ALLOA
WAR MEMORIAL
WORLD
WAR 1 - SURNAMES - W
World War
1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright Martin Edwards 2007
| WALKER |
Peter
Croll |
Private
S/23144, 10th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds 26 August 1918. Aged 19. Born Lake
Forest, Illinois, U.S.A., resident Alloa, Clackmannanshire, enlisted
Stirling. Son of Peter Walker M.A., and Catherine Mackie Walker,
of 36, Dirleton Gardens, Alloa. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION,
ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.Section Q. Plot V. Row D. Grave 4. |
| WALLACE |
Charles |
Private
55876, 1st/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion (Territorial), Highland
Light Infantry. Killed in action 24 August 1918. Aged 20. Born and
enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of John and Margaret Wallace,
of 19, Forth St., Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in WANCOURT BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row F. Grave 7. |
| WALLER |
John
Alfred |
Lance
Corporal S/14542, 5th Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.
Killed in action 25 September 1915, Born Bath, Somerset, resident
Alloa, Coackmannanshire, enlisted Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Son of Alfred
Percy and Emily Elizabeth Waller, of Croft House, Blairlogie, Stirling.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 119 to 124. |
| WALLER |
Philip
Dudley |
[Listed
on memorial as Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery] Lieutenant
583, 71st Siege Battery, South African Heavy Artillery. Killed in
action 14 December 1917. Aged 28. Son of Mr. A. P. and Mrs. E. E.
Waller, of 4, Glebe Terrace, Alloa, Scotland. Buried in RED CROSS
CORNER CEMETERY, BEUGNY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave
14. Also commemorated on On Cape Town "Company Gardens"
Artillery Memorial |
| WALLER |
Richard
Percy |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot), 6 Training Squadron, Royal Air Force. Stalled
engine attempting to turn and crashed at Montrose flying a Sopwith
F.1 Camel, serial number C111, 22 May 1918. Aged 20. Born at Islay,
Scotland. Son of Alfred Percy and Emily Elizabeth Waller, of Croft
House, Blairlogie, Stirling formerly GleTerrace, Alloa. Buried
in ALLOA (SUNNYSIDE) CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire. Section P. Grave
34.
| Court
of Enquiry. |
No.23597/1018
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2/Lt. R. P. Waller. |
The Court having considered the evidence before them find
that the accident was due to the pilot choking his engine
and trying t0 turn back into the Aerodrome when he had
lost flying speed, which resulted in his spinning into
the ground. The Court find that the machine was in perfect
order.
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| WARDLAW |
Alexander
Gillespie aka Alex aka Alick |
Ordinary
Telegraphist Clyde Z/8170, H.M.S. Paxton, Royal Navy. He was board
a lifeboat not spotted by rescue ship USS Wadsworth, and was left
for several days before reaching land and was one of two crew who
died when food and water had run out 20 May 1917. Aged 21. Born
8 July 1895. Son of James Taylor Wardlaw and Mary Hutchison Wardlaw,
of 15 Coningsby Place, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Student of Glasgow
University. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Alloa, Clackmannanshire,
a scholar, son of James and Mary Wardlaw, resident 13, Ward Street,
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 28. |
| WATSON |
Alexander
aka Alex |
Private
266857, 1st/6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action
16 May 1917. Born Govan, enlisted Alloa. Buried in ROEUX BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Special memorial. Row H. Grave
4. |
| WATSON |
David |
Private
S/21639, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs)
formerly TR/1/12491, Training Reserve. Killed in action 2 August
1917. Born Alloa, Clackmannanshire, enlisted Stirling, Stirlingshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 38. |
| WATSON |
John
K |
Private,
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
| WATSON |
Robert |
Private
278884, 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action 25 September 1915. Born and enlisted
Alloa, Clackmannanshire. ** No CWGC details found ** |
| WATSON |
Thomas |
Deck
Hand, Royal Naval Reserve (T) |
| WATSON |
Thomas |
Private,
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders |
| WATSON |
William
Alexander |
Corporal
13695, "D" Company, 7th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish
Borderers. Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 21. Born Chirnside,
Duns, Berwick, resident Duns, Berwick, enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Son of George and Elizabeth Watson, of Windsor Cottage, Chirnside,
Berwickshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 53 to 56. |
| WATT |
Peter
K |
Private
S/40216, 11th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action 9 April 1917. Aged 20. Born and enlisted
Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of the late William and Jane Watt,
of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY,
SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVII. Row G. Grave 14. |
| WATT |
William |
Guardsman
5889, Scots Guards. Killed in action between 28 October 1914 and
7 November 1914. Born and resident Alloa, Clackmannanshire, enlisted
Stirling. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Addenda Panel 58. |
| WESTWOOD |
James |
Private,
Royal Engineers. Private 516038 [Newspaper] or 516088 [SDGW], Labour
Corps formerly Royal Engineers and 27687, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Died on service 8 March 1918. Resident Sauchie-By-Alloa, enlisted
Duddingston, Midlothian. Death reported in The Scotsman
- Monday 1 July 1918, page 3. See also Sauchie |
| WHITE |
John
K |
Sergeant
1509, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 25. Born Clackmannan, enlisted
Dunfermline, Fifeshire. Son of Adam and Helen White, of 8, John's
Court, The Walk, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 78 to 83. |
| WHITE |
John
Wilkie |
[Listed
as John WHYTE on memorial] Private, S/2056, 10th Battalion,
Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died of
wounds 17 October 1915. Aged 28. Born Sauchie, Alloa, Clackmannanshire,
resident Alloa, Clackmannanshire, enlisted Stirling. Husband
of Isabella White, of 19, North Castle St., Alloa. Buried in
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
I. Row B. Grave 17A. See also Sauchie
Extract
from Alloa Journal - Saturday 23 October 1915, page
3:
DIED
OF WOUNDS
Private
John Wilkie White (2056),
10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 72 Main Street,
Sauchie. Thursday morning White received a letter informing
her that husband had died of wounds in an (sic) hospital
in France. The letter was written by a nurse in the hospital.
It appears that Private White had been wounded in the head,
and afterwards succumbed to his wound. The deceased, who was
twenty-eight years of age, was a son of Mr Jas. White, Main
Street, Sauchie. He was a miner, and was formerly employed at
Blairhall Colliery. He enlisted on 21st August, 1914, and went
to France, on 12th May. He leaves a widow and two young children.
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| WILLISON |
John
Downie |
Lieutenant,
2nd/9th (Highlanders) Battalion (Territorial), Royal Scots (Lothian
Regiment). Killed in action 25 July 1918. Aged 23. Native of Alloa.
Son of Robert and Agnes Jane Willison, of Westbourne, Tillicoultry,
Clackmannshire. Buried in BUZANCY MILITARY CEMETERY, Aisne, France.
Plot II. Row D. Grave 15. |
| WILSON |
George |
Sergeant, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). |
| WILSON |
James |
Private,
King's Liverpool Regiment |
| WRIGHT |
Ebenezer |
Private
16704, 11th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in
action 27 September 1915. Born and enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 10 to 13. |
| WRIGHT |
Edward |
Private
S/2286, 10th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds 23 August 1915. Born and resident Alloa,
Clackmannanshire, enlisted Stirlingshire. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 7. |
| WRIGHT |
James |
Private
133183, 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders), Canadian Infantry. Killed
in action 2 September 1918. Aged 37. Born 12 August 1890 in Alloa,
Clackmannanshire. Son of William Wright, of Alloa, Scotland; brother
of Mrs. R. Finlayson, of North castle Street, Alloa, Scotland; brother
of William Wright, Box 457, Almonte, Ontario. Labourer by trade.
Single. Attested 4 November 1915 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, aged
25, height 5 feet 10½, chest 33½-36½ inches,
fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, relgigious denomination Presbyterian.
Sailed from Halifax, Canada aboard S.S. Adriatic 31 March 1916,
disembarked Liverpool 9 April 1916, then disembarked Havre 13 August
1916. Previously admitted to Bushy Park Hospital 11 May 1917 with
shrapnel wounds to the Left Shoulder, discharged 25 May 1917. Buried
in DOMINION CEMETERY, HENDECOURT-LES-CAGNICOURT, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 15. National Archives of Canada Accession
Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10603
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| WRIGHT |
Robert |
Private
47984, 25th Battalion (Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers
formerly 164433, Royal Engineers. Died on service 28 April 1917.
Born and enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in BROWN'S COPSE
CEMETERY, ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row D. Grave 18. |
| WRIGHT |
William |
Guardsman
15730, Scots Guards. Died of wounds 1 August 1917. Aged 31. Born
and enlisted Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of James and Janet McFarlane
Wright; husband of Sarah Wright, of 30A, Shaftesbury St., Alloa,
Clackmannanshire. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot III. Row C. Grave 1. |
| WYLIE |
Robert |
Private
736, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario
Regiment). Admitted to No. 14 General Hospital, Wimereux with general
shot wounds to head, left leg and left arm and died of those wounds
12 May 1915. Aged 32. Born 14 March 1883 in Stirling. . Son of James
Wylie, of Stirling, Scotland. Brass finished by trade. Enlisted
20 August 1914, aged 30 years 5 months, height 5 feet 6 inches,
chest 33-35 inches, medium complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair,
religious denomination Presbyterian. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 17A. National
Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10621
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Last
updated:
1 April, 2023
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