Military Graves - Forteviot, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

1914 - 1920

John Bonthrone
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Cause of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 19547 abt. 1897 25 March 1920 Tubercular Disease of the Spine 23 4th/5th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Forteviot Parish Churchyard Son of William Bonthrone, of Green of Invermay, Forgandenny.

Alexander Bonthrone
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Cause of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 13553 abt. 1892 12 August 1915 Struck by lightning 23 3rd Reserve Bn. Scots Guards Forteviot Parish Churchyard Son of William Bonthrone, of Green of Invermay, Forgandenny.

Published in The Strathearn Herald on 21 August 1915

At Westminster, London, an inquest was held into the death of Alex. Bonthrone, aged 23, a private in the Scots Guards, who was killed by lightning at Kensington Gardens. Private Bonthrone was a son of Mr and Mrs Wm. Bonthrone, Invermay Gardens, Forteviot. Up until about six months ago, before enlisting, the deceased was employed as a gardener at Dupplin.
The evidence showed that the deceased and two other Scots Guardsmen were walking through Kensington Gardens when they were overtaken by a shower, and sat down on chairs under a tree. Private Watts said all three were thrown to the ground, and he must have been rendered unconscious. Bonthrone was lying across his legs. Private Eric Hutchison said the crash was like a bomb dropping. He was knocked down unconscious. Sergeant Rogers, Royal Fusiliers, explained that the three men and the chairs were knocked down, and he found that Bonthrone was dead, Watts was unconscious, and Hutchison was yelling out in great pain. He saw very little lightning.
The jury found that Private Bonthrone died as the result of being struck by lightning.

David Bonthrone
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Cause of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal S/40285 abt. 1887 29 February 1920 Suppurative Axillary Adenitis Secondary Haemorrhage 33 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Forteviot Parish Churchyard Son of William Bonthrone, of Green of Invermay, Forgandenny.

A forth brother is buried in France:

Thomas Bonthrone
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3832 abt. 1881 13 August 1916 35 1st/6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) St. Severe Cemetery Rouen, France Son of William and Helen Bonthrone, of Green of Invermay, Forgandenny, Perthshire, husband of Betsy Bonthrone, of Ruthvenpark, Newhouse, Perth.

Also buried in Forteviot Parish Churchyard is::

Cameron Walker
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 2756797 abt. 1918 29 December 1944 26 4th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Forteviot Parish Churchyard Son of John and Christina Walker, of Forgandenny.

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