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BALMORAL
CASTLE WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Marilyn MacKenzie; researched
Martin Edwards 2008
The
Balmoral castle memorial is to be found on the East side of the B976,
after the Dee Bridge, before the entrance to the Balmoral Estate (OS
Map Reference NJ 263 948). It takes the form of a stone monolith with
a Celtic Cross in relief and a two-stepped base at the bottom. The top
of the memorial contains the names of the men who gave their lives in
World War 1 (28 names) and the bottom the names of the men from the
Second World War (6 names). The memorial was originally unveiled 3rd
September 1922 by H.M. king George V. The sculptor was Sir James Taggart
and the designer Mr William Kelly.
Some
details of the men listed have been found in "WAR SERVICE ROLL
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLDS AND ESTATE OF THE KING AND THE
QUEEN" and these are marked *
THE
BALMORAL WAR MEMORIAL
HIS
MAJESTY KING GEORGE V UNVEILED THIS MEMORIAL ON
3RD
SEPTEMBER 1922 AND DEDICATED IT IN MEMORY OF THE
MEN FROM THE ESTATES IN THE AREA WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR.
THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF THE CRATHIE PARISH WHO WERE
KILLED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR WERE ADDED TO THE BASE.
THE MEMORIAL IS BUILT OF THE SAME GRANITE AS BALMORAL
CASTLE. IT WAS DESIGNED BY DR W KELLY, WHO SPECIALISED
IN CELTIC CROSSES AND WAS SCULPTURED BY SIR JAMES TAGGART.
THE SWASTIKA WAS A SYMBOL OF WIDESPREAD ANCIENT USAGE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUN AND ITS NAME IS FROM SANSKRIT
DENOTING WELL BEING, FORTUNE, LUCK. THE SYMBOL APPEARED
ON THE BUILDINGS AND TITLE PAGES OF MANY OF RUDYARD KIPLINGS
WORKS. THE SYMBOL HAD NO SINISTER ASSOCIATIONS AT THE TIME
THE MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED.
A.D.
1914 - 1919
| MICHIE |
John |
[Listed
as Lieutenant on memorial] Second Lieutenant, "D" Company,
15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 15th July
1917. Aged 29. Son of John and Helen Michie, of Kincairn, Blairs,
Aberdeenshire. Native of Balmoral. Buried in COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row A. Grave 3. |
| ANDERSON |
William
Walker |
[Listed
as Sergeant, Cameron Horse on mmeorial] Lance Sergeant 53558, 95th
Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 8th October
1917. Aged 20. Born Ferland, Aberdeen, enlisted Aberdeen, resident
Balmoral. Son of John Anderson, of Clachanturn, Crathie, Ballater,
Aberdeenshire. Formerly 15075, Cameron Highlanders. Buried in TYNE
COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot LVII. Row C. Grave
7. |
| CAMPBELL |
Charles
[Smith] |
[Not
listed on SDGW] Private 15758, 3rd
Battalion, Scots Guards (Home Service). Died of pleurisy 25th June
1917. Plumber, Balmoral. Joined 13th June 1916. Buried in CRATHIE
OLD CHURCHYARD, Aberdeenshire. Grave 736. |
| COUTTS |
H |
Lance
Corporal, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. [Not listed on SDGW] |
| COUTTS |
J |
Private,
Scottish Horse |
| COUTTS |
R
E |
Private,
Royal Army Service Corps |
| DICKSON |
G |
Private,
Canadian Scottish |
| DUGUID |
Robert |
*Private
290869, 7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action at Arras
29th May 1917. Aged 20. Joined 3rd March 1915. Woods Labourer at
Birkall. Enlisted Banchory, Kincardineshire. Son of George Duguid,
of Daliefour Cottage, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 8 and 9. |
| DUNCAN |
Henry |
Private
7017, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action in France
24th January 1915. Aged 35. Joined 5th August 1914. Roads Labourer
at Balmoral. Born Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, enlisted Ballater. Son
of James Duncan, of Gimroc Cottages, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. Buried
in RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row C. Grave 38. |
| DURRAN |
William |
Private
14566, Scots Guards. Killed in action 30th March 1918. Aged 22.
Born and resident Crathie, enlisted Aberdeen. Son of James and Helen
Durran, of East Lodge, Abergeldie, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. Buried
in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI.
