The Scottish War Graves Project

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: STEWART, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 28/06/1915
Service No: 395
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Annie Stewart (nee Temple), of 127, Sword St., Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 92 to 97.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: STRANG, ROBERT SHAW
Initials: R S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Cook
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Ulea (Glasgow)
Age: 61
Date of Death: 28/10/1941
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 112.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: STRUTHERS, DAVID W.
Initials: D W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Highland Light Infantry
Secondary Unit Text: attd.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 19/10/1916
Service No: 44025
Additional information: Son of John and Margaret Struthers (nee Wright), of 134, Arisaig Drive, Mosspark, Glasgow. Born at Govan, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 7.
Cemetery: BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT MILITARY CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: SUTHERLAND, HARRY
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 18th Glasgow Yeomanry) Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 24/12/1917
Service No: 37145
Awards: M M
Additional information: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Sutherland (nee Bruce), of 1, Hampden Terrace Mount Florida, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. C. 8.
Cemetery: LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

ROBERT THOMSON killed at Festubert
Son of John and Elizabeth Thomson (nee Aitken)

Unable to identify.

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: THOMSON, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Donkeyman
Regiment/Service: Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)
Unit Text: H.M.S. Transylvania
Age: 34
Date of Death: 10/08/1940
Service No: 91966
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23, Column 1.
Memorial: LIVERPOOL NAVAL MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WADDELL, ROBERT RUSSELL
Initials: R R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Age: 24
Date of Death: 10/07/1944
Service No: 287230
Additional information: Son of John Rowand Waddell and Elizabeth Laird Waddell; husband of Margaret Stott Waddell, of Lindley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. M.B., Ch.B.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 12.
Cemetery: BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WALLACE, WARNER
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 8 Coast Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: between 01/10/1942 and 02/10/1942
Service No: 856113
Additional information: Son of John and Janet Clemence Wallace, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 6.
Memorial: SAI WAN MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WANLESS, ALEXANDER MCBRIDE
Initials: A M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pantry Steward
Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine
Unit Text: S.S. "Ava" (Glasgow)
Age: 26
Date of Death: 26/01/1917
Additional information: Son of John Wanless, of 194, Duke St., Glasgow, and the late Alison Wanless (nee Munro).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

And his brother

Name: WANLESS, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 29/12/1914
Service No: 9747
Additional Information: Son of John Wanless, of 194, Duke St., Glasgow, and the late Alison Wanless (nee Munro)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 28.
Cemetery: WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WATT, JOSEPH
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: "C" Coy. 5th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 12/03/1916
Service No: 9725
Additional information: Son of William and Essay Watt, of 32, Edmiston St., Parkhead, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 20.
Cemetery: CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY

And his brother

Name: WATT, JAMES HENDRY
Initials: J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 17th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 10/07/1917
Service No: 42203
Additional information: Son of William and Essey Watt, of 32, Edmiston St., Parkhead, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 14.
Cemetery: NIEUWPOORT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

And their cousin

Name: MOFFAT, JAMES 666 – 672 + 2 cousins Joe & James Hendry Watt
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 86 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 26/06/1944
Service No: 1821094
Additional information: Nephew and ward of William and Essay Watt, of Dunoon, Argyllshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 234.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Note that the family moved from Parkhead to Dunoon between the death in 1917 of James Hendry Watt and the death of nephew (and ward) James Moffat in 1944.

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WHITEHILL, WILLIAM PICKEN
Initials: W P
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Unit Text: 33rd Bn.
Age: 38
Date of Death: 07/06/1917
Service No: 2148
Additional Information: Son of John and Georgina Whitehill (nee Thomson)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 19.
Cemetery: TORONTO AVENUE CEMETERY

SNWM:
Surname WHITEHILL
Firstname William Picken
Service Number 2148
Other 33 Bn.
SNWM roll AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Rank Cpl
Theatre of death Unknown

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WIGHTMAN, PETER NISBET CUNNINGHAM
Initials: P N C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: "A" Coy. 7th/8th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 23/07/1918
Service No: 32472
Additional information: Son of David and Jane Wightman, of The Mains, Calder Rd., Mossend, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 6.
Cemetery: BUZANCY MILITARY CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WILLIAMS, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 13/08/1917
Service No: 27724
Additional information: Son of John J. Williams and Margaret Williams (nee Sanders), of 8, Silvergrove St., Bridgeton, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 22.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WILLIAMSON, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment
Unit Text: 26th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 08/10/1919
Service No: 107054
Additional information: Son of William Williamson, of 1146, Shettleston Rd., Glasgow.(buried Batoum British Cemetery).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: HAIDAR PASHA MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: WILSON, HUGH KELSO
Initials: H K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 7/10th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 06/04/1943
Service No: 2993122
Additional information: Son of Hugh Kelso Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson (nee Lloyd), of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 1.
Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY

Admin edit: We now have a photo of his actual burial location