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Gordon Highlanders

9th Battalion

GORDON HIGHLANDERS

Pioneers of the 15th (Scottish) Division

 

8th August : Becourt Wood. Works in Contalmaison area.

Mid-August / Mid-September : Works in Fricourt area, Contalmaison area and in front of Martinpuich.

15th September : Attack of Martinpuich.

19th September : Baizieux.

Later September / Early October : Works in Fricourt and Contalmaison areas, on Bapaume-Pozieres road.

October - Early November : Works on East of Martinpuich, in Destremont Farm area and Le Sars sector.

 

44 names

S/2934    Private

George

BAXTER

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/7757    Private

James

BEVERIDGE

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

S/40290    Private

Percy George

BILLETT

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/9023    Private

Colin

CAMPBELL

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/11509    Private

Duncan

COLVILLE

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

S/4251    Private

John

CORDINER

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

S/4697    Private

Alexander

COUPER

Killed in action on the 12th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

12302    Private

James

DONALDSON

Killed in action on the 25th October 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/4651    Private

Charles

DONNELLY

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

S/10403    Private

Harry

EASTOUGH

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Millencourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/3210    Private

Thomas

FOWLER

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

S/11325    Private

William Giles

GOLDRING

Died of wounds on the 18th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/3181    Lance Corporal

Robert

GREEN

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

S/3700    Private

Robert

HAIR

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

S/10634    Private

John

HUTCHISON

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

John McMaster

HUTCHISON

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

S/10458    Private

Alexander

JARVIS

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/3199    Private

John

KEANEY

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/40326    Private

William

MARSHALL

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

S/3137    Lance Corporal

William

McFARLANE

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/10333    Private

Thomas Henry

MELLOR

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery

 

S/6425    Private

George Bruce

MORAN

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/8706    Private

Albert Ellis

MURRAY

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/3207    Private

Thomas

NIMMO

Killed in action on the 13th October 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

S/40304    Lance Corporal

John

OGG

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

S/3905    Private

John Loudon Naismith

PERRIE

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

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

1330    Private

John

POULSON

Died of wounds on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

S/4863    Private

Edwin

RITCHIE

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

S/5790    Private

James

ROBERTSON

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

S/3914    Private

Robert

RODGERS

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/4374    Private

John

RYAN

Killed in action on the 13th October 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

S/2732    Private

David Ross

RYRIE

Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

S/6334    Lance Corporal

Andrew

SMITH

Killed in action on the 25th October 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

S/10108    Private

James

SMITH

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

William Watson

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 18th October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

S/12766    Private

James

SUTHERLAND

Died of wounds on the 22nd September 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

S/6355    Corporal

Duncan

URQUHART

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

S/6385    Lance Sergeant

Thomas

URQUHART

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/8103    Private

Patrick

WELSH

Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

S/9107     Private

Robert

WESTHORP

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

S/4432     Sergeant

Adam McNeill

WHYTE

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

S/4293     Private

George Hendry

WILSON

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

S/4017    Private

John

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

 

 

S/4605    Private

Andrew

YOUNG

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

Adanac Military Cemetery

9

Thiepval Memorial

8

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

7

Pozieres British Cemetery

4

Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

3

St Sever Cemetery

3

Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension

2

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

2

Heilly Station Cemetery

2

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

2

Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery

1

Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension

1