Row F. Grave 6. |
| GREGSON |
James |
Private
342, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 29th October
1914. Born Port Errol, Aberdeenshire, enlisted Tarland. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 38. |
| GREGSON |
Robert
Cook |
*Private
S/17744, 1/6th Gordon Highlanders. Killed at Cambrai 23rd November
1917. Joined 1st May 1917. Born Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, enlisted
Aberdeen. Garden Labourer at Balmoral. Formerly 3rd Battalion, Gordon
Highlanders. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL,
Nord, France. Panel 10. |
| HUNTER |
John |
*Lance Corporal 2685, 1/7th Battalion,
Gordon Highlanders. Died of wounds 30th October 1916 in United Kingdom.
Born Crathie, enlisted Ballater. Joined 12th August 1914. Woods
Labourer at Balmoral. Service included Home Service August 1914
to April 1915, France and Belgium 1st May 1915 to August 1916, Second
Battle of Festubert 1915 and Somme 1916. Buried in the ruins in
CRATHIE OLD CHURCHYARD, CRATHIE, Aberdeenshire. |
| JAMIESON |
Peter |
Private
463309, "B" Company, 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
(Western Ontario Regiment). Died 11th November 1916. Aged 28. Born
16th February 1888, Cummingston, Aberdeen. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Jamieson, of Balnault Farm, Crathie, Scotland; husband of Mabel
Snow Jamieson, of 425, 20th Avenue East, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Tailor by trade. Enlisted 30th July 1915 at Vernon, British Columbia,
Canada, passed fit 21st August 1915. Height 5 feet 7 inches, girth
36 inches. complexion dark, eyes brown, hair black, religion Presbyterian.
Buried in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot
I. Row Q. Grave 33. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference:
RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4785 - 3 |
| LAMONT |
John |
[Listed
as Canadian Cavalry on memorial] Corporal 13254, 5th Battalion,
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment). Died 1st September 1918.
Aged 42. Born 1st July 1876 at Crathie. Son of William Lamont, of
Heath Cottage, Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Widower. Teamster
by trade. Passed fit 10th September 1014 and enlisted 18th September
1914 at Valcartier, British Columbia, Canada. Height 5 feet 8½
inches, girth 38 inches, complexion fair, eyes hazel, hair light
brown, religion Presbyterian. Buried in UPTON WOOD CEMETERY, HENDECOURT-LES-CAGNICOURT,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 11. National Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5345 - 37 |
| MACDONALD |
J |
Private,
Gordon Highlanders |
| MACKINTOSH |
J |
Wireless
Operator |
| MACLEAN |
J |
Leading
Seaman |
| MCNERNEY |
Alexander
Marr |
*Private
2725, 1/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died of wounds in France
29th July 1916. Aged 26. Enlisted Banchory, Kincardineshire. Joined
5th September 1914. Son of Thomas and Annie McNerney, of 25, Richmond
St., Aberdeen; husband of Annie McNerney, of Tyna-baich, Crathie,
Ballater, Aberdeenshire. Assistant Gardener at Balmoral. Buried
in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot B. Row
37. Grave 8. |
| NICHOLSON |
Thomas |
*Private
316363, 13th (Scottish Horse) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
Died of wounds 18th October 1918. Served Gallipoli, Egypt, Salonika
and France 1918. Born Glemuick, Aberdeenshire, enlisted Tarland.
Road Labourer at Balmoral. Joined 5th August 1914. Formerly Trooper
2201, 1/2nd Battalion, Scottish Horse. Buried in ROISEL COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 13. |
| ROBERTSON |
C |
Private,
Gordon Highlanders |
| ROBERTSON |
James |
Private
57566, 1st [SDGW] or 18th [CWGC] Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment).
Killed in action 9th April 1917 on the first day of the Battle of
Arras. Born on 25 May 1890. Worked as a gamekeeper on the Royal
Estate and lived with his parents, Alexander and Margaret, in Invergelder
Bothy. He enlisted at Balirgowerie, Pert, into the 2nd Highland
Division Cyclist Corp stationed at Ripon. Resident Dundee. Originally
buried in Henin North Cemetery but was exhumed and reburied in 1920
in WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI Row
E Grave 5 |
| ROBERTSON |
John
King K |
*[War
Service Roll states Killed in action 26th August 1914]
Gunner 47843, 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died of
wounds 27th August 1914. Boen Aberdeen, enlisted Inverurie, Aberdeen.
