Royal Scots WW1 Roll of Honour

[osprey28]

Thanks Alistair - good luck with the project.

Regards

Osprey

[jds1949]

Here's one from my Swarbrick database:

Thomas Swarbrick was born in Newbridge Midlothian in 1893 and at some point lived in Linlithgow. In January 1914 he joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action on 21st January 1917. He was the second of five children born to Thomas Henry and Jane [Ritchie] Swarbrick. In 1901 he was living with his parents at Kirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, where his father was working as a plasterer’s labourer.

Thomas is also remembered on the Linlithgow War Memorial as:
Swarbrick Thomas Pte 1914-1918

“Soldiers Who Died in the Great War” gives the additional information that Thomas Swarbrick was born in Newbridge, Midlothian, lived at Linlithgow and enlisted at Stirling and that he was killed in action.

In 1914 the 2nd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was stationed at Fort George. Fort George was and is a massive military base, some 11 miles from Inverness and situated on the Moray Firth.  On 14th August 1914 the Battalion landed at Boulogne; Thomas has a date of entry of 11th September, so he may well have been in a subsequent draft.

jds1949

[Cramond Brig]

Here's one from my Swarbrick database:

jds1949

Thank you

Alistair

[osprey28]

Hello Alistair

Any news on how you are getting on with the ROH - been a while since you posted anything.

Regards

Osprey

[Cramond Brig]

Hello Alistair

Any news on how you are getting on with the ROH - been a while since you posted anything.

Regards

Osprey

At the moment, it's a bit like juggling. Let me explain.

Since 2008, the University of Edinburgh's Centre for the Study of Modern Conflict has been working with Edinburgh, Leith and the Lothians' libraries, schools and community groups to ensure that the story of Scotland's contribution to the Great War is not forgotten. Furthermore, the partnership was strengthened when The Scottish Military Research Group became a partner in 2010, History Fest in 2011, and the National Library of Scotland in 2013. Scotland's War was launched on 28 June 2013. On 7 July 2013, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) joined as a partner. A number of other organisations have made initial contact indicating a wish to work with us and The Scotsman has recently become a partner. From our joint efforts over the past few years, it has become all too obvious that the history of this nation at war remains largely untold, particularly the civilian efforts on the Home Front.

From the earliest days of the project, public engagement has been central to its success. We now have a very active programme working with libraries, carrying out WW1 archival and document searches, and the public and institutions have submitted family or institutional papers for inclusion in the WW1 public engagement initiative. Many of them can now be found on the new website (www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk). We have strict guidelines and an ethical policy on the submission and use of documents, photographs, artefacts and memorabilia.

In October 2012, in collaboration with our partners, Edinburgh City Libraries, we launched The WW1 History Hub which is supporting people to tell family stories about their contribution to the Great War. The WW1 History Hub initiative is a first in the UK and is a product of years of work between Edinburgh City Libraries and the University of Edinburgh.

We have a unique opportunity to allow the present generation of Scots to trace the footsteps of their ancestors in order to tell the whole story of Scotland's people, their service, and their sacrifice in the Great War and to reflect on the consequences of a conflict that arguably changed our nation forever.

At the moment Edinburgh's War can be found at www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk. Scotland's war will evolve using the same template.

I am the Project Manager, and, as you can imagine, there is no shortage of things to do, and, of course, we welcome contributors from all over the world.

Alistair

[osprey28]

Alistair

Thanks for the very comprehensive reply.  What a superb project you are leading - the information you are gathering will be a truly valuable resource to genealogists for generations to come.  Also a worthy tribute to everyone involved in WW1.

I looked over the Edinburgh's War site - excellent stuff.

Osprey

[Forfarian]

Charles Ogilvy Anderson, Lieutenant Royal Scots 3rd Bn attd 2nd Bn,  was born in Bombay in 1896 and killed at Loos on 2 October 1915, aged 19. He was the elder son of Charles Anderson (1854-1939), engineer, Mechanical Superintendent in the Bombay Port Trust, and his wife Helena Caroline Ingle (1866-1942). The Anderson family lived in Brechin, Angus but their roots were in Elgin, Moray.

Private John Barclay, 12 Bn, Royal Scots, was born at 10 Back Street, Dufftown, parish of Mortlach, Banffshire on 17 April 1895, and was killed at Arras on 6 June 1917. He was the second son and fourth child of John Barclay (1860-1935), farmer and dairyman, and his wife Margaret Burgess (1859-1928)

Corporal Stephen Carrie, 9th Bn, Royal Scots, was born at 55 West Grimsby, Arbroath, on 30 September 1892 and killed in action on 8 September 1917. He was the 6th son and 8th child of James Carrie (1852/3-1926), iron moulder, tanner, stoker, and flaxmill fireman, and his wife Mary Ann Robertson (1853/4-1940), and he married Clara Low in Arbroath on 25 February 1914. He was working as a barman at that time.

Captain Charles John Alexander Cowan, 3rd Bn Royal Scots, was born at 30 Moray Place, Edinburgh on 8 December 1893 and killed in action in France on 25 March 1918 aged 25. He was the eldest of three sons of Alexander Cowan (1863-1943), paper manufacturer and proprietor of Valleyfield Paper Mill, Penicuik, and his wife Alice Buchanan Comrie Thomson (1867-1912).

George Gordon Findlater, 15th Bn Royal Scots, was born on 9 February 1888 at Butchart's Croft, Montrose, and killed in action on 28 April 1917 aged 29. He was the 7th son and 10th of 11 children of John Findlater (1837/8-1931), farmer and labourer, and his wife Helen Rettie (1846-1923).

Captain Edward John Farquharson Johnston, 1st Bn Royal Scots, was born on 17 May 1882 in Seville, Spain, where his father was British Vice-Consul, and was killed in Belgium on 12 April 1915, aged 32. He was the elder son of Edward Farquharson Johnston (1854-1924) and his wife Mary Crombie (1855-1927), and he married Viola Mignon Hope Bayley in London in 1907. The Johnston family were the proprietors of Johnston's Woollen Mills at Newmill, Elgin, and the Crombie family were the proprietors of Cothal Mills in the parish of Fintray, Aberdeenshire and later Grandholm Mills, Aberdeen, manufacturers of the famous Crombie cloth. (Mary Crombie's uncle James Crombie was the great-great-great-grandfather of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.) Viola Bayley was the daughter of Edward Eric William Bayley, Captain, Royal Engineers, and his wife Mary Maud (surname unknown).

Is this sort of thing what you are looking for?

[Cramond Brig]

Charles Ogilvy Anderson, Lieutenant Royal Scots 3rd Bn attd 2nd Bn,  was born in Bombay in 1896 and killed at Loos on 2 October 1915, aged 19. He was the elder son of Charles Anderson (1854-1939), engineer, Mechanical Superintendent in the Bombay Port Trust, and his wife Helena Caroline Ingle (1866-1942). The Anderson family lived in Brechin, Angus but their roots were in Elgin, Moray.

Private John Barclay, 12 Bn, Royal Scots, was born at 10 Back Street, Dufftown, parish of Mortlach, Banffshire on 17 April 1895, and was killed at Arras on 6 June 1917. He was the second son and fourth child of John Barclay (1860-1935), farmer and dairyman, and his wife Margaret Burgess (1859-1928)

Corporal Stephen Carrie, 9th Bn, Royal Scots, was born at 55 West Grimsby, Arbroath, on 30 September 1892 and killed in action on 8 September 1917. He was the 6th son and 8th child of James Carrie (1852/3-1926), iron moulder, tanner, stoker, and flaxmill fireman, and his wife Mary Ann Robertson (1853/4-1940), and he married Clara Low in Arbroath on 25 February 1914. He was working as a barman at that time.

Captain Charles John Alexander Cowan, 3rd Bn Royal Scots, was born at 30 Moray Place, Edinburgh on 8 December 1893 and killed in action in France on 25 March 1918 aged 25. He was the eldest of three sons of Alexander Cowan (1863-1943), paper manufacturer and proprietor of Valleyfield Paper Mill, Penicuik, and his wife Alice Buchanan Comrie Thomson (1867-1912).

George Gordon Findlater, 15th Bn Royal Scots, was born on 9 February 1888 at Butchart's Croft, Montrose, and killed in action on 28 April 1917 aged 29. He was the 7th son and 10th of 11 children of John Findlater (1837/8-1931), farmer and labourer, and his wife Helen Rettie (1846-1923).

Captain Edward John Farquharson Johnston, 1st Bn Royal Scots, was born on 17 May 1882 in Seville, Spain, where his father was British Vice-Consul, and was killed in Belgium on 12 April 1915, aged 32. He was the elder son of Edward Farquharson Johnston (1854-1924) and his wife Mary Crombie (1855-1927), and he married Viola Mignon Hope Bayley in London in 1907. The Johnston family were the proprietors of Johnston's Woollen Mills at Newmill, Elgin, and the Crombie family were the proprietors of Cothal Mills in the parish of Fintray, Aberdeenshire and later Grandholm Mills, Aberdeen, manufacturers of the famous Crombie cloth. (Mary Crombie's uncle James Crombie was the great-great-great-grandfather of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.) Viola Bayley was the daughter of Edward Eric William Bayley, Captain, Royal Engineers, and his wife Mary Maud (surname unknown).

Is this sort of thing what you are looking for?

Thank you very much. Are these off a War Memorial or from newspaper obituaries?

There is quite convincing evidence that Edward Farquharson Johnston was the founder of Seville FC, the well known Spanish football club, although they are not too keen on accepting that the club was founded by a Scot!

[Forfarian]

Are these off a War Memorial or from newspaper obituaries?

No. They are compendia of information from a variety of sources collated by me in the course of researching my family. All of them are related to me. Sources include the CWGC web site, Scotland's People and newspapers, though I don't think I have actually seen a newspaper obituary of any of them, and none of the information is taken from a war memorial.