The Scottish War Graves Project

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

Name: Martin Becket
Age: 28
Date of Death: Thursday 06 April 1916
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st/7th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 2987
Cemetery/Memorial: Le Treport Military Cemetery, France. Grave Reference: Plot 2. Row K. Grave 6A.
Additional Info. Born Auchtermuchty; the son of George and Mrs Beckett of Newburgh, Fife.

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

Name: David Birrell
Age: 19
Date of Death: Monday 16 September 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 50th Coy.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 138173
Cemetery/Memorial: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Grave Reference: XIV. B. 11.
Additional Info. Son of James Birrell and Mary Ann Robertson of 4, Balmore St., Dundee. Native of Newburgh, Fife.
Who died a Prisoner of War in Germany.
Family Headstone gives Date of Death as 11th September 1918.
CWGC Headstone in Germany Reads ' His Name Liveth For Evermore'

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

Name: Alexander Black
Age: 24
Date of Death: Thursday 14 September 1944
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 6th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 2755500
Cemetery/Memorial: Gradara War Cemetery, Italy. Grave Reference: I, B, 52.
Additional Info. Son of Alexander Black and Jane Halliday of Newburgh, Fife.

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

Name: James Blyth
Age: 21
Date of Death: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st/7th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 1599
Cemetery/Memorial: Maroeuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference: III. A. 2.
Additional Info. Son of David and Christina Blyth
Family Headstone gives Date of Death as 6th July 1916.

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

Name: William Blyth
Age: 37
Date of Death: Friday 27 April 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 9th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. S/43304
Cemetery/Memorial: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference: XIX. L. 2.

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

Name: George Bruce
Age: 18
Date of Death: Saturday 09 April 2016
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 7th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. S/41419
Cemetery/Memorial: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference: Panel 78 to 83
Additional Info. Son of Andrew Bruce and Margaret Gibson.
Commemorated on his Parent's headstone in Newburgh Cemetery.
Date of Death on Scottish National War memorial and Parent's Headstone is 15th April 1918.
Also recorded as serving with the Gordon Highlanders as Number S/19577. Born in Bow Street, Auchtermuchty.

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

Name: John Cairncross
Age: 19
Date of Death: Friday 04 February 1944
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn, (The London Scottish)
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 14620854
Cemetery/Memorial: Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Grave Reference: II. T. 8.
Additional Info. Formerly of Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Son of Hugh Cairncross and Elizabeth Lister Allan.
His twin brother Thomas was killed on the same day.
Hugh Cairncross was confined to a wheelchair after being bayoneted in the Great War.

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

Name: Thomas Lister Cairncross
Age: 19
Date of Death: Friday 04 February 1944
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn, (The London Scottish)
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 14620855
Cemetery/Memorial: Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Grave Reference: I. B. 4.
Additional Info. Son of Hugh Cairncross and Elizabeth Lister Allan.
His twin brother John was killed on the same day.
Hugh Cairncross was confined to a wheelchair after being bayoneted in the Great War

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

Name: James Christie
Age: 19
Date of Death: Saturday 25 September 1915
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 7382
Cemetery/Memorial: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference: Panel 78 to 83
Additional Info. Son of Robert Christie and Catherine McKinnon.
Commemorated on his Parent's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery

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

Name: James Clark
Age: 27
Date of Death: Friday 23 October 1914
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 434
Cemetery/Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave Reference: Panel 37.
Additional Info. Son of John Clark and Margaret Simpson.
Commemorated on his Parent's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery.

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

Name: George Davidson
Age: 20
Date of Death: Monday 28 June 1915
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 19057
Cemetery/Memorial: Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Turkey (Including Gallipoli). Grave Reference: XI. B. 18.
Additional Info. Born Newburgh, Fife; son of John & Mrs Christina (Niven) Davidson of 227 High Street, Newburgh. Headstone in Turkey reads: Christ Shall Clasp The Broken Chain Closer When We Meet Again.

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

Name: Alexander MacDonald Dewar
Age: 37
Date of Death: Sunday 01 December 1940
Rank: Chief Officer
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit/Ship/Squadron: S.S. Tribesman (Liverpool)
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. Not Applicable
Cemetery/Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial, London Grave Reference: Panel 111
Additional Info. Son of Robert Simpson Dewar and Elizabeth McDonald.
Husband of Janet Strachan MacFarlane.
Lost at Sea
Commemorated on his Parent's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery.
On the 1st December 1940 S.S. Tribesman was shelled and sunk by the German warship Admiral Scheer in posn 15.00N/35.00W on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta with a general cargo.

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

Name: Crawford Fairfoul
Age: 20
Date of Death: Thursday 17 October 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. S/31220
Cemetery/Memorial: Vaux-andigny British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave Reference: B. 4.
Additional Info. Son of the late Mr Peter Fairfoul and Mrs Winifred (Crawford) Fairfoul.
Headstone in France reads 'To memory ever dear'.

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

Name: James Fleming
Age: 19
Date of Death: Between 23/10/1942 and 24/10/1942
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 7th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 2766447
Cemetery/Memorial: El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Grave Reference: XVII. A. 10-19.
Additional Info. Son of William Fleming and Frances Gemmell
Commemorated on his Parent's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery.

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

Name: George Gilmour
Age: 26
Date of Death: Tuesday 12 October 1943
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 36 Fortress Coy.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 1874644
Cemetery/Memorial: Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand Grave Reference: 9. D. 1.
Additional Info. Son of George Gilmour and Margaret Goodwillie
Commemorated on his Parent's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery.