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Adam Brown
Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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spoons wrote: | This is a private stone on a CWGC grave for Edward Woodhouse. Also mentioned on the stone is his son who died in France the same year. Try as I may, I cannot find the CWGC record for Thomas Woodhouse. |
They are both listed on the Annan War Memorial but it doesn't give any more clues.
I like the KOSB badge detail at the top of the headstone.
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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Adam Brown wrote: |
I like the KOSB badge detail at the top of the headstone.
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It seems to have been a speciality of a local mason, I have a few more similar to post.
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Name: ADAMSON, JOHN JOHNSTONE
Initials: J J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Signalman
Regiment/Service: Royal Corps of Signals
Unit Text: 80 Anti-Tank Regt., R.A., Sig. Sec.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 14/12/1942
Service No: 3191032
Additional information: Son of John Johnstone Adamson and Agnes Lithgow Adamson, of Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. C. 1.
Cemetery: SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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In loving memory of David Aitchison (Scots Guards), beloved son of William & Margaret Aitchison Lochfield Annan who died in Queen Alexandra Military Hospital London (result of an accident) 4 Nov 1931 aged 23 years
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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The partial cleaning of this stone was not done by me and is a further example of partial cleaning of a name on a family stone which is done to the soldier's name only.
Name: AITCHISON
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 14/09/1915
Service No: 1053
Additional information: Son of John and Sarah Aitchison, of Landheads, Annan.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XII. A. 8.
Cemetery: REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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Name: BEATTIE
Initials: F W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: "A" Coy. 1st Bn.
Age: 41
Date of Death: 30/04/1917
Service No: 18337
Additional information: Son of James and Elizabeth Marion Nicholson Beattie; husband of Elizabeth Beattie, of Newbie Barns, Annan, Dumfriesshire. Born at Riddingdyke, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVIII. F. 9.
Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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also David William Bell his younger son Aircraftsman Royal Air Force Dishforth who died at Dishforth Yorks 23rd May 1937 the result of an accident aged 20 years
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Name: BELL, ALEXANDER P.
Initials: A P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 87th
Age: 26
Date of Death: 12/09/1917
Service No: 29297
Additional information: Son of Jessie Alston Bell, of Woodside of Browmoor; Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. A. 10.
Cemetery: DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Name: BLAND, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 4th/5th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 31/07/1917
Service No: 202151
Additional information: Son of James and Mary Bland, of 5, Back Lady St., Annan, Dumfriesshire. Three years' service. Enlisted in The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 37.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Name: CARROLL, JOHN JOSEPH
Initials: J J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 155 (The Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 14/02/1942
Service No: 318003
Additional information: Son of Patrick and Elizabeth Carroll, of Annan, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 38.
Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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This memorial lists two brothers
Name: CARRUTHERS
Initials: C
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Central Ontario Regiment)
Age: 27
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 135445
Additional information: Son of George and Elizabeth Carruthers, of Annan, Scotland; husband of Nellie Carruthers, of 235, Poplar Plains Rd., Toronto, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. B. 8.
Cemetery: LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY, VIMY
Name: CARRUTHERS
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn.
Date of Death: 04/08/1915
Service No: 1456
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 46.
Cemetery: EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Name: CURRIE, HUGH
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Marine
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines
Unit Text: H.M.S. Exeter.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 01/03/1942
Service No: PLY/X 100023
Additional information: Son of Hugh Johnstone Currie and Lucy Helen Currie, of Annan, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 74, Column 3.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
HMS Exeter was sunk on 1st March 1942 by the Japanese at the battle of the Java sea. There is a memorial to the ship and crew in Exeter cathedral.
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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This memorial mentions Captain R N Dudgeon HM 40th Regiment. No idea when he died or in which battles he might have fought but his wife died in 1874 which might be some sort of clue.
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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This grave mentions two brothers:
Name: DUNCAN, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Service No: S/13930
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 119 to 124.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
I think the other one is this man, the regiment is right and the cemetery is in the right place but the date differs by 5 days.
Name: DUNCAN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Date of Death: 28/04/1917
Service No: S/18498
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 1.
Cemetery: TANK CEMETERY, GUEMAPPE
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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George I A Duncan MC. I don't know any more but the MC on the gravestone and the poppy cross placed in front of the stone make me want to include it here.
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