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War Memorial - Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland


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William Sanderson
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Private
7555
abt. 1880
12 July 1915
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1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Mrs. Mary Sanderson,
of North Back Lane, Norham, Northumberland.
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Adam Scott
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Trooper




Lothian and Borders Horse

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John Henry Marshall Scott
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Captain


24 March 1919

Royal Army Medical Corps
Lennel Old Churchyard, Berwickshire
Husband of May Wright Scott.
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Charles J. Smerdon
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Private
4396

14 July 1915

1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
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James Stevenson
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Lance Corporal
P/16648
abt. 1887
27 February 1919
32
Military Foot Police of Military Police Corps
Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France
Son of the late Andrew and Margaret Stevenson,
of Wooler, Northumberland,
husband of Gladys Eleanor Stevenson,
of 23, Duke St., Coldstream, Berwickshire.
Late of Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Australia.
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James Ramsey Stewart
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Corporal
51083
abt. 1883
23 April 1917
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16th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
Tank Cemetery, Guemappe, France
Son of Peter and Janet Stewart,
of Coldstream, Berwickshire,
husband of Fanny Davidson Stewart,
of 9, College Rd., Isleworth, Middlesex.
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George Taylor
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Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John Kinnel Taylor
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Private
9744
abt. 1890
02 January 1919
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2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Hamburg Cemetery, Germany
Son of George M. and Isabella Taylor,
of Coldstream, Scotland.
Born at Aberlady.
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John Henry Thorne
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Private
23649
abt. 1877
09 April 1918
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16th Bn. Royal Scots
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
Son of Esau and Jane Thorne,
of Prospect House, Wingrave, Aylesbury,
husband of Marie Gertrude Thorne,
of 10, Graham St., Pimlico, London.
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James Tocher
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Sapper
153948

05 November 1916

H. Q. Special Coy. Royal Engineers
Longueval Road Cemetery,
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Thomas Tocher
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Private
350704

13 April 1918

9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
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Ambrose Townsley
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Private
291148
abt. 1897
20 September 1917
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King's Own Scottish Borderers
CWGC: 10th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Thomas Townsley,
of Leet Street, Coldstream, Berwickshire.
Moses Townsley
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Private
4519
abt. 1889
12 July 1915
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1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Thomas Townsley,
of 19, Lea St., Coldstream,
husband of Margaret E. W. Ford (formerly Townsley),
of 2, Abbey Rd., Coldstream, Berwickshire.
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William Townsley
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Private
42237
abt. 1885
18 April 1917
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16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Nesle Communal Cemetery, France
Husband of Christina Townsley,
of 36, Duke St., Coldstream.
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Andrew Wallace
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Captain

abt. 1875
12 July 1915
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4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace,
of 54, Joppa Rd., Portobello, Edinburgh.
Of Prestonpans.
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John Anderson Whitehead
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Corporal
13770
abt. 1893
01 October 1916
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1st Bn. Royal Scots
Struma Military Cemetery, Greece
Son of Anthony Whitehead,
of 27, Melbourne Place, North Berwick.
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John Whitelaw
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Gunner
163248
abt. 1889
29 September 1918
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174th Siege II Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Tincourt New British Cemetery, France
Son of Mrs. I. W. B Johnston,
of Nortonhall, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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John Wilson
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Serjeant
4127
abt. 1879
15 July 1915
36
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Husband of Sarah Alice Martin (formerly Wilson),
of 247, Tyldesley Rd., Atherton, Manchester.
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John Wilson
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Private
29376

04 October 1917

2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Richard and Jane Wilson
of Coldstream, Berwickshire.
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William Wilson
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Private
S/40863
abt. 1899
28 March 1918
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9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, France
Son of William and Phoebe Wilson,
of 2, Abbey Rd., Coldstream, Berwickshire.
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Hugh Wood
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Private
S/16343
abt. 1898
23 August 1918
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10th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France
Son of Mrs. J. Wood,
of 4, Market St., Coldstream, Berwickshire.
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Wellwood Maxwell Johnston
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Serjeant
4020
abt. 1880
12 July 1915
25
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Robert and Mary Agnes Johnston,
of The Crooks, Coldstream, Berwickshire.
William Johnston
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Lance Serjeant
16242
abt. 1893
09 October 1917
25
3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Robert and Mary Agnes Johnston,
of The Crooks, Coldstream, Berwickshire.
Member of the Metropolitan Police Force.
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William Allan
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Sergeant (CWGC: Corporal)
3185929
abt. 1911
15 February 1944
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2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar
Son of Moses William Allan and of Jane Allan (nee Goodfellow),
husband of Barbara Milligan Allan,
of Ladykirk, Berwickshire.
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William Victor Collins
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Leading Aircraftman (Drogue Operator)
1368338
abt. 1921
27 December 1943
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Scotland
Son of William Victor and Annie Moffat Collins,
of Edinburgh.
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John Graham Curran
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Sergeant
1821749
abt. 1924
05 September 1943
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery, Somerset, England
Son of Kathleen McClelland,
of Coldstream, Berwickshire.
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Ian Riach Currie
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Pilot Officer (Pilot)
85944
abt. 1921
30 January 1941
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261 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Malta (Capucini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
Son of James Henderson Currie and Marie W. H. Currie,
of Edinburgh.
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John Ferguson
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Rifleman
3188631
abt. 1922
01 June 1940
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2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Ramsgate Cemetery, Kent, England
Son of George D. Ferguson and Eliza B. Ferguson,
of Coldstream, Berwickshire.
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John Wood Ford
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Sergeant (Air Gunner)
1827160
abt. 1925
28 October 1944
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Lennel Old Churchyard, Berwickshire
Son of Andrew and Agnes Ford,
of Coldstream.
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Christian Albert Renatus Gerner
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Lance Stoker
P/KX 127662
abt. 1911
18 October 1944
33
Royal Navy, H. M. L. C. T. "7015"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England
Son of George and Ellen Mary Gerner,husband of Olive Gerner,
of Alnwick, Northumberland.
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Andrew Tait Gray
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Serjeant
3187878
abt. 1919
02 August 1943
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2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Son of Adam and E. Gray,
husband of Rose Gray,
of Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
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William Matthew Gray
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Steward

abt. 1891
29 June 1941
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Merchant Navy

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James William Hewitt
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Aircraftman 1st Class
633562
abt. 1920
18 September 1944
24
242 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Son of James and Elizabeth Young Hewitt.
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Hon. George Cospatrick Douglas-Home
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Flying Officer
126996

14 June 1943

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada
Son of Charles Archibald Cospatrick Douglas-Home, K. T.,
13th Earl of Home,
and Lilian, Countess of Home,
of Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland.
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George B. Kerr
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Able Seaman

abt. 1924
05 April 1942
18
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Dorsetshire"
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England
Son of Jonathon and Georgina Kerr
of Arlisfield, Dumfriesshire
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Robert McL. Kerr
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Driver
T/14247147

26 June 1944

Royal Army Service Corps
attd. Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Lillico
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Private
7594242
abt. 1913
17 June 1940
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1 Base Ordnance Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Soulac-sur-Mer (Olives) Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Mary Lillico, of Coldstream, Berwickshire.
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Ronald Sinclair Orr
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Flying Officer (Navigator)
138059
abt. 1921
21 March 1944
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248 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Lennel Old Churchyard, Berwickshire.
Son of Daniel and Mary Greenshields Orr,
of Coldstream.
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Peter Purves
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Sergeant (Flight Engineer)
1820366
abt. 1925
03 June 1945
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Birgham Churchyard, Berwickshire.
Son of Jane Renton Brown,
of Coldstream.
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William Stuart Tait
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Captain
200910
abt. 1921
07 June 1944
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2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Cassino War Cemetery, Italy
Son of William Stuart Tait and Emma Foster Tait,
of Churston Ferrers, Devon.
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Henry John Robert Trotter Wilson
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Leading Telegraphist
D/JX 245788
abt. 1925
22 October 1946
21
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Saumarez"
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England
Son of Henry Johnston Wilson and Marion Wilson,
of Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire.
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