Casualty List : 1st/5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders

Names in Blue also appear on Battalion Roll

From War Diaries(and other sources)  May - October 1915. Includes recommendations for awards - September 1915

Disposition of the Battalion May-June 1915. Source:  Ray Westlake, British battalions on the Western Front January to June 1915 : Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Aubers Ridge and Festubert  London : Leo Cooper, 2001.

From Bedford to Folkstone and arrived Boulogne 4th May. Moved by train to Berguete and from there marched to billets at L'Ecteme. To Paradis 5th, returning to L'Ecteme 12th. Moved to Caestre 14th, Vieux-Berquin 17th, Pont Riqueul 18th.  Took over trenches near Indian Village 20th. Relieved 25th and moved into billets near Bois de Pacauet.  Moved into trenches near Festubert 31st May.  Occupied positions in The Orchard. Relieved 4th June and to Cornet Malo. To Riez-du-Vinage 6th and took over breastworks at Le Tournet 16th.  Moved into reserve trenches near La Cinque Rue later.  Withdrew to billets on canal west of Les Caudrons 19th then into trenches east of Festubert 22nd.  Relieved 27th and to La Tombe Willot 27th, Pont du Hem 28th, Le Drumez 29th June.

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Place	Date	Number	Rank	Name	Nature of Casualty	Notes
Richebourg	22 May 1915	1952	Pte	Taylor, John	Died of wounds	Age 29. Son of John and Bella Taylor, 16 Broad St Lane, Fraserburgh. (BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY). Born Fraserburgh
-	date unknown	1235	Pte	Creighton, Robert L	Wounded	Scotsman 2/6/1915 - casualty list - wounded Peterhead - Pte Creighton, Mains of Inverugie, in a letter states that he has been wounded in the thigh by shrapnel and is at present in the Base Hospital. Discharged 2/12/1915 Termination of engagement.
-	date unknown	-	Pte	Davidson, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman 25/5/1915 - wounded  - 19 Longate Peterhead
-	date unknown	1398	Scout	Davidson, Peter	Wounded	Scotsman 25/5/1915 - wounded -22 Chapel St Peterhead
-	30 May 1915		Major	Fowlie, Charles W.L	Killed by a shell	Son of John and Elizabeth Lawson Fowlie, of Udny, Aberdeenshire. (PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE)  Major Fowlie was killed by a shell while inspecting the trenches of 4th Canadian Bn, prior to relieving them. The incident was mentioned in Canadian War Diary and in a letter from a Canadian soldier, Willis Adcock, to his father. (Information kindly supplied by a relative of L.Cpl Adcock,  Michael Sharpe)
War Diary for June does not name casualties - except officers.  Shows 2 officers killed; 4 wounded; 14 other ranks  killed ; 69 wounded.  Details of  killed come from SDGW and CWGC. There are 16 listed. The Fraserburgh Herald provides a list of local men who were wounded during the Battalion's time in the trenches between 2nd and 6th June. The Diary was compiled on 30th June and one man died of wounds on 28th June, and was possibly not included and another on 15th July  who was originally included in the wounded count.  The Times and Scotsman newspapers list 45 men from the Battalion as wounded in the casualty lists published up to 14th July 1915.
June : Festubert Sector (from 31st May)	1 June 1915	1117	Pte	Knox, Fred	Died of wounds	"A" Coy. Killed in action 1/6/1915. Age 24. Son of Elsie Simpson (formerly Knox), of 66 Main St., New Deer, and the late John Knox. (LE TOURET MEMORIAL)
	2 June 1915		Lieut.	Forbes-Sempill, Hon Robert. A.	Died of wounds	Age. 45. Fourth son of The Rt. Hon. William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Baron Sempill. (LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE) On 2nd June when working with his men on a gap that had been blown in the parapet, he was killed by a sniper.
