Casualty List : 1st/5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Names in Blue also appear on Battalion Roll
Place | Date | Number | Rank | Name | Nature of casualty | Notes |
2 April 1916 | 3232 | Munro, Joseph | Multiple wounds beneath right knee | |||
4 April 1916 | 1343 | Geddes, Peter | Shrapnel wound of right knee | |||
4 April 1916 | 2118 | Gordon, James | External shrapnel wound to left eye | (Later Killed in Action 18/4/1917. "D" Coy. Age 23. Son of Mrs Mary Gordon 4 Threadneedle St Peterhead. (ARRAS MEMORIAL) (240431) | ||
6 April 1916 | 2404 | Murray, William D | Wounded by bomb | |||
6 April 1916 | 2645 | Taylor, Alexander R | Wounded by bomb | (Died of wounds 25/4/1916) | ||
7 April 1916 | 1438 | Sim, John A | Superficial wounds, of face and right knee: shock | |||
9 April 1916 | 3355 | Moir, William | Bullet wounds - right foot and left leg | Farm servant, Monquhitter, Turriff. | ||
9 April 1916 | 2375 | Alexander, Robert | Bullet wounds - (superficial) right side of face | |||
14 April 1916 | 3227 | Murray, James | Accidental wound of right middle finger | |||
19 April 1916 | 1701 | Thomson, George A | Wounds of legs caused by barber wire | |||
26 April 1916 | 493 | Simpson, Henry | Wound of right shoulder (accidentally self-inf.) | |||
28 April 1916 | 1396 | Mackie, Peter | Scratches of face and hands - wire | Also wounded 26/3/16 and 31/7/16. Killed in Action 17/5/17. ARRAS MEMORIAL. (Sergeant) Born Peterhead. | ||
28 April 1916 | 2955 | Ross, Duncan | Bullet wound in head | Died of wounds 28/4/16. Age 24. Son of Alexander and Jane Wilson Ross, of King Edward | ||
Lieutenant | Manson, A | To hospital sick 4/4/1916 | Rejoins from hospital 10/4/16 | |||
Capt | Lyall, W | To hospital sick 5/4/1916 | Rejoins from hospital 14/4/16 | |||
Capt | Moir, George A.C | Rejoins from hospital 12/4/16 | ||||
Captain | Watson, W.J | Draft from 3/5 Bn Gordon Hrs. 15/4/16 | ||||
Lieut | Watson, J.L.C | Draft from 3/5 Bn Gordon Hrs. 15/4/16 (Killed in action 8/4/1917) | ||||
2nd Lieut |
Morrison, G.A | Draft from 3/5 Bn Gordon Hrs. 15/4/16 | ||||
2nd Lieut |
Donald, C | Draft from 3/5 Bn Gordon Hrs. 15/4/16 | ||||
2nd Lieut |
Gibb, W.J | Wounded, from Base 15/4/16 | (Gibb was wounded in March . This possibly means he had rejoined his unit.) | |||
1 May 1916 | 383 | Cpl | Findlay, George Porteous | Killed in action | Age 28. Son of J. W. and Agnes Findlay, of Cullen (MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY) On Roll of Honour of Fordyce Academy [Not in Diary but known to have died] | |
13 May 1916 | 2561 | Pte | Burnett, Charles | Killed in action | Buchan Observer 30/5/1916 - New Leeds - Killed in action, a nephew of Mr Kinghorn. He enlisted in the Gordons in November 1914 having left farm service at Wellington, Peterhead. He was one of a working party in the front line and was hit in the head by 2 bullets from a machine gun and was killed instantaneously. He was in his 25th year. (MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY) [Not in Diary but known to have died] | |
15 May 1916 | 2148 | Pte | Watt, Robert G.G | Died of wound | Born Clatt, Aberdeenshire. Age 21. Ward of Mrs. J. Milner, of 7, Lily Terrace, West Rd., Peterhead (AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION) | |
20 May 1916 | Lieut | Irvin, Thomas William | Died of wound | Age 32. Son of Richard and Ann Irvin, of North Shields; husband of Christiana Irvin. (ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT) | ||
28 May 1916 | Lieut | Lundius, James Philip | Killed in action | Age 24. Son of Oscar and Mary Lundius, of Peterhead (MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY) |