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Private 39312 Robert Alexander
"A" Coy. 16th Bn. Royal Scots
Taken prisoner on 12 April 1918
Died of wounds in Lagensalza POW Camp 13 May 1918
Buried in Niederzwhren Cemetery, grave reference X.B.6.
Born 31 Dec 1892 at Bo’ness, West Lothian
Son of Thomas and Mary Alexander.
Also remembered on Bo'ness War Memorial and on his parents’ grave in Bo'ness Cemetery.

Robert married Joan Adamson in Glasgow on 6 Nov 1917 when he was home on leave.  Robert married Joan in secret and his family never knew of the marriage until after the war.  He returned to his unit in France a few days later and never saw her again.  He wrote to his family in April/May 1918 to tell them that he was a POW – but no mention that he had been wounded.  It is unknown if the wounds he died of were sustained at the front or in the POW camp.  He was a stretcher bearer in his unit and the youngest son in his family, in civilian life he worked for his father as a haulage contractor.

One of my lot - a four year old boy, died of diphtheria in 1926.  His death certificate gives the place of death as 'Fever Hospital Peebles'.  His home address was at Eshiels just around a mile east of Peebles.

What was commonly known as the 'Fever Hospital' was at the Peel some 12 miles east of Peebles - but that was not until 1939.  Originally built to treat injured servicemen and then as a nurses training school and hospital etc.

Could the fever hospital in Peebles in 1926 been what is now Hay Lodge Hospital near to Haylodge Park in Peebles?  Any suggestions gratefully received.

This wee boy (George)would have been an older brother of my father (not born until 1929) - my aim is to trace where George is buried and to visit him there and lay a tribute for him.  The family moved away from the area the year after George died and I'm fairly sure that no one has visited his grave since.

Thanks

Osprey

Does anyone know where Viewbank would have been in Lesmahagow around 1905 ish - it was a street not an individual house(I think).  Some of my ancestors were born at no 10 Viewbank between 1905- 1911.

Also - any potential sources with photos of that vicinity at that time.

Many thanks.

Osprey

Hi

Does anyone know where the above address was exactly - 1905 valuation roll has it as part of Main Street, which makes me think it was a big tenament building - perhaps near West Bog?

Thanks

Osprey

Hi Folks

Does anyone know the location of Forth Place in Bo'ness around 1915 - it is long gone now but has some significance in one of my lot's past.  I think it may have been a tenement building around what is now the town centre area (but may have been in Grangepans area).

Thanks

Osprey