The Scottish War Graves Project

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

Name: David Menzies Glass
Age: 27
Date of Death: Friday 31 March 1916
Rank: Colour Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: D' Coy. 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 1461
Cemetery/Memorial: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Siene-Maritime, France. Grave Reference: A. 19. 9.
Additional Info. Son of Alexander and Christina (Ross) Glass of 28 King St. Dundee. Native of Newburgh, Fife. Headstone in France reads: Until The Day Break And The Shadowa Flee Away. Song Sol. 2. 17.

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

Name: Robert Goodall
Age: 23
Date of Death: Saturday 01 December 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Tank Corps
Unit/Ship/Squadron: ""H"" Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 201999
Cemetery/Memorial: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France Grave Reference: Panel 13
Additional Info. Son of Archibald and Annie Donald
Commemorated on his Parent's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery.
Also commemorated on the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. War Memorial.

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

Name: Alexander Gorrie
Age: 37
Date of Death: Friday 29 June 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1/6th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 267743
Cemetery/Memorial: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave Reference: I. D. 27.
Additional Info. Husband of Margaret Blyth Rodger.
Died in France
Commemorated on his Wife's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery

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

Name: Charles Hutton Gorrie
Age: 28
Date of Death: Saturday 09 January 1943
Rank: Craftsman
Regiment/Service: Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Unit/Ship/Squadron: Not Recorded
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 7621026
Cemetery/Memorial: Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave Reference: 1. A. 6.
Additional Info. Son of Alexander Gorrie and Margaret Blyth Rodger.
Died in Egypt
Commemorated on his Parent's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery, Age is recorded as 29.

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

Name: Henry Monteith Hannan
Age: 41
Date of Death: Monday 21 June 1915
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 8th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No.
Cemetery/Memorial: Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Turkey (Including Gallipoli). Grave Reference: VII. A. 7.
Additional Info. Son of Lt. Col. H. M. Hannan, V.D. and Mrs. Sarah Hannan of Glasgow West; husband of Frances Ada Hannan of 30 Highburgh Rd, Dowanhill, Glasgow. Served in the South African War. Headstone in Turkey reads: Who Loved Me And Gave Himself For Me. Brother William also fell, 1918.

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

Name: William David Hannan
Age: 37
Date of Death: Monday 14 October 1918
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st/8th Bn.
Honours/Awards: M.D.
Service No. Not Applicable
Cemetery/Memorial: Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium. Grave Reference: IV. A. 12.
Additional Info. Son of Lt. Col. H. M. Hannan, V.D. and Mrs. Sarah Hannan of Glasgow. Brother Henry also fell, 1915.

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

Name: William Hunter
Age: 21
Date of Death: Tuesday 10 October 1916
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cheshire Regiment
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 10th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. Not Applicable
Cemetery/Memorial: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Grave Reference: V. D. 20.
Additional Info. Son of John Hunter and Agnes McDougall of 5 Tay Street, Newburgh.
Commemorated on his Parent's Headstone in Newburgh Cemetery where Battalion is listed as the 12th.

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

Name: Andrew B. Johnston
Age: 38
Date of Death: Wednesday 23 May 1945
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 92 Base Supply Depot.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. S/14785116
Cemetery/Memorial: Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh. Grave Reference: 2. D. 6.
Additional Info. Son of James and Helen Johnston; husband of Mary Rodgers Johnston of Glasgow.

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

Name: Thomas Wilkie Johnston
Age: 22
Date of Death: Tuesday 26 March 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 9th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 60283
Cemetery/Memorial: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference: XXXI. K. 11.
Additional Info. Son of the late John Johnston and Annie Wilkie of 39 Church Street, Dundee.
Formerly M/225231 Royal Army Service Corps.
Headstone in France Reads ' A Cherished Memory'

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

Name: William Thomas Low
Age: 32
Date of Death: Wednesday 25 October 1916
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 40832
Cemetery/Memorial: Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France. Grave Reference: I. C. 4.
Additional Info. Son of Thomas Low of Pitlochry, Perthshire; husband of Bessie Allan McCall Laidlaw (formerly Low) of 104 Dalry Rd., Edinburgh. Headstone in France reads: Beloved By All.

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

Name: Stuart (Stewart) Lyall (Lyell)
Age: 43
Date of Death: Friday 02 November 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st/8th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 203073
Cemetery/Memorial: Gaza War Cemetery, Isreal and Palestine. Grave Reference: XVI .A. 3.
Additional Info. Son of Stewart Lyall; husband of Margaret Lyall, of Blairingone, Dollar, Clackmannanshire. Born at Newburgh, Fife.
Killed in Egypt.
Formerly Service Number 3325.
Headstone in Egypt reads 'In Rememberance'
CWGC have misspelt Private Lyell's Surname

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

Name: Robert MacDonald
Age: 22
Date of Death: Monday 28 September 1942
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Horse Artillery
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 3 Regt.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 6214404
Cemetery/Memorial: El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Grave Reference: XXVII. H. 4.
Additional Info. Son of Francis MacDonald and Mary B Anderson. Killed in Action in the Middle East.
Headstone in Egypt reads 'Fondest memories Treasured ever Of happy times We spent together'.

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

Name: Robert McCall
Age: 19
Date of Death: Monday 23 September 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. S/25236
Cemetery/Memorial: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference: Panel 7.
Additional Info. Son of John McCall and Jeanie Bryson of 162 High street, Newburgh.
His brother William also fell.

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

Name: William McCall
Age: 21
Date of Death: Monday 13 November 1916
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit/Ship/Squadron: 1st/7th Bn.
Honours/Awards: None Recorded
Service No. 1795
Cemetery/Memorial: Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France. Grave Reference: I. B. 4.
Additional Info. Son of John McCall and Jeanie Bryson of 162 High street, Newburgh.
His brother Robert also fell.

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

Name: David McDonald
Age: 24
Date of Death: Tuesday 29 August 1916
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit/Ship/Squadron: ""B"" Bty. 73rd Bde.
Honours/Awards: Military Medal
Service No. 146
Cemetery/Memorial: Heilly Station Cemetery. Mericourt-L'abbe, Somme. France. Grave Reference: III. G. 46."
Additional Info. Son of Mrs. J. McDonald, of 11, Shuttlefield St., Newburgh, Fife.
Headstone in France reads 'He died that we might live, Late of Newburgh, Fife'