De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Fraser, Percy William Norman, Lieutenant, was born 22 January 1879, and was the eldest surviving son of the late Colonel G. L. Fraser, of Kirkside, Kincardineshire. He was educated at Wellington and Sandhurst, and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 06 April 1898; served in the Nile Expedition in 1898 (Egyptian Medal), and was promoted to Lieutenant 01 April 1899. He served in the South African War 1900 - 02; as A. D. C. to Major-General Sir Bruce Hamilton, K. C. B. 26 April 1900 to 31 October 1901; as Staff Lieutenant, Headquarters Staff, 01 November 1901 to 22 June 1902; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including actions at Vet River (05 and 06 May) and Zand River; in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); in Orange River Colony May to 29 November 1900, including action at Ladybrand (02 to 05 September); in the Transvaal, October 1901 to 31 May 1902; again in Orange River Colony 30 November 1900 to September 1901; also during the operations on the Zululand Frontier of Natral in September and October 1901; and in Cape Colony, February, March and May 1901 (Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; Queen's Medal with four clasps, and King's Medal with two clasps). He was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 26 June 1902]: "Percy William Norman Fraser, Lieutenant, Cameron Highlanders. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa." He was in vested by the King, 18 December 1902. He was promoted to Captain 21 April 1902, and was on Special Service 07 December 1903 to 05 January 1904. Captain Fraser served in East Africa 1903 - 04; took part in the operations in Somaliland, on Staff (as Special Service Officer); action at Jidballi (Medal with two clasps). He became Major 05 April 1909. He served in the European War, and was killed in action 23 February 1915.Unm.

Wills and Administrations, 1915
Fraser, Percy William Norman, of Kirkside, St. Cyrus, Kincardine, Captain, 2nd Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, D. S. O., died 23 February 1915 on active service in France.
Confirmation of (Mrs.) Conszance Fraser or Jardine (Wife of Robert Jardine) and Forbes Leith Fraser, Captain, Seaforth Highlanders.
Sealed London 05 August.

De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Forsyth-Grant, Ivor, M. A., Ll. B., Advocate, Lieutnant, 1/2nd Lovat Scouts, Highland Mounted Brigade, only son of George James Forsyth-Grant, of 43, Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, Advocate, by his wife, Anne, daughter of the late John McKerrell Brown, of 7, Eton Terrace, Edinburgh; and grandson of the late William Forsyth-Grant, of Ecclesgreig, co. Kincardine, J. P., D. L.; born Edinburgh, 7 February 1888; educated Edinburgh Academy, and University of Edinburgh (M. A., Ll. B.); was called to the Scottish Bar at the end of 1913; joined the Lovat Scouts as a 2nd Lieutenant about 1909, and became Lieutenant January 1914; volunteered with his regiment for foreign service, after the outbreak of the European War; served at the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Force, and was severely wounded in the arm and leg during a reconnaissance in front of the trenches at Sulva Bay, 19 October 1915, and died a few hours after being brought in. He was mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 13 July 1916] by General Sir Charles Monro, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.
His Colonel wrote: "You will have heard that he volunteered for a dangerous duty and how galantly he behaved . . . I feel That not only the regiment, but Scotland also, has lost a good man."
A brother officer, who gave an account of the duty he undertook, said: "The ground in front of the enemy's saphead, which is pretty thick, had to be reconnoitred, and last night Ivor and two men crawled out to do this from their saphead, and, in particular, to find out if the 'old house' was occupied by snipers or not. This wasn't the first time he had been doing this kind of work, and he was well up to all the tricks. The two men who were with him have told me the story. The crawled out on the left of the old mule track and got up to the house and into it and found no one there. The walls are half broken down. He said to the men 'The house is empty', and apparently the enemy must either have heard or seen them at that moment. Ivor got hit on the arm then, though the men didn't know it at the time. He lay flat and ordered the men to bolt, which they did for a little distance, and when the heavy fire ceased they crawled back and found him wounded in the left arm and left leg. One of the men took back word, and 2nd Lieutenant J. F. at once brought out a party of men to cover the bringing of him in, which was done in a very short time. He was very cheery then, and K. M. saw him smoking a cigarette as he was being carried down the sap. He was taken on a strecher to the hospital, and got there about 10.30 or 11 p. m. He died at 3.30 this morning. He died quite peacefully and typically of him, apologizing to the doctors for all the trouble he was giving them. All through the time no one could have given a finer example of pluck and absolute unselfishness . . . Every officer and man here have seen him on active service for about three weeks, and he has set us all an example of coolness and unselfishness which we shall never see the like of, and shall never forget; and I don't mean only after he was wounded. Of course, this is no surprise to us who knew him and what he was made of, but others who didn't know him couldn't fail to see in him as real a man as they will ever be likely to see . . ."
The Doctor also wrote: "He was magnificently brave, and was so cheery in spite of pain. We gave him a cigarette and he smoke and talked as I worked."
A brother officer wrote to a friend: "Ivor was always the central figure, with hgis big heart and big personality . . . We miss him terribly in the regiment, and I know the country has lost a great soldier. He was as brave as a lion . . . "
A Member of Parliament, who knew him well, wrote: "I formed the very highest estimate of him, both as regards intellect and character. He was a peculiarly happy temperament, and he had a charm of manner all his own . . . He was the very model of what a soldier should be - full of courage, high in tone, clean in thought and feeling, and tender to the old and weak."
He took a prominent part in promoting the Boy Scout movement in poor districts of Edinburgh, and was responsible for the formation of a commitee of University man with this object, and, speaking of his work at the Scottish Bar, the Scots "Law Times" said: "He was called on to conduct the important criminal case of H. M. Advocate v. Ryan, which involved difficult and important questions on the construction of an old Scots statute and the eighteenth chapter of Leviticus, and which was deemed so important that it was ordered to be heard before a full Bench. The ordeal was a severe one for a younbg Counsel in his first year at the Bar, but Mr. Forsyth-Grant conducted the case with so much ability as to earn warm praise from the Bench, and to excite the liveliest hopes of his friends for his future career as a Counsel . . . Mr. Forsyth-Grant was a man of the most purposeful and attractive personality." The Scots "Law Times" also said: "Many friends of all ages and walks of life throughout Scotland will mourn the death of Lieutenant Ivor Forsyth-Grant . . . He excelled as a sportsman, was a good rider and a keen and useful shot, and there were few games which he did not play well."   Unm.

