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Gordon Highlanders

1/4th Battalion

GORDON HIGHLANDERS

154th Brigade / 51st (Highland) Division

 

20th July : Becourt.

21st July : South East edge of High Wood.

23rd July : Attack of High Wood.

24th July : Bazentin-le-Grand.

26th July : Becordel-Becourt.

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6th October : Courcelles-au-Bois.

12th October : Colincamps.

16th October : Louvencourt.

3rd November : Mailly-Maillet.

4th November : In front line in front of Beaumont-Hamel.

7th November : Mailly-Maillet.

13th November : Attack of Y Ravine.

18th November : New Munich Trench and Waggon Road.

 

141 names

4832    Private

Arthur Henry

ADAMS

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery

 

3095    Private

George

ADAMS

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6413    Private

Alexander

AITKEN

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4417    Private

James

AITKEN

Died of wounds on the 14th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

3034    Lance Corporal

Alexander

ALEXANDER

Died of wounds as POW on the 3rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery

 

201625    Private

Charles

ALEXANDER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4826    Private

James

ANDERSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

201332    Private

William

ANDERSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

4374    Private

Alexander

BARCLAY

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3981    Private

John

BARRON

Died of wounds as POW on the 13th August 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery

 

4032    Private

Adam

BEGG

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

5056    Private

George

BLAKE

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

200632    Corporal

John

BREBNER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

201909    Private

John

BRESLIN

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 41

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201549    Private

George

BRIDGEFORD

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

Captain

Robert Kilgour Thom

CATTO

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 43

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

201302    Private

Alexander

CHILLES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6458    Private

Magnus

CHRISTIE

Killed in action on the 17th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201165    Lance Corporal

Thomas

CLARK

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4460    Lance Corporal

Joseph

CONNON

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery

 

2881    Private

Alexander

CONSTABLE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

2773    Corporal

Robert Younie

COUTTS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Y Ravine Cemetery

 

5060    Private

John

COWLEY

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

200645    Lance Corporal

George

CRAIG

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

202803    Sergeant

Alexander

DAVIDSON

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 41

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4830    Private

Alfred

DAVIDSON

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

2963    Private

George

DAVIDSON

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4296    Lance Corporal

Alexander

DENNIS

Died of wounds on the 12th October 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

4336    Private

Henry

DOUGLAS

Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916

Rest in peace in Netley Military Cemetery

 

3624    Corporal

James

DOVERTY

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4940    Private

John

DUFF

Killed in action on the 6th November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery

 

3937    Private

William

DUFFUS

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1741    Private

Lawson Jack Straiton

DUGUID

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

200717    Sergeant

George

DUNCAN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1697    Private

William

DUNCAN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3569    Private

Frederick

DUTHIE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

200031    Company Sergeant Major

Robert

FALCONER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

4300    Private

Alexander

FASKIN

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Alexander Lundie Hunter

FERGUSON

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Roderick Mackenzie

FERGUSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Y Ravine Cemetery

 

200825    Lance Corporal

Frederick Stanley Arnot

FORBES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

John Maurice

FOSTER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

4301    Private

Alexander

FRASER

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

3132   Sergeant

Andrew

FRASER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4892    Private

William

FRASER

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4577   Private

Leslie

FYFE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3595    Private

Farquharson

GARDEN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4537    Private

David

GEORGE

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

200973    Private

Erwin

GILLANDERS

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

4769    Private

Philip Pickford

GILLANDERS

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

Captain

James Brown

GILLIES

Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

200221    Corporal

Charles James

GORDON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

201696   Private

William

GORDON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3091    Private

Arthur

GRAHAM

Died of wounds on the 29th November 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Wimereux Communal Cemetery

 

4030    Private

Alexander Dey

GRANT

Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

4696    Private

William

GRANT

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Ste Marie Cemetery

 

3061   Private

Alexander

GRAY

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4352    Private

William Stewart

GREIG

Died of wounds on the 20th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery

 

200189   Lance Sergeant

Alexander James

GUNN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

2337   Sergeant

Charles Ernest

HARROTT

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5103    Private

Alexander

HENDERSON

Died of wounds on the 8th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery

 

5945    Private

John

HENDERSON

Died of wounds on the 5th December 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

 

Captain

John Henderson

HENDERSON-BEGG

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4258   Private

Charles

HENRY

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6140    Private

Stuart

HEPBURN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Y Ravine Cemetery

 

6411    Piper

George

HIRD

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4478   Private

David

HOWIE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Daniel

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4169    Lance Corporal

William

JOSS

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4982    Private

William

KIRTON

Killed in action on the 6th November 1916

Rest in peace in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery

 

5063    Private

Stephen

LAING

Died of wounds on the 26th November 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

5037    Private

Andrew

LIVINGSTONE

Died of wounds on the 18th November 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

200337    Private

John

MACDONALD

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3212    Private

William

MacDONALD

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4717    Private

Ralph C.

