The Scottish War Graves Project Part of the Scottish Military Research Group (Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Help finding pre-1870 gravestones please          The Scottish War Graves Project Forum Index -> Queries and Requests View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Adam Brown Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:08 pm    Post subject: Help finding pre-1870 gravestones please I have a request for help in finding some photographs on this forum. I am hoping regular members here can point me to some headstones that are not that common and may be more difficult to find just by me trawling through some threads. I am hoping people might remember ones they have photographed and posted that meet the following criteria: 1. Are for dates before 1870 2. Are for soldiers or sailors who died overseas and are not buried in the grave the stone sits above 3. Are family headstones – i.e. they list other family members other than the serviceman Any help in this search would be very much appreciated Kind regards Adam Back to top Adam Brown Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:18 pm    Post subject: I see we've already got some graves that I need in a thread about men of the "600" - The Light Brigade at Balaklava http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=927 Cheers Adam Back to top apanderson Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:23 pm    Post subject: Have a look at Mar & Valley Cemeteries in Stirling - there's a couple (brothers) died in the 1857 Indian Mutiny. Holy Rude Kirkyard (also Stirling) - Patrick Forbes died in Burma, 1825 Anne Back to top kenmorrison Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 747 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:40 pm    Post subject: Adam - as well as the famous memorial in Balmaclellan Churchyard there is also this man: LIEUTENANT JOHN HENRY UPTON SPALDING RN/ ELDEST SON OF JOHN EDEN SPALDING ESQrr OF HOLM & SHIRMERS/ BORN 19TH APRIL 1834 WHO WAS KILLED BY A CANNOBALL IN THE TRENCHES BEFORE SEBASTOPOL 21ST JANUARY 1855/ http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=31 Ken Back to top kenmorrison Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 747 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:46 pm    Post subject: Adam - I put 185* into the search box and got a surprising number of "hits" including some in Leswalt (from Mike Morley) http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=1514&highlight=185%2A and Kirkmaiden Old http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=1466&highlight=kirkmaiden Ken Back to top Mike Morley Joined: 09 Jan 2014 Posts: 389 Location: Wigtown Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:24 am    Post subject: Adam How about William Stroyan at Penninghame? Part of the Speke exploration seeking the source of the Nile. http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic569-0-asc-15.html Back to top Adam Brown Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:28 pm    Post subject: Great stuff folks, this is much appreciated. Cheers Adam Back to top mhomac Joined: 15 May 2009 Posts: 643 Location: South Lanarkshire Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 5:35 pm    Post subject: Adam There is a memorial to Bruce Gulliland who died in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, with Nelson, posted on the Ayrshire, individual memorials page. Morag Back to top Adam Brown Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 2:09 pm    Post subject: Thanks Morag, that's a good one. Cheers Adam Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Scottish War Graves Project Forum Index -> Queries and Requests All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum General Section----------------IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THE POST IN THIS SECTIONNew Members IntroductionsNews and Guidelines Other Topics----------------Queries and RequestsUseful links Regions----------------AberdeenshireArgyll & ButeAyrshireBordersDumfries & GallowayDundee & AngusEdinburghFifeGlasgow & DunbartonshireHighlandsLanarkshireLothiansMorayOrkney & ShetlandPerth & KinrossRenfrewshireStirling & Central ScotlandWestern IslesOverseas burials  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com