Died at 23 Stationary Hospital Baghdad, of burns on 22nd May, Private James Bald ASC MT, eldest and much loved son of the late William Bald, Gifford.

Miss Bald, Gifford, has received official intimation that her eldest brother, Private James Bald, A. S. C., has died in hospital. Deceased enlisted in 1915, and has been on active service for over 18 months. Private Bald, before enlisting was widely familiar as the driver of Gifford 'bus for fifteen years. He was of a most kindly and obliging disposition, and his untimely fate will be keenly felt by a very wide circle of friends. His death took place, the result of burns on 22nd May, in hospital at Baghdad. He joined the motor transport section of the A. S. C. in September 1915, and went to France in the following December. As the result of an accident, he was invalided home in 1916, and, on his recovery, he was sent to Mesopotamia in September 1916, where he has been since then. Much sympathy is felt throughout the Gifford district for Miss Bald and her sister and brothers. His brother fell in Palestine last November.

Died from wounds received in action on the 31st July, Sergeant Marcus Leslie Brown, 13th Royal Scots, aged 24 years. Dearly loved second son of Mr and Mrs John Brown, Gifford. Deeply mourned.

Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, Gifford, have received the sad intelligence that their son, Sergeant Marcus L. Brown, 13th Royal Scots, was killed in action on 31st July. Deceased, who was 24 years of age, before enlisting was a Gamekeeper at Archerfield. Another son was killed on 9th April and Mr and Mrs Brown have a third son still serving. The greatest sympathy is felt with Mr. and Mrs. Brown in their double bereavement.

Second Lieutenant J. C. B. Crozier, previously reported missing, is now unofficially reported to have been killed in action on 27th August. The deceased officer was the son of the late Rev. H. W. Crozier, Vicar of Stockport, and was a nephew of the Primate of All Ireland, and Mr A. G. Spence, Longyester. He was educated at Loretto and studied medicine for two years at Edinburgh University, when he joined the army. Mr Crozier was resident for some time with Captain Johnstone RE (retired), Somnerfield, Haddington. His home was at Longyester where his sister resides with Mr. Spence.

At Broadwoodside on 19th January Andrew Dickson, 5th son of Mr. and Mrs. Dickson, aged 30 years. Loved by all who knew him.

The stillness of a summer afternoon, and the beauty of surrounding scenery lent an impressiveness to a solemn ceremony witnessed here some days ago, when the remains of Private James Donaldson , 2/5th West Yorks., who died in Cambridge Military Hospital were laid to rest here with military honours. Preceded by a firing party and pipers playing "The Flowers of the Forest" the casket, covered with the Union Jack, was carried shoulder-high from the widow's home to the churchyard, inside the gates of which the firing party formed up at the "present" whilst the body was borne past them to its resting place. The firing party then formed up at the grave-side and fired a last salute of three volleys. In the interval between the volleys, the piper played "Lochaber no more". The bugler then sounded the "Last Post". The Commanding Officer of the H. L. I. battalion stationed at Haddington supplied the military contingent. Rev. J. Muir and Rev. J. Crocket conducted services in the house and at the grave. Private Donaldson, a native of Gifford, was, prior to his enlistment sixteen months ago, a gamekeeper on the Newby Hall Estate, Yorkshire. His ardent spirit, eager for active service, fretted that his Battalion had not been ordered abroad, and almost his last expressed wish was to have fallen in France. Deceased leaves a widow and one boy, three years old, for whom much sympathy is felt.

Killed in action in France on July 14th, Private Murdoch Fraser, Black Watch, aged 30 years, beloved husband of Catherine Munro, 2 Rosehall, Haddington. Deeply mourned.

The news of the death in action of Lord Arthur Hay, brother of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and heir-presumptive to the Marquisate, was received with sorrow everywhere in East Lothian, the shock of the sad intelligence being especially keen in Gifford and the surrounding district, where Lord Arthur had spent his early years. He was the second son of the late Marquis, and was born at Yester in 1886. A bright and handsome youth, he shared the great popularity of his brothers among all classes. His choice of the profession of arms had for some years removed him a good deal from the ancestral home.
Much sorrow is also evidenced in the county town of Haddington, where the family of Tweeddale are almost equally familiar figures, and where stands the handsome memorial to Lord Arthur's grandfather, the famous "fighting Marquis" who was a veteran of Waterloo, and saw historic fighting in the country where his grandson has fallen. Deep sympathy is everywhere expressed, especially with Lord Arthur's mother, the Dowager Marchioness, who a fortnight ago was visiting in Gifford among the many old friends in all walks of life by whom she is so warmly remembered and beloved.
Sympathetic references to the deceased were made in Yester Parish Church and Gifford United Free Church on Sunday by the Rev. J. Muir and the Rev. J. Crocket, the Dead March in "Saul" being played at the close of the service in the Parish Church.
During the sermon the Minister made the following comments: It is of this I would ask you to think today when the horror of war has been brought home to us by the death of Lord Arthur Hay, which was intimated yesterday. Many of you to whