North Berwick High School Roll of Honour

[alistair_m]

Hi

This is a potentially big ask for the members of this forum, but Im hoping that, as I have found over the last 5 years, some knowledgeable people will be able to help me out.

 

As an Armistice project at the School, I would like to get the pupils involved in researching the School's Roll of Honour.  Its taken a little searching, but the Memorial appears to have been located in the North Berwick Community Centre.  Below is a list of names on the Roll and I would love to be able to find some more detail for each name, that would allow our pupils to undertake some further research themselves.  I am aware of a similar project that was undertaken by a former pupil a few years ago and it would be great to build on the work that was started.

 

James S Addison. 10th/11th Battalion. Highland Light Infantry

Private 40055

Died: 15/9/16

 

Robert T Arundel.  1st Tunneling Company. Canadian Engineers.

Sapper 503357

Died: 8/11/17

 

William Bolton Blair.  225th Field Company. Royal Engineers

Sapper 166540

Died: 15/10/17

 

John Brown.  1st Battalion.  Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

Private 5392

Died: 24/10/14

 

James (Jim) Carnaghan.  2nd Battalion.  Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).

2nd Lieutenant.

Died: 23/10/16.

 

Duncan McLeod Campbell.  9th Battalion, Royal Scots.

Private 2146.

Died: 11/5/15

 

William J Gracie.  9th Battalion.  North Staffordshire Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant.

Died: 26/4/17 (Battle of Arras)

 

Alexander Grant

...of 33 Melbourne Place, North Berwick.

 

David Grant. Attached 34th Combined Field Ambulance.  Royal Army Service Corps.

Private M2/194204

Died: 6/7/19

 

John Heggie.  .  9th Battalion, Royal Scots.

Corporal 352399.

Died: 28/3/18.

 

D Fancourt Hutchison.  3rd Battalion.  King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Captain

Died: 29/8/18

 

Charles J Hutchison.  25th Squadron. Royal Flying Corps.

Air Mechanic 2nd Class

Died: 17/6/17.

 

George Johnston.  2nd Battalion.  Black Watch

Lance Corporal 158

Died: 9/5/15

 

Edward McNeil.  2nd Battalion.  Scots Guards

Private 8989

Died: 15/9/16

 

William McNicol.  Tank Corps.

Corporal

Died: 21/7/18

 

John O Mattison.  M/11441.

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd class

Died: 11/11/17

 

James Mattison (Brother of above).  Australian Imperial Forces

Lance Corporal 3415

Died: 5/2/17

 

George Easton Moffat.  174th Company.  Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Private 33153

Died: 26/3/17

 

John Morrison

 

William Morrison.  1st/7th Battalion.  Gordon Highlanders

Private 6309

Died: 13/11/16

 

William M Peatie.  5th Battalion.  Tank Corps.

Sergeant 95533

Died: 16/4/18

 

David Scott Purdie.  9th Battalion.  The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

2nd Lieutenant

Died: 30/9/18

 

Arthur Archibald Richardson.  11th Battalion.  Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Lieutenant

Died: 26/9/15

 

Robert Fortune Rintoul.  D Squadron.  Lothian and Border Horse

Private 1839

Died: 5/12/16

 

John Robertson.  2nd Battalion.  Royal Scots Fusiliers

Lance Corporal 40320

Died: 23/4/17

 

Robert E Ross.  5th/6th Battalion.  Royal Scots.

Private 49556

Died: 2/10/18

 

David Thomas Ross (Brother of above).  14th Battalion. Black Watch

Private 21819

Died: 6/11/17

 

Peter Ernest Shiel.  3rd Regiment.  South African Infantry

Private 11624

Died: 05/5/16

 

George H Sim.  17th Battalion.  Royal Fusiliers

Private 228

Died: 24/12/15

 

Sydney Smale.  8th Battalion.  Royal Scots.

Private 806

Died: 1/7/16

 

James Alexander Edington Smith.  8th Battalion.  Royal Scots

Private 1163

Died: 15/5/15

 

Alexander Davidson Stuart.  7th Battalion.  Seaforth Highlanders

Died: 12/10/17

 

Clarence Walker

 

Walter Walker.  18th Battalion. Highland Light Infantry.

Private 40062

Died: 26/3/18

 

David Wyllie.  1st/7th Battalion.  Black Watch

Private 291977

Died: 24/4/17

 

 

The following link is to the original research carried out in 2015.

 

http://www.northberwickcommunitycentre.org.uk/sites/all/modules/filemanager/files/26_may.pdf

 

Many thanks in advance

 

 

Alistair

 

Edited 25 October , 2018 by alistair_m

[clk]

Hi Alistair,

 

Please don't take it the wrong way, but have you tried to do any research yourself?

 

Regards

Chris

 

[alistair_m]

1 minute ago, clk said:

Hi Alistair,

 

Please don't take it the wrong way, but have you tried to do any research yourself?

 

Regards

Chris

 

Yup - plenty.  Im doing it as we speak.  Researching info previously supplied by pupils, regarding their own families.

[little bob]

Alistair

 

Library and Archives Canada                www.bac-lac.gc.ca              will give a lot of information regarding Robert Arundel.     The search does not recognise "T".

 

Bob

[alistair_m]

5 minutes ago, little bob said:

Alistair

 

Library and Archives Canada                www.bac-lac.gc.ca              will give a lot of information regarding Robert Arundel.     The search does not recognise "T".

 

Bob

Much appreciated.

Tks

[clk]

OK.

 

A couple of really easy ones for starters....

 

166540 Blair has service papers on FMP (link). They will also be on Ancestry, The unit war diary is at the National Archives (link) and on Ancestry (link)

 

503357 Arundell - the direct link to his papers is link. NB use the download pdf option to get the full record, rather than just the two pages on preview. The war diary is hit #49 here

 

James Mattison has downloadable service papers in the Australian archives, albeit under the number of 5415. I can't post a direct link, as the 'session' will be timed out. The search is linked from here though. You should be able to access the war diary via here

[Mark1959]

Cannot find much on Charles John Hutchison. Medal Roll etc indicates accidentally drowned.

 

This chap looks like your Clarence Walker

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/818398/walker,-clarence/

Ancestry SDGW List gives Residence as North Berwick

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1543&h=544792&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Nts1&_phstart=successSource

Thee are 2 sets of service papers on Ancestry including a NoK that gives lots of his original family details. Some of which still lived at 27, High St, North Berwick

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Nts8&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=britisharmyservice&gsfn=Clarence&gsln=Walker&gsln_x=NP_NN_NS&cp=11&msddy=1916&msddm=7&msddd=1&qh=LQeF6EYbAWjg9LlCSBKAZw%3D%3D&new=1&redir=false&uidh=aoc&gss=angs-d&rank=1&pcat=39&fh=1&h=2030650&recoff=&ml_rpos=2

and

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Nts8&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=britisharmyservice&gsfn=Clarence&gsln=Walker&gsln_x=NP_NN_NS&cp=11&msddy=1916&msddm=7&msddd=1&qh=LQeF6EYbAWjg9LlCSBKAZw%3D%3D&new=1&redir=false&uidh=aoc&gss=angs-d&rank=1&pcat=39&fh=2&h=2030651&recoff=&ml_rpos=3

Died 1st Day of Battle of Somme 1/7/16. No known grave.

Note he declares 4 years previous service in Royal Scots.

Edited 26 October , 2018 by Mark1959

[Mark1959]

Smale - date of death seems to be wrong in your list

CWGC says 25/7/16

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/272535/smale,-/

Other records say 1/8/16.

[Mark1959]

James Straiton Addison

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/36433/addison,-james-straiton/

Medal card shows man was in Scottish Rifles before HLI - CWGC says Royal Scots

His Effects record indicates he died in 1/1 South Midlands Division CCS and that fits in with where he is buried. So looks like he Died of Wounds rather than KIA.

Born Leith

1901 Census - Dirleton

SDGW - resided Gallance, Haddingtonshire

[Neill Gilhooley]

Alistair,

You know of course that information on those from the 9th Royal Scots can be found https://neillgilhooley.com/9th-royal-scots/index/ (I shall be updating this in the next week)

I guess you have also seen the book of remembrance?

 

Edited 26 October , 2018 by Neill Gilhooley

[alistair_m]

2 hours ago, Neill Gilhooley said:

Alistair,

You know of course that information on those from the 9th Royal Scots can be found https://neillgilhooley.com/9th-royal-scots/index/ (I shall be updating this in the next week)

I guess you have also seen the book of remembrance?

 

 

I realised that there's a fair cross over between the two projects Neill.  So will most definitely be looking into your work once I can get started.

[kenmorrison]

This might be your JOHN MORRISON (no relation!)

Ken

 

Name:	John Morrison
Birth Place:	Dumbarton, Stirlingshire
Residence:	Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
Death Date:	17 Apr 1918
Death Place:	France and Flanders
Enlistment Place:	Dunbar, E. Lothian
Rank:	Private
Regiment:	East Surrey Regiment
Battalion:	1st Battalion
Regimental Number:	26257
Type of Casualty:	Died of wounds
Theatre of War:	Western European Theatre
Comments:	Formerly 22511, Dragoons.

[Mark1959]

Ken - an alternative, what do you think?

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/137182/morrison,-/

The SDGW says birthplace Haddington, enlisted Edinburgh, Widow Katherine lived in Edinburgh

Died of Wounds 22/9/1917. 12 Royal Scots

Trying to prove if he is the John Morrison (twin brother of Cornelius or Neil) born Haddington c1890. Parents William and Flora. In 1891 in Haddington. In 1901 at 21 Forth St, North Berwick.

Not got current access to Scottish People site so very difficult to prove. Anyone with access can you have a look and see if you can find a marriage.

 

edit

A Scottish People search for correct names returned a marriage between John Morrison and Katherine Jane Spence, St Giles Registration District in 1915. Think St Giles is in Edinburgh but cannot trace her at the moment. 

Widow's address is in Duff St Edinburgh on CWGC that is about 2 miles from St Giles cathedral so suspect this is 40858's marriage

 

 

 

Edited 26 October , 2018 by Mark1959

[little bob]

Pte 228 George Hedderwick Sim has service papers, Find my Past, Item in The Scotsman  31st December 1915 and an entry in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

 

1839 Robert Fortune Rintoul, item in The Scotsman  14th December 1916.

 

Bob

[clk]

Hi,

 

40055 Addison.

9 hours ago, Mark1959 said:

Medal card shows man was in Scottish Rifles before HLI - CWGC says Royal Scots

 

He doesn't appear to have a surviving service record. His Soldiers' Died record says that he enlisted in North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, and that he was previously number 1265, R. Scots. 

His medal roll record shows overseas service with...

 

Image source: Ancestry.co.uk

 

The issue of Scottish Rifles (medal roll and derived MIC) verses SDGW and the CWGC record of (8th) Royal Scots is difficult to resolve. My guess would be that the info on the CWGC site ("Son of James and Christina C. Addison, of Lea Shaw House, Holloway, Matlock, Derbyshire. Formerly a full Corporal in the 2nd/8th Bn. Royal Scots.") results from the return of the Verification Form sent to the family, and what they supplied.

 

Taking that on face value, and that he was previously numbered 1265, from near number 8/Royal Scots men who have surviving papers you appear to get:

 

1253 McLauchlan - attested 26.9.1914

1255 Cunningham - attested 25.9.1914

1259 Davidson - attested 24.9.1914

1265

1268 Gallagher - attested 29.9.1914

1269 MacKenzie - attested 29.9.1914

1271 McConnachie - attested 30.9.1914

1273 Berg - attested 2.10.1914

1278 McLean - attested 3.10.1914

 

In terms of his overseas service 'in anger' his previous UK service unit may be irrelevant, as the medal roll record indicates that when he first arrived overseas he was then 'attached' to 20 Infantry Base Depot (in Etaples) before being transferred to the 10/11 Highland Light Infantry, and was then renumbered as 40055.

 

40032 Seggie - arrived at 20 IBD as a Royal Scot, and was transferred to the HLI (renumbered) and posted to the 10/11 Bn whilst there on 9.9.1916 - before joining them 'in the field' on 10.9.1916.

40058 Falconer - arrived at 20 IBD as a Royal Scot, and was transferred to the HLI (renumbered) and posted to the 10/11 Bn whilst there on 10.9.1916 - before joining them 'in the field' on 13.9.1916.

 

Unfortunately, the 10/11 Bn war diary (TNA or Ancestry) doesn't record drafts/reinforcements being received. I might have got it wrong, but it would seem that he may well have died a couple of days after having been sent to the line.

 

Regards

Chris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ss002d6252]

For # 40055 Addison the effects shows he had a net war gratuity of £9.

 

Running this through my calculator tells us:

 

It shows us though that if his war gratuity was paid as an acting corporal then it diesn't tie in with Chris' deductions above. If we however try the war gratuity as being paid as a Private then it fits with Chris' details.

https://wargratuity.uk/war-gratuity-calculator/

 

Craig

Edited 26 October , 2018 by ss002d6252

[Mark1959]

Have you seen this summary. Cannot vouch for veracity but contains several pictures

http://www.northberwickcommunitycentre.org.uk/sites/all/modules/filemanager/files/26_may.pdf

[clk]

5392 Brown

 

CWGC

 

From Soldiers Died

Birth place: Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire

Enlistment place: Edinburgh, Midlothian

 

Soldiers' Effects

 

Images sourced from Ancestry.co.uk

 

Bn war diary here at the National Archives, or here on Ancestry

Bde HQ here or here

[Mark1959]

Walter Walker was previously 1240 Royal Scots. 

Soldier's Effects gives Nok as mother and sole legatee as Agnes and that I am afraid makes him Clarence's younger brother. Walter born 1894.

Note he follows same path as Addison who is on previous page of medal roll. After some time with 10/11 HLI he then gets moved to 18 HLI. So similar RS numbers and HLI numbers

 

Listed as wounded in War Office Casualty List of 3/12/16. Residence North Berwick. Serving with HLI

Edited 27 October , 2018 by Mark1959

[kenf48]

On 25/10/2018 at 19:01, alistair_m said:

George Easton Moffat.  174th Company.  Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Private 33153

Died: 26/3/17

 

Interesting one, the 179 Company war diary shows that on 26th March 1917 2,3,and 4 sections baths and clean up, while 1 section was improving MG positions,  Two other ranks were sent to hospital sick whilst "1 O.R. died in hospital (fracture of skull)."  The CWGC Register states died of wounds, whereas SDGW stated 'Died' which usually means an accidental death or sickness.

 

George Easton Moffatt the son of William and Elizabeth Moffatt and elder brother of Annie. He originally enlisted on the 1st December 1914, age seventeen, in the 2/8 Battalion as 1592 Royal Scots. The 2/8th was a reserve Territorial Force unit and did not serve overseas.  The TF recruited from age seventeen so there was no great subterfuge, though he may have added a few months to his age.  The Army required a soldier to be nineteen before he could be sent on active service overseas therefore he remained on home service until posted to the Machine Gun Corps.  

 

He joined the MGC at Grantham around the end of April 1916 ( probably on the 30th) but no later than the 1st May.  Now aged 19 he was almost certainly in a draft that  was posted to 67 Brigade MEF on the 4th July 1916.  The draft embarked from England on 5th July 1916 and disembarked Salonica 14 July.  They were taken on strength the same day..

A month later he was admitted to 28 General Hospital on 17 August 1916 suffering from malaria.  It must have been relatively serious because he was evacuated back to the UK.

We don't have a date but we know he was back at Grantham early 1917.  He was posted to 174 Company which was formed at Grantham and left there for Southampton on 23rd February 1917.  They embarked from Southampton on the 25th, arriving at Havre later that day.  Pte Moffatt was appointed Lance Corporal.

The Company first went into the trenches on the 7th March 1917.

 

 

L/Cpl Moffatt died of wounds, or injuries received at 5 CCS on the 26th March 1917 he was aged 19.  He was interred at Bray Military Cemetery.

 

Ken

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 28 October , 2018 by kenf48

[alistair_m]

Folks,

This is outstanding. I'm so grateful to everyone who has responded -way abouve and beyond what I hoped I might find.

I'll definitely make sure that this forum gets a good plug on our school twitter and web site. 

 

Many thanks

 

Alistair

[alistair_m]

23 hours ago, Mark1959 said:

Have you seen this summary. Cannot vouch for veracity but contains several pictures

http://www.northberwickcommunitycentre.org.uk/sites/all/modules/filemanager/files/26_may.pdf

That's pretty much where I got the initial info Mark. The work was started by a former pupil I believe.  No one at the school actually knew where the role of honour was, but with a bit of googling, we came up with that document. 

 

[clk]

James Carnaghan

 

From the link, there seems to be quite a bit on him already. A couple of other bits.

 

He appears to have been originally commissioned to the 12 (Reserve) Bn, 26th Regiment of Foot (aka the Cameronians).

 

Image source: The National Archives - file WO 338/4/3

 

His service file is held by the National Archives (link). Unfortunately, it isn't available to download.

 

It would appear that he was originally commissioned 14th August 1915.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images sourced: The London Gazette

 

His Soldiers' Effects record has his death "on or since" 20.10.1916. In the 2nd Battalion war diary (TNA or Ancestry) he is recorded as missing under a diary entry of 23rd October 1916. The diary does seem to record the comings and goings of officers. However, (whilst I may well have missed it), I didn't see a note for when 2/Lt Carnaghan arrived. The first I saw for him is on 10.8.1916 when it shows 'to hospital'.

 

As a general point, if any images of grave stones are needed, the good folk at British War Graves may be able to help - on a free of charge basis.

[Rob Bulloch]

Carnaghan. Joined 2nd Bn July 27th. 1916. Hohezollern Section. Aug 10th 1916 2nd Lt Carnaghan  to Hospital. (No note of returning to Bn)  23rd Oct 1916 posted as missing.

 

Extract from 2nd Bn WD.

[Robin Hodges]

My interest is in The King's Regiment and I have the following notes on Purdie:

 

Purdy (Purdie on North Berwick High School and Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials), David Scott; [The King’s 1917-1918]; enlisted in the Territorial Force in Edinburgh, No. 1791 Private, 9^th (Highland) Battalion, The Royal Scots; promoted to Serjeant; deployed with the Advance Party, 1^st Battalion (1/9^th R Scots) to join the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 24 Feb 1915; in action at St Eloi and Second Battle of Ypres in 1915 and the Somme in 1916; Potential Officer (PO) recommended for a commission, appointed Cadet in Apr 1917 for the 15 week commissioning course, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 9^th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) 1 Aug 1917 [same course as William Anderson, Sydney Arnott, James Bardsley, John Campbell, Albert Chilton, Jack Dawson, William Herriot, Glanffrwd Jones, James Martin, Edgar Maxwell, Bertram Maylin, Cecil Morrison, Fitzwilliam Parkes, Kenneth Pocklington, David Purdie, Herbert Sheppard, William Smart, John Wilson, Reginald Warwick and Albert Vogt]; he was wounded during the Battle of the Scarpe, a significant Canadian victory over the German Fresnes-Rouvroy defence line, the Battalion attacked from Bellacourt towards Riencourt 28 Sep 1918 suffering 12 Officer and 231 Other Rank casualties who were evacuated to Anneux where he died on 30 Sep 1918 and was buried in Anneux British Cemetery, France; [posthumously awarded 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal].