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Casualty List : 1st/5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders

Names in Blue also appear on Battalion Roll

From War Diaries April - May 1916
 
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) 
 
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