Listed below are the names of the men commemorated on Queensferry’s World War I War Memorial, with information about them. If you are related to the men – or want to share additional information about them – please get in touch. Email: queensferryhg@gmail.com
Private Louis Alfred Anderson, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, was born in Queensferry in 1884. A career soldier, he first enlisted in 1906 and served in India. He was killed in action near Kemmel, Ypres, on 28.4.1915 aged 30. Louis is buried in Grave Ref: E. 19 – Kemmel Chateaux Military Cemetery, Belgium. More information to follow.
Private William Bain, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, was born in Queensferry in 1896. He was killed in action on 2.3.1916, aged 19. William is remembered on Panel No: 38, Ypres -Menin Gate, Belgium. More information to follow.
Private Alexander Begbie, of 9th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) was born in Abercorn. The family later moved to Queensferry. He died on 21st April 1917 aged 19 in France during the Battle of the Scarpe, a phase of the Battle of Arras. Alexander is Commemorated on Panel No: Bay 1 and 2, Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais. More information to follow.
Private James Findlay Campbell, 52nd Division Army Cyclist Company, was born in Dalmeny in 1896. As James died of wounds on 12.6.1917 aged 21, it is most likely he received these wounds during the Trench Warfare which followed the 2nd Battle of Gaza. James is buried in Deir El Balah War Cemetery, Palestine – (about 16 kilometres East of the Egyptian border) – Grave Ref: A.223. More information to follow.
Melville Christie, Private, 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers was born in Leith in 1887 and married in 1912. He was killed in action on 7.11.1917, age 30, in Ypres during the phase the 2nd Battle of Passchendaele. Melville is commemorated on Panel 66-68 in Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. More information to follow.
Private Patrick Connolly, 2/10th Battalion Royal Scots, was born in Queensferry in 1895. He was killed in action on 21.8.1916, aged 21, during the Battle of Pozieres, one of the phases of the Battle of the Somme. Patrick is buried in Grave Ref: 111.A29, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. More information to follow.
Harold Crawford, 11th Battalion Royal Scots, was born in Devonport in 1895. The family later moved to Queensferry. As Harold died from his wounds, at home, by this time in Colchester, on 23.10.1915, aged 19, it is presumed he sustained his injuries during the battle of Loos (25th September – 18th October 1915). Harold is buried in Buried in Colchester Cemetery, Essex, Grave Ref: P.8.5. More information to follow.
2nd Corporal James Davidson, Reserve Works Company – 1/1st (City of Edinburgh) Field Company Royal Engineers was born in Muiravonside in 1890. The family later moved to Queensferry. He was wounded by shellfire in action in France on 20/21.9.1916 and died of his wounds on 24.9.1916, aged 26. James is buried in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Grave Ref: B. 18. 46. More information to follow.
Private Thomas Hope Duncan, 9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), was born in Winchburgh in 1899. The family later moved to Queensferry. He was killed in action during the First Battle of Arras, 28th March 1918, aged 19. Thomas is commemorated on Panel Ref: Bay 6, Arras Memorial, France. More information to follow.
Private George Charles Earl, 11th Battalion Royal Scots, Lothian Regiment, was born in Leith in 1883. The family later moved to Queensferry and he married in 1903. He died of wounds received during the Battle of Le Transloy, on 23.10.1916, aged 33.
George is buried in Grave Ref: 111.H. 31 -Dernacourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. More information to follow.
Sapper Thomas Dick Fairley, 250thTunneling Engineers, was born in Queensferry in 1880. He died on 2nd November, 1917, age 37, during the 2nd Battle of Passchendaele, a phase of the 3rd Battle of Ypres. Thomas is buried in Grave Ref: 11. B. 68, Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France. More information to follow.
Private Robert Ford, 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers was born in Queensferry in 1895. He married in 1911. Robert died on 26th January 1917, aged 31, holding a line near Festubert where there was a constant threat from enemy artillery and sniper fire. He is buried in Grave Ref: V1. A. 82. Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. More information to follow.
Private David Fosset (or Fawcett), 1st Black Watch, was born in Queensferry in 1896. He died on 20th January 1921, age 25, serving on garrison duty in Allahabad, India.
It is presumed he is buried in India but his Grave or Memorial has not been traced. His brother Robert died in 1918 in Mesopotamia. More information to follow.
Private Robert Fossett (or Fawcett), 7th Machine Gun Corps, was born in Queensferry in 1889. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in November 1916. He died of Pneumonia, during the advance on Mosul, Northern Mesopotamia, on 24th October 1918, aged 28. Robert is buried in Grave Ref 311, Beirut War Cemetery. His brother David died in 1921 in India while on Garrison Duty. More information to follow.
Sergeant Mounsey Robert Gardener, 13th Royal Scots, was born in 1886 and lived in Morecambe, yet is commemorated on Queensferry War Memorial. He died of wounds at home on 30th January 1918, age 32. He participated in the 3rd Battle of Ypres but it is not clear where or when he received his wounds. Mounsey is buried in Grave Ref: 49 – Morecambe Cemetery. More information to follow.
Private Daniel Robertson Gibson, 2nd Royal Scots, was born in Falkirk in 1881 and he was employed in the Co-op, Queensferry. He first enlisted in 1899 and served in the Boer War. He died on 31st October 1914, age 33, of wounds received during the 1st Battle of Ypres. Daniel is buried in Grave Ref: 1. A. 10. -Longuenesse (St Omer), Souviner Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. More information to follow.
Private James Henderson Grieve, 3/13 Royal Scots, was born in Dunbar in 1876. The family later moved to Queensferry. He died on 31st July 1917, age 40, during the Battle of Pilkelm Ridge, a phase of the 3rd Battle of Ypres. James is Commemorated on Panel ref: 11. Ypres Menin Gate, France. More information to follow.
Private Alfred Hunter, 1stKings Own Scottish Borderers, was born in Leith in 1884. He later married and moved to Queensferry. He died of wounds, received during the Battle of Poelcapelle, a phase of the 3rd Battle of Ypres, on 14th October 1917, age 33. Alfred is buried in Grave Ref: X1. F. 15. -Dozingham Cemetery, Belgium. More information to follow.
Private George Souter Kerr, 1st Kings Own Scottish Borderers, was born in Leith in 1889. The family later moved to Queensferry and George married there. He died at sea on 13th August 1915, age 25, by the sinking of the Troop Transport Ship, Royal Edward, on route to Gallipoli. George is commemorated in Panel 84-92 and 220-222, Helles Memorial, Turkey. More information to follow.
Private Robert Cooper Kerr, 4th Royal Scots, was born in Leith in 1893. The family later moved to Queensferry. Robert died on 27th September 1917 aged 24 during the Battle of the Canal Du Nord, a phase of the Battles of the Hindenberg Line, during the 100 Days Offensive. He is commemorated on Panel 3, Vis- En- Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. His brother William died in Gallipoli in 1915. More information to follow.
Private William Fisher Kerr, 5th Battalion Royal Scots was born in Leith in 1892. By 1911 he was living in Viewforth House, Queensferry, with his parents and siblings. The 5th Battalion joined the 29th Division and sailed from Avonmouth on 20th March 1915, going via Egypt, to Gallipoli, landing on 25th March. Five months later, on 24th September, aged 22, William died of wounds, in Gallipoli. He is remembered on Queensferry War Memorial and also the Old School Roll held in Queensferry Primary School. He is commemorated on panel 26-30, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. William was awarded the 1914 Star, The Victory Medal and the British War Medal. Williams brother Robert, also on Queensferry Memorial, died in France in 1918 aged 24. More information to follow.
Private James Lapsley, 2ndDuke of Cambridge -Middlesex Regiment, was born in Queensferry in 1880. James was killed in action on 15th September 1916, aged 36, in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, a phase of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on Piers and Faces 12D and 13B, Theipval Memorial, Somme, France. His brother Robert was killed in Belgium in 1914. More information to follow.
Guardsman Robert Lapsley, 2nd Scots Guards was born in Queensferry in 1892. He died on 28th October 1914, age21, during the 1st Battle of Ypres. Robert is commemorated on Panel 8 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. His brother James was killed in France in 1916. More information to follow.
Guardsman Ralph Lawson, 2nd Scots Guards, was born in Queensferry in 1894. Ralph was killed in action on 27th July 1916, aged 22, during the Battle of Delville Wood, a phase of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Grave Ref: V11. D. 7A. More information to follow.
Private Thomas Lee, 3rd Royal Scots Fusiliers , was born in Queensferry in 1898. He lost his life on 30th December 1917, age 19 when his troopship SS Aragon was torpedoed and sunk off Alexandria, Egypt. His body was recovered and Thomas is buried in Grave Ref: A.115, Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. More information to follow.
Private David Ley, Royal Scots Special Reserve, was born in Queensferry in 1893. He first enlisted into the Special Reserves in 1911 and joined the regular Army in 1912. He served in India and France. In 1915 he was discharged as no longer fit for war service due to a chronic condition. David died, an Army Pensioner, on 27th July 1916, aged 22 at Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. His place of burial is unknown. His brother William died in France in 1917 and his brother Thomas died of illness in 1919. More information to follow.
Lance Sergeant Thomas Ley, 17th Battalion Royal Scots, was born in Dundee in 1884. The family later moved to Queensferry. He married in 1907 in Dalmeny. Thomas died of illness in Queensferry on 6th December 1919 aged 34. He had participated in the Battles of the Somme and the 3rd Battles of Ypres. He was awarded the Military Medal in 1917 for gallantry and devotion to duty under fire. His brother David died as an Army Pensioner in 1916 and his brother William died in France in 1917. More information to follow.
Corporal William Ley, 17th Royal Scots, (Lord Rosebery’s Bantam Regiment), was born in Queensferry in 1891. He married in 1911. William died on 18th June 1917 aged 25 at the front Line at Villers Guislain, Cambrai. William is buried in Grave Ref: C 1 – Heuidicourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. His brother David died an Army Pensioner in 1916 and his brother Thomas died of illness in 1919. More information to follow.
2nd Lieutenant Adam Lindsay, 10th Royal Scots Cyclists, was born in Fife in 1885. He moved to Queensferry after 1911 and was working there. He married in 1917. Adam died of wounds on 1st August 1918 aged 33, most likely at the Battle of the Marne, during the Hundred Days Offensive. He is buried in Grave Ref: 11. D. 68. Senlis French National Cemetery, Oise, France, and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Private James Lowe, 11th Royal Scots, was born in Dundee, in 1886. By 1911 he is living and working in Queensferry. He died on 6th June 1917, aged 30, during the Battle of the Scarpe, a phase of the Arras Offensive. James is commemorated on Panel Ref Bay 1&2 -Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. More information to follow.
Private James McArthur, Seaforth Highlanders, Battalion unknown, was born in Queensferry in 1894. He died of illness in hospital in Edinburgh, on 8th January 1923, aged 28. Place of Burial is unknown. His brother William died in France in 1918, his brother John died of illness at home in 1919. More information to follow.
Private John McArthur, 1st Battalion Royal Scots, was born in Queensferry in 1881. He died of illness, at home, on 5th May 1921, aged 40. Place of burial is unknown. His brother William died in France in 1918 and his brother James died of illness in 1923. More information to follow.
Corporal William McArthur, 13th Royal Scots, was born in Queensferry in 1879. He married in 1903 and moved to Addiewell. He died on 24th July 1918 aged 39 during the Battles of the Marne, a phase of the Battle of the Somme during the 100 Days Offensive. William is commemorated on Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France, no panel ref. recorded. He was awarded a DCM for bravery in 1916. More information to follow.
John McLean – We have been unable to positively identify this man. Research is ongoing.
Private Peter McLeary, 1st Cameronians, was born in Broxburn in 1899. The family later moved to Queensferry. Peter died on 23rd October 1918 aged 19, during the final advance on Picardy – The Battle of the Selle, in the 100 Days Offensive. He is commemorated on Panel Ref: 6, Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas De Calais, France. More information to follow.
Private Cornelius McPhillips, 3rd Royal Scots, was born in Queensferry in 1876. A career soldier he first enlisted in 1895 and served during the Boer War. He died of pneumonia in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 2nd December 1916, aged 40. Having received serious wounds in 1915 in France, he was discharged from the army in January 1916 as no longer fit for war service. His place of burial is unknown. More information to follow.
2nd Lieutenant William Mackie, 3/6th Royal Scots, was born in Queensferry in 1892. Formed in 1915 as a training unit then re-designated as a reserve battalion, it is unlikely they served at the Front. William died of illness in Craigleith Military Hospital on 29th April 1916 aged 23. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave No: 694, Queensferry Cemetery. More information to follow.
Sergeant David Macintosh, 18th Canadian Infantry, was born in Queensferry in 1893. His parents ran a local hotel. He emigrated to Canada around 1913 and enlisted as a nationalised Canadian into the Western Ontario Regiment. David was killed in action on 15th September 1916 aged 23 during the Battle of Flers- Courcelette, a phase of the Battles of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and the Canadian1916 War Memorial. More information to follow.
Corporal Peter Marshall, 11th Tank Corps, was born in Queensferry in 1895. Peter married but date unknown. He was reported missing, presumed killed on 3rd September 1918 aged 23 during the 2nd Battle of Arras. Peter is commemorated on Panel Ref: Panel 11- Vis En Artois Memorial, France. More information to follow.
Private William Marshall, 12th Royal Scots, was born in Queensferry in 1891. He married in 1910. William was killed in action on 23rd November 1915, aged 24, in Belgium after the Battle of Loos and is buried in Grave Ref: SP. Mem. H. 21 – Maple Cross Cemetery, Leper, Belgium. More information to follow.
Private Norman Mathieson, 4th Seaforth Highlanders, was born in Leith in 1887. He died on 4th December 1917 aged 30, during the Battle of Cambrai. Norman is commemorated on Panel Ref: Panel 10, Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France. More information to follow.
Private David Moig, 1st Gordon Highlanders, was born in Edinburgh in 1887. He married in Inveresk in 1908. In the 1915 valuation roll, a David Moig, occupation Miner, is tenant of No 15A High Street, Queensferry. David was killed in action during the actions on the Bluff trenches, in Belgium, on 31st January 1916 aged 29, and is buried in Grave Ref: 1. D.24, -La Clytte Cemetery, Belgium. More information to follow.
Private John Murray, 8th Seaforth Highlanders, was born in Cumberland in 1878. John married in 1901, his wife died in 1905, and by 1911 he was living and working in Queensferry. He died on 22nd August 1917 aged 39 just after the Battle of Langemarck, a phase of the 3rd Battle of Ypres. He is commemorated on Panel Ref: 132 to 135 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. More information to follow.
Lieutenant Robert Elder Murray, 5/6th Royal Scots, was born in Edinburgh in 1896. The family later moved to Queensferry. Robert died on 11th August 1918, aged 22, during the Battle of Amiens, also known as the 3rd Battle of Picardy, the opening phase of the 100 Days Offensive. He is commemorated on Panel Ref: Panel 3, Vis-en-Artois, Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. More information to follow.
Lance Corporal Walter Pearson, of 2nd Battalion Royal Scots, was the first War casualty of Queensferry and Dalmeny. He was born in Queensferry in 1886. According to his service records, Walter, a Plumber, was serving as Private in the 3rd Battalion of Royal Scots when he enlisted into the 2nd Battalion in 1903, aged 18. He listed his Aunt in Dalmeny as next of kin. Walter extended his service in 1905 to complete 9 years, serving in Bombay, India until 1912 when he was transferred to the Army Reserve, then as Lance Corporal, in Belgium and France from 10.8.1914 until he was killed in action in France, on 26th August 1914, age 27, during the retreat of the Battle of Mons, at The Battle of Le Cateaue. Walter is commemorated on panel 5 of the La Ferte- Sous-Jouarre Memorial in Sienne, France and was awarded the 1914 Star, The British War and Victory Medals. More information to follow.
Private Alexander Fraser Peddie, 1stKings Own Scottish Borderers, was born in Edinburgh in 1873 and later moved to Queensferry with his wife. He died on 4th June 1915 age 42, during the Third Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli, along the Turkish front line trenches. Alexander is commemorated on Panel ref: 84-92, or 220-222, Helles Memorial, Turkey. More information to follow.
Private Michael Quigley, 1stRoyal Irish Fusiliers, was born in West Calder in 1884. The family later moved to Dalmeny then Queensferry where Michael married in 1906. He died on 11th April 1917 aged 33, during the battle of the Scarpe, a phase of the Arras Offensive. Michael is buried in Grave Ref: 111. D. 3. -Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France. More information to follow.
Private William Ritchie, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots was born in Queensferry in 1886. He married in Queensferry in 1911. William was killed in action on 15th October 1914, age 28, during the Battle of La Bassee, which was part of the series of battles that established the line of the Western Front from the Aisne to the North Sea. He is buried in Grave Ref: V111. B. 3. – Vieille-Chapelle Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Pas de Calais, France. More information to follow.
Private William Macdonald Ronaldson, 2nd Cameron Highlanders, was born in Edinburgh in 1890. The family later moved to Dalmeny. He was killed in action on 23rd April 1915, aged 24, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. He is buried in Grave REF: I.H.12. – Larch Wood, (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Leper, Belgium. More information to follow.
Private Charles Sandercombe, 2/10th Royal Scots, was born in Queensferry in 1896. He died on 18th August 1916 aged 20, during the Battle of Pozieres, one of the phases of the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in Grave Ref: M. A. 19. – Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. His brother James died in Belgium in 1918. More information to follow.
Private James Sandercombe, 17th Royal Scots (Lord Rosebery’s Bantam Regiment), was born in Queensferry in 1882. He died of wounds on 25th September 1918, aged 36 most likely from the Battle of Bapaume, during the 100 Days Offensive. James is buried in Grave Ref: XXV. H. 23 – Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. His brother Charles died in France in August 1916. More information to follow.
Private John Sanderson, 2nd Royal Scots, was born in Penicuik in 1886. The family later moved to Dalmeny then Queensferry. John was killed in action on 22nd July 1916 aged 29, during the Battle of Delvile Wood, a phase of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on Panel Ref: Pier & Face 6D & 7D. -Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. More information to follow.
Private James Sellar, 1st Scots Guards, was born in Queensferry in 1880. He later married in London and then returned to Queensferry. He died on 1st January 1915 age 34, during the terrible weather conditions of the Winter Operations. James in commemorated on Panel Ref: 3&4 -Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. More information to follow.
Gunner William Scott, 179th Royal Horse and Field Artillery, was born in Queensferry in 1893. He died on 21st April 1918, aged 24, during the first Battles of the Somme. William is buried in Grave Ref: Middle of Cemetery – St Fuscien Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. More information to follow.
Private James Shade, 2nd Scots Guards, was born in Liberton in 1885. The family later moved to Dalmeny but he is remembered on Queensferry Memorial. He died on 16th May 1915 aged 29, during the Battle of Festubert, a phase of the First Battles of Ypres. James is remembered on Panel Ref: Panel 3&4 – Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. More information to follow.
Sergeant John Smith, 136th Siege Battery Royal Garrison, was born in Dublin, Ireland around 1880. He married in Queensferry in November 1915. He was invalided out of service on 19th December 1917, from France, and he died, of illness at home, on 25th December 1917 aged 37. John is buried in Grave Ref: 861, Queensferry Cemetery. More information to follow.
Private Peter Smith, 8thRoyal Dublin Fusiliers, was born in Queensferry in 1878. He married in 1910. Peter died on 8th September 1916 aged 38. He was killed on 8.9.1916 aged 38 in the Somme, France and is commemorated on Panel Ref: Pier & Face 16C. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. His Brother John was killed in Salonika, Greece on 17th September 1916. More information to follow.
Lance Corporal Charles Stevenson, 3rd/1st Lowland Field Ambulance, Royal Medical Corps, was born in Milngavie, Glasgow in 1873. The family later moved to Queensferry where his father became Lord Provost and Charles was Church Organist. He died at sea on 13th August 1915, age 42, by the sinking of the Troop Transport Ship, Royal Edward, on route to Gallipoli. Charles is commemorated in Panel 199 and 200 or 236 to 239 and 328, Helles Memorial, Turkey. More information to follow.
Lance Sergeant George James Stewart, 16th Canadian Infantry, was born in Queensferry in 1879. He married in 1905 and with his wife, had emigrated to Canada by 1914 when he enlisted in the Manitoba Regiment. George died on 7th August 1916 aged 37, during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in Grave Ref: 1V. G. 10. – Larchwood Railway Cutting Cemetery, West- Vlaanderen, Belgium. More information to follow.
Corporal George T Stewart, 3rd Special Royal Engineers, was born in Glasgow in 1897. George died on 9th November 1916, of wounds received during a gas attack in the Battle of the Somme. He was 19. He is buried in Grave Ref: 1V.A.45. Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres. More information to follow.
Private Martin Tierney, of Depot, Royal Scots, enlisted in Queensferry. He is also commemorated on Cramond Memorial and St Margaret’s Church Memorial, Queensferry. He was born on 27.7.1888 in West End, Queensferry, to Patrick a Bridge Labourer and Margaret Teirney ms Kennedy. They had 5 children.
In 1891 aged 3, Martin is living in Gas Works Lane, Queensferry, with his Parents, Father now a Shale Miner, and Brothers Terrance and John. In 1901, aged 13, he is in West Terrace, Queensferry, with his Parents and Siblings. In 1911 aged 23, he is a Shale Miner in East Terrace, Queensferry, with his Parents, and siblings.
His Father died in 1915 in an accident in Dalmeny Shale Mine.
Martin was based in Inverness and he married on 5.1.1917 in Inverness.
Sadly he died on 5.12.1918, aged 30, of Influenzal Pneumonia, in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 12 hours after admission. Usual address Dowies Mill, Cramond Bridge.
He is buried in Gave ref: 359, South Queensferry Cemetery and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Private Charles Stuart Watson, 8th Royal Scots, was born in London in 1898, and later moved to Queensferry to live with an Aunt. He died on 3rd September 1916 aged 18, of wounds received during the 1916 Battle of The Somme. Charles is buried in Grave Ref: V1.G.17, Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. More information to follow.
Private John Wilson, of 1st Coldstream Guards, was born in Queensferry in 1887. He was living in Dalmeny when he enlisted in Rothsey in 1914. In August 1914, the 1st Battalion were in Aldershot as part of the 1st (Guards) Brigade and they landed in France with that Division. The 1st Guards Brigade were involved in the Winter Operations, 23rd November 1914 – 6th February 1915, which included the Defence of Givenchy. Givenchy was taken by the Germans on 20th December, and later in the day, parts to the East and South were recovered. The 1st (Guards) Brigade was ordered south at 5 p.m. on the 20th December, to relieve the Indian Corps who held the British Line before La Bassee. They set off, marching some 20 miles to Bethune and then at 12 noon on the 21st, the Brigade marched East on the Bethune/La Bassee Road to Pont Fixe, Givenchy. At 5.45 a.m. on the 22nd December, they attacked the German trench, along the road leading from Givenchy to Chapelle. They took it, but being without any support on their flanks, they were bombed out of it about 8 a.m. and retired to the North of the ruins of the Church in Givenchy having lost over 50% of their strength.It is more than likely that this is where John Wilson lost his life, 4 months later, at Givenchy, on 22nd December 1914, aged 27. His name is on Panels 2 and 3, at Le Touret Memorial, Pas- de- Calais, in France and he was awarded the 1914 Star, The British War and Victory Medals. More information to follow.
Private George Woods, 2/5th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was born in Dalmeny in 1896. The family later moved to Queensferry. George died on 6th December 1917, aged 21 during the Battle of Cambria. George is buried in grave ref: V11. B. 25. – Rocquigny-Equancourt Road, British Cemetery, Manacourt, Somme, France. More information to follow.
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