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War Memorial - Newtown St Boswells, Scottish Borders, Scotland


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Robert A. Ingles
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1895
21 March 1918
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16th Bn. Royal Scots
Arras Memorial, France
Son of the Rev. Robert and Sarah Ingles,
of The Manse, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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William Mowbray
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1887
14 January 1916
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Indian Army Reserve of Officers
attd. 1st Bn. 9th Gurkha Rifles
Basra Memorial, Iraq
Son of Mr. W. B. Mowbray,
of Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburgh.
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Robert C. Miller
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Sergeant
706001

29 September 1918

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Crest Cemetery, Fontaine-Notre Dame, France
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Walter Stevenson Thomson
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Serjeant
570

12 July 1915

1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Thomas Thomson,
of Sprouston Cottages, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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John Cairns
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Corporal




9th Bn. Royal Scots

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Robert Davidson Ker
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Corporal
628515

13 April 1917

47th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Neuville-St. Vaast, France
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Robert Chisholm
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Lance Corporal




Royal Engineers

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Felix Hall
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Lance Corporal
S/15309
abt. 1891
31 July 1917
26
11th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of James Hall, J. P., and Mrs. Hall
of Fairfield, Newtown, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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William Hume
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Gunner
232689
abt. 1891
29 September 1918
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Y 33rd Trench Mortar Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Thilloy Road Cemetery, Beaulencourt, France
Son of William and Mary Hume,
of Hull,
husband of Edith Annie Hume,
of 8, Lanark St., Perth St., Hull.
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William Fraser (Probably)
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Lance Corporal
276206

03 May 1917

2nd Bn. Royal Scots
Arras Memorial, France
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Francis James Miller
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Gunner
313926
abt. 1895
26 September 1918
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4th Div. Ammunition Col. Canadian Field Artillery
Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, France
Son of David and Robina Miller,
of Norton Hall, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
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James Porteous
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Piper
S/10487
abt. 1886
26 October 1918
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5th Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Vichte Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Robert Porteous,
of Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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John Kinloch Stewart
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Sapper
28432
abt. 1894
15 July 1916
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11th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France
Son of William and Jessie Torrance Stewart,
of Stanley Place, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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Peter Allan
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Private
31683
abt. 1899
30 August 1918
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6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Fourmies Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Andrew and Agnes Allan,
of Sprouston Cottages, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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Alexander Bunyan
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Private
785
abt. 1894
12 July 1915
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1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Alexander and Christina Bunyan,
of Sprouston Cottages, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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Adam Kerr
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Private




2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Thomson
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Private




2nd Bn. Black Watch

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John Henderson Gilholm
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Private
782
abt. 1894
12 July 1915
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1st/4th King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Mrs. Ellen Gilholm,
of Eldon, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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Andrew Gilholm
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Lance Corporal
T4/242430

15 April 1917

"K" Supply Coy. Army Service Corps
Chatby Memorial, Egypt
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Peter Paterson (Probably)
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Private
S/7030

25 April 1917

10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders (CWGC: 9th Bn.)
Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt
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John G. Miller
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Private




14th Bn. American Infantry

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E. Lawrence Mathers
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4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers

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James Robertson
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Private
335688
abt. 1897
01 August 1918
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1st/9th Bn. Royal Scots
Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire, France
Son of Robert and Jessie Grieve Robertson,
of Baillie Memorial Hall, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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William Stewart
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Private
784
abt. 1895
12 July 1915
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1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of William and Jessie Stewart,
of Stanley Place, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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Joseph Wilson
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Private
14431
abt. 1890
08 July 1916
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7th/8th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Vermelles British Cemetery, France
Son of Thomas and Mary Grace Wilson,
of 32, North Hermitage St., New Castleton, Roxburghshire.
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James Yule
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Private (CWGC: Rifleman)
4933
abt. 1881
07 October 1916
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8th Bn. London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.
Son of James and Annie Yule,
husband of Mary MacLeod Yule,
of 6, Eildon Terrace, Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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William Robertson Annan
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Captain
201235

05 May 1944

Royal Engineers
attd. Administrative H. Q. Force 136.
Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar
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Walter Alexander Graham Clark (Probably)
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Flight Lieutenant
116802
abt. 1911
22 November 1943
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156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK
Son of David and Mary Clark,
husband of Doris Irene Clark,
of Kilburn, Middlesex.
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Harold Douglas
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Gunner
821263
abt. 1914
18 June 1942
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2 Bty., 1 H. A. A. Regt. Royal Artillery
Belfast City Cemetery, Co. Antrim, UK
Son of Harry and Margaret Douglas,
husband of Mary Jane Douglas,
of Newton St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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John Hunter
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Private
3192803
abt. 1917
20 November 1940
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6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Melrose (Wairds) Cemetery, Roxburghshire, UK
Son of James and Agnes Hunter,
of Newtown St. Boswells,
husband of Williamina Hunter,
of Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
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Joseph Lowrie
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Cadet

abt. 1926
07 January 1943
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Merchant Navy, S. S. "Benalbanach" (Leith)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK
Son of George W. and Jessie Lowrie,
of St. Boswells. Roxburghshire.
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William Smail Sanderson
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Lance Corporal
T/70965
abt. 1904
26 or 27 April 1941
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Royal Army Service Corps
attd. Royal Artillery
Athens Memorial, Greece
Son of George and Margaret Sanderson
of St. Boswells, Roxburghshire,
husband of Helen Sanderson,
of St. Boswells.
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David Wilson Shanks
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Private
3190784
abt. 1921
18 November 1940
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6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Bowden New Cemetery, Roxburghshire, UK
Son of Alexander Wilson Shanks and Nellie Scott Shanks,
of Newtown St. Boswells.
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John Bell Stoddart
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Airman 1st Class
1326554

28 November 1942

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Melrose (Wairds) Cemetery, Roxburghshire, UK
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James Todd
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Corporal

abt. 1899
27 July 1941
42
10th City of Edinburgh Bn. Home Guard
Melrose (Wairds) Cemetery, Roxburghshire, UK
Son of James and Agnes Currie Todd,
husband of Nellie Mercer Todd,
of Newtown St. Boswells.
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J. Barrie R. Gold
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Lance Corporal


25 April 1978

King's Own Scottish Borderers

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