Roll of Honour - Wigtownshire

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

KIRKHOLM WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Eric McQuarrie 2004

The memorial sits in front of the Kirk on the old road to Leswalt. Regiments or units are Canadian Expeditionary Force and the Canadian Army Medical Corps and the Royal Garrison Artillery. It has 24 names of which 3 are World War 2. (Grid Reference: NX025686)

Dedicated to the honoured memory of the Gallant Men of the Parish of Kirkcolm
Who fought and died in the Great War 1914-1918

Photograph © Eric McQuarrie 2004

1914-1918

CRAIG	Alex W.	Lance Corporal 202702, 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 9 April 1918. Aged 23. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
GIBSON	Alex	Private 27112, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 3 May 1917. Aged 28. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
GRAHAM	Thomas	Corporal, Gordon Highlanders. No further information currently available.
HAWTHORN	James	Private, Sutherland Highlanders. No further information currently available.
KILPARTICK	Samuel A.	Private 33680, B Section, 3rd Field Ambulkance, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Died 27 September 1918. Aged 27. Buried in SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
KILPATRICK	David W.	Private S/7799, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 25 September 1915. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
KYLE	John	Gunner 174931, 253rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 3 November 1918. Aged 21. Buried in FOREST COMMUNAL CEMETERY Nord, France
LIGHTBODY	Hugh	Lance Corporal, Gordon Highlanders. No further information currently available.
McCREADIE	Alexander	Corporal 201577, 1st/5th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 8 November 1917. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY Israel
McGIBNEY	Hugh	Lance Corporal 15577, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 24 April 1917. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX Pas de Calais, France
McINTYRE	John	Gunner 129593, 346th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 15 August 1917. Aged 42. Buried in NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
McMECKAM	John	Lance Corporal Canadian Expeditionary Force. No further information currently available.
MORROW	William	Private, Australian Expeditionary Force. No further information currently available.
PALMER	D	Deck Hand, ROyal Naval Volunteer Reserve. No further information currently available.
PATTERSON	Alex	Bombardier 61089, 184th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 4 June 1917. Aged 25. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
ROSS	Hugh	Private, Gordon Highlanders. No further information currently available.
SIMPSON	JOHN Mcr.	Private, Highland Light Infantry. No further information currently available.
STEWART	Henry	Private 12599, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 28 September 1915. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
STEWART	Hugh	Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers. No further information currently available.
WALLACE	David	Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. No further information currently available.
WALLACE	William	Fireman/Trimmer, S.S. Sycamore (Liverpool), Mercantile Marine. Died 25 August 1917. Aged 35. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom
		1939-1945
HENDERSON	William	Ordinary Seaman P/JX276306, H.M.S. Quebec, Royal Navy. Died 23 November 1941. Aged 20. Buried in ACHARACLE CEMETERY Argyllshire, United Kingdom
McDOWALL	John H.	Flight Sergeant 1522985, 355 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 14 January 1945. Aged 22. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore
SMITH, DCM	Malcolm	Driver T/2928537, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 1 August 1945. Aged 28. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM). Buried in HAMBURG CEMETERY Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

17 January 2005

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