MacKAY

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4552    Private

John

MACKIE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Y Ravine Cemetery

 

4824    Private

Robert

MAIR

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4024    Private

Louis

McBAIN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

200828    Private

Robert

McBETH

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1321    Lance Sergeant

John

McCOMBIE

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

5919    Private

Andrew

McKAY

Died of wounds on the 20th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

3502    Private

Charles Gordon

McKAY

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3352    Corporal

James

McKAY

Died of wounds on the 29th November 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Wimereux Communal Cemetery

 

4680    Private

Robert

McLAREN

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

3206    Private

John

McLEAN

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2940    Private

Robert

McWILLIAM

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

201098    Private

William

MELDRUM

Killed in action on the 16th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2338    Private

George

MICHIE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200943    Private

Alexander

MILNE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3978    Private

James

MILNE

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

4816    Private

Ernest

MITCHELL

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

4447    Private

Robert

MITCHELL

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

200960    Private

William

MOIR

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4144    Private

William Third Morris

MOIR

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

6420    Private

Alexander

MORRISON

Died of wounds on the 20th November 1916

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

4930    Private

Thomas

MURISON

Died of wounds on the 16th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery & Ext.

 

6427    Private

James Porter

MURRAY

Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916 - Age 16

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

2087    Private

William

NOBLE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3837    Private

David

PATERSON

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201792    Private

William

PATERSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4353    Private

William Cairncross

PIRIE

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

6429   Private

James

RAE

Died of wounds on the 17th November 1916

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

5120    Private

Harry

RAITT

Died of wounds on the 21st October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2824    Private

William

REID

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

200335    Private

George

RITCHIE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

3000   Lance Corporal

Charles

ROBERTSON

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

2890    Private

George

ROBERTSON

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°1

 

200827    Private

Dan

ROSS

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

2529    Private

Robert

ROSS

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2863    Private

Frederick

SCOTT

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4592    Private

William

SILVER

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5925    Private

Alexander

SIM

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3205    Lance Corporal

Charles Edward

SIMPSON

Died of wounds on the 19th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

201693    Private

William

SINCLAIR

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3614    Private

John William

SKINNER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201598    Private

Joseph

SKINNER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4638    Lance Corporal

William Alexander

SMART

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4579    Private

George

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4437    Private

Robert

SMITH

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5918     Private

William

SMITH

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Arthur Frederick Vere

STEPHENSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6461    Private

Alfred

STEWART

Died of wounds on the 8th December 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

1694    Private

Dennis

SULLIVAN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4616    Private

James

SUMMERS

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4572    Private

George

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

201551    Private

James

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Edward Martin Cookes

TENNANT

Died of wounds on the 16th October 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery

 

1523    Private

William D.

TEUNON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

5051     Private

William Henderson

THACKRAH

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5014    Private

Robert

TOCHER

Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery & Ext.

 

2308    Private

John

TORRY

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1408    Private

Alexander

TURNBULL

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

4411    Private

John

URQUHART

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4883    Private

James

WALKER

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

3177    Private

William

WALKER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4505    Private

John

WATT

Died of wounds on the 4th December 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

201038     Private

John Stevenson

WATT

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3074    Lance Corporal

David

WEBSTER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3465    Private

Alexander

WEST

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3128    Private

James

WILSON

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3678    Corporal

Frank

WOOD

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval Memorial

63

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

11

Heilly Station Cemetery

9

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

8

Mailly Wood Cemetery

8

Serre Road Cemetery n°2

5

Y Ravine Cemetery

4

Etaples Military Cemetery

3

Auchonvillers Military Cemetery

2

Caudry Old Communal Cemetery

2

Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension

2

London Cemetery and Extension

2

Puchevillers British Cemetery

2

St Sever Cemetery

2

St Sever Cemetery Extension

2

Varennes Military Cemetery

2

Wimereux Communal Cemetery

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery

1

Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery

1

Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Bertrancourt Military Cemetery

1

Couin British Cemetery

1

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery

1

Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

1

Netley Military Cemetery

1

Quarry Cemetery

1

Serre Road Cemetery n°1

1

Ste Marie Cemetery

1

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

1