	2 June 1915	1497	Pte	Whyte, Alexander	Died of Wounds	Born New Aberdour. Enlisted Strichen. (CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY )
	3 June 1915	2475	Pte	McLean, Alexander	Killed in action	Scotsman 12/6/1915 "Pte Alexander McLean. 1/5 GH, 40 Merchant St, officially reported killed. His captain, in a letter to his mother, stated that McLean met his death nobly. He was killed on June 3. He was holding, along with others, an important section of the trench, when a shrapnel shell burst on the parapet, killing him and two others instantaneously. He was buried behind the firing trench. He was 32 years of age, and a labourer at the Admiralty works, Peterhead. He went through the Boer War, where he was made a prisoner."   (LE TOURET MEMORIAL)
	3 June 1915	2392	Pte	Burnett, Robert	Killed in action	Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 1 Water Lane, Ellon. Enlisted in Ellon. (LE TOURET MEMORIAL)
	3 June 1915	1156	Piper	Graham, William	Killed in action	Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 62 Prison Buildings, Peterhead.  "Killed at Festubert".  Born in Peterhead. (PONT-DU-HEM, LA GORGUE)  (See additional information)
	3 June 1915	1126	Pte	Innes, William E G	Killed in action	Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company-Corporal W E Innes was a son of Mr John Innes, labourer, 5 Charlotte Street, Fraserburgh.  He was employed in the machine shop of Messrs A Bruce and Co., fishcurers.  He was about 23 years of age, and was a fine athletic fellow, who played outside left for the Toolworks Football Club. (LE TOURET MEMORIAL)
	3 June 1915	1198	Drummer	Watt, George	Killed in action	(PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE)
	3 June 1915	1430	L.Cpl	Park, John	Died of wounds	Born Tyrie.  (CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY )  See additional information
	3 June 1915	1693	Pte	Mackie, John	Killed in action	Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - Private J Mackie was a son of Mr William Mackie, fishcurer, 30 School Street, Fraserburgh.  Before the war he was a chauffeur at the Station Hotel, Fraserburgh.  He was 19 years of agee, and a quite industrious young man. (LE TOURET MEMORIAL )
	4 June 1915	1167	Sergt	Mair, Alexander	Killed in action	"Killed at Festubert."  (LE TOURET MEMORIAL)  Printer in civilian life.
	6 June 1915	1222	Pte	Trail, Edward	Killed in action	(LE TOURET MEMORIAL )
	16 June 1915		Lieut	Scott, William Leslie	Killed in action	Age 22. Son of Willian Leslie Scott and Elizabeth Campbell Lowe Scott of Willowbank, Peterhead.(See additional information)
	16 June 1915	2018	Pte	Gray, Charles Forbes	Missing (Presumed killed)	Age 19. Carter for Wisely & Co Fraserburgh. Son of the late James and Mary Gray, of 3, Castlehill, Turriff (LE TOURET MEMORIAL) Reported missing at Festubert while in a bombing attack, and death presumed. (WBT)
	17 June 1915	1760	Pte	Wight, Patrick	Killed in action	Born Tyrie. Enlisted Strichen. Age 20. Son of Elizabeth Grant (formerly Wight), of Alpine Cottage, St. Fergus, Peterhead, and the late James Wight. (LE TOURET MEMORIAL )
	17 June1915	2609	Pte	Minty, John	Killed in action	"B" Coy . Age 21. Son of George and Elizabeth Minty, of Sandhaven, Fraserburgh. Enlisted Stricken.(LE TOURET MEMORIAL)
	17 June 1915	2065	Pte	McArthur, Alexander	Killed in action	(LE TOURET MEMORIAL)
	17 June 1915	2583	Pte	Craib, James	Killed in action	(LE TOURET MEMORIAL)  (CWGC shows  date of  17th January 1915. Btn wasn't in France then.) Report in The Scotsman: "New Byth-Turriff - an elder son of Mrs Milne, Meldrum Bldgs New Byth, has been killed. He is survived by a widow and one child who reside in St Peter Street, Peterhead. After enlisting in 2/5 Gordons November [1914] last, he was, on going to France in May,  transferred to the 1/5th Bn. He was 22 years of age and was a farm servant in the New Byth district."
	17 June 1915	510	L.Cpl	Mackie, William	Killed in action	Born Banff. (LE TOURET MEMORIAL )
	28 June 1915	2448	Pte	McCurrach, William	Died of wounds	Son of Alexander McCurrach, of 3, Gilcomston Place, Aberdeen. (BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY)  Scotsman 3/7/1915 - Newburgh, Pte William McCurrach who was seriously wounded has died from his wounds.  His brother Pte George McCurrach has been wounded. They are the sons of Mr Alexander McCurrach, Insch Rd, who now has two sons wounded and one dead.
	4 June 1915		Captain	Runcieman, F.S	Wounded	Severely wounded in back and neck by a shell, and buried among sandbags while under way to help a wounded brother officer, and dug out by the Company Sergeant Major
	date unknown		2nd Lieut	Fuller, Leonard Charles Hayden	Wounded	(War Diary) (Bedford)
	18 June 1915		Lieut Col	Grant. Arthur	Wounded	Wounded in arm by a shell (War Diary)
	date unknown		Lieut	Cowie, Robert	Wounded	(War Diary) To UK 26/6/1915. (Longside)
	date unknown	2201	Pte	Bruce, James	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Fraserburgh)
	date unknown	1245	L.Cpl	Buchan, Thomas	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (New Pitsligo) Scotsman 15/6/1915 - L.Cpl Thomas Buchan who belongs to Pitsligo was wounded in the head by a bursting shell and is now in a hospital in Oxford and progressing favourably.
	date unknown	1678	L.Cpl	Buchan, William	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Peterhead)
	date unknown	1947	Pte	Chalmers, Francis	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915  "B" Company -  27 Hanover Street, Fraserburgh.
	2-6th June	1133	Cpl	Clark, John	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 -  "B" Company 3 Kirk Brae, Fraserburgh.
	date unknown	1860	Pte	Cruickshank, James	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded
	4 June1915	1302	Cpl	Dunbar, Isaac	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Fraserburgh Herald - 15/6/1915 - "B" Company - Sergeant Isaac Dunbar, who is severely wounded, is a son of Mr Isaac Dunbar, of the well known firm of I & J Dunbar, fishcurers, of which firm he was a member.  He is one of the most capable officers in the Buchan Battalion.  He is making satisfactory progress in a London hospital. Service Record- Gun shot wound to thigh, hand, back. To hospital in Rouen and the UK.
	date unknown	1263	Pte	Geary, William	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Glasgow)
	date unknown	1162	Pte	Halliday, Robert	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Meldrum) Scotsman 15/6/1915 - the son of Mr Robert Halliday, Cowgate, Oldmeldrum, wounded in the head by shrapnel.
	date unknown	2335	Pte	Henderson, George	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Tarves)
	2-6th June	1937	Pte	Ironside, John	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded.  Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 23 Kirk Brae, Fraserburgh.
	2-6th June	524	L.Cpl	McLagan, Stewart	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. (Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 47 Commerce Street, Fraserburgh.
	4 June 1915	2033	L.Cpl	Milne, George	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. (King Edward) WBT p.132 "Wounded in trenches at Richebourg 4/6/1915."
	2-6th June	2139	L.Cpl	Mitchell, George	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 1 Albert Street, Fraserburgh.
	date unknown	2174	Pte	Murray, John Milne	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Tyrie) Scotsman 28/6/1915 - son of Mr George Murray, farmer, Blackhills Tyrie has been wounded with gunshot in the face. Before the war he worked on his father's farm.
	2-6th June	1278	Pte	Noble, William	Wounded	Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 35 College Bounds, Fraserburgh.
	1 June 1915	613	Pte	Pirie, James	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Mintlaw) (Wounded in the head 1/6/1915 - service record.)
	2-6th June	1404	Pte	Ritchie, William	Wounded	Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 8 Grattan Place, Fraserburgh.
	date unknown	2379	Pte	Robertson, William	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Auchnagatt)
	date unknown	1508	Pte	Scott, William	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (New Aberdour)
	date unknown	1679	Drummer	Shewan, Joseph	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Peterhead)
	4 June 1915	1930	Pte	Sim, James A	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company 72 Broadsea. (Died on 15/7/1915 from wounds received on 4th June - see below.)
	2-6th June	2556	Pte	Sorrie, Alex	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company Gowanhill, Rathen.
	date unknown	1488	Pte	Thomson, James B	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (Strichen)
	date unknown	2202	Pte	Thomson, John A	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded
	date unknown	2096	Pte	Watson, George N	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (New Pitsligo)
	date unknown	1841	Pte	Watson, Walter	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded (New Aberdour)
	2-6th June	1439	Cpl	Watt, George Ritchie	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 36 North Street, Fraserburgh
	date unknown	1676	Pte	Yule, Joseph	Wounded	Times casualty list 29/6/1915 - wounded. Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company - 35 Manse Street, Fraserburgh.
	date unknown	1511	Pte	Clark, Alexander	Wounded	Times casualty list 7/7/1915- wounded (Mintlaw)
	2-6th June	1915	Pte	Hunter, William	Wounded	Times casualty list7/7/1915 - wounded. Fraserburgh Herald 15/5/1915 - "B" Company- 9 Cross Street, Fraserburgh.
	date unknown	1686	Pte	Reid, William	Wounded	Times casualty list 7/71915 - wounded  (Lonmay)
	date unknown	2259	Pte	Rennie, George	Wounded	Times casualty list 7/7/1915 - wounded (Aberdeen)
	date unknown	2104	Pte	Milne, William	Wounded	Times casualty list 14/7/1915 - wounded (Aberdeen)
	date unknown	534	Sgt	Webster, Charles	Wounded	Scotsman 23/6/1915 - wounded. He states he is progressing favourably.
	date unknown	1396	Pte	Mackie, Peter	Wounded	Scotsman 23/6/1915 - wounded  - 13 Tolbooth Wynd - He is a cooper to trade.
	date unknown	-	Pte	Davidson, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman 23/6/1915 - wounded 2 Tanfield Place Peterhead - wounded in the left ear and the right shoulder and wrist. He said in a letter he is progressing well, and is in hospital. He is 24 years of age and a sawyer to trade.
	date unknown	1394	Pte	McDonald, Alex	Wounded	Scotsman 23/6/1915 - wounded Lodge Walk Peterhead - wounded in the thigh.
	date unknown	1818	Pte	Gillanders, Hugh	Wounded	Scotsman 12/6/1915 - wounded (Peterhead). Pte Hugh Gilanders, residing at H M Prison Peterhead, has been unofficially reported wounded on the knee by shrapnel.
	date unknown	1532	Pte	Walker, William S	Wounded	Scotsman 7/7/1915 - wounded (New Deer) The son of Mr James Walker, Hard Bedlam, New Deer, has been wounded by shrapnel in the left arm and is in hospital at Rouen. Mr Walker has three sons on active service.
	16 June1915	1904	Pte	Parley, Alexander (or Partley)	Wounded	Scotsman 22/7/1915 - wounded (Mosside, Crichie, Auchnagatt) (see also July list)
	date unknown	545	Sgt	Mutch, Alexander D	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/6/1915 - wounded, Ellon - Sgt Alex Mutch , wounded in the head is the son of Mr Richard Mutch, builder, Craighall, Ellon, and prior to enlisting was in the office of Mr Raeburn, Town Clerk, Ellon.
	date unknown	1603	Pte	McCurrach, George	Wounded	Scotsman 3/7/1915 - wounded. Son of Mr Alexander McCurrach, Insch Rd Newburgh. (Brother of William, above.)
-	16th June 1915	2097	Pte	Cassie, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman 6/7/1915 - wounded - Fyvie - son of Mr Alex CAssie, BAckhill og Gight, has been wounded in the knee with shrapnel and is in Norfolk War Hospital where he is improving. WBT - Farm-Servant. Wounded at Festubert, Aubers  16/6/15; near Albert 1/1/16; Chemical Works, Arras 8/4/16; gassed at Battle of Marne, Buzancy, July 1918.  Disembodied 2/3/1919
-	date unknown	10	Sgt	Simpson, George	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 12/7/1915 - wounded
-	date unknown	1551	Pte	Taylor, Robert	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 12/7/1915 - wounded(Peterhead)
-	28th June 1915	1268	Pte	Shepherd, James	Wounded	Service record - Shrapnel wound right leg. To hospital at St Omer. Returned to duty 10/7/1915. Scotsman 28/7/1915 - Oldmeldrum- Pte Shepherd is reported wounded by shell fire. He has been at the front since the outbreak of war and is a bomb thrower. (Wounded again in August 1915)
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War Diary not held for July  and August.  Details of killed come from SDGW and CWGC and wounded from the casualty lists in the Times and the Scotsman from mid July. The dates these men were wounded is not known in most cases and those listed in July may have been wounded in late June.  War Diary for September and October lists names of all casualties and that for September provides details of the wounded.
	date unknown	-	Capt	Low, James Lawson	Wounded	Scotsman 5/7/1915 casualty list - wounded
	5 July 1915	1902	Pte	Barclay, William M	Died of wounds	Born and enlisted in Methlick. Son of Charles and Lizzie Barclay, of Haddo Methlick. (AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS) Commemorated on Methlick War Memorial. Scotsman 12/7/1915 - Aberdeen - Pte William Barclay, son of Charles BArclay, Haddo was killed in France on 5th July, having been shot by a sniper.
	7 July 1915	2184	Pte	Gibson, James	Died of wounds	Born Savoch. Enlisted Peterhead. (MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY )
	8 July 1915	1462	Pte	Milne, Thomas	Killed in action	Age 19. "A" Coy. Son of Mrs. Jessie Benange, of 148, High St., Newpitsligo AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY. Scotsman 21/7/1915 - New Pitsligo - Thomas Milne has died at the front. He resided for a number of years with Mr George Park, High Street, and joined the Territorials 4 years ago. Prior to the outbreak of war he was engaged as a farm servant in the New Deer district.
	8 July 1915	2041	Pte	Taylor, Peter Frank	Killed in action	Age 21.  "D" Coy. Son of Adam Taylor, of Bogs, Kininmonth, Mintlaw. See Soldiers' Wills
	15 July 1915	1930	Pte	Sim, James S	Died of wounds	Age 25. Son of James and Ann Sim, of 72, Broadsea. (LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY) Died of wounds received on 4th June 1915 near Festubert. Occupation cooper employed with James Cheyne, fishcurer Fraserburgh. (Biography in De Ruvigny's R o H v4)
	date unknown	2311	Pte	McWillie, John	Wounded	Scotsman 29/7/1915 - 15 Albert St Fraserburgh. Admitted hospital St Omer, wounded right ankle.
	date unknown	7	Sgt	Henderson, William	Wounded	Scotsman 29/7/1915 - High St Strichen. Admitted hospital St Omer, sprained left ankle.
	date unknown	1857	Pte	Dickie, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 22/7/1915 - wounded - gunshot wound shoulder.  Admitted hospital in Rouen. Scotsman 29/7/1915 - 29 Row St New Pitsligo. Admitted hospital Manchester. wounded (slight)
	date unknown	2066	Pte	Johnstone, Joseph	Wounded	Scotsman - 22/7/1915  casualty list - wounded -  gunshot wounds head, arm, leg. Admitted hospital in Rouen. Scotsman 29/7/1915 - Friday Hill, Brucklay. Admitted hospital Manchester. wounded (slight)
	date unknown	60	L.Cpl	Marshall, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman - 22/7/1915 - casualty list - wounded  gunshot wound leg. Admitted hospital in Rouen. Scotsman 29/7/1915 -Viewbank House Maud. Admitted hospital Manchester. wounded (slight)
	date unknown	2092	Pte	McRobbie, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman 22/7/1915 casualty list - wounded -  gunshot wound - severe. Scotsman 29/7/1915 -  7 Mill Rd, Port Elphinstone. Admitted hospital Northampton. gunshot wound to the head
	date unknown	1486	Pte	Calder, John	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 3/8/1915 - wounded Also Scotsman - 22/7/1915 - casualty list - wounded - GSW scalp and legs. (Strichen)
	date unknown	2603	Pte	Craib, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 3/8/1915 - wounded Also Scotsman - 22/7/1915 - casualty list - wounded - GSW axilla and arm. (New Byth)
	date unknown	1844	Pte	Gray, Francis	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 3/8/1915 - wounded (Port Erroll)
	date unknown	2307	Pte	Hay, John A	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 3/8/1915 - wounded (Strichen)
	date unknown	2140	Pte	Ironside, Charles	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 3/8/1915 - wounded (Fraserburgh)
	date unknown	1972	Pte	McGregor, William R	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 3/8/1915 - wounded (Inverurie)
	date unknown	1904	Pte	Parley, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 3/8/1915 - wounded  and Scotsman 16/7/1915 - Auchnagatt - Alexander Parley son of Mrs Parley, Moss side has been wounded. He was also wounded on 16th June but was able to rejoun his company on 21st June. Prior to the war he was engaged as a farm servant.
	date unknown	44	CSM	Watt, William	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 3/8/1915 - wounded. Enlisted 1908 - discharged 12/12/1917 age 46.
	29th July 1915	1675	Pte	Colvin, John A S	Wounded	Times casualty list 16/8/1915 - wounded. Also Scotsman 16/8/1915 - casualty list - wounded "under the date 29/7/1915" Fraserburgh Herald 20/7/1915 - Missing Man Turns Up. 1675 Pte. J.A. Colvin “B” Coy, who was recently reported as missing by the Brigade, has now rejoined the Battalion.  It seems that during a flight in which he was acting as a bomb-thrower, he got slightly wounded and was picked up by another regiment, and sent to the Base Hospital.  Private Colvin’s home is at 60 School Street, Fraserburgh
	date unknown	706	Pte	Isaac, Duncan	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 28/7/1915 - Oldmeldrum. Wounded by a German sniper and is at present in a military hospital at Newcastle.
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Bercourt/Hamel Sector	8 Aug 1915	2913	Pte	Cowie, William	Killed in action	Age 19. Son of the late George and Mary Cowie. Enlisted Strichen. (BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY)
	8 Aug 1915	473	Pte	Wisely, Charles	Killed in action	Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wisely, of 98, High St., Fraserburgh. (BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT)
	9 Aug 1915	679	Sergt	Mitchell, Edward	Died of wounds	Born/Enlisted Fraserburgh. (BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT  )
	20 Aug 1915	2198	Pte	Will, George	Killed in action	Born Turriff. Enlisted Fraserburgh. (BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT ) Farm servant.
	21 Aug 1915		2nd Lieut	Roberts, Philip Hugh Gore	Died of wounds	Age 19. Son of Ann S. Roberts, of Milton House, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middx., and the late Rev. W. W. Roberts. (MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION) See Additional information
	date  unknown	2243	Pte	Herd, William	Wounded	Times casualty list 16/8/1915 - wounded (Foveran)
	date  unknown	1672	Pte	Brodie, George A	Wounded	Times casualty list 6/9/1915 - wounded (Rathen)
	date  unknown	2042	Pte	Bruce, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman 21/8/1915 - A.Bruce has been wounded, but is now doing well in hospital in France. Bruce's parents reside in Boddam where he was a postman for 11 years.
	date  unknown	2805	Pte	Crawford, Alexander	Wounded	Times casualty list 6/9/1915 - wounded
	date  unknown	1909	Sgt	Davidson, Norman	Wounded	Scotsman 31/8/1915 -casualty list wounded.  (Brae Cottage Longside).    Son of George Davidson, school board clerk and accountant and wife Mary.
	date  unknown	1977	Pte	Dunbar, Gilbert N	Wounded	Times casualty list 6/9/1915 - wounded (Fraserburgh)
	date  unknown	1976	Pte	Innes, Charles B	Wounded	Times casualty list 6/9/1915 - wounded (Fraserburgh)
	date  unknown	2456	Pte	Mair, James	Wounded	Times casualty list 6/9/1915 - wounded.  Scotsman 8/9/1915 "Wounded soldiers from France at Springburn Hospital Glasgow- most not dangerously ill."
	9th Aug 1915	1268	Pte	Shepherd, James	Wounded	Scotsman 21/8/1915 - Pte Shepherd is reported wounded by shell fire. He has been at the front since the outbreak of war and is a bomb thrower. SErvice record shows: attested 8/2/1911 aged 20. Born Aberdeen. Farm servant at Blankets, Meldrum. Wounded 9/8/1915 - face and leg. Married to Agnes Henderson. Discharged 3/3/1916 - Termination of period of engagement. Address 1920 4 Old Meldrum Rd, Bucksburn.
	date  unknown	1417	Pte	Smith, John Morgan	Wounded	Times casualty list 6/9/1915 - wounded  (Fraserburgh)
	date  unknown	2072	Pte	Summers, John	Wounded	Times casualty list 6/9/1915 - wounded  (Peterhead)
	9th Aug 1915	1268	Pte	Shepherd, James	Wounded	Service record - GSW face and shoulder. Transferred to England 15/8/1915. Discharged 3/3/1916 - Termination of period of engagement. Address 1920 - 4 Old Meldrum Rd, Bucksburn
	13th Aug 1915	3021	Pte	Johnston, John	Wounded	Service record - Attested 1/2/1915 Age 20 - farm servant. Wounded 13/8/1916. Returned to UK 16/9/1915. Discharged 17/3/1916 as a consequent of head wound. Father Archibald Johnston, Tarbothill, Bridge of Don.  Scotsman 30/8/1915 (and 31/8) - casualty lists - wounded - John Johnston, Tarbothill, late of Shetlin Tarves, has been seriously wounded with a GSW in the head and is in hospital in Rouen. He is a native of Tarves and was on a fruit farm in Canada prior to enlisting in the 1/5th Gordons. "C" Company.
	date unknown	2196	Pte	McRae, George	Wounded	Scotsman 31/8/1915 - casualty list -wounded (Longside). Son of Mr George McRae, previously station master at Longside and now at Fochabers.  Service record - Born Fraserburgh. Attested 8/9/1914 at Peterhead. Age 21y 11m. Baker Employed by John Whyte, Longside. Disembodied 12/3/1919.
-	13th Aug 1915	1670	Pte	Milne, John	Wounded (later died of wounds)	Scotsman - casualty list 21/8/1915 -King Edward - Son of Mr George Milne, carpenter, Dunshillock, who was reported wounded in France, has died of his wounds. He was 19 years of age. WBT  p. 132 - Apprentice Carpenter. Wounded in trenches 13/8/15. Died at Corbie as a result of wounds at La Boisselle 16/8/15. (CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY)
-	date unknown	1299	Pte	Sim, Richard	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 19/8/1915 - shows  "under date 2/8/1915". Fraserburgh
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	1 Sept 1915	2205	Pte	Shepherd, James S	Died of wounds	Age 21. Son of Henry and Margaret Shepherd, of Perth; husband of Charlotte Shepherd, of 9, Albert St., Fraserburgh. Native of Perth. (ETAPLES)
Albert	4 Sept 1915	2438	Pte	Wallace, Henry	Wounded	Bullet in biceps of right arm
	5 Sept 1915	928	Sgt	Morrison, John S	Wounded	Cut in right wrist - Trench Mortar (Later Killed in Action 31/7/1916)
	6 Sept 1915	1625	Pte	Robb, Alexander	Killed	Rifle bullet through head. Age 18. (BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT  ) Born Ellon
	11 Sept 1915	1645	L.Cpl	Murison, F	Wounded	Bullet wound in left shoulder
Trenches Sector G3 Authuille-Hamel	17 Sept 1915	2317	Pte	Watt, William	Killed by Shrapnel	Age 19. Son of Samuel & Jane Montgomerie Watt of 20 Constitution St Peterhead. ( PERRONNE RD CEMETERY,MARICOURT)
		2993	Pte	Birnie, George A	Wounded	Shrapnel in neck
	23 Sept 1915		2nd Lieut	Stearns, H.G	Wounded	Scalp wound from rifle grenade
		2232	Sgt	Macintosh, James R	Wounded	Wounds to left side of face and right arm - r. grenade
		2532	Cpl	Davidson, William	Wounded	Wound to left hand - accidently, while cleaning rifle. (Killed in action 31/7/16)
		1933	Pte	Livingstone, Forbes	Wounded	Wound to scalp - caused by shrapnel
	25 Sept 1915		Lieut	Troup, Robert Jamieson	Slightly Wounded	Knees and side - barbed wire
		3145	Pte	Fraser, Thomas	Wounded	Compound fracture of left arm - caused by a bomb
		2744	Pte	Anderson, Alexander Finnie	Wounded	Left hand and knees - barbed wire  (Killed 31/7/1917)
	30 Sept 1915	1767	L.Cpl	Dunbar, John	Wounded	Wounds to left arm - rifle bullet (Wounded again July 1916)
		1648	Pte	Robertson, Alexander	Wounded	Not shown in War Diary but listed elsewhere - Scotsman 9/10/1915 - casualty list - wounded "under 15th September 1915".(Tarves)
		1540	Pte	Robertson, John	Wounded	Not shown in War Diary but listed elsewhere - Scotsman 9/10/1915 - casualty list - wounded "under 15th September 1915". (Mintlaw)
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	October 1915	1995	Pte	McAllister, Archibald	Wounded	(Later killed in action 31/7/16. Born Banff)
		1569	Pte	Brown, John	Wounded	(Fraserburgh)
		1597	Pte	Strath, George	Wounded	(Mintlaw)
		2291	Pte	Stewart, William T	Wounded	(Keith)
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Record of Officers, NCOs and Men recommended for Honours and Awards, September 1915. NOTE: These awards may not have been granted.
			Major	McDonald	DSO
			Capt & Adj	Cruden, J.W.F	MC
			Lieut & QM	Marr, J	Mentioned in Despatches
			Capt	Low, James Lawson	Mentioned in Despatches	Gazette 1/1/1916
			Capt	Lyall, W	Mentioned in Despatches
			Capt	Robertson, C.T.A	Mentioned in Despatches	(Later Killed in action 23/3/1918, aged 32. Major)
		1613	Pte	Souter, William M	DCM	D Coy
		1829	Pte	Jaffray, Alexander M	DCM	D Coy (Later awarded MM- London Gazette 3/6/16. Killed in action 25/7/16)
		115	CSM	Chalmers, James	DCM	D Coy
		2275	Sgt	Dickie, Charles	DCM	C Coy (Later awarded MM. Commissioned from ranks.)
		2350	Cpl	Stuart, James	DCM	C Coy
		544	Sgt	Matthew, J	DCM	B Coy
		838	Sgt	Taylor, James S	DCM	Machine Gunner
		1604	Pte	Park, James C	DCM	Machine Gunner
		2587	L.Sgt	Sinclair, Alexander Skinner	DCM	B Coy (Later Commissioned)
		1273	Sgt	Murison, Alfred	DCM	A Coy (Died of wounds 21/3/16)

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