Hawick War Memorial-William Grant

[habanero]

Does anyone know of names of lost ones listed on Hawick War Memorial? My granny always said her Dad William Grant was listed on it (d 1916 aged 37); he came from Melrose and then lived in Hawick but ended up in Northumberland and died fighting for Somerset light Infantry

Cheers,  Anne

[bougie]

   hi anne
hawick war memorial is unusual in that it doesn't have any names on it.
they are all on the roll of honour housed in the museum which is next to the memorial. there is a William Grant of Somerset Light Infantry on it .
also in a book entitled Hawick and The Great War 1914;1919 there is a photo
of Private William Grant  Somerset light infantry, killed in action , son of Mr
George Grant 2 Dickson st Hawick, he was 36yrs and married, and is survived
by his widow and four children.
   bougie

[habanero]

Bless you-do you know I went to Hawick and found the memorial-only trouble was the museum bit was closed!

You have given me some great info-I have a piccie of William and his wife and 4 kids including my granny but it would be lovely to see the stuff in Hawick.

I think I'll go tomorrow

Thank you very much

[habanero]

One more thing.. is the book with the photo in in the museum? If so, I'll send my Dad down there-give him something to do!

[bougie]

  hi anne
 they do have this book in museum but not on display. ask at desk
 and you may be able to see it. i found a copy of it among old family
 stuff, but i asked about it in museum and they said that they did
 have a copy of it.  glad to help.
   bougie

[habanero]

Hi Bougie

Did you get a personal e-mail from me at all? I am not very au fait with that bit? Was wondering if you would be willing to e-mail me the photo and any details from your book of great-grandpops William? I just wanted to send a copy to my nephew who is going on school trip soon to war graves in Belgium and hoped to give him something in case I don't make it down to Hawick before then.

If not, don't worry; if yes, much appreciated

Anne-Great-granddaughter of William Grant

[bougie]

  hi anne
 i am going to send you e-mail picture but i dont have a scanner so
 my son is going to scan photo at his work tomorrow and e-mail it
 to me so that i can forward it to you. that is the plan anyway. i have
 never tried this before so bear with me. there can always be a second
 attempt if this one fails.
    yours hopefully
       sheena

[bougie]

  hi anne
   i think i sent e-mail photo. let me know if you
   recieved it . if not i will try again.
         sheena

[habanero]

You did indeed and I sent you a reply-thank you so much again!

Anne