Casualty List : 1st/5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders

Names in Blue also appear on Battalion Roll

From War Diaries August 1916 (Includes deaths from September 1916)

Disposition of the Battalion 1/8/1916 to 4/11/1916. Source: Ray Westlake, British Battalions on the Somme 1916 Leo Cooper 1994

Méaulte (1/8), camp between Buire and Hénencourt (6/8).  Entrained at Méricourt for Longpré (9/8) and from there to Hocquincourt.  Entrained Longpré for Armentières sector (11/8). Entrained at Bailleul for Doullens (30/9) and from there to Beauval.  To Authie (2/10), Bois de Warnimont (4/10), Bus-lès-Artois (Acheux Road Camp) (5/10), Courcelles (8/10), Acheux Road Camp (17/10), Forceville (18/10), trenches at Beaumont-Hamel sector 20/10, Forceville (22/10), Mailly-Maillet Wood (27/10),

Place	Date	Number	Rank	Name	Nature of casualty	Notes
Méaulte	01-Aug-16	2132	Cpl	Sim, William	Wounded	(Later Died of Wounds 17/11/1916)
	01-Aug-16	S/4915	Pte	McGee, G	Wounded
	01-Aug-16	S/12774	Pte	Carstairs, A	Wounded
	01-Aug-16	S/4370	Pte	Mitchell, A	Wounded
	01-Aug-16	S/4572	Pte	McConnel, J	Died of Wounds	8th/10th Bn. (FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ )
	01-Aug-16	2560	Pte	Ewan, James	Wounded
	01-Aug-16	1723	Pte	Gray, Samuel	Killed in Action	Died 31/7/16 (CWGC). Age 23. Son of Samuel and Jessie Gray, of 1, Burlington St., Leith. Born at Lerwick, Shetland. (FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ)
	01-Aug-16	2060	Pte	Baxter, Allan	Died of Wounds	(HEILLY STATION CEMETERY) B. Kininmonth. e.Peterhead
	01-Aug-16	2326	Pte	Munro, Norman M	Died of Wounds	Born Cruden. Enlisted Peterhead. (HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE  )
	01-Aug-16	3469	Pte	Simpson, William	Died of Wounds	Age 21. Son of Margaret Simpson, of Woodhead, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, and the late Alexander Simpson. (HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE  ) Farm Servant. Served Oct 1915. Wounded at Arras April 1916.
	01-Aug-16	S/12274	Pte	Boyd, W	Died of Wounds	1st/5th Bn (HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE)
	02-Aug-16	1969	Cpl	Duthie, James Stephen	Died of Wounds	Age 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duthie. Born at Fraserburgh. (ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY )
	02-Aug-16	2664	Pte	McIntosh, Edward	Died of Wounds	Age 19. Youngest son of John and Mary A. McIntosh, of South Tophead, Lonmay. Brother of J & S Cumming and J & B McIntosh. Born at Rathen. (ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY )
	03-Aug-16	1750	Pte	Dunbar, George	Wounded
	13-Aug-16	2131	L.Cpl	Rosie, David	Died of Wounds	Age 31. Son of William Rosie, of Fraserburgh. (ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY )
Armentières	22-Aug-16	1570	Pte	Noble, John	Wounded
	23-Aug-16	2285	Pte	Watt, Robert	Wounded
	24-Aug-16	5144	Pte	Rankin, T (Patrick)	Wounded
	25-Aug-16	1801	Pte	McLeod, William	Wounded
	25-Aug-16	S/12020	L.Cpl	Devlin, J	Slightly Wounded
	26-Aug-16	1668	Pte	Coull, George	Slightly Wounded	Apprentice Blacksmith. Later transferred to 1st Bn. Survived the war.
	26-Aug-16	3228	Pte	Sinclair, Peter	Slightly Wounded	Farm Servant. Enlisted 8/5/1915. Served France/Flanders  9/10/1915 - 21/3/1918. POW 21/3/1918-1/1/1919. Demobilised March 1919.
	September 1916 (Diary not held)
	06-Sep-16	1790	Pte	Mark,  James	Died of Wounds	Age 20. Son of Mrs. Annie Mark Skene, of Wester Selby, Keith Hall, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Born at Methlick. (BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION)
	19-Sep-16	1407	Pte	McGregor, Joseph	Died of Wounds	Age 23. Son of William MacGregor and Margaret Shearer MacGregor, of 103, Shore St., Fraserburgh.(ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN )
	23-Sep-16	3216	Pte	Laurie. Edward J	Died of Wounds	Age 19. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrie, of St. Lukes Cottage, Cuminestown, Turriff, Aberdeenshire. CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES. Farm Servant.

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