Remembrance Day Memorial

[smiddykilry]

In Memory of

Private James SCOTT

2168 4th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
age 20
Died 18/05/1915
Son of David Scott and Helen Bruce Kirriemuir
NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY


Private Alexander M Smith

43462 9th Bn Black Watch
age 24
Died 26/04/1917
Son of John Smith and Annie Rough Blairgowrie
Guemappe British Cemetery Wancourt

Private James F Bruce
57521 19th Bn The King's Liverpool Regiment
age 24
Died 30/03/1918
Son of Peter Bruce and Janet Findlay Dundee
Roupy Road German Cemetery


L/C Francis F Gardiner

736729 16th Bn Manitoba Regiment
age 28
Died 16/08/1917
Son of John Gardiner and Euphemia Forsyth Scone
Lillers Military Cemetery

Private Alexander F Gardiner

33427 16th Bn HLI
age 18
Died 18/11/1916
Son of John Gardiner and Euphemia Forsyth Scone
Frankfort Trench Cemetery Beaumont-Hamel Somme

Remembered with honour

[AnneM]

In memory of 2nd Lieutenant John Lind, RAF who died 18th September 1918 aged 22 in France as a result of enemy action and was buried in the British cemetery at St-Pol-sur-Ternoise, son of John Lind and Kate Miller.

May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be ever at your back.

Anne

[Heather]

L/Cpl Hugh Lynch, 09 Aug 1881 - 12 Mar 1915, 2nd Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers.

Neuve Chapelle

[Currie]

In memory of my mother’s second cousins:

NX69196 Corporal Thomas Oswald Young,
2/3rd Motor Ambulance Company, Australian Army Service Corps
http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/P02467.863

NX67346 Lance Corporal Victor Thistlethwaite,
2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/P02467.813

In 1942 Australian and allied prisoners were sent to Sandakan on the northern coast of British North Borneo to build an airstrip. By 1944 conditions at the camp had deteriorated, with reduced rations and increased brutality. In January and July 1945 the Japanese sent 2000 Australian and British prisoners on a 260 km forced march along jungle tracks to Ranau. Those too sick to move were left in camp to die. A large number of prisoners died along the route or were killed if they fell behind. Most others died in the terrible conditions at Ranau and by the end of the war only six soldiers of the 2500 prisoners originally held at Sandakan had survived.
http://cas.awm.gov.au/heraldry/REL/02028.006

Alan

[emamc]

In Memory of

Private John Lynn
9718, 2nd Bn., Scots Guards
who died on 16 May 1915

Remembered with honour
Le Touret Memorial

[AnneM]

In remembering our ancestors and relatives who died in the wars of the C20 we should not forget that right now young men and women, British, American etc are dying in wars which are, rightly or wrongly, unpopular with a large proportion of their compatriots. In remembering the dead of World Wars we should spare a thought and a prayer, if you believe in that, for those whose grief is new and sharp.

In memory of all of them.

Neither shall they grow old as for most of us our children have the chance to grow old.

Anne

[joette]

Private Gilbert Thomson Greer
1/7th Gordon Highlanders enlisted 26/4/1917
Died of gunshot wounds 2nd General Hospital Le Harve 13th Dec 1917
aged 18 years.
My Granny's cousin & contempary

[ninatoo]

In Memory of

Private Hugh Logan
3 January 1886 - 28 June 1915
Gallipoli
Turkey
8th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9987

Remembered with honour
Halles Memorial
Gallipoli
Turkey

Hugh was my great grandfather's brother. When he died he left a wife and two children back in Glasgow. I recently made contact with his great grandson and have a photo of him.

[Grendlsmother]

James Connel of Coylton, Ayrshire.
Seaforth Highlanders.
Died of wounds received at Ypres, May 1915 aged 20.
Bethune Cemetery.
My Granny's brother.
His name lives on in my son.

[scooter]

Hello all,

This seems the most appropriate thread in which to post this. Wee Alex (now approaching three years old) and I were at the Cenotaph today, slightly up from the main 'arena', but close enough to get a real feel for mornings proceedings. Unbeknown to us at the time we arrived, Alex and I had taken up a position right next to a small group of Royal Scots Fusiliers (mostly WWII vets) who were in line waiting for the march-by after all the dignitaries had laid their wreaths. One of the old soldier's daughters was standing with us, and having learnt which regiment they belonged to, I told them about my G Grandfather who was in the RSF and killed in action in Salonika in September 1918. She then relayed this to the men, who afterwards wanted to say hello to Alex and I, and to get a photograph with the Great Great Grandson of a fellow RSF.

Even though I have no intention of explaining war or death to a nearly three year old, I think he realised that by wearing a poppy he was 'part' of something, which was kind of the idea. Meeting some auld boys in uniform at the end was the icing on the cake for him - almost as exciting as the train ride into London!

Anyway, I hope you don't mind me sharing my morning with you.

Best wishes,

Scott