Casualty List : 1st/5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders

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From War Diaries July 26 - July 29 1916

Disposition of the Battalion 26/7/1916 to 29/7/1916. Source: Ray Westlake, British Battalions on the Somme 1916 Leo Cooper 1994) 

Trenches Bazentin-le-Grand (26/7). 

Place	Date	Number	Rank	Name	Nature of Casualty	Notes
Trenches. Bazentin-le-Grand	26-Jul-16	10393	Pte	Sutherland, John	Gassed
	26-Jul-16	2613	Cpl	Buchan, Thomas	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Peterhead
	26-Jul-16	2090	L.Cpl	Smith, James E	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Banff
	26-Jul-16	S/9986	Pte	Meiklem, John	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 29/8/1016 - died of wounds - Dykehead Shotts.
	26-Jul-16	3378	Pte	Thomson, Robert	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Aberdeen
	26-Jul-16	1767	L.Cpl	Dunbar, John	Wounded
	26-Jul-16	3104	Pte	Anderson, George G	Slightly Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Inverurie
	26-Jul-16	1839	Pte	Rae, George S	Wounded	Born Tarves. Enlisted in Ellon. (Killed in Action 16/5/1917. Age 20. Son of John and Jane Rae, of Tolquhon Cottage, Udny.)
	26-Jul-16	1623	Pte	Sutherland, John	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Lonmay. Later transferred to 4th Bn. Died of wounds 22/3/1918
	26-Jul-16	2569	Pte	McRobbie, Andrew	Wounded	(Later Killed in Action 23/3/1918. Age 25. 1st Bn. Son of Charles McRobbie, of Bridge St., New Byth, Turriff and the late Isabel McRobbie. ARRAS MEMORIAL  ) Brother John C. (2643) killed 21/3/1918.
	26-Jul-16	S/6151	Pte	Palmer, T	Wounded
	26-Jul-16	3414	Pte	Smith, J	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Methlick
	26-Jul-16	3106	Pte	Gerrard, F	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Kininmonth
	26-Jul-16	1789	Pte	Graham, David	Wounded
	26-Jul-16	1675	Pte	Colvin, John A S	Gassed
	26-Jul-16	3319	Pte	Adams, John	Wounded
	26-Jul-16	589	Pte	Pauline, Stewart	Wounded
	26-Jul-16	3062	Pte	Simpson, James	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Fraserburgh
	26-Jul-16	S/1749	Sgt	Mainland, Andrew	Died of Gas Poisoning	Age 40. Son of James and Mary Mainland, of South Voe, Dunrossness, Shetland. (MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY )
	26-Jul-16	2256	Pte	Cantlay, William	Died of Wounds	(HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE ) Enlisted Peterhead.
	27-Jul-16	2266	Pte	Robson, William	Died of Wounds	Age 19. Son of Walter and Jane Robson, of 25 Broad Street, Peterhead. (HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE )
	27-Jul-16	S/13400	Pte	Stevens, James	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	4880	Pte	Cunningham, Robert	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	S/1892	Pte	Gardiner, Peter	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Shettleston
	27-Jul-16	558	Sgt	Johnston, Alexander C	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	2724	L.Cpl	Anderson, James K	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 29/8/1916 - wounded - Peterhead
	27-Jul-16	2374	Pte	Reid, James	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	3092	Pte	Ritchie, Alexander F	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	1859	Pte	Will, George	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	2489	Cpl	Buchan, Andrew A	Killed in Action	Enlisted Peterhead. (THIEPVAL MEMORIAL )
	27-Jul-16	2351	Cpl	Innes, John James	Killed in Action	(THIEPVAL MEMORIAL ) Born Alvah. Farm servant.
	27-Jul-16	2393	Pte	Stewart, Peter	Killed in Action	Enlisted in Ellon. (THIEPVAL MEMORIAL     )
	27-Jul-16	3262	Cpl	Sim, Thomas	Killed in Action	Age 33. Son of John and Mary Ann Sim, of 67, College Bounds, Fraserburgh. (CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL )
	27-Jul-16	S/9968	Pte	Smith, Frank	Killed in Action	Born Glasgow.
	27-Jul-16	2814	L.Cpl	Hudson, Leonard S	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - South Shields
	27-Jul-16	S/6702	L.Cpl	Gilmore, Robert	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Glasgow
	27-Jul-16	S/8440	Pte	Galloway, Robert	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Bannockburn
	27-Jul-16	S/1611	Pte	Hendry, Paul	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Fraserburgh
	27-Jul-16	S/3470	Pte	Jamieson, Robert John	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	1518	Pte	Rae, Robert	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Aberdeen
	27-Jul-16	2957	Pte	Currie, Stephen	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Peterhead. (Later Killed in Action 20/9/1917. Age 21. Son of James Currie, of 179, Hardgate, Aberdeen. ) (240873)
	27-Jul-16	3402	Pte	Lindsay, George	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Fraserburgh
	27-Jul-16	1713	Pte	Sorrie, William	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - (Rathen)
	27-Jul-16	2550	Pte	Burns, John	Gassed	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Fraserburgh. Enlisted Strichen. Later Killed in Action between 21/03/1918 and 02/04/1918. Age 20. Son of Mrs. Margaret Burns, of 33, Hanover St., Fraserburgh. D.C.M. (240651)
	27-Jul-16	1948	Cpl	Harper, William	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	1940	Pte	Barclay, Alexander	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded - Fraserburgh
	27-Jul-16	2374	Pte	Reid, James	Wounded
	27-Jul-16	S/5654	Pte	McLeod, E	Wounded
	28-Jul-16	S/8604	L.Cpl	Withers, J	Gassed	(Later commissioned in FFC)
	28-Jul-16	1460	Pte	Milne, James Kemp	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 30/8/1016 - wounded -Fyvie. Motor driver. Wounded twice and gassed Discharged 1919
	28-Jul-16	S/10757	Pte	Dack, F	Wounded
	28-Jul-16	S/7983	Pte	Houston, R	Wounded
	28-Jul-16	S/5006	Pte	Bain, H	Wounded
	28-Jul-16	S/12778	Pte	Whyte, Thomas	Shell Shock
	29-Jul-16	S/10121	Pte	Carey, A	Wounded
	29-Jul-16	S/13348	Pte	McCabe, G	Wounded
	29-Jul-16	1953	Pte	Middleton, George B	Wounded
	29-Jul-16	1495	Pte	Buchan, William	Wounded
	29-Jul-16	2838	Pte	Penny, William	Shell Shock
	29-Jul-16	2738	Pte	Prosser, George V	Shell Shock	Scotsman 8/8/1916 - admitted Stobhill Hospital with shell shock.
	29-Jul-16	936	Sgt	Fyfe, David A	Wounded	Scotsman casualty list 16/9/1916 - wounded - Longside

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