"Your boy has done his bit most worthily in this terrible conflict. Future generations will read with thrilled breath the story of deeds like his." Rev. William Watson, chaplain 5th Gordons to Mr Peter Mackay on the death of his son, aged 19.
"To have died such a death as he has is something to be proud of. His name shall be writ large on the country's roll of honour." Major McDonald to Mrs Buchan, Peterhead, on the death of her husband.
"It may be noted in passing that the Roll of Honour of this quiet hamlet ranks higher than that of many a larger centre." Comment in the Buchan Observer regarding the district's casualties - October 1916.
High Wood was the largest battle in which the Battalion had been engaged up to that time. The names of casualties from the attack that took place on Sunday 30th July (and continued into Monday 31st) began appearing in the local paper on Tuesday, 8th August, the details being supplied by relatives. The first names to appear were those of the wounded, together with some killed during the preceeding week. The deaths began to appear the following week and continued throught August.
I have included only an index of district casualties here. Please contact me if you would like a full transcript of an entry. carolyn@carolynmorrisey.com I have included here only the names appearing from 8th August, but hold those from 1/8/1916 to 31/10/1916.
| Date of Newspaper | District | Name | Rank | Regiment | Nature of casualty |
| 8th Aug 1916 | Ellon | Birnie, Alexander | Cpl | Gordons | Killed |
| Peterhead | Buchan, A.A | Cpl | Gordons | Killed | |
| Rosehearty | Buchan, George | Driver | R.F.A | Wounded | |
| Fraserburgh | Buchan, Robert | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Buchan, Thomas | Cpl | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Maud | Burnett, James | Pte | Wounded | ||
| Methlick | Burr, Herbert | Cpl | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Carnegie, William L | Pte | Australians | Killed | |
| Ellon | Cheyne, William | L.Cpl | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Ellon | Chruickshank, W. Bruce | Pte | R.A.M.C | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Currie, Stephen | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Davidson, James | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Cruden | Duncan, John | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Kinmundy | Ferguson, J | Lieut Col | Royal Scots | Missing | |
| Udny | Finnie, Robert | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Longside | Fyfe, David | Sgt | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Ellon | Godsman, James | Sgt | R.A.M.C | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Gordon, William | Sgt | South Africans | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Guthrie, Albert J | Lieut | Gordons | Killed | |
| Ellon | Heron, George | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Jaffray, Edward | Sgt | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Longside | Johnston, Alex C | Sgt | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Udny | Keith, James | Capt | Artillery | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Lyon, Robert | Capt | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Maitland, W.B | 2/Lieut | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Ellon | Margetts, Pat | Sgt | Australians | Wounded | |
| New Deer | Marsh, John | Gunner | R.F.A | Killed | |
| Maud | Marshall. Alexander | L.Cpl | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Ellon | Marshall, Ernest | Pte | R.A.M.C | Wounded | |
| Ellon | Matthew, James | CSM | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | McKenzie, Fred | L.Cpl | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Strichen | McLean, Alexander | L.Sgt | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Monquhitter | McPherson, A | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Milne, James | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Fyvie | Milne, James Kemp | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Strichen | Mitchell, James | Pte | Wounded | ||
| Maud | Morrison, George | 2/Lieut | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Cruden | Park, William | Sgt | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Rice, James | Lieut | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Robson, Walter | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Robson, William | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Cruden | Simmers, Robert Park | Lieut | Gordons | Gassed | |
| Rosehearty | Simpson, Alfred | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Strichen | Thomson, Robert | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Tocher, Robert | Sgt | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Ellon | Wallace, Henry | L.Cpl | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Rosehearty | Whyte, Alexander | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Strichen | Whyte, James | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| 15th Aug 1916 | St Fergus | Adam, R.W | Pte | Gordons | Wounded |
| Ellon | Aitken, James | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Port Erroll | Alexander, James | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Allan, George M | Cpl | R.A.M.C | Wounded | |
| Fyvie | Angus, Thomas | Gunner | R.F.A | Died of wounds | |
| Fraserburgh | Baxter, Allan | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Rosehearty | Beedie, George | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Ellon | Bruce, Alex C | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Fraserburgh | Bruce, John W | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Buchan, A.A | Cpl | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Campbell, James | Gunner | R.F.A | Wounded | |
| New Pitsligo | Craig, Alex | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Davidson, William | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Cruden | Duffus, John | L.Cpl | Gordons | Killed | |
| Old Deer | Fenty, James | Pte | Gordon | Died od wounds | |
| New Pitsligo | Gair, Alex | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Rosehearty | Gill, Alexander | Sgt | Gordons | Killed | |
| Guthrie, Albert | Lieut | Gordon | Killed | ||
| Kininmonth | Henderson, Andrew | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Peterhead | Mackay, James | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Mackie, F.J | 2/Lieut | Kings Liverpool Regt | Wounded | |
| Fraserburgh | May, Robert | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | McClure | L.Cpl | Australians | Wounded | |
| Maud | Morrison, G.A | Lieut | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Peterhead | Morrison, John S | Sgt | Gordons | Killed | |
| Maud | Mowatt | Wounded | |||
| Peterhead | Murison, Alexander | Pte | Canadians | Killed | |
| Greeness | Paterson, Adam | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Strichen | Pirie, Alexander | Sgt Major | Gordons | Killed | |
| Auchnagatt | Reid, Charles | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| New Deer | Robb, John | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Fraserburgh | Robertson, Adam | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Dudwick | Robertson, William | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| New Aberdour | Scott, Edward | Sgt | Gordons | Killed | |
| Methlick | Shepherd, Charles | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Simpson, William | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Millbrex | Simpson, William | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Peterhead | Sinclair, William | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Ellon | Stewart, Peter | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Taylor, Andrew | Navy | POW | ||
| New Deer | Taylor, George | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Strichen | Taylor, Stewart | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Strichen | Thomson, James E | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| New Deer | Walker, Alexander | Gunner | R.F.A | Mentioned | |
| New Deer | Walker, Dan | Sgt | Gordons | Mentioned | |
| New Deer | Walker, John | Pte | Canadians | Mentioned | |
| New Deer | Walker, William S | L.Sgt | Gordons | Killed | |
| New Aberdour | Watson, Alex | Pte | Gordons | Missing | |
| 22nd Aug 1916 | Ellon | Aitken, James | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds |
| Peterhead | Alexander, Charles | Pte | Gordons | Missing | |
| Fyvie | Campbell, George | L.Sgt | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Auchnagatt | Cantlay, William | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Peterhead | Garden, John A | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| New Deer | Gibb, Alexander | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Longside | Greig, John | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Guthrie, Albert J | Lieut | Gordons | Killed | ||
| New Deer | Henderson, Alexander F | Pte | Yorkshire | Died of wounds | |
| Peterhead | Henderson, John | Pte | Gordons | Missing | |
| Peterhead | Jack, Malcolm Chalmers | Pte | R.A.M.C | Wounded | |
| Old Deer | Kilgour, Robert | Sgt | H.L.I | Died | |
| New Deer | Lovie, Thomas | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| New Deer | Lowe, Frank | Pte | South Africans | POW | |
| Longside | Mason, William (Masson) | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Cruden | Masson, William | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Longside | Morrice, John | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Mundie, James | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Fyvie | Murdoch, James | Pte | Royal Scots | Missing | |
| Longside | Murray, Andrew | Gunner | R.F.A | Killed | |
| New Pitsligo | Pennie, Frank T | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Longside | Penny, Alexander | Pte | H.L.I | Killed | |
| Auchnagatt | Reid, Robert | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Peterhead | Reid, William J | Pte | Gordons | Missing | |
| Peterhead | Rennie, William | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Robertson, A.W | Capt | Royal Berkshire | Killed | ||
| Fraserburgh | Rosie, David | L.Cpl | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Maud | Smith, James Walker | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Longside | Taylor, James | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| New Deer | Thom | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| Ellon | Wright, John J | Pte | Royal Scots | Died of wounds | |
| 29th Aug 1916 | Ellon | Adams, Alfred | Gunner | R.F.A | Killed |
| Monquhitter | Burr, George | Pte | Royal Scots | Missing | |
| Cairnbulg | Duthie, James | Cpl | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Peterhead | Reid, W. Buchan | Pte | R.A.M.C | Killed | |
| Ellon | Robb, William | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| New Deer | Thoirs, George | Pte | Gordons | Wounded | |
| 5th Sept 1916 | Fraserburgh | Bruce, Andrew | Pte | Gordons | Killed |
| Peterhead | Bruce, Joseph Millar | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Peterhead | Burnett, James | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Mintlaw | Cran, Alexander | Pte | Gordons | Missing | |
| Rosehearty | Duncan, George | Gunner | Wounded | ||
| Kininmonth | Gibson, George | Trooper | Canadian Dragoons | Wounded | |
| New Pitsligo | Gill, George J | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Lonmay | McIntosh, Edward | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Peterhead | Munro, Norman McLeod | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| Rosehearty | Ritchie, William | Pte | Gordon | Missing | |
| New Pitsligo | Slessor, John | Pte | Naval Division | Killed | |
| New Pitsligo | Slessor, John | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
| Cuminestown | Still, William | Gunner | R.F.A | Wounded | |
| Fetterangus | Weir, W | Gunner | R.F.A | Military Medal | |
| 12th Sept 1916 | Boddam | Cordiner, David | Pte | Gordons | Killed |
| Peterhead | Laing, Charles A | Sapper | R.E | Killed | |
| Ellon | Mark, James | Pte | Gordons | Died of wounds | |
| New Pitsligo | Milne, Thomas Beddie | Pte | M.G.C | Died of wounds | |
| Peterhead | Traill, James | Pte | Gordons | Killed | |
For the Buchan Observer casualty index for November 1916 , click here
For the Buchan Observer casualty index for August 1917, click here