Roll of Honour - Perthshire

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ABERFELDY WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2004

Aberfeldy, the capital of Breadalbane, is situated on the banks of the River Tay and the Moness Burn, about seven miles downstream of Loch Tay. The war memorial arch leads to the wooded defile known as the Birks of Aberfeldy. The names for both wars are listed on each support of the arch. There are 66 names listed for World War 1 and 15 for World War 2. The official contemporaneous description is that the War memorial consists of an arch-way forming an entrance to the Birks o’ Aberfeldy, and has been carried out in Dodington Stone, with wrought iron gates. In two grey unpolished panels, one on either side of the gateway, are recorded the sixty-six names of Aberfeldy’s fallen heroes. The inscription on one panel is, “For King and Country”, and on the other “Air son Righ ‘us Duthaich”. Above these panels are the dates 1914-1919. In each of the spandrels of the arch-way has been carved in high relief a Highland targe with cross claymores. On the buttress piers flanking each side of the arch-way are carved urns, symbols of remembrance, and on the panel over the arch, “Aberfeldy War Memorial”. A low parapet wall with railing of wrought iron extends for some distance from each side of the arch-way. The whole design is simple, yet dignified, and is a fitting memorial to Aberfeldy’s brave sons who have passed away.

Photograph (above) from an old postcard
Photographs (below) Copyright © Russ and Carol Edwards 2024

	ABERFELDY WAR MEMORIAL
1914		1919
FOR KING AND COUNTRY		AIR SON RICH US DUTHHAICH
World War 1 Names		World War 1 Names
1939-1945		1939-1945
World War 2 Names		World War 2 Names

1914-1919

ADAMS	David Scott	Lance Sergeant 3022, 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 20 October 1915. Aged 20. Resident Aberfeldy, enlisted Sun Street, London. Son of David and Jane Ann Adams, of Annesley Cottage, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 130 to 135.
BURDEN	Duncan Alexander	Private 50427, 4th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) formerly 49002, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 17 April 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire. Son of James and Jessie Burden, of Oakview, Aberfeldy. Buried in METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row G. Grave 741.
CAMPBELL	Alexander [Barty]	Sergeant 316475, "C" Company, 13th (Scottish Horse) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) formerly Trooper 3487, Scottish Horse. Killed in action 17 October 1918. Aged 23. Born Rattray, Perthshire, enlisted Blairgowrie, Perthshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Campbell, of Willow Bank, New Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire. Buried in HIGHLAND CEMETERY, LE CATEAU, Nord, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 6.
CAMPBELL	Archibald	Piper 9220, 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 6 March 1921. Aged 38. Son of Neil and Annie McGregor Campbell; husband of Christina Campbell, of 9, Chapel St., Aberfeldy. Buried in ABERFELDY CEMETERY, Perthshire. Grave 836.
CAMPBELL	Archibald Peter	[Trooper on memorial] Private 316474, 13th (Scottish Horse) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 4 November 1918. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Perth. Son of Christina Campbell, of 25, Dunkeld St., Aberfeldy, Perthshire, and the late Duncan Campbell. Buried in CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 13.
CAMPBELL	Charles	Private, Canadian Royal Engineers
CAMPBELL	George	Lance Corporal 265124, 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 31 July 1917. Born and enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37.
CAMPBELL	Neil McGregor	Lance Corporal 2451, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action in the Persian Gulf 7 January 1916. Aged 21. Born Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Perth. Son of Ann Kerr (formerly Campbell), of 33, Kenmore St., Aberfeldy, Perthshire, and the late Neil Campbell. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXX. Row H. Grave 5.
CAMPBELL	Robert	Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
CAMPBELL	Robert [McFarlane]	Private 1692, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 25 March 1915. Born Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Pitlochry, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 24 to 26.
CLOGG	William W	Private 265474, 1st/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 1 June 1917. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of John and Ann Clogg, of Achnacarry, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row H. Grave 12.
CRERAR	Duncan Robertson aka "Happy"	Private 276, 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action between 7 August 1915 and 14 August 1915 in Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey (witnesses state they saw Crerar lying on the ground at Lone Pine 7 August 1915 and he had been shot through the forehead and died instantly). Aged 31. Born Weem, Aberfeldy, resident Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Peter and Jessie Crerar, of Chapelton, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. Educated at Foss Public School. Occupation Farming and Motor Mechanic. Religious denomination Presbyterian. Emigrated from Scotland aged 24. Joined Australian Forces 17 August 1914. Reportedly he was the first to carry the colours on to land during the "awful" landing at the Dardenelles in April 1915. Buried in LONE PINE CEMETERY, ANZAC, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Grave lost. Special memorial Row C. Grave 100. Australian Circular and Australian Red cross Report
DEWAR	Peter Alexander	[Listed as Lance Corporal on memorial] Private S/22580, "D" Company, 1st/6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Wounded at Rechter Knie Kugel, captured 11 April 1918 at Frankreich la Bassee, died in German hands 26 May 1918. Aged 18. Born 31 August 1899 in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Perth. Son of Alexander and Mary Catherine Dewar, of Ashville, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in HAMBURG CEMETERY, Hamburg, Germany. Plot III. Row H. Grave 8.
DEWAR	[Watt] William	Private S/6689, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds in the Persian Gulf 18 February 1916. Aged 27. Born Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Glencorse, Midlothian. Son of Duncan and Christina Dewar, of 12, Breadalbane Terrace, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 13.
DOUGLAS	Hugh	Private 439201, 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action 16 December 1916. Aged 28. Born 28 August 1880 in Glasgow. Son of Maj. James and Mrs. Douglas, of Garden Villa, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Attested 20 May 1915 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, aged 34 years 8 months, height 5 feet 7¼ inches, weight 150lbs, chest 36-38 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, religious denomination Presbyterian. Fireman by trade. Unmarried. Previously served in Higland Light Infantry for 8 years. Arrived in England 3 December 1915. Embarked for France 20 February 1916. Buried in MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row K. Grave 3. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2623 - 17
FISHER	Peter Alexander	Private 202703, 1st/5th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died of wounds 5 April 1919. Aged 33. Born Aberfeldy. Son of Donald and Janet Fisher. Buried in ABERFELDY CEMETERY, Perthshire. Grave 11.
FORBES	Atholl	Private (Piper) 265267, 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 23 December 1917. Aged 21. Born Beith, Ayrshire, enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of Alexander and Jean Forbes, of 21, Braehead, Beith, Ayrshire. Mobilised 5 August 1914. Buried in BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 4.
FULTON	James	Corporal S/7393, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 19 November 1917. Born Perth, enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 94 to 96.
GATHERUM	David	Private 4047, 1st/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds 20 September 1916. Aged 23. Born Blairgowrie, Perthshire, enlisted Perth. Native of New Scone, Perthshire. Son of Andrew and Catherine Cameron Gatherum, of Police Station, Aberfeldy. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 147.
GRIEVE	David Clark	Lieutenant, 13th (5th Royal Canadian Highlanders) Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action at Vimy Ridge 9 April 1917. Aged 26. Son of Alexander and Mrs. Grieve of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. Educated Breadalbane Academy, Aberfeldy. Attended University of Edinburgh, Student of Arts, 1908-10. OTC Artillery, October 1909 to December 1910. Private August 1914, Corporal and Sergeant 1915, Lieutenant 1916. Buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row C. Grave 17.
HALLIDAY	John W	Lance Sergeant 1525, 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 30 July 1916. Aged 21. Born Glasgow, enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Halliday, of Braehead, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A.
HOLYWELL	James [Thomason]	[Memorial states Trooper, Scottish Horse] Private 66799, 117th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 34563, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 17 November 1917. Aged 22. Born Duns, Berwick, enlisted Aberfeldy. Son of James Walter and Christina Veitch Holywell, of Kilnknowe, Coldingham, Berwickshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 154 to 159.
IRVINE	Duncan [Anderson]	Private 1895, 1st/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 3 April 1916. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire.Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Irvine, of Chapel St., Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 12.
JOHNSTONE	George	[Listed as Private on memorial] Lance Corporal S/11088, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 19 July 1916. Born Drysdale, Dumfrieshire, enlisted Aberfeldy. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 15 B and 15 C.
KENNEDY	John	Trooper 1971, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. Killed in action at Gallipoli 31 October 1915. Aged 20. Born Perth, enlisted Kirkcaldy. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kennedy, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot I. Row E. Grave 26.
MACDONALD	Alex M	Corporal, London Scottish
MACDONALD	Thomas George	Private 38568, 12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 1 May 1917. Aged 29. Born Auckland, New Zealand, resident Colinton, Midlothian, enlisted Edinburgh. Son of Donald and Sarah Macdonald, of Aberfeldy; husband of Helen A., Macdonald, of 14, Caledonian Place, Edinburgh. Buried in POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 19.
MACDOUGALL	Duncan	Lance Corporal, Army Service Corps. Died after 1919.
MACDOUGALL	John Joseph	[Listed as Aircraftman on memorial, CWGC lists him as MCDOUGALL] Chief Mechanic (Driver) 202513, Royal Air Force. Died from Influenza and Pneumonia in York Military Hospital 17 November 1918. Aged 31. Born 23 March 1888. Joined 1 September 1917. Enlisted for the duration of the war. Son of James McDougall, of Whinny Hill, Troqueer, Dumfries. Buried near North-East corner of Old ground in NEW ABBEY BURIAL GROUND, Kirkcudbrightshire.
MACDOUGALL	Robert	[Listed as MCDOUGALL on CWGC and SDGW] Private S/4262, 9th (Service) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 25 September 1915. Born Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Perth. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 78 to 83.
MACGREGOR	Alexander	Captain, 28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 9 August 1918. Aged 31. Born at Aberfeldy, Scotland. Son of Duncan and Mary Macgregor; husband of Gertrude Eleanor Macgregor, of 2150, Osler St., Regina, Saskatchewan. Buried in ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 13.
MACGREGOR	Alex	Lance Corporal, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
MACGREGOR	Alexander Thomson aka Alex	[Listed as MCGREGOR on CWGC and Royal Naval Reserve records] Engineering Lieutenant, H.M.S. Stephen Furness, Royal Naval Reserve. Drowned at sea when the H.M.S. Stephen Furness was lost when torpedoedoff the Isle of Man 13 December 1917. Aged 36. Son of John McGregor, of "Viewfield," Dunkeld St., Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 27.
MACGREGOR	Alfred W	Lance Corporal S/11667, 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 28. Born Cameron Bridge, Dingwall, Ross-shire, resident Invergordon, Ross-shire, enlisted Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Son of John and Catherine McGregor, of Viewfield, Dunkeld St., Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 119 to 124.
MACKENZIE	George Reid	[Listed as MCKENZIE on CWGC and SDGW] Private S/16557, 9th (Service) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds 10 April 1917. Born St. Andrew's, Elgin, enlisted Perth. Son of Alexander and Jessie McKenzie, of Elgin; husband of Jessie McKenzie, of 6, Breadalbane Terrace, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 2.
MACKENZIE	James [M]	[Listed as MCKENZIE on CWGC and SDGW] Gunner 152415, 161st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 29 October 1917. Born Logierait, Perth, resident Post Office, Fort George, Inverness, enlisted Aberfeldy, Perth. Buried in CROONAERT CHAPEL CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Blegkium. Row C. Grave 16.
MACLAREN, MC	Malcolm Colquhoun	[Listed as MCLAREN and Lieutenant on SDGW memorial] Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 22 October 1918. Aged 27. Son of John MacLaren, of Westcroft, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) for actions at the Masnières-Beaurevoir Line west of Walincourt 7-8 Oct 1918 [London Gazette 31158/1 1 February 1919(C)]. Seved as STH/744, Lance Corporal, Royal Fusiliers; then as STH/744, Temporary Lieutenant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2, Leicestershire Regiment then Captain, Leicestershire Regiment. Buried in NEUVILLY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Row B. Grave 37. Extract from Dundee Evening Telegraph - 17 May 1917, page 3: ABERFELDY MEN IN THE CASUALTY LIST. Lieutenant Malcolm C. MacLaren, Leicestershire Regiment son of Mr and Mrs MacLaren, West Croft, Aberfeldy, has been admitted to a London hospital, wounded in the ankle with shrapnel. Lieutenant MacLaren joined the Royal Fusiliers in August, 1914, and has been in France since July, 1915. For a time he acted as brigade quartermaster-sergeant, and he received his commission in October, 1916.
MACNAUGHTON	Alexander	Private 438737, 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Died 1 April 1919. Aged 37. Born 5 January 1882 in Perthshire, Scotland. Son of Isabella McNaughton, of Carn-Dhu, Aberfeldy, Scotland, and the late John McNaughton. Stonemason by trade. Unmarried. Enlisted 7 May 1915 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, aged 33, height 6 feet ½ inch, weight 174lbs, chest 39-41½ inches, fair complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Presbyterian. Arrived England 8 December 1915, embarked France 20 february 1916. Admitted to No. 8 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux with gun shot wounds right arm and fractured ribs 12 June 1916. Admitted to No. 4. General Hospital, Lincoln with gun shot wounds to head and arm 11 June 1916, admitted to Canadian Hospital at Wokingham 18 June 1916, dishcarged 6 July 1916. Sailed from Liverpool for Canada aboard S.S. Saxonia 17 November 1917. Admitted to St Joseph Military Hospital, Port Arthur and transferred to Kinette Sanitorium, Port Arthur 9 December 1918 with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Buried in BELMONT HILLSIDE CEMETERY, Manitoba, Canada. Grave 3. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7142 - 10
MACNAUGHTON	John Daniel	[Listed as MCNAUGHTON on SDGW] Private S/9738, 1st/5th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died of wounds 15 October 1918. Aged 25. Born Dull, Perthshire, enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of Isabella Macnaughton, of Carn-Dhu, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, and the late John Macnaughton. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXXV. Row A. Grave 11.
MACNAUGHTON	Peter R	Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
MACNEE, DCM	Peter	[Listed as Lance Corporal on memorial and MCNEE on CWGC and SDGW] Acting Corporal 941, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds 23 January 1916. Born Auchterarder, Perthshire, enlisted Crieff, Perthshire. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot I. Row B. Grave 23. Extract from Supplement to London Gazette 3 June 1915, page 5353 - D.C.M. Citattionas Lance Corporal: For gallant conduct at Neuve Chapelle on 12th March, 1915, in working a trench mortar gun in the Crescent with great effect on the enemy, whilst exposed to heavy fire from them.
MARSHALL	Charles	Private, Wiltshire Regiment
MATHESON	Peter	Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
MCCALLUM	Duncan	Sergeant, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died after 1919.
MCINNES	John	Lance Corporal 120, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 26 October 1914. Born Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Dundee, Forfarshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37.
MCINTOSH	William	Lance Corporal 203208, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment formerly 1527, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 21 April 1918. Aged 19. Born Dull, Perth, resident and enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth McIntosh, of Armoury House, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 85 to 87.
MCINTYRE	James	Corporal 1104, 1st/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds 4 August 1916. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of the late William and Jane McIntyre, of Urlar Abwfildy, Perthshire. Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 12.
MCKECHNIE	Colin C	Sergeant, Army Service Corps
MCKINNON	A Farquhar	Private, West Yorkshire Regiment. Died after 1919.
MCLAREN	Alexander	Private S/22486, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) formerly TR/1/13075, 41st Training Reserve Battalion. Died of wounds 25 October 1918. Aged 34. Born Dull, Perth, Perthshire, enlisted Perth, Perthshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. McLaren, of Croftmoraig, Kenmore, Aberfeldy; husband of Jessie McLaren, of East Toll, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in RAMILLIES BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row E. Grave 5.
MCLAREN	Ian Donald	Corporal 1961, "A" Company, 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 13 November 1916. Aged 22. Son of John and Jean L. MacLaren, of Westcroft, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in HUNTER'S CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL, Somme, France. Grave 37.
MENZIES	John	Private S/17148, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died on service in Persian Gulf 15 October 1917. Born Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Dunfermline, Fifeshire. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot X VI. Row E. Grave 7.
MUNRO	John	Private S/15971, "C" Company, 6th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders attached to 45th Trench Moprtar Battery. Killed in action 27 June 1916. Aged 27. Born Dull, Perthshire, resident Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Inverness, Inverness-shire. Son of John and Elizabeth Adams Munro, of Wellbank, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 15.
QUEEN	James	Private S/24971, 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs) formerly TR/1/15400, Training Reserve Battalion. Killed in action 23 July 1918. Aged 18. Enlisted Stirling, Stirlingshire. Son of James and Elizabeth Queen, of 22, Chapel St., Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Marne, France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 2.
REID	David	Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died after 1919.
REID	James	Private, Highland Light Infantry
ROBERTSON	Alexander aka Alex	Lance Corporal 1894, "A" Company, 1st/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 4 June 1916. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of David Morris Robertson and Charlotte Robertson. Buried in MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 13.
ROBERTSON	Fergus	Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment attached 1st/5th Battaliion, Border Regiment. Died in German Hands 3 December 1918. Aged 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson, of "Tayside," Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Arts Graduate of Glasgow University. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen, Germany. Plot III. Row G. Grave 16.
ROBERTSON	John	Private S/3750, 11th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action 31 August 1916. Aged 35. Born Aberfeldy, Perthshire, resident Penicuik, Midlothian, enlisted Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Son of Alexander Robertson, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. A Coachsmith. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Plot V. Row H. Grave 37.
ROBERTSON	William	Private 59166, "D" Company, 17th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) formerly 57502, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action 30 September 1918. Aged 18. Born Dull, Perthshire, resident Aberfeldy, Perthshire, enlisted Perth. Son of Alexander and Elisabeth Robertson, of Meadow Cottage, Boltachan, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. A Printer's apprentice. Buried in ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 24.
SMALLWOOD	Robert	Second Lieutenant, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)
STEWART	George	Private S/17776, 8th (Service) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 12 October 1917. Aged 19. Born Ballechin, Perthshire, enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of the late Duncan and Ann Stewart, of 7, Breadalbane Terrace, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 94 to 96.
STEWART, MM	James	[Listed as Cororal on memorial] Private 265274, 1st/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died on service 15 July 1918. Aged 22. Born Logerait, Perthshire, enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of the late Duncan and Ann Stewart, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in LE QUESNOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 7.
STEWART	John J	Private 266768, 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died on service 25 August 1918. Aged 29. Born Aberfeldy [CWGC] or Dull, Perthshire [SDGW], enlisted Pitlochry, Perthshire. . Son of John Stewart, of Viewlands, Pitlochry, Perthshire; husband of Janet Dalgleish Stewart, of 47, Broughton Rd., Edinburgh. Buried in BERLAIMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Row D. Grave 2.
URQUHART	Murdoch	Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
WADDELL	William	[Spelt WADDLE on SDGW] Private S/11087, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 2 March 1916. Aged 21. Born Churnside, Berwickshire, enlisted Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of James T. and Mary A. Waddell, of 3, Golden Square, Duns, Berwickshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 38.
1939-1945
CAMPBELL	James	Corporal, Royal Air Force. Died after 1945.
CAMPBELL	Robert Alexander	Sergeant 1366029, 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15 February 1944. Aged 21. Son of Kenneth and Annie Campbell, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in AABENRAA CEMETERY, Denmatk. Allied Military Plot. Row 4. Grave 10.
DEARING	Ian	[Listed as Corporal on memorial] Sergeant (Pilot) 573720, Royal Air Force. Died based at Shallufa, Egypt. 30 August 1944. Aged 22. Born 5 September 1921 in Mkhoma Dowa, baptised 3 October 1921. Native of Jarrow, Durham. Son of Wilfred and Eva Joan Dearing; nephew of Helen R. Robertson, of Jarrow, Co. Durham. Buried in FAYID WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 21.
HUNTER	George Albert Kitchener	Flight Sergeant 1117208, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action flying out of Kabrit, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number ES981, when the aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 night fighter during a raid on MT vehicles near Sidi Barrani, two of the crew survived, 28 June 1942. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 249.
KENNEDY	James Alexander	Sergeant 1873962, 83 Chemical Warfare Company, Royal Engineers. Died 26 March 1941. Buried in TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Wiltshire. Section D. (C. of E.). Grave 167.
LESLIE	Duncan Archibald	Captain 221106, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (R.E.M.E.) attached to North Irish Horse, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 13 April 1943. Aged 38. Son of James and Mary Leslie, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire; husband of Edith Mary Leslie, of Aberfeldy. Buried in OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 3.
MATHEWSON	James	Flight Sergeant (Navigator) 970362, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 16 December 1943. Aged 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Mathewson, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 425.
MCCALLUM	James D	Leading Aircraftman 1022854, 8 School of Technical Training, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 5 December 1943. Aged 36. Native of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Son of Hugh McCallum, and of Cecilia McCallum, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Buried in GLASGOW (ST. PETER'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, Glasgow. Section 18. Grave 898.
MCKERCHAR, MBE	James	Major, Education Corps. Awarded the member of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
MORGAN	Alan	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1114271, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Short Sunderland III, serial number W4029, when the aircraft crashed and sank when landing in Gibraltar Bay returning from an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol causing the depth charges to explode, one of the crew survived, 22 August 1942. Aged 20. Native of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son of James and Grace Morgan, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 4, Column 1. See also Malta Memorial
OGG	Ronald Stables	Sergeant 1557938, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29 April 1944. Aged 23. Son of John and Helen A. Ogg, of Aberfeldy; husband of Madge Eunice Ogg, of Glenfield, Leicestershire. Buried in ABERFELDY CEMETERY, Perthshire. Row B. Grave 493.
RATTRAY	Robert G	Driver 85981, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 6 September 1940. Aged 20. Son of William Rattray and of Elizabeth Rattray, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in MALBORK COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, Poland. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 6.
STEWART	Charles E	Private, Scots Guards
STEWART	Charles P M	Sergeant, 6th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
STEWART	Iain Menzies Robertson	Flight Sergeant 949942, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 5 September 1942. Aged 20. Son of Thomas Menzies Stewart and Petrine M. Stewart, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Buried in STAPHORST (ROUVEEN) NEW GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Grave 7.
WILLIAMS	Duncan McBeth	Telegraphist (Signaller) D/JX 144385, H.M.S. Glorious, Royal Navy. Died 8 June 1940. Aged 20. Son of Alfred T. and Jessie Mary Williams, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 39, Column 3.

From an old postcard

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Memorial - Situated close by Wade's Bridge is a monument commemorating the establishment of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Regiment in 1739. On the top the cairn is the statue of a Highland volunteer with his single eagle's feather.

THIS CAIRN
IS ERECTED BY
GRATEFUL AND ADMIRING COUNTRYMEN
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE ASSEMBLING TOGETHER AT TAYBRIDGE
IN OCTOBER 1739
OF THE SIX INDEPENDANT COMPANIES
AFTERWARDS INCREASED TO TEN
OF THE "FREICEADAN DUBH" OR Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) WHO AFTER SERVING
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HIGHLANDS
WERE EMBODIED INTO A REGIMENT
DESIGNATED THE 43rd AND AFTERWARDS
THE 42nd ROYAL HIGHLANDER
WHOSE FIRST MUSTER
TOOK PLACE IN MAY 1740 NEAR TAYBRIDGE
AND ALSO IN RECOGNITION
OF THE VALOUR AND PATRIOTISM
WHICH HAVE EVER SINCE DISTINGUISHED
THE SOLDIERS OF THIS CORPS
DURING ITS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN MANY LANDS
A.D. 1667

Last updated 7 October, 2024

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