The Scottish War Graves Project

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

When Traveling towards Kincardine on the A985, at the Cairneyhill roundabout take the first exit signposted Culross 4, Torryburn 1-1/4 (B9037). The Cemetery is approximately one mile on the left.

There are eight graves listed on the Commonwealth War Graves website and an additional seventeen family headstones which commemorate the fallen.

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 23
Date of Death: 14 June 1920
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Service No. 'S/2482'
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery
Grave No. N. 56.
Additional Information: Not Recorded

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 21
Date of Death: 3 October 1943
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: 88 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service No. 132191
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of James and Mary Ann Murray Christie, of Newmills, Fife. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 123

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 25
Date of Death: 26 October 1915
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
Service No. 1704
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of John and Catherine Ford, of Rosehill House, New Mills, Dunfermline. Buried in the Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey. Grave Reference I E 16

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 21
Date of Death: 28 August 1919
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Service No. '26509'
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery
Grave No. G. 26.
Additional Information: Son Of Helen Gordon, Of Main St., Newmills, Dunfermline, Fife, And The Late James Gordon. (In The Same Grave Is Buried:-Pte. James Gordon, 291978. 7Th Bn. Gordon Highlanders. 19Th Oct., 1928. Age 26.).

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 27
Date of Death: 8 May 1941
Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service No. '1032980'
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery
Grave No. Sec. N. Grave 62.
Additional Information: Son Of James And Margaret Gould, Of Newmills. M.A. (Edin.).

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 28
Date of Death: 10 July 1944
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Service No. 255575
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of Robert Moyes Gray and Agnes Lamond Gray, of Torryburn, Fife. Buried in the Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, France. Grave Reference XI E 24

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 21
Date of Death: 14 December 1914
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Service No. S/2481
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of Henry and Jemima Knox, of Main St., Torryburn, Dunfermline. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 38

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 27
Date of Death: 8 January 1945
Rank: Lance Corpoal
Regiment/Service: 1st Bn. Royal Scots
Service No. 3063965
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of Alexander P. Lang and Sarah Lang, of Dunfermline, Fife. Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma. Grave Reference 18 A 9

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 22
Date of Death: 24 June 1944
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment/Service: 59 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service No. '1551749'
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery
Grave No. Sec. H. Grave 48.
Additional Information: Son Of William And Margaret Guthrie Leonard, Of Inverkeithing.

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 24
Date of Death: 2 December 1943
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service No. 979791
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son Of William And Margaret Guthrie Leonard, Of Inverkeithing. Buried in the Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia. Grave Reference 6 B 5

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 30
Date of Death: 14 May 1946
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Service No. '7623991'
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery
Grave No. Sec. N. Grave 33.
Additional Information: Son Of William And Margaret Lessels, Of Newmills; Husband Of Marcell Lessels.

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 53
Date of Death: 2 November 1917
Rank: Master
Regiment/Service: SS Cape Finisterre Mercantile Marine
Service No. N/A
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of the late Capt. Jas. Lochead; husband of Jane Ann Lochead, of Holly Lodge, Newmills, Dunfermline. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 18
Date of Death: 4 August 1918
Rank: Apprentice
Regiment/Service: SS Clan McNab (Glasgow) Mercantile Marine
Service No. N/A
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of Jane Ann and the late James Lochead, of Holly Lodge, New Mills, Fife. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London

Scott · Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 1935 Location: Fife

Age: 19
Date of Death: 29 April 1917
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: 1st/1st (Fife) Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Service No. 306419
Cemetery: Torryburn Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of George and Ann Marshall, of Main St., Newmills, Dunfermline. Native of Comrie Village, Oakley, Fifeshire. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Grave Reference XVIII. D. 10.