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This is for Colin ... I tried to add this to the other thread but it is locked ..... 
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Colin .... is this your George Gibson Pilmer who fought in the Charge of the Light Brigade ?
Died on the 6th of June 1916 at Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland.
He was buried on the 9th of June 1916 with military honours. (Said to be in Laird No.124.) No stone was erected. He had previously enlisted in the Royal Navy under his real name of George Gibson Pilmer and had deserted before joining the 13th Light Dragoons as George Gibson. He was buried under his real name, and his three sons attended the funeral. (See copy of the funeral report taken from the "West Lothian Courier" for the 9th of June 1916 in the 13th Hussar file.
Extract from the "Lothian Express" for the 16th of June 1916:
“On Friday afternoon the grave was closed over the mortal remains of Mr. George Gibson Pilmer. The deceased was a native of Clackmannan, but had been resident at Broxburn for many years and had been employed by the Broxburn Oil Company until failing strength had forced him to give up work. At the outbreak of the Crimean War Pilmer was resident in England and there enlisted into the 13th Light Dragoons, going through the whole campaign - and escaping practically without a scratch. He held the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol and had attained his 87th year. The funeral, which was accorded full military honours, was headed by pipers, followed by the Broxburn R.C. Band, which alternately played a lament and the Dead March in "Saul" respectively, the members of the military guard of the Broxburn Oil Company and other works in the neighbourhood, under the command of Lieutenant Hughes, and forming a guard of honour with arms reversed; the Upshall V.A.D. in service uniforms immediately behind, while the general public brought up the rear. The Revd. R. Erskine, of Broxburn West U.F. Church officiated, and when the coffin, which had been borne on a gun carriage, supplied from Bradford, was lowered into the grave the buglers sounded the "Last Post" and three volleys were fired by members of the military guard. Despite the heavy rain which fell at intervals, large crowds lined the thoroughfares, whilst business premises were closed and the blinds of private dwellings drawn. At the cemetery an enormous gathering, many from long distances, came to witness the last rites to the departed hero...”
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