De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Porteous, Dick MacDonald, D. S. O., Captain, 1st Battn. Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only son of Colonel John James Porteous, of 7, Sloane Street, S. W., late R. A.; born Dublin, 15 June 1883; educated Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (the old 91st), 22 October 1902, Lieutenant 19 October 1907, and Captain 13 September 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, greatly distinguishing himself; was awarded the D. S. O. for conspicuous gallantry on many occasions throughout the campaign [London Gazette, 15 April 1915], the official record stating that" His very great daring and total disregard of danger on reconnaissance duty, especially at St. Eloi on 19 February 1915, were noticeable," and was mentioned again in F. M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June 1915], for distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action, being shot through the head in the trenches near Ypres, 10 May 1915; Unm.

Wills and Administrations, 1943
Parsons, Robert James Seale, of Broombank, St. Cyrus, Kincardineshire, who is presumed to have died 28 September 1942.
Confirmation of Ernest George Seale Parsons, civil servant and Jessie Marion Lincoln or Parsons.
Sealed Llandudno 11 November.

The birth of Robert J. S. Parsons was registered in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England during the first quarter of 1920.

Probably:
Wills and Administrations, 1918
Warden, John, of 11 Havelock-terrace, Gateshead-on-Tyne, county Durham, Corporal, Tank Corps, died 01 December 1917 in France or Belgium.
Administration (with Will) London 04 April to Patience May Warden, widow.
Effects £64 8s. 8d.

Allen Balfour emigrated to Canada in April 1912. He was passenger of the ship "Virginian". He disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Probably:

Katherine Elspet Gove, born 14 October 1885 in Scotland, widowed, was the wife of James Wallace Gove and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 16 December 1963. Her parents were Alexander Mackie and Mary Glashan.

Katherine Mary Ferguson, daughter of James Gove, wife of Mervin Ernest Ferguson, was born on 08 March 1914 and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 03 April 1981.

Application for Administartion
James Gove, late of the city of Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba, one of His Majesty's soldiers on active servic, deceased, died on the fourth day of June 1916 at the battle front in France with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and that at the time of his death he had his fixed place of abode at the city of Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba . . . George Fleming Gove (Roblin, Manitoba, Canada) and David Stewart Gove (St. Cyrus, Scotland), his lawful brothers, and James Gove (St. Cyrus, Scotland), his father.

St. Cyrus soldier falls in action
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Hay, Collie's Row, St. Cyrus, have received official intimation that their third son, Private George Hay, Machine Gun Section, 1st Gordon Highlanders, was killed in action on 5th May. Private Hay, who was 19 years of age, enlisted in November, 1915, and had been serving at the front in France for 14 months. For over a year previous to enlisting he was in charge of the Boy Scout coast watchers stationed at St. Cyrus, and acted as assistant Scoutmaster of the troop. Mr. and Mrs. Hay's eldest son, Private Alex. Hay, postman, who was dangerously wounded, is now in the hospital at Southampton, where he is progressing favourably, while their second son, Private Robert Hay, also wounded, is in the hospital in Aberdeen.

De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Murray, George Adam, Private, No. 19968, 8th (Service) Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), grandson of George Murray, of Distillery Cottages, Fettercairn, Farm Servant; born Fettercairn, Co. Lincardine, 21 December 1895; educated Public School there; was a Farm Servant at Steelsrath; enlisted in the Black Watch 22 December 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March 1917, and was killed in action near Ypres 28 Septemebr following. Buried where he fell.
His Commanding Officer, Captain Alexander, wrote: "He was a fine soldier, who had volunteered for the noble and ardous duties of a stretcher-bearer. In billets he was a kind and merry companion, in action a loyal and gallant comrade."    Unm.

Probably:
Andrew Petrie travelled from Glasgow, Scotland to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada in April 1911. He was passenger of the ship "Saturnia". He disembarked in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada on 10 April 1911.

Probably:
Alberta Homestead Records (26 April 1911)
Andrew Petrie, born abt. 1888 in Scotland, aged 23 years.
Resisded at Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada

James Reid was married to Betsy Torrie in Brechin, Angus, Scotland on 11 June 1915.