Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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| Photograph
© Eric McQuarrie 2004 |
The men from the Royal Burgh and
Parish of Whithorn whose names are
written here, gave their lives for their country in the Great Wars
1914-1919
1939-1945
1914-1918
| ARNOTT |
William
B |
Staff
Sergeant T1/4778, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 15 December 1915.
Aged 32. Buried in WHITHORN CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom |
| BIE |
Nathan |
2nd
Mate, S.S. Brentwood. Died 12 January 1917. Aged 40. Commemorated
on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom |
| BOYCE |
Thomas
W |
No
further information currently available |
| BROWN |
M
Primrose |
No
further information currently available |
| CAIN |
Alex |
Sapper
414669, 82nd Field Company Royal Engineers. Died 11 April 1918.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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| CAIN |
Daniel |
Private
318322, 1st West Riding Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Died 8 August 1918. Aged 27. Buried in HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| CAMBELL |
William |
Captain,
Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 5 September 1916. Aged 24. Awarded
the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
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| CHRISTIE |
Thomas
A |
C.S.M.
73014, 28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment).
Died 8 June 1916. Aged 27. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| CLARK |
Thomas
D |
Private
38215, 10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 23 April
1917. Aged 36. Buried in TANK CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France |
| COSH |
Adam |
Sergeant
S/6678, 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 19
July 1918. Aged 22. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium |
| COSH |
Richard |
Private
1990, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in
action 29 November 1914. Born Sorbie, Wigtonshire 5 February 1891,
enlisted Greenock, Renfrewshire. Son of William and Annie Cosh of
Whithorn and brother to Adam Cosh (above). He joined the the 2nd
Battalion Black Watch in 1911, having initially enlisted with the
Royal Scots Fusilliers, and served in India before transferring
to the Western Front in October 1914. Formerly 5638, Royal Scots
Fusiliers. Buried in BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row H. Grave 17. |
| DALZIEL |
George |
Private
3100/8, 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 3 December 1917.
Buried in CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL Nord, France |
| DUFFY |
George |
No
further information currently available |
| FERRIS |
Adam |
Private
33575, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Died 20 December 1919.
Buried in RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan |
| FLANNIGHAN |
James |
No
further information currently available |
| FLANNIGHAN |
Robert |
Private
18231, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 31 July
1916. Aged 22. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France |
| GARDINER |
Alexander |
Lance
Corporal 39, 12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 26 September
1915. Aged 24. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
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| GARRICK |
Alex
|
Private
29599, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 3 May
1917. Aged 25. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
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| GARRICK |
Peter |
No
further information currently available |
| GIBSON |
Robert |
Private
9572, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Died 25 January 1915. Aged 23.
Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France |
| GOODFELLOW |
James |
Private
30335, 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 18 March
1917. Aged 22. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas
de Calais, France |
| HANNAH |
James |
No
further information currently available |
| HUXTABLE |
Robert
B |
Private
32309, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 26 April
1918. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium |
| IRVINE |
John |
No
further information currently available |
| IRVINE |
William |
Gunner
125978, D Battery, 64th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 3 September
1917. Aged 39. Buried in BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY No.3 Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| JOHNSTONE |
Robert |
No
further information currently available |
| JOHNSTONE |
William |
No
further information currently available |
| KEITH |
James |
No
further information currently available |
| LOAN |
James |
Private
10634, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Died 16 May 1915. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France |
| LYONS |
Joseph |
No
further information currently available |
| MARTIN |
Henry
M |
Rifleman
B/1436, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 30 July 1915. Aged 23.
Buried in POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium |
| MARTIN |
Joseph |
No
further information currently available |
| MAXWELL |
Peter |
Private
25420, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 2 September
1917. Aged 27. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN Pas de
Calais, France |
| McCALLIE |
Douglas |
Private
8159, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 1 September 1914.
Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL Seine-et-Marne, France
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| McCLELLAND |
Alexander |
Private
4165, 8th Battalion, London Regt (Post Office Rifles). Died 14 October
1916. Buried in WHITHORN CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom |
| McCUBBIN |
John |
No
further information currently available |
| McCULLOCH |
David |
No
further information currently available |
| McEWEN |
John |
No
further information currently available |
| McKEACHIE |
Alexander |
Private
1220, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 4 August
1915. Aged 23. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL
CEMETERY Egypt |
| McKEAND |
Adam |
Sergeant
35036, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 26 September 1917.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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| McKELVIE |
John |
Lance
Corporal 799910, 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario
Regiment). Died 9 November 1917. Aged 32. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| McLURE |
James
A |
Private
252975, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 29
September 1918. Aged 33. Buried in VILLERS HILL BRITISH CEMETERY,
VILLERS-GUISLAIN Nord, France |
| McROBERT |
William |
Ordinary
Seaman J/67975, H.M.S. Vivid., Royal Navy. Died 18 April 1917. Buried
in FORD PARK CEMETERY (PENNYCOMEQUICK) Devon, United Kingdom |
| McWHIRTER |
James |
No
further information currently available |
| MILL |
John |
No
further information currently available |
| MILLAN |
Hugh |
Able
Seaman Clyde Z/5623, Anson Battalion R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve. Died 25 August 1918. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France |
| MILLAN |
John |
Private
7728, 5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 31 December 1915.
Aged 20. Buried in LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY, Turkey |
| MILLAR |
Randolph |
No
further information currently available |
| MILLIGAN |
Robert |
Lance
Corporal 14760, C Company, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Died 18 November 1916. Aged 22. Buried in FRANKFURT TRENCH BRITISH
CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMELSomme, France |
| MILROY |
John
C |
Private
291051, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 26 September 1917.
Aged 23. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium |
| MILWAIN |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| MORRISON |
Archibald
J S |
Private
33073, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 23 May
1918. Aged 19. Buried in TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES Nord,
France |
| MURRAY |
Robert |
No
further information currently available |
| NAIRN |
James
W K |
Lance
Corporal 43069, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died
9 April 1917. Aged 23. Buried in TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES,
Pas de Calais, France |
| NIBLOCK |
Fredrick |
Private
29888, 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 11 April 1917.
Aged 19. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France |
| PATERSON |
John |
No
further information currently available |
| RENNIE |
William
J |
Bombardier
116826, 335th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 27 July
1917. Aged 27. Buried in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
Nord, France |
| ROBB |
David |
Chief
Engineer, S.S. Kalibia (Glasgow), Mercantile Marine. Died 30 November
1917. Aged 34. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United
Kingdom |
| ROBERTSON |
Thomas |
Private
911007, 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died
10 September 1918. Aged 26. Son of Thomas Robertson, of Whithorn,
Wigtownshire. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas
de Calais, France. |
| ROBERTSON |
William
C |
Sergeant,
Canadian Infantry. Died 18 September 1916. Aged 25 |
| SHAW |
Alexander |
No
further information currently available |
| SMITH |
John |
No
further information currently available |
| SMITH |
Peter |
Private
L/15313, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Died 5 November 1918.
Aged 28. Buried in PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY Aisne, France |
| SMITH |
William |
No
further information currently available |
| STEELE |
Christopher |
Corporal
291335, 1st/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 5 April 1917.
Aged 26. Buried in MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
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| STEWART |
Andrew |
Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 20 September
1917. Buried in LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium |
| SWAN |
Herbert |
Private
20794, 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 20 November
1916. Aged 21. Buried in LA NEUVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, CORBIE Somme,
France |
| TORRANCE |
Alexander
B |
Sergeant
3691, 1st/14th Battalion, London Regt (London Scottish). Died 1
July 1916. Aged 26. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Resident
of The Calcutta Inn, Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France |
| TRUE |
William |
[Spelt
TREW on CWGC] Able Seaman Clyde Z/5610, H.M.S. Vanguard, Royal Naval
volunteer Reserve. Died 9 July 1917. Aged 20. Son of John and Margaret
Trew, of Dinnans, Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. |
| WHITTEN |
Harold |
Private
6140, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 10 March 1915.
Aged 33. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
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| BALLANTYNE |
Joseph |
Gunner
1486563, 114 H.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery. Died 2 December 1942.
Aged 38. Buried in WHITHORN CEMETERY Wigtownshire, United Kingdom |
| CAIN |
Alexander |
Private
3191783, 7th/10th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Died 6 April
1943. Aged 24. Buried in SFAX WAR CEMETERY Tunisia |
| FLANNIGHAN |
Robert |
Stoker
P/KX152474, H.M.S. Quorn, Royal Navy. Died 3 August 1944. Aged 23.
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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| HORNER |
Thomas |
Private
3188111, 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 21 January
1945. Aged 27. Buried in SITTARD WAR CEMETERY, Limburg, Netherlands
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| HUTCHINSON |
Ronald |
Private
5683020, 156th Parachute Regiment AAC. Died 18 September 1944. Aged
21. Commemorated on GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Gelderland, Netherlands |
| MARTIN |
John
M |
Leading
Airman FAA/JX. 401581, H.M.S. Landrail, Royal Navy. Died 18 January
1944. Aged 20. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire,
United Kingdom |
| McCUTCHEON |
James |
Private
3192340, 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 21 April
1941. Buried in GIRTHON PARISH CEMETERY Kirkcudbrightshire, United
Kingdom |
| RODGER |
Jack |
No
further information currently available |
| WYLLIE |
James |
Flying
Officer 139322, 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 6 December 1943. Aged 21. Buried in WHITHORN CEMETERY Wigtownshire,
United Kingdom |
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