War Memorial - Braco, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Harry N. Hayes (Probably Harry Urmson Hayes)
© laurinlaurin espie	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lieutenant (CWGC: Second Lieutenant) 08 April 1896, Chester, Cheshire 13 October 1915 19 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Loos Memorial, France Son of George W. and Eva Geraldine Hayes, nee Elkington of Upton Grey House, Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Probably: England Census 1901 about Harry U. Hayes and family Residence: Hoole Bank, Hoole, Cheshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George W. Hayes Eva G. Hayes Harry U. Hayes Eric G. Hayes John H. Higson Thomas R. Eades Annie Inglis Adalaide S. Struth Samuel W. Millman Ada Jane Wittingham Ethel M. Inglis Martha Ellis Emily Richards Jane Beltrami	Head Wife Son Son Visitor Butler Nurse Housemaid Footman Housemaid Nurse Kitchenmaid Housemaid Maid	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	35 25 5 1 35 31 28 33 20 20 17 21 20 45	abt. 1866 abt. 1876 abt. 1896 abt. 1900 abt. 1866 abt. 1870 abt. 1873 abt. 1868 abt. 1881 abt. 1881 abt. 1884 abt. 1880 abt. 1881 abt. 1856	Frodsham, Cheshire Buryport, Carmarthenshire Little Mollington, Cheshire Little Mollington, Cheshire Allerton, Lancashire Bishops Waltham, Hampshire Rugby, Warwickshire Oxton, Nottinghamshire Chester, Cheshire Wellington, Shropshire Rugby, Warwickshire Birkenhead, Cheshire Widnes, Lancashire Kennington, London
George W. Hayes was a stone merchant.

John Yellowlees
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal (CWGC: Corporal) S/7677 abt. 1893 16 March 1916 23 8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium Son of David and Jane Yellowlees, of Nether Braco, Braco, Perthshire.

The Yellowlees family grave in the Braco Free Church Cemetery, Braco, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

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Sacred
to the memory
of
Nelly Yellowlees
died 9th Decr. 1906,
aged 29 years.
David Yellowlees
Farmer, Nether Braco
died 31st Aug. 1915,
aged 71 years.
John Yellolees
Cpl., 8th Black Watch
killed in action in Belgium
18th March 1916,
aged 23 years.
Jane Graham
wife of above David Yellowlees
died 21st April 1935, aged 82 years.
Jane Yellowlees
youngest daughter
died 9th October 1939, aged 53 years.
Thomas Russell Yellowlees
eldest son
died 28th Dec. 1961, aged 83 years.

Duncan Campbell
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private S/40165 Muthill, Perthshire 25 September 1916 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Thiepval Memorial, France Son of William and Jane Campbell.

Probably:
A John Duncan Cameron Campbell was baptised in the Free Church in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland on 14 January 1894. His father was a William Campbell.

Wills and Administrations, 1917
Campbell, Duncan, Milton House, Callander, Pte., 3/6th, att. 1st Battalion Black Watch, was killed in action, 25 September 1916 in France, testate.
Confirmation granted at Dunblane, 24 February, to William Campbell and Jane Campbell, The Lade, Gartmore, General Disponees, and as such Executors nominate under Will or Deed, dated 06 September 1916, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Perth, 23 February 1917. Value of Estate £1091, 19s. 3d.

The Campell family grave in the Aberfoyle Cemetery, Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland
© anglostark	In ??? loving memory of William Campbell The Lade, Gartmore who died 14th Dec 1923, aged 81? also his wife Jane McLaren who died 15th Feb 1925, aged 83 and their son Duncan McLaren who was killed in France 25th Sep 1916, aged 33 (?).

John Forbes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private S/40469 abt. 1897 18 November 1916 19 B Coy. 8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Son of John and Mary A. Forbes, of Edengrove, Braco, Perthshire.

Edward McDonald
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 302 abt. 1888, Brechin, Angus 08 October 1914 26 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France

Scotland Census 1901 about Edward McDonald and family Residence: 26, Kinnaird Place, Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Daniel McDonald Jane McDonald Alexander McDonald Daniel McDonald Edward McDonald David McDonald Mary Thomson Maggie Thomson William Thomson James Thomson	Head Wife Son Son Son Son Stepdaughter Stepdaughter Stepson Stepson	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	42 44 17 15 12 10 20 18 16 12	abt. 1859 abt. 1857 abt. 1884 abt. 1886 abt. 1889 abt. 1891 abt. 1881 abt. 1883 abt. 1885 abt. 1889	Stonehaven, Kincardineshire Brechin, Forfarshire Montrose, Forfarshire Brechin, Forfarshire Brechin, Forfarshire Brechin, Forfarshire Stonehaven, Kincardineshire Brechin, Forfarshire Brechin, Forfarshire Brechin, Forfarshire

The McDonald family grave:

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Erected
by
Daniel McDonald
in memory of his wife
Wilhelmina Rae
who died 10th Dec. 1892, aged 33 years.
Also of his daughter Elizabeth
who died in infancy.
And of his wife
Jane Barclay
who died 4th April 1901, aged 44 years.
His sons Edward McDonald
killed in action 1914 - 1918 war.
Frank McDonald
who died 16th Nov. 1945
Daniel McDonald
who died at Coatbridge
also the above
Daniel McDonald
who died 29th May 1954, aged 94 years.
Jessie McDonald
1868 - 1909
Mother of Helen Savege

James Marshall
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private S/9218 09 February 1885, Brick Buildings, Stanley, Perthshire 30 April 1916 31 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Bethune Town Cemetery, France Son of Colin and Christina Marshall, nee McAndrew.

Scotland Census 1901 about James Marshall and family Residence: Rose Cottage No. 2, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Colin Marshall Christina Marshall James Marshall Elizabeth Marshall George Marshall Colin Marshall Jessie Marshall	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	35 34 16 6 4 2 1	abt. 1866 abt. 1867 abt. 1885 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1899 abt. 1900	Fowlis Wester, Perthshire Dull, Perthshire Auchtergaven, Perthshire Madderty, Perthshire Madderty, Perthshire Madderty, Perthshire Comrie, Perthshire

The Marshall family grave in the Kilmadock Cemetery, Doune, Stirling, Scotland
© anglostark	In loving memory of Colin Marshall died July 1932 also his wife Christina McAndrew died May 1941 also their sons James and George killed in France 1916 - 1917

Donald Ross
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

John Ross (Probably John Alexander Ross)
© anglostark	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 29835 abt. 1881 20 June 1918 37 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) CWGC: 18th Bn. Highland Light Infantry Comrie Cemetery, UK Son of Hugh and Ann Low Ross, of 41, Bellevue Rd., Edinburgh.

William Scobie
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 266188 11 March 1888, Dunblane, Perthshire 31 July 1917 29 6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Son of Robert and Jane Scobie, nee Clement, of Blackhill Cottage, Braco, Perthshire.

Alexander Scobie
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 33463 abt. 1896 18 November 1916 20 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France Son of Mrs. Jane Scobie, of Blackhill Cottage, Braco, Perthshire.

Scotland Census 1901 about William and Alexander Scobie and family Residence: Woodend Cottage, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Robert Scobie Jane Scobie Maggie Scobie William Scobie George Scobie Robert Scobie Alexander Scobie Jane McRosty	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Son Son Niece	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	38 44 4 13 10 8 4 6 mo.	abt. 1863 abt. 1857 abt. 1897 abt. 1888 abt. 1891 abt. 1893 abt. 1897 abt. 1900	Dunning, Perthshire Crieff, Perthshire Auchterarder, Perthshire Dunblane, Perthshire Dunblane, Perthshire Dunblane, Perthshire Trinity Gask, Perthshire Crieff, Perthshire

James Steward
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

James Salmond (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 5472 abt. 1895 20 September 1918 23 "B" Coy. 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Marteville Communal Cemetery, Attilly, France Son of James Salmond, of 4th Division, Deanston, Downe, Perthshire.

David McGillivray
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Second Lieutenant 30 May 1891, Perth, Perthshire 29 September 1918 27 15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry Bellicourt British Cemetery, France Son of Alexander and Jane Nicol Norwell McGillivray, of Elmbank, Dunblane, Perthshire, husband of Christina G. McGillivray, of Downie Place, Bannockburn.

Gordon Stuart Ness
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Captain (CWGC: Lieutenant) 04 November 1885, Kensington, London 10 November 1914 29 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Royals Scot Fusiliers Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Son of the late Patrick and Charlotte Jane Wells Ness, nee Powell, of Braco Castle, Perthshire, husband of Gladys Francis May Ness, nee Harrison.

De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Ness, Gordon Stuart, Lieutenant, 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st. Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, youngest and only surviving son of the late Patrick Ness, of Braco Castle, Perthshire, by his wife, Charlotte Jane Wells (19, Dawson Place. Notting Hill Gate, W.), daughter of Stephen Powell; born London, 04 November 1885; educated Westminster School, and Clare College, Cambridge; was elected an underwriting member of Lloyds in 1909; joined the 3rd Battn. (Royal Ayr and Wigtown Militia) Royal Scots Fusiliers, as 2nd Lieutenant 07 April 1906, and was promoted Lieutenant 09 December 1909; went to France 11 September 1914, attached to the 1st Battn. of his Regiment; and was killed in action during the lst Battle of Ypres, 11 November 1914. Burled near Ypres.
He married in London, Gladys, daughter of Charles Ernest Gwynne Harrison; and had a son and daughter: Patrick, born 15 June, 1914 and Marguerite Gordon, born 03 June 1915.

