action
at Gallipoli 28th June 1915. Aged 28. Born and resident Greenlaw,
enlisted Edinburgh. Son of William and Agnes Redpath, of Crumrigg,
Greenlaw, Berwickshire. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey. Panel 26 to 30. |
ROBERTSON |
Robert |
KOSB
- No further information currently available |
SPEEDY |
James
[Walter] |
Private
266654, 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal
Highlanders). Killed in action 19th May 1917. Aged 17. Born Dufftown,
Banffshire, enlisted Stirling. Son of James and Anne Elizabeth Speedy,
of Mersington Mill, Greenlaw, Berwickshire. Buried in ST. NICOLAS
BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 20. |
STUART |
Daniel |
[Spelt
STEWART on SDGW & CWGC] Sergeant 35649, 2nd Battalion, Royal
Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 3rd May 1917. Born and
resident Greenlaw, enlisted Edinburgh. Buried in DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row G. Grave 39. |
SOMERVILLE |
George |
Royal
Navy
- No further information currently available |
SCOTT |
William |
Private
4354, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in
action in the Dardanelles 12th July 1915. Born, resident and enlisted
Greenlaw. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey.
Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to 222. |
SCOTT |
George
C |
Private
42816, 14th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died of
wounds 4th October 1917. Born and resident Greenlaw, enlisted Berwick.
Formerly 27026, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Buried in ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT
ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D.
Grave 26. |
TROTTER |
Albert
[George] |
[Listed
as Alfred G on SDGW] Private S/9082, "B" Company, 14th
Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 2rd September 1917. Aged 24. Born and resident
Greenlaw, enlisted Edinburgh. Son of Albert Wood Trotter and Isabella
Trotter, of Crook's Cottages, Coldstream, Berwickshire. Native of
Rowchester, Greenlaw, Berwickshire. Buried in FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY,
SOREL-LE-GRAND, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 4. |
THOMSON |
Robert
Phil |
Sergeant
B/203068, 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).
Killed in action 15th September 1916. Born Connington, Huntingdonshire,
enlisted Holborn, Middlesex, resident Greenlaw. Formerly R/14925,
King's Royal Rifle Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C. |
WALKER |
Robert
[James] |
Private
202731, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in
action 21st April 1918. Aged 22. Born and resident Greenlaw, enlisted
Berwick, Northumberland. Son of John and Helen Walker, of Castle
Hotel, Greenlaw, Berwickshire. Buried in TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY,
THIENNES, Nord, France. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 8. |
WHITEHEAD |
Robert |
Private
15878, 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borders. Killed in action
25th September 1915. Born Duns, enlisted and resident Greenlaw.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 53 to 56. |
Buried
in the churchyard but not on the memorial |
BURNS |
Andrew
C |
Private,
3rd Scottish Border Battanion, Home Guard. Died 26th July 1942.
Aged 40. Son of George Alexander and Isabelle Common Burns; husband
of Margaret Storrie Riddell Burns, of Greenlaw. Buried in GREENLAW
PARISH CHURCHYARD, Berwickshire. Grave 97. |
JENKINSON |
W |
Private
S/5646, 9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 22nd August 1918.
Aged 23. Son of Isabella Jenkinson, of High St., Greenlaw, Berwickshire,
and the late Thomas Jenkinson. Buried in GREENLAW PARISH CHURCHYARD,
Berwickshire. Grave 475. Commemorated on Hume War memoria |
PIERCY |
George
Bowmaker |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion, ROyal Scots. Died 28th AUgust 1921. Aged 38. Son
of the late James Piercy, of 35, Cardigan Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle;
husband of Mary Jane Hood (formerly Piercy), of 75, Micklegate,
York. Enlisted 1914. Buried in the old ground of GREENLAW PARISH
CHURCHYARD, Berwickshire. |
Last
updated:
17 November, 2017
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