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Roxburghshire / Re: Hawick and the Great War 1914-1919
« on: Wednesday 02 April 14 20:34 BST (UK) »
Dear Bougie/Sheena,
I've just joined Rootschat because a web search led me to your book: Hawick and the Great War 1914-1919, and your kind offer to search for names.
I hate to add to your burden, but if you could spare the time, would it be possible to see if my Grandfather James Harvey is in your book. He was born in Kinross on 28 March 1886, but had moved to Hawick by 1891, and was married to Jane Scott Moffat. The 1911 census records their address as 3 Teviot Row. No-one in the family can tell me which regiment he was in, but I remember my Gran fondly speaking of the KOSBs so perhaps.....
He died when I was 14 so I wasn't of an age to ask questions, and I believe he didn't speak much of his experiences anyway - certainly my older cousins can't help out. I do know he was wounded because he would joke that he was shot in the a**e running away. I've attached a photo of him and his family if that is of use.
Please accept my thanks if you can help at all.
Best wishes, James
I've just joined Rootschat because a web search led me to your book: Hawick and the Great War 1914-1919, and your kind offer to search for names.
I hate to add to your burden, but if you could spare the time, would it be possible to see if my Grandfather James Harvey is in your book. He was born in Kinross on 28 March 1886, but had moved to Hawick by 1891, and was married to Jane Scott Moffat. The 1911 census records their address as 3 Teviot Row. No-one in the family can tell me which regiment he was in, but I remember my Gran fondly speaking of the KOSBs so perhaps.....
He died when I was 14 so I wasn't of an age to ask questions, and I believe he didn't speak much of his experiences anyway - certainly my older cousins can't help out. I do know he was wounded because he would joke that he was shot in the a**e running away. I've attached a photo of him and his family if that is of use.
Please accept my thanks if you can help at all.
Best wishes, James