Roll of Honour

Members of the Armed Forces having connections with the Parish of Torphichen who lost their lives in WWI and WW2

Greater love hath no man but this: that he lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)

Why are they selling poppies, mummy?
Selling poppies in town today.
The poppies, child are the flowers of love,
For the men who marched away.
But, why have they chosen a poppy, mummy?
Why not a beautiful rose?
Because, my child, men fought and died
In the fields where the poppies grow.
But why are the poppies so red, mummy?
Why are the poppies so red?
Red is the colour of blood my child,
The blood our soldiers shed.
The heart of the poppy is black, mummy?
Why does it have to be black?
Black my child, is the symbol of grief,
For the men who never came back.
But why mummy, are you crying so?
Your tears are giving you pain.
My tears are my fears for you my child,
For the world is – FORGETTING AGAIN.





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Rank Name Unit Date of
Death 		Age Where buried
or memorialised 		Notes
World War I
Pte James Russell Aitken South Staffordshire Reg.,
7th Bn. formerly RASC 		4 Oct 1917 31 Tyne Cot Memorial Born Hilderston Old Glebe 1886, the son of Peter Aitken, then a gardener and his wife Jessie Laurie Russell. James’ parents became proprietors of Ballencrieff nursery by 1900. James married his cousin, Margaret Pender of Bughtknowes Farm, Bathgate in 1914. James was one of three sons of the Ballencreiff Aitkens to die in the war. A fourth son died young of diphtheria.
Pte John Aitken Royal Scots, 17th Bn. 13 or 14 Sep 1917 21 Villers-Faucon Communal
Cemetery Extension 		Born Hilderston Hills, Torphichen 1896, the son of Peter Aitken and his wife Jessie. Employed by his parents at Ballencreiff Nursery. Brother of Peter and James.
Act Cpl Peter Aitken Royal Scots Fusiliers, 6th/7th Bn. 22 Mar 1918 27 Arras Memorial Born Edinburgh, 1891. Son of Peter and Jessie Aitken. Brother of John and James. Enlisted at Bathgate.
Pte Robert Aitken Highland Light Infantry, 2nd Bn. 4 Nov 1918 33 Cologne Southern Cemetery Born in Wishaw in 1885 to Magnus Aitken, a mineral borer and later spirit merchant resident in Torphichen and his wife Janet Fleming. No known relation to the other Aitkens.
Pte William Thomas Baxter Royal Scots, 16th Bn. 15 or 16 Apr 1918 24 Ploegsteert Memorial Born Westfield (Mill) Cottages in 1893, son of Robert Baxter, a factory stoker and steam boiler fireman originally from Glasgow and Maggie Stalker, his wife. Reported as killed in action at Armentieres. Shown on St. John’s Hall memorial (with age of 26).
Pte Alexander Sinclair Black Royal Scots 4 Dec 1915 22 Newington (Echobank) Cemetery,
Edinburgh (screen wall, no marked grave) 		Born Torphichen 1893, the son of John Black, an engine keeper and his wife Janet Campbell.
Pte Thomas Borrowman Royal Scots, 2nd Bn. (formerly, Scottish Rifles) 27 Jun 1918 18 Sandpits Cemetery, Fouqueureuil Born Bathgate in November 1899. The son of Robert Borrowman, a labourer at the paper mill and his wife Marion Ronald, The Loan, Torphichen. Shown as "Barrowman" on war memorial although the name is placed alphabetically where it should be.
Act Sgt Andrew Bowman Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3 May 1915 37 Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux Born Montrose 1878, the son of Charles Bowman, a wright and Helen Kirkland, his wife. A papermill boilerman.
Rifleman John Brown Royal Irish Rangers, 5th or 15th Bn., (formerly Royal Scots) 6 Oct 1918 20 Dadizeele New British Cemetery Born Torphichen 1897, the son of Thomas Brown, a mill worker and later carter of Vulcan Terrace and his wife Elizabeth Wallace. An uncle of Jessie Kerr who was so instrumental in establishing the WWII memorial. Volunteered at the start of the war. Died of wounds.
Pte Robert Campbell Gordon Highlanders, 1st Bn. 18 Jul 1918 27 Thiepval Memorial Born Torphichen 1889, the son of James Campbell, a papermill worker and his wife Helen Lumsden Grieve. Worked at Westfield paper mill. Enlisted at Leith. Was carrying bombs up to an attacking line when he was hit by machine gun fire.
Pte Charles Carmichael Argyll & Sutherland, 2nd Bn. 21 Oct 1914 34 Ploegsteert Memorial Born Edinburgh 1880, son of James Carmichael, a millworker and his wife Agnes Richardson of The Loan, Torphichen. Husband of Isabella Ross Bennie (later Craig) of Wardlaw Street, Edinburgh.
Pte James Clark Royal Naval Div./KOSB 2nd Bn. 3 Sep 1916 19 Delville Wood, Longueval Born Drumbowie (Standburn) 1897, the son of David Clark, a coalminer and his wife Ann. Enlisted and resident in Kirkcaldy.
Pte Alexander Cowie Gordon Highlanders, 1st Bn. 14 Jun 1917 21 Arras Memorial Born Torphichen, 1896, the son of John Cowie, then a stoker and Esther (sometimes shown as Easter) McDonald, his wife. One of five Cowie brothers to serve in the Army, Alexander and John were killed.
Pte John Cowie Canadian Seaforths/Royal Scots 2nd Bn. 12 Mar 1915 28 Le Touret Memorial Born Torphichen 1887, the son of John Cowie, then a miner in Millburn Terrace and his wife, Esther. Brother of Alexander. Had been a miner at Balbardie colliery.
Pte William Denholm Royal Scots, 2 Bn. 26 Sep 1917 27 Tyne Cot Memorial Born Woodend 1890, the son of Alexander Denholm, a coalminer and his wife Jessie (some sources say Lizzie).
Pte Alexander Smith Downie Cameron Highlanders 12 Oct 1917 29 Tyne Cot Memorial Born Loch Doon, Straiton, Ayrshire 1887. The son of Macewan Downie, a gamekeeper of Sunnyside Cottage, Kilwinning, Ayrshire and Isabella Watson, his wife. Married Annie Young, a drapery saleswoman of 5 Newhunterfield, Gorebridge in 1914. Alexander was the gardener at the Brig House before the war.
Pte Joseph Dunsmore Royal Scots, 12th Bn. 25 Apr 1918 18 Tyne Cot Memorial Born Hillhead 1899, the son of Robert Dunsmore, a mason and Margaret Bryce, his wife. Resident of High Brae, Torphichen.
Pte George Easton Machine Gun Corps (formerly, Royal Highlanders) 26 Apr 1918 24 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Born Barnsmuir, Slammannan 1894. The son of John Easton, a coalminer and Helen Millar, his wife of 10 East Main St., Whitburn. A resident of Bathgate. Enlisted at Linlithgow.
Pte William McGillivray Easton Royal Scots, 17th Bn. 18 Sep 1918 22 Nine Elms British Cemetery Said by some sources to have been born in Torphichen but actually born Edinburgh 1896. Son of Alexander Easton, a mason and Catherine McGillivray, his wife. Enlisted at Bo’ness.
Act Cpl Alexander Ferguson Royal Army Service Corps. 18 Nov 1917 25 Dar es Salaam Cemetery, Tanzania Born Torphichen 1892, the son of John Ferguson, an engine keeper originally from Slammannan and his wife Jane or Janet. Some records say resident at Bathgate, others The Loan, Torphichen.
Pte Thomas Harkins Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 6th Bn. 6 Jul 1916 29 Thiepval Memorial Born in Bathgate 1887 and resident in Mid Street. Married with three children. An ex-regular and reservist, rejoined his old regiment in August 1914. Had a spell as a miner, employed by Hopetoun Collieries. Living in the village at the outbreak of war. Sent home in January 1916 to recover from frostbite but returned and was killed on the sixth day of the Somme.
Pte James Hay Royal Scots, 5th/6th Bn. 31 Aug 1917 25 Coxyde Mil Cemetery Born Strathavon Cottage, Westfield 1891. Son of Henry Hay, Echobank, Westfield, the sub-postmaster and joiner and his wife Mary Robb, telegraphist. Resident in Bathgate.
Pte George Hood Royal Scots, 12th Bn. 25 Sep 1915 23 Loos Memorial Reported as born Torphichen but the only man of this name born locally in the period was born in Pumpherston in 1892, the son of Peter Dunlop Hood, a shaleminer and his wife, Jane Allan.
Pte Thomas Mair Jamieson Cameron Highlanders, 5th Bn 25 Apr 1918 18 Tyne Cot Memorial Son of John Jamieson, a miner of Braehead Cottage, Westfield and his wife Elizabeth Anthony who may have been born at Crawhill. Thomas is said to have been born at Tarbrax and he was certainly living there in 1901 where his father was a shale miner but there is no matching birth record. The Mair may have been added later or is recorded in error. Thomas is recorded as a resident of Linlithgow. He had been a miner at Redford Colliery before the war. His death was not confirmed to his family until August 1919.
Trpr Charles Kerr Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1st/6th Bn., formerly, 2/3 Scottish Horse 7 Apr 1917 27 Roclincourt Military Cemetery Born Westfield (Mill) Cottages 1889, the son of Charles Kerr, a carting contractor unloading esparto grass at the papermill and his wife Annie Binnie. Charles himself was a stoker. He married Helen Mackie Kinnear of 358, High St., Linlithgow a few months before he was killed. Brother of David. At six feet four inches, was said to be the tallest and broadest man in his battalion. Died in the run up to the Battle of Arras.
Gunner David Binnie Kerr Royal Horse and Field Artillery 13 Oct 1917 24 Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Born Torphichen 1893, the son of Charles and Annie Kerr, Hall Terrace, Torphichen. Brother of Charles.
Lieut Alexander Duncan Campbell King 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars, Household Cavalry 24 May 1915 29 Hop Store Cemetery Campbell King was born at Bathville House, Armadale in 1886. The son of Robert King, a brick manufacturer and Sarah King (maiden surname Campbell), Craigpark, Torphichen. A nephew of James Wood of Wallhouse. Had been a Scout leader and Territorial. Killed by poisonous gas after only two days in the line.
Pte James Lyon Liddell Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 11th Bn. 26 Sep 1915 22 Loos Memorial Born Nethermuir Cottage, by Bathgate 1893. Son of William Liddell then a brick maker and Margaret Marshall Lyon, his wife. The family later lived at Mill Cottages, Westfield. Brother of Matthew and William. Resident of Kelty. Died on the second day of the Battle of Loos, said to be the most lethal battle ever for Scots.
Pte Matthew Muir Liddell Royal Scots, 11th Bn. 9 Apr 1917 22 Roclincourt Valley Cemetery Born Nethermuir Cottage, by Bathgate 1895, son of William Liddell as above, who was described as a journeyman brick maker or tile maker originally from Muiravonside parish. As a child, lived in the Bowyett. Appears as Liddle in other official records. Resident of Bathgate. Brother of James and William.
Pte William Liddell Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 6th Bn. 18 Aug 1918 25 Ploegsteert Memorial Born Avoncrook 1892, the son of William, at that time a labourer and Margaret Lyon as above. A carter with United Collieries, called up in 1916. Married to Margaret Wright Plenderleith, and had one child. Enlisted at Beith. Shown as Liddle in some records. Brother of Matthew and James.
Pte William Liddell Tank Corps, 5th Bn., formerly Royal Scots 3 Oct 1918 27 Bellicourt Cemetery Born Ballenbriech 1891. Son of John Liddell, a shoemaker and his wife, Janet Love, Strathavon Cottage, Westfield. Husband of Georgina Baxendale Liddell, 11 Fetters Lane, Tweedmouth. Killed by machine gun fire, retreating from a disabled tank. No known relation to the other Liddells.
Pte Myles McBride Royal Scots, 15th Bn. 25 Aug 1918 20 Berlin South-west Cemetery Born Blackburn 1897, the son of James McBride, a shale miner and Susan Foy, his wife. Mrs. McBride (widowed by the time the memorial was erected) lived at 48, Russells Row, Bathgate, and earlier at Glebe Terrace and The Loan, Torphichen. Myles worked at Wolfe’s Bathgate rolling mill. Wounded and taken prisoner, died at Crossen in Germany.
Pte Henry McEwan Connaught Rangers, 6th Bn. 21 Mar 1918 29 Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villiers-Faucon Born Furnace Row, Bo’ness 1886. Son of Henry M. McEwan, a journeyman bricklayer and his wife, Elizabeth McCann. Resident at Bathgate. A former regular and miner, he enlisted at Liverpool in October 1914. His sister, Mrs. Mary McMillan lived in Torphichen.
Pte Daniel McIntyre Highland Light Infantry, 10th/11th Bn. 11 Apr 1917 20 Arras Memorial Born Torphichen 1897, the son of Thomas Nicol McIntyre, a shepherd originally from Kinghorn and Margaret Marshall, his wife, of St. John's Place, Torphichen.
Pte James McIvor Royal Scots, 11th Bn. 26 Sep 1915 25 Loos Memorial Said to have been born Linlithgow, resident in Edinburgh. The son of Patrick McIvor, a plasterer and his wife Annie, 4 Jamaica Street, Edinburgh who lived in the village during the war. James had been a regular soldier in India for three years but volunteered soon after the declaration of war.
2nd Lieut Alexander Steele McKay Royal Scots 3rd Bn., 10 Apr 1918 19 Ploegsteert Memorial Son of James and Helen McKay, Woodslea, Westfield. No birth or Census record in Scotland matching Army details.
L/Cpl Malcolm Marshall Royal Scots, 1st Bn. 20 May 1915 27 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Born Armadale 1888. The son of Edward Marshall, a labourer at the water filters and his wife Jane Ross who married in Armadale in 1881. Was a grocer’s apprentice by the age of 13 in 1901, then living at Strathloanhead. Enlisted in 1906 and did six years’ service in India. Described in Army records as a resident of Avonbridge. Died of wounds at a first aid post near Ypres.
Pte Harry Mason Royal Scots, 2nd Bn. 13 Sep 1914 25 La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial Born Hackney. Son of John and Annie Mason, of 11, Boundary Rd., Leyton, London. Enlisted at Stratford. Killed at Mons.
Pte Abraham Stewart Mitchell Australian Infantry, 1st Bn. 19 Aug 1916 34 Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Born in 1882 at Frasermount, Muiravonside to David Mitchell, a quarryman and railway worker who lived at Blackfaulds East Cottages before the war. His mother was Janet Stewart who died in the late 1890s. Enlisted at Kellingworth, New South Wales.
Pte Alexander Park Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1st Bn. 17 Nov 1917 30 Tyne Cot Memorial Born Newbridge 1887, the son of John and Catherine Park (nee Macgregor) and a brother of John. Alexander and his father were both papermill labourers, living in The Loan in 1901.
Piper John Park Canadian Infantry, 16th (Manitoba) Regiment 9 Oct 1916 24 Vimy Memorial Born Torphichen, March 1891, son of John Park (originally from Linlithgow) and his wife Catherine. Brother of Alexander. Catherine was described in the 1901 Census as a papermill coal wife. John, jnr. was living in Canada at the outbreak of war and immediately enlisted at Valcartier, Quebec.
Pte Robert Kernaghan Alexander Pollard Highland Light Infantry, 2nd Bn. 8 Nov 1914 30 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Born Barbauchlaw, Armadale 1883, son of William Pollard, a police constable born in Fife and domiciled in Edinburgh and Helen Alexander, his wife who was born in Ireland. Married Margaret Johnstone in 1912 (he was then living at Cochrane Street, Bathgate) and father of Margaret and Ella. A railway platelayer and surfaceman, he had also worked at Deans Oil Works and had been a regular soldier in India, serving in Calcutta. His sister, Mrs. James Denholm lived at Linnmill Cottage. Recorded also on Deans Works Memorial, Livingston and Armadale memorial. Appears as Pallard on Torphichen and Armadale memorials and other records. Killed on the Marne.
Pte John Robertson Gordon Highlanders, 1st Bn. 10 or 11 Apr 1917 ? Arras Memorial The only man of this name in the Gordons with known local connections was this man, born in Inverurie and enlisted at Bathgate.
Pte John Simpson Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st/5th Bn. 8 Aug 1918 21 Jerusalem Memorial, Israel Born Torphichen 1895, the son of John Simpson, a coalminer and Catherine (Kate) Simpson, The Square, Torphichen.
Capt Atholl Archibald Stuart Royal Scots, 10th/11th Bn., 17 Oct 1917 23 New Irish Farm Cemetery Born at Brig House, 1894. Son of John William Stuart, paper manufacturer from Blair Atholl and Mrs. Kate Stuart (maiden surname Denniston and born in Greenock), Brig House, Bridgehouse. Educated at Merchiston Castle School. Killed in action at Passchendaele. He received a relatively minor wound in the thigh or hip and was carried to a pillbox aid station where his stretcher was hit by a shell. One of his stretcher bearers was killed instantly and Atholl died soon after. Shown on St. John’s Hall memorial (with age of 24).
Pte George Wallace Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 7th/8th Bn. and 7th (Fife) Bn. Territorials 18 Aug 1916 21 Thiepval Memorial Born 1895 in Torphichen and a resident of the village. As a child, lived in The Loan. Son of Alexander Wallace, a coalminer originally from West Calder and Mrs. Agnes (in some records, Marion) Wallace (maiden surname Maxwell). At one time, they lived at Bowyett, Torphichen though at the time of their son’s death they were at Burnside Cottage, Avonbridge. Had been a miner at Hill Farm Colliery, Avonbridge. Also on Avonbridge memorial.
2nd Lieut John Heigh Watt Worcestershire Regiment, 6th Bn., attached to 4th Bn. 12 Apr 1918 27 Ploegsteert Memorial Jack was born at Kingscavil in 1891. Son of Charles Watt and Margaret (some records say Agnes) Swan of McConnell, Manitoba, Canada. An accountant with Imperial Oil Co., Vancouver.
Pte William Weir Highland Light Infantry, 11th Bn. 28 Apr 1917 22 Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery Born Torphichen 1895, the son of John Weir, a miner and Agnes Weir, a millworker. Resident in Denny.
Pte Walter White 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regiment) 24 Dec 1917 35 Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery Appears on the memorial as William White but no one of that name was born in the village or is recorded in the Census of 1891 or 1901. Canadian records say Walter White was born Torphichen 17 June 1886. However, his birth certificate confirms he was born in Torphichen on 17 June 1882, son of James White, a coalminer and his wife, Jessie Wardrop of Torphichen. Further frustratingly, Commonwealth War Graves records do not include Walter but he is recorded by the Canadian Veterans’ Affairs Department with the burial details given here.
Pte James Wilson Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1st/7th Bn. Formerly HC Bn. 4 Mar 1917 39 Etaples Cemetery Born Torphichen 1878, son of James Wilson, a farmer and his wife Mary Ann Liddell. Enlisted at Perth. Husband of Mary Wilson, Greenock.

World War II
Pte George Menzies Aitken Royal Scots, 8th Bn. 26 Mar 1942 22 Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate Born Midcalder 1919, the son of John Aitken, a shale miner and later papermill worker and his wife Jenny Hodge Menzies. In 1941, George – by then a lorry driver and in the Army - married Grace Cameron Moffat, a trainee engineer and daughter of Kennedy Moffat, the caretaker of the Miners’ Institute in Armadale. Died at Lowestoft.
LAC Robert Loughlan Greens Black RAF Volunteer Reserve 5 Jul 1945 23 Kirkee Cemetery, India Born The Loan, Torphichen 1923, the son of George Urquhart Black, a papermill cutterman and his wife, Maggie Douglas Loughlan of Westfield. Died in the British Military Hospital, Bombay as a result of infection.
Pte Ninian Young Clifford Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess Of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regiment) 6th Bn. 14 Jun 1942 26 Alamein Memorial, Egypt Born Ballenbriech 1916, twin son of David Clifford, a coalminer and his wife Agnes Young. Ninian was a resident of Edinburgh. Killed in action in Egypt. Also on Avonbridge memorial.
Pte Violet McLean Dunsmore ATS 8 Sep 1943 23 Newhaven Cemetery, Sussex Born Linn Mill Cottage, Hillhead 1920. Daughter of Thomas Dunsmore, a baker of Linnmill Bridge and his wife Jessie McLean (originally from Loanhead), Hillhead, Avonbridge.
Stoker 1st Class Daniel Gillon RN (HMS Gloucester) 22 May 1941 23 Plymouth Naval Memorial Born Bowyett, Torphichen 1918. Son of Daniel Gillon, a coalminer and his wife Jane Ann Gibson. Brother of James. Like his brother, joined up in 1938. HMS Gloucester was sunk by dive bombers when trying to prevent German seaborne landings on Crete. It took four years for his family to receive official notification of his death.
Cpl James Reid Gillon Argyll & Sutherland (Princess Louise’s) 10 Dec 1940 25 Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt Born Bowyett, Torphichen 1915. Son of Daniel and Jane Ann Gillon, Torphichen. Brother of Daniel. Resident in Stirlingshire. Joined up in 1938. Killed in action.
LAC Francis Lawrie RAF Volunteer Reserve 7 Nov 1943 21 Woodbank Cemetery Reported as the son of Francis Spiers Lawrie, a carter and later sawmill worker and his wife Marion McLay Wallace of Bowyett, Torphichen who married in 1921. No matching birth certificate. Shown as aged 24 in Service Records. Shown as Laurie on memorial.
Seaman Charles Kerr Landles Royal Naval Patrol Service (HMS Walwyns Castle) 25 Feb 1942 21 Tobermory Cemetery, Mull Born Loch Cottage, Torphichen 1921. Son of Peter Landles, then a papermill worker and his wife, Jean Kerr, St. John’s Place, Torphichen. Brother of Peter. Walwyns Castle was a minesweeping trawler, patrolling the Stornoway sector of the Atlantic coast. Charles was crushed between two boats at Tobermory.
Gdsmn Peter Landles Scots Guards 17 Apr 1945 28 Argenta Gap Cemetery, Italy Born Loch Cottage, Torphichen 1917. Son of Peter Landles, then a coalminer, and his wife Jean who were living at St. John’s Place, Torphichen at the time of the war. Brother of Charles. Had fought across North Africa and up through Italy. Killed in action in the last push against the Germans in Italy.
Pte Robert Smith Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) 17 Jun 1940 34 Dunkirk Memorial Born Glasgow, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Smith, of Glasgow. Husband of Agnes Smith, of Glasgow. Resident of Paisley. One of 4,500 men killed in France and Belgium, 1939-40 for whom there is no known resting place.
Cpl Jeanie Oliver Wallace Women's Royal Air Force 13 Jan 1948 28 Woodbank Cemetery Born The Loan, Torphichen 1919. Daughter of William Wallace, a miner and later roadman and his wife Elizabeth Oliver. A paper mill worker, she lived at Hall Terrace. Served in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Died in Bangour after a long illness.
PO (Motor Mech) Albert Thornton Wilson RN (HMS Drake) 10 May 1942 28 Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery Born The Square, Torphichen 1913, the son of Robert Wilson, a coalminer and his wife Jessie Youngson. HMS Drake was serving as a stoker training vessel during World War II. Albert was killed in an accident with a bus in Plymouth.

Possible Additions
Pte Christopher Cairns Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Bn. 28 Mar 1918 21 Arras Memorial Born Starlaw Rows 1897, the son of Christopher Cairns, a shaleminer and Rosan Shevlin, his wife. Army records report him as enlisted at Bathgate and resident in Torphichen.
Pte John McKay Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 10th Bn. 26 Sep 1915 31 Loos Memorial Killed at Loos. A miner at Easton Colliery and previously at East Benhar, he enlisted in October 1914 and went to France the following April. His wife, Sarah Daly from East Benhar and his children were living in Torphichen at the time of his death.
Pte Archibald McMillan Royal Scots, 15th Bn. 9 Apr 1917 29 Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery, Athies Born Avoncrook 1889, the son of Hector McMillan, a factory stoker and Catherine McFarlane, his wife. The husband of Barbara McMillan. Employee at Muir’s Brickworks, Armadale and then a dresser at the Atlas foundry. Lived at Muir’s Cottages. Killed on first day of Battle of Arras but body not found until 2001 and buried on 20 June 2002 in the presence of his 87 year-old son, also Archibald.
Pte Edmund Annand Wright Gordon Highlanders, 10th Bn. 29 Nov 1915 26 Bethune Town Cemetery Born Grange Parish, Banffshire 1889. Son of William and Jean Wright, The Bog, Crossroads, Keith, Banffshire. Had been employed at Wallhouse. Listed among local dead in the Parish Church Magazine in 1916.
Last update: 2010 01 19 JGM