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JIMMCGINLAY



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:59 pm    Post subject: Forteviot Reply with quote

Forteviot - Perthshire

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JIMMCGINLAY



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


Name: BONTHRONE
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit Text: 3rd Reserve Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 12/08/1915
Service No: 13553
Additional information: Son of William Bonthrone, of Green of Invermay, Forgandenny.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 358.
Cemetery: FORTEVIOT PARISH CHURCHYARD


Name: BONTHRONE
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Age: 33
Date of Death: 29/02/1920
Service No: S/40285
Additional information: Son of William Bonthrone, of Green of Invermay, Forgandenny.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 357.
Cemetery: FORTEVIOT PARISH CHURCHYARD


Name: BONTHRONE
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 4th/5th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/03/1920
Service No: 19547
Additional information: Son of William Bonthrone, of Green of Invermay, Forgandenny.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 359.
Cemetery: FORTEVIOT PARISH CHURCHYARD
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dhubthaigh



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

THE STRATHEARN HERALD: 21.08.1915
SCOTS GUARDSMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING - FORMERLY GARDENER AT DUPPLIN


At Westminstar, London, an inquest was held into the death of Alex. Bonthrone, aged 23, a private in the Scots Guards, who was killed by lightning at Kensington Gardens.
Private Bonthrone was a son of Mr and Mrs Wm. Bonthrone, Invermay Gardens, Forteviot. Up until about six months ago, before enlisting, the deceased was employed as a gardener at Dupplin.
The evidence showed that the deceased and two other Scots Guardsmen were walking through Kensington Gardens when they were overtaken by a shower, and sat down on chairs under a tree. Private Watts said all three were thrown to the ground, and he must have been rendered unconscious. Bonthrone was lying across his legs. Private Eric Hutchison said the crash was like a bomb dropping. He was knocked down unconscious. Sergeant Rogers, Royal Fusiliers, explained that the three men and the chairs were knocked down, and he found that Bonthrone was dead, Watts was unconscious, and Hutchison was yelling out in great pain. He saw very little lightning. The jury found that Private Bonthrone died as the result of being struck by lightning.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was a fourth brother who died in France;

Name: BONTHRONE, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 1st/6th Bn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 13/08/1916
Service No: 3832
Additional information: Son of William and Helen Bonthrone, of Green of Invermay, Forgandenny, Perthshire; husband of Betsy Bonthrone, of Ruthvenpark, Newhouse, Perth.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 35. 16.
Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
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DerekR



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sad, very sad.
Almost unique I would have thought to have 3 brothers all buried at home?
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DelBoy



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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to the Death Certificates:

John Bonthrone was a Grocers Assistant and died from Tubercular Disease of the Spine aged 21.

David Bonthrone was a Ploughman and died from Suppurative Axillary Adenitis. Secondary Haemorrhage. Aged 33.
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