Roll of Honour - Wigtownshire

BARRIE	Robert	[Spelt BARRY on CWGC] Sergeant 10323, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Died 31 October 1917. Aged 25. Husband of Mary Barry, of Burnside, Garlieston, Wigtownshire. Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valour. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
CAMPELL	James	Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers
CAVEN	David S	Serjeant 22207, 2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, BATTALIONZEF. Died 12 October 1917. Aged 25. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
EDGAR	John	Private 240281, "C" Company, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 13 November 1917. Aged 20. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel
FLEMING	James	Corporal 376117, 11th Battalion, Royal Scots. Died 12 October 1917. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
GIBB	Alexander	Private 12009, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Died 23 July 1916. Aged 28. Buried in POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
GUILLANE	Peter	Private.
GULLINE	James	Private, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 12 October 1917. Aged 36
GULLINE	Robert	Private S/20936, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Died 16 August 1916. Aged 37. Buried in CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France
HANNAH	William	Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers
HANNAY	Douglas R	Private PLY/1400(S), Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 6 November 1917. Aged 20. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Also on Sorbie Memorial.
HANNAY	John D	Private 432300, 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regt). Died 4 October 1916. Aged 29. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Also on Sorbie Memorial.
HIGHET	James A	Private 463096, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt). Died 5 June 1916. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
HILL	Alex	Cadet, SS City of Lincoln Merchant Marine. Died 18 September 1917. Aged 19. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom
HUGHES	Robert	Private 285030, 1st/6th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 2 July 1917. Aged 19. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
KENNEDY	John	Private, Royal Scots. Died 14 September 1917. Aged 19
KERR	Charles	Private 267228, 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 19 July 1918. Aged 32. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
KIRK	Baird	Private 174449, 278th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 8 August 1917. Aged 34. Resident 72, King St, Newton Stewart. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
KIRK	Fred	Private 31167, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City Of Glasgow Regiment). Died of wounds 12 July 1917. Aged 21. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
KIRK	George	Private S/13369, 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Died 9 April 1917. Aged 23. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Pas de Calais, France
MARSHALL	George	Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers
MARSHALL	Robert	Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers
MAXWELL	John	Private 23048, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 13 November 1917. Aged 19. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel
McCAIG	George	Private, Royal Scots.
McCALLIE	Douglas	Private 8159, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 1 September 1914. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL Seine-et-Marne, France
McCALLUM	Andrew	Private, Cameronians (SR)
McCLUNE	David	Able Seaman, Royal Navy Division
McCLUNE	Sam	Private, Cameron Highlanders
McCREADIE	John W	Private 31133, 14th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 24 April 1917. Aged 33. Buried in FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND Somme, France
McKIE	George	Private 15559, 12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 30 October 1915. Aged 20. Born Glenluce, Wigtonshire, resident Garliestown, Wigton, enlisted Newton-Stewart. Nephew of Miss Jeanie McKie, of Low Glasnick, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire. Native of Culscadden, Garlieston, Wigtownshire. Buried in LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 3.
McLELLAND	Alex W	Private S/41260, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 28 March 1918. Aged 19. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
McLURE	Sam	Private, Royal Scots
McMEEKIN	Hugh	Serjeant 7873, 8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 30 June 1915. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey
McMEEKIN	Wullie	CQMS, Cameronians (SR)
McMONNIES	Stuart M	Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 21 November 1917. Aged 19. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL Nord, France
MILLIGAN	John	Private 22926, 10th Battalion, Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders. Died 11 June 1918. Aged 26. Buried in ST HILAIRE CEMETERY EXTENSION, FREVENT Pas de Calais, France
MILROY	AM	Lance Corporal 66093, 5th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Died 17 September 1916. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
NEIL	John	Private 8335, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 17 December 1917. Aged 38
ORR	James	Corporal 511490, 1st/14th Battalion, London Regt (London Scottish). Died 16 April 1917. Buried in GOUY-EN-ARTOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
ORR	Thomas	Lance Corporal 27392, 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 27 October 1916. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
ROBB	William	Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers
SCOTT	Tom	Private
SMITH	James	Corporal, Australian Infantry Force
SMITH	Peter	Private L/15313, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Died 5 November 1918. Aged 28. Buried in PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY Aisne, France
STEVENSON	James	Master Llwynwair, Mercantile Marine 53. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom
STRAITON	RW	Signaller 30273, 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 23 May 1917. Aged 24. Buried in ST SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France
THOMSON	Robert	Corporal 203482, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 27 March 1918. Aged 29. Of Extreme Point, Garlieston, Wigtownshire. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France
THOMSON	Robert	Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers
WATT	Peter	Corporal 1477, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 16 January 1917. Aged 24. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY Egypt
ALSO IN WORLD WAR 1939-1945
HYSLOP	David R	Sergeant (Navigator/Bomber) 1568361, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 10 April 1945. Aged 22. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Hyslop, of Garlieston, Wigtownshire. Buried in BARI WAR CEMETERY
LATIMER	William Mc	Sergeant, Royal Artillery
NICHOLSON	Alex	Stoker D/KX 123645, HMS Bramble, Royal Navy. Died 31 December 1942. Aged 22. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Devon, United Kingdom
WILLIAMS	Douglas	Private, King's Own Scottish Borderers
THE KOREAN WAR
CRON	James Ritchie	Corporal 14475537, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action 3rd October 1951 [Source: The Times 20th October 1951]. Aged 29. Buried in UN Memorial Cemetery, Korea.

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