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Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Sgt Charles Watson Moodie - Royal Engineers - who died 21/7/1919 - service no :- 69903 - buried Bennochy Cemetery Kirkcaldy -
The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.
UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Charles Watson Moodie - 1886 - 1919 (aged 33 years
Rank Acting Sergeant
Residence Place Peebles - Military Service Region Scotland, Scotland
Military Country Scotland
Discharge Date 16 Apr 1919 - Death Date 21 Jul 1919
Service Number 69903
Corps, Regiment or Unit 82 F. Co. R. E.
Service Branch Military (Army)
If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.
Sandra
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Scotland, World War I Rolls of Honour, 1914-1918
Charles Watson Moodie Birth Place Kirkcaldy
Military Date 1914-1918 - Military Place France
Military Rank or Rate Sergeant
War World War I - Military Award Military Medal
Regiment Royal Engineers
Enlistment Date Jan 1915 - Residence Place Kirkcaldy
Employment Place Damdale
Death Date 21 Jul 1919
Death Place 20a Cross Street, Peebles
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1901 census 47 Maria Street Kirkcaldy
Henry Moodie 44
Margaret Moodie 45
Charles Moodie 14 Joiner Apprentice.
Eliza Moodie 12
Betsy Moodie 9
Henry Moodie 4
Sandra
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Brother Henry was also killed WW! -
Henry Morton Moodie 1897–1918 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Death September 16 1918 - France.
Harry Morton Moodie - Rank 2nd Lieut
Death Date 16 Sep 1918 - Death Place France - Cause of Death Killed
War WW1 - Military Unit Royal Flying Corps Or Royal Air Force, 211 Sqn (Seaforth Hrs.)
Regiment The Royal Air Force.
https://www.snwm.org/roll-search/
Sandra
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Sister Betsy Moodie.
Bessie Nicol Moodie (Marriage)
Marriage Date 1927
Marriage Place Montreal (Montréal), Québec (Quebec), Canada
Marriage Church Saint Mathew; Montréal, Pointe-St-Charles
Place of Worship or Institution Presbyterian Saint Mathew (Pointe-St-Charles)
Religion Presbyterian
Father Henry Morton Moodie
Mother Margaret Watson
Spouse John Alexander Bain
Betty Nicol Bain - Birth Year abt 1892 - 25 May 1984 (aged 92 years)
Death Location Victoria. British Columbia.
Times Colonist
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Tue, 29 Dec 1981
Page 33
https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist/165801501/
Sandra
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Henry Morton Moodie - Death Date 20 Dec 1927
Death Place Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Woodcutting Machine man.
Confirmation Date 13 Mar 1928 Confirmation Place Cupar, Scotland
Daughter Elizabeth Smith Moodie or Forrest. 13 Balsusnsy. Kirkcaldy.
Margaret Watson Moodie - Death Date 20 Nov 1922 (wife of Henry Morton Moodie)
Death Place Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Confirmation Date 28 Dec 1922 Cupar, Scotland.
Sandra
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Ancestry tree owners seems to be in Alaska and Ontario. So far no links in Scotland.
It is great to see these men are not forgotten. Lovely if a family member can be present at a dedication service for a headstone.
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The Sister Elizabeth could have married James More Forest (1919)
James passed 1932 Kirkcaldy Fife.
James More Forrest - Death Date 3 Jul 1932 Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Confirmation Date 31 Mar 1933 Cupar, Scotland.
Eliza Smith Moodie Forest - 28 Dean Road. Kirkcaldy.
Found another tree, a little mixed up :-\
FORREST JAMES MORE - MOODIE ELIZA S - 1919
442 / 162
Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall
Sandra
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Moodie, mother's maiden name Watson, born Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall
David Leishman b 1885 d 1887
Charles b 1887 d Peebles 1919
Eliza Smith b 1889 d 1961
Betsy Nicol b 1891 d Canada 1984
Henry Morton Moodie b 1897 d 1918
Were Charles and Henry married? There are no likely marriages on SP.
If they were not, the only one who could conceivably have any legitimate descendants in Scotland is Eliza(beth) Smith Moodie, who married James More Forrest in 1919. However a search on SP for For*st, mmn Moodie, produces no results. Unfortunately the 1920s are the period when there are the biggest gaps in the mothers' maiden names in the index.
A Harry Graham Forrest, mmn Moodie, died in Cupar in 1991 aged 69. There is no matching birth, however.
So maybe CWGC will need to pursue the Canadian branch?
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Yes, thank you, discovered the Elizabeth Moody connection latterly yesterday.
Seems Harry Graham Forest was born in India.
FORREST HARRY GRAHAM - 69 - MOODIE - 1991
417 / 17 - Cupar
UK Incoming passenger list - departed Colombo.
Harry Graham Forrest - 1921 Calcutta India (arrived London aged 2 years in 1923) Along with Elizabeth Smith Forrest (aged 34) married - going to 26 Douglas Street. Kirkcaldy.
Ship Name Matiana
Sandra
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Peeblesshire News
Peebles, Borders Region, Scotland
Fri, 2 Nov 2018
Page MAIN-12
https://www.newspapers.com/article/peeblesshire-news/165912150/
Marching to remember the 230 who died
Peeblesshire News
Peebles, Borders Region, Scotland
Fri, 26 Oct 2018
Page MAIN-12
https://www.newspapers.com/article/peeblesshire-news/165912237/
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UK Incoming Passenger List - arriving London 1923 - James More Forrest (Iron Monger) going to 26 Douglas Street Kirkcaldy.
As per ancestry....
Scottish Probate
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Scottish Probate
Confirmation.
There is no such thing as probate in Scots Law.
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The brother of Charles Watson Moodie
In Memory of Second Lieutenant H. M. Moodie died in the Great War
Harry Morton Moodie - Death Date 16 Sep 1918
Rank 2 Lieutenant - Regiment Seaforth Highlanders
Battalion 9th Battalion
Type of Casualty Killed
FIND A GRAVE
Dunkirk Town Cemetery
Dunkirk, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot
IV. C. 18.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56270784/h.-m.-moodie