The Scottish War Graves Project

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

Name: William Morgan
Age: 23
Date of Death: Wednesday 27 October 1943
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Unit/Ship/Squadron:
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. S/57433
Cemetery/Memorial: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Grave Reference: 2. K. 61.
Additional Info. Son of George Bonthrone Morgan and Constance Elgin Morgan, of Auchtermuchty Fife.
Died in Kamburi Base Hospital, Siam

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

Name: John Murray Muir
Age: 38
Date of Death: Saturday 25 May 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 5th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 39000
Cemetery/Memorial: Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France. Grave Reference: II. N. 14.
Additional Info. Son of William Muir, of Mournipea, Auchtermuchty, Fife.

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

Name: James Murray
Age: 32
Date of Death: Tuesday 18 April 1916
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. A/8894
Cemetery/Memorial: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Grave Reference: XXI. G. 12.
Additional Info. Son of Thomas and Jean Murray of Montreal, Canada; husband of Marion (Train) Murray of Croft, Auchtermuchty, Fife.

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

Name: William Niven
Age: 34
Date of Death: Monday 10 July 1944
Rank: Lance Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 68th Field Regt.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 1093588
Cemetery/Memorial: Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. Grave Reference: IV. E. 28.
Additional Info. Son of James & Mrs Janet (McKenzie) Niven; husband of Marion McAllister (McKechnie) Niven.

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

Name: David Pringle
Age: 22
Date of Death: Sunday 02 April 1916
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 12973
Cemetery/Memorial: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. West- Vlaaderen, Belgium. Grave Reference: V. C. 28A.
Additional Info. Grandson of Robert Pringle of Melbourne Cottage, Dunshelt, Auchtermuchty, Fife.

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

Name: James Smith
Age: 25
Date of Death: Wednesday 14 March 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 2nd Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 1452
Cemetery/Memorial: Basra Memorial, Iraq. Grave Reference: Panel 25 and 63
Additional Info. Son of James H. and Martha (Martin) Smith of Dunshelt, Auchtermuchty, Fife.

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

Name: Robert Taylor
Age: 27
Date of Death: Monday 04 November 1918
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Lovat Scouts
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 2nd/2nd
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. D/24225
Cemetery/Memorial: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference: LXXI. A. 1.
Additional Info. Son of Isabella (McQueen) and the late David Taylor of Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire: husband of Barbara Taylor of 58A Gladston Terrace, Wishaw, Lanarkshire.

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

Name: Andrew Chalmers White
Age: 29
Date of Death: Friday 07 March 1941
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 608 Sqdn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 970692
Cemetery/Memorial: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK. Grave Reference: Panel 54
Additional Info. Son of the late William H. (who fell Sept. 1915) & Mrs Margaret Houston (Cant) White of Auchtermuchty, Fife.

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

Name: William Hector White
Age: 33
Date of Death: Saturday 25 September 1915
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 9th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 3/3808
Cemetery/Memorial: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. Grave Reference: IV. G. 5.
Additional Info. Son of Mr & Mrs Hector White of York Place, Perth; husband of Margaret Houston (Cant) White of Orchardflat, Auchtermuchty, Fife. Father of Andrew Chalmers White who fell on active service March 1941.

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

Name: James Huntly Henderson
Age: 36
Date of Death: Saturday 24 January 1920
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 159 Bde
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. L/6553
Cemetery/Memorial: Auchtermuchty Cemetery
Additional Info. Son of James & Mrs Agnes Brown (Huntly) Henderson.
Cause of death was Chronic Nephritis (Renal Failure), Vascular Disease Heart. Occupation at time of death was Process Engraver (Army Pensioner).

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

Name: William Lambert
Age: 36
Date of Death: Thursday 08 December 1921
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: Not Recorded
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. Not Recorded
Cemetery/Memorial: Auchtermuchty Cemetery
Additional Info. Died at Craigleith Military Hospital, Edinburgh. Husband of Margaret Staig.

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

Name: Leslie Forbes Haggart
Age: 40
Date of Death: Sunday 10 December 2006
Rank: Not Recorded
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit/Ship/Squadron: Not Recorded
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. Not Recorded
Cemetery/Memorial: Auchtermuchty Cemetery

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

Name: Frederick George Rowe
Age: 73
Date of Death: Monday 10 June 2013
Rank: Not Recorded
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit/Ship/Squadron: HM Submarines
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. Not Recorded
Cemetery/Memorial: Auchtermuchty Cemetery
Additional Info. A Devoted Husband, Dad, Grandad and Great-Grandad

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

Name: Donald John Weeks
Age: 62
Date of Death: Tuesday 04 April 1950
Rank: Engineer Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit/Ship/Squadron:
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No.
Cemetery/Memorial: Auchtermuchty Cemetery
Additional Info. Husband of Kathleen Stewart

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

Name: Alexander Malcolm
Age: 54
Date of Death: Sunday 15 February 1942
Rank: Civilian
Regiment/Service:
Unit/Ship/Squadron:
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No.
Cemetery/Memorial: Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour, St. George's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London.
Additional Info. of Malcolm and Co., Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Buildings. Son of Agnes Malcolm, of Lomond View, Low Road, Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland, and of the late Aexander Malcolm; husband of Constance Malcolm. Believed to have been on board S.S. "Redang".
Launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, and registered in Bangkok, Siam, (Thailand) the Redang, with its Danish captain, Captain Rasmusson, was seized by the British on December 9, 1941, when it arrived at Singapore. She sailed from Singapore on February 12, 1942, with 89 evacuees and a skeleton crew of 10. There were also six women and three children on board. Attacked by two Japanese destroyers, it was sunk near the Berhala Strait. Thirty-two passengers got away by lifeboat but were later captured by the Japanese while making their way to shore on Sumatra. In the end, no one survived the sinking.