Served at Mons. Estate Labourer, Woods, at Balmoral. Mentioned in
General French's despatches. Joined 5th August 1914. No known grave.
Commmeorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne,
France. |
| ROSE |
Charles
McHray |
*Private
32624, 3rd Battalion transferred to "A" Company, 1st Battalion,
Highland Light Infantry. Died in the Persian Gulf 26th August 1917.
Aged 19. Served in Mesopotamia March 1917. Joined 8th July 1916.
Born and resident Crathie, Aberdeenshire, enlisted Aberdeen. Boy
in Balmoral Gardens. Son of Charles and Annie Rose of Garroch Cottage,
Micras, Crathie, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY,
Iraq. Plot XII. Row H. Grave 9. |
| SKENE |
Charles |
*Driver
173532, 107th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of fever at Salonica
15th September 1918. Aged 32. Served Salonica. Born Culsh, Tarland,
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, enlisted Aberdeen. Joined 1st June 1916.
PYoungest son of Mr. and Mrs. Skene, of Francis Cottage, Ballater,
Aberdeenshire; husband of Betsy Gordon Skene, of Polhollick, Ballater,
Aberdeenshire. Ten years in the service of H.M. The King at Balmoral
and Birkhall Estates, 1906-1916. loughman at Invergelder and Groom
at Birkhall, Balmoral. Buried in KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece.
Plot/Row/Section E. Grave 1150. |
| SUTHERLAND |
William |
[Listed
as Trooper on memorial] Private 2351, "F" Squadron, Scottish
Horse Yeomanry. Died of wounds at sea 25th November 1915. Aged 25.
Born Banchory, Kincardineshire, enlisted Crathie, resident Aberdeen.
Son of John and Annie Sutherland, of 25, Hartington Rd., Aberdeen.
For five years was a gardener at Abergeldie Castle, Ballater. No
known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey, Panel 21. |
| TAYLOR |
C |
*Trooper,
1/2nd Battalion, Scottish Horse. Died of wounds. Served at Gallipoli.
Joined 5th August 1914. Garden Labourer at Abergeldie, Balmoral. |
| TROUP |
William
Pope |
*Private
S/11224, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed 18th August 1916.
Served in France at Battle of Guillemont 18th August 1916. Aged
25. Born and enlisted Aberdeen. Joined 16th February 1916. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Troup, of Greystone, Micras, Crathie, Ballater,
Aberdeenshire. Native of Balmoral, Aberdeenshire. Foreman Gardener
at Balmoral. Formerly 3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Buried
in GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. Plot XIV.
Row F. Grave 10. |
| 1939-1945 |
| ALEXANDER |
John
G M |
Sapper
1916741, 706 General Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died
7th August 1940. Aged 28. Son of Alexander James and Mary Helen
Alexander; husband of Edna Alexander, of Ballater, Aberdeenshire.
Buried in SLIGO CEMETERY, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Grave
582. |
| BRACKEN |
George |
Able
Seaman D/JX 145507, H.M.S. Galatea, Royal Navy. Died 15th December
1941. Aged 21. Son of Adolphus G. E. J. and Annie Bracken, of Crathie,
Aberdeenshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Devon. Panel 46. Column 2. |
| JOLLY |
Charles |
Able
Seaman D/KX 87869, H.M.S. Gloucester, Royal Navy. Died 22nd May
1941. Aged 28. Son of Charles and Margaret Clark Jolly, of Ballater,
Aberdeenshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Devon. Panel 53. Column 1. |
| KERR |
William
Donald |
Pilot
Officer 103063, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 14th June
1942. Son of Nicol and Margaret C. Kerr, of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.
B.Sc. No known grave. Commmeorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column
248. |
| LOW |
Alexander
Reid |
Private
13073090, 209 Company, Pioneer Corps. Died 1st January 1943. Aged
33. Son of William Milne Low and Agnes Low, of Crathie, Aberdeenshire.
Buried in BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA, Algeria. Plot VI. Row B. Grave
5. |
| MILNE |
Archibald
Charles |
Leading
Aircraftman 1573916, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 28th
March 1946. Aged 21. Son of Andrew Charles and Margaret Milne, of
Crathie, Aberdeenshire. Buried in RANGOON WAR CEMETERY, Myanamar.
Plot 1. Row D. Collective grave. 4-19. |
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