Wills and Administrations, 1915
Ness, Gordon Stewart, of Ayr N. B., died between 10 and 11 November 1914 in Northern Europe on active service.
Probate London 17 February to Gladys Frances May Ness, widow. Effects £12510 5s. 8d.

Peter Ferguson
Rank: Service No.: Awards: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 53617 Military Medal abt. 1896 27 September 1918 22 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Hermies Hill British Cemetery, France Son of Jane Ferguson, of Church Street, Braco, Perthshire, and the late Robert Ferguson.

John Cameron (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private S/40433 abt. 1896 23 October 1916 20 6th Bn. Cameron Highlanders St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Son of Donald and Margaret Cameron.

Archibald McKinnon
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Piper Cameron Highlanders

Andrew Edmonston (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal (CWGC: Private) 351523 20 September 1917 9th Bn. Royal Scots Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

George McLachlan
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Trooper Life Guards

John Cousins
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 72611 27 November 1894, Dollar, Clackmannanshire 04 November 1914 20 57th Bty. Royal Field Artillery Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Son of Henry Hunter Cousins and Maggie Cousins, of Millhill, Braco, Perthshire.

Scotland Census 1901 about John Cousins and family Residence: Bridge Street West, Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Henry Cousins John Cousins Maggie Cousins Jane Cousins	Head Son Daughter Niece	Widowed Single Single Single	34 6 7 14	abt. 1867 abt. 1895 abt. 1894 abt. 1887	T. & C., Clackmannanshire Dollar, Clackmannanshire Dollar, Clackmannanshire T. & C., Clackmannanshire

Duncan McCallum Taylor
© anglostark	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 907363 abt. 1891 26 May 1917 26 5th Bn. Canadian Infantry Braco Churchyard, Perthshire, Scotland Son of William and Catherine Taylor, of Quoigs, Greenloaning, Braco. In the same grave is buried Pte. R. M. Taylor, S/43370, 3rd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders. 20th Aug. 1922.

William McColl
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private abt. 1884, Ardoch, Perthshire 26 July 1916, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand 32 New Zealand Training Unit Wellington (Karori) Cemetery, New Zealand

William McColl was baptised in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland on 28 September 1884. His parents were Alexander and Catherine McColl, nee King.

Alexander Blair (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Leading Seaman (2nd Engineer on Memorial) 173675 abt. 1878 21 February 1918 40 Royal Navy, S. S. "Rio Verde" (London) (Merchant Navy on Memorial) Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, UK Son of Alexander and Ann Blair.

Ronald George Falconar Stewart
© BobB	Rank: Service No.: Awards: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Squadron Leader (Pilot) 145856 Distinguished Flying Cross abt. 1921 02 January 1944 23 156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany Son of Maj. Falconar Stewart and Mrs. Stewart, husband of Betty Margaret Stewart, of Thorrington, Essex.

Thomas Graham
© Paul	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 1370182 abt. 1910 18 August 1943 33 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland Son of David and Jessie Graham, of Braco, Perthshire. Crashed into the Baltic Sea during a raid on the Peenemunde Experimental Station.

David Gray Kelly
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Bombardier 934906 02 May 1917, Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland 02 November 1943 26 80 Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand Son of Robert Kelly, and of Margaret Kelly, of Braco, Perthshire.

Hugh Stewart McFarlane
© Dave Browning	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sapper 1923049 abt. 1919 30 May 1940 21 Royal Engineers Le Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France Son of William Stewart McFarlane and Maggie McFarlane, of Greenloaning, Perthshire.

John Mitchell
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 2758635 abt. 1919 02 December 1944 25 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland Son of Thomas and Janet McFarlane Mitchell.

James Reid
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1825210 abt. 1925 26 November 1944 19 226 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Deventer (Raalterweg) General Cemetery, Netherlands Son of Robert Donaldson Reid and Sophia Sutherland Reid, of Braco, Perthshire. Shot down by Flak near Deventer.

George Smith
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	1st Radio Officer abt. 1910 08 May 1941 31 Merchant Navy, S. S. "Empire Light" (Glasgow) Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK

Caroline Snodgrass Allan Stewart
© anglostark	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2150737 abt. 1926 05 November 1945 19 Women's Auxiliary Air Force Dunblane Cemetery, UK Daughter of Duncan Stewart, and of Margaret Rumbles Stewart, of Braco.

A newspaper reported her death:
Airman And W. A. A. F. Killed
A warrant officer in the R. A. F. and a W. A. A. F. lost their lives last night on the main L. M. S. railway line between Wigtown and Kirkinner, Wigtownshire.
They were Warrant Officer Islwyn Thomas, Swansea, and A. C. W. /2 Caroline S. A. Stewart, Braco, Perthshire.
It is assumed they were walking along the line when they were struck by a light engine.

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