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Gordon Highlanders

8th/10th Battalion

GORDON HIGHLANDERS

44th Brigade / 15th (Scottish) Division

 

8th August : East of Albert.

12th August : Contalmaison area.

14th August : In front line in front of Martinpuich.

22nd August : Scots Redoubt.

24th August : Contalmaison.

28th August : In front line in front of Martinpuich.

30th August : Albert area.

4th September : Fricourt area.

8th September : Bazentin-le-Petit.

12th September : East of Albert.

14th September : Contalmaison.

17th September : Martinpuich.

18th September : East of Albert.

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6th October : Becourt Wood.

October : Tours in line in Le Sars sector with reserve periods in Bazentin-le-Petit.

2nd November : Becourt

 

77 names

4338    Private

Robert

ABBOTT

Died of wounds on the 10th October 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/5100    Sergeant

Archibald

ANDERSON

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/13481    Private

Alexander Gordon Sinclair

BAIN

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

S/12413    Private

George

BENN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/13341    Private

James Albert

BIRKETT

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

S/14076    Private

Robert Duncan

BODDIE

Died of wounds on the 20th October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

S/9935    Private

Robert

BRABNER

Killed in action on the 13th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/8665    Sergeant

William

BROOMHEAD

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/9575    Private

Andrew

BROWN

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/7252    Private

James

BROWN

Killed in action on the 9th October 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

S/11937    Private

James

BROWN

Died of wounds on the 3rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/10624    Lance Corporal

George Henry

BRUNSKILL

Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916 - Age 46

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

S/2005    Private

James Spence

BUDDIE

Killed in action on the 9th October 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

S/11197    Private

Peter

CAIRD

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

West Linton War Memorial

S/5681    Corporal

Alexander

CAMERON

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/6583     Private

William

CUTHBERT

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/1851    Private

Daniel

DALY

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/9550    Private

Thomas

DELANEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

S/11190    Private

John

DONALD

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

S/8655    Private

John

DONALD

Killed in action on the 2nd November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

S/13565    Private

David

DUFF

Died of wounds on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery

 

S/14003    Private

George

DUNCAN

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

S/9179    Lance Corporal

Thomas

DUNN

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/6300    Private

James

DUTHIE

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Oswald Carr Fiennes

ELLIOTT

Killed in action on the 14th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

S/7970    Lance Corporal

John

ERSKINE

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

S/6850    Private

John

FARNINGTON

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/5015    Private

John

FITZPATRICK

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/5528    Corporal

Robert

FRASER

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/2219    Lance Corporal

George

GAULT

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/10953    Lance Corporal

Oliver

GEMMELL

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

S/12319    Private

Robert

GORDON

Killed in action on the 2nd November 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/9728    Private

Harry

GRIFFIN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

S/9288    Private

John

HANNAH

Died of wounds on the 17th October 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/12430    Private

Charles

HARLEY

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/11053    Corporal

Elisha

HOLMES

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

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

S/13216    Private

Job Henry

HOWELL

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/6646    Private

William

HOWIE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

S/13318    Private

Alexander

JAMIESON

Killed in action on the 14th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/7342    Private

James

KANE

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/5451    Private

John

KENNEDY

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/13566    Lance Corporal

Leslie

LAUDER

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/3754    Private

William George

LAW

Died of wounds on the 13th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

S/1640    Private

James

MacDONALD

Died of wounds on the 10th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

S/7004    Lance Corporal

Archibald

McDONALD

Died of wounds on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

S/10820    Private

Hugh

McEWAN

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/3222    Corporal

John

McGREGOR

Killed in action on the 20th October 1916

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

S/12202    Private

William

McLACHLAN

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

S/13622    Private

James

McMILLAN

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/6714    Private

William

McNEIL

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

S/13751    Private

John

McPHERSON

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery

 

S/4441    Private

William

McPHERSON

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

S/5109    Sergeant

Harry

MEINS

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/2135    Private

James

MERCHANT

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

835    Lance Corporal

Alexander

MICHIE

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/6879    Private

John

MILNE

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9948    Private

George Stanley

MOORCROFT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/10823    Private

John

MURDOCH

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

S/6985    Private

James

MURRAY

Killed in action on the 13th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/4478    Sergeant

Alexander

NICOL

Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

S/12750    Private

Felix

O'NEILL

Killed in action on the 13th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

S/7566    Sergeant

John

RAE

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/7432    Private

Andrew

RANKIN

Killed in action on the 2nd November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/13342    Private

John James

RAWES

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/6231    Private

James

REILLY

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/13295    Corporal

William Samuel

RIDDELL

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/9182    Corporal

John

RUSSELL

Died of wounds on the 19th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

S/4616    Private

Walter

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 14th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/14072    Lance Corporal

Thomas

SHEARER

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/13218    Private

William

SMITH

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/10186    Corporal

Dugald Alexander

STEWART

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

S/13485    Private

Thomas

STOCKS

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/12279    Private

Alexander

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/12867    Private

James Mollison

TODD

Died of wounds on the 16th October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery

 

S/10622    Private

Thomas

WARREN

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/5744    Private

Donald Philip

WILSON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

 

 

3/6607    Private

Andrew

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval Memorial

40

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension

6

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

6

Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

5

Heilly Station Cemetery

5

Warlencourt British Cemetery

3

Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery

2

Gordon Dump Cemetery

2

St Sever Cemetery

2

Puchevillers British Cemetery

2

Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Becourt Military Cemetery

1

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

1

Pozières British Cemetery

1

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

S/5640    Private

Thomas

ANDERSON

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

S/5006    Private

Henry

BAIN

1/5th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

S/12453    Lance Corporal

James

BARCLAY

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/5348    Private

Thomas

BARKER

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/15901    Private

Charles Watt

BARRON

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/10140    Private

William George

BINGHAM

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/4814    Lance Corporal

James Wilson

CALDER

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

S/9120    Private

John

CALDER

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension

S/13333    Private

William

CAMPBELL

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/6501    Corporal

Robert

CHISHOLM

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension

S/9978    Private

James

COFFIELD

Unknown unit

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/11091    Private

James

CORKE

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

3/6483    Private

Daniel

CRAIG

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/8579    Private

Alexander

DOULL

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

2035    Lance Corporal

Robert

ELLWOOD

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

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

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

S/10751    Lance Corporal

William

FOWLIE

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/5333    Private

Thomas

HARROWER

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/12008    Lance Sergeant

Ernest C.

HEATH

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/13479    Private

Lockhart Landels

IRELAND

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

S/4278    Private

John

KING

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

Kelty War Memorial

S/7394    Private

Robert

LINDSAY

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

S/5639    Private

Hendry

LYON

1/5th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/2263    Sergeant

Robert James

LYON

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/13776    Private

William

MacALLISTER

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

S/1749    Sergeant

Andrew

MAINLAND

1/5th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in Meaulte Military Cemetery

S/4572    Private

John

McCONNELL

1/5th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

S/12439    Private

Hugh

McFAULDS

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

S/4715    Private

Thomas

McGOLDRICK

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/10755    Private

William

McLEOD

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 43

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

3/6403    Private

Andrew

McNEIL

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/3353    Private

Thomas

McNEIL

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/9986    Private

John

MEIKLEM

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 26th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

S/10818    Private

James

MILNE

1/6th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

S/6695    Private

Thomas

MITCHELL

26th Machine Gun Company

Died of wounds on the 12th October 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

S/13590    Private

Charlie

QUINN

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

Alloa War Memorial

S/6697    Private

William

REID

1/5th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 2

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

132    Sergeant

Robert

THOMPSON

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

10931    Private

James

TOCHER

1/7th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

S/4454    Lance Corporal

Alexander

WEBSTER

1/5th Gordon Highlanders

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

13730    Private

John

WILBANK

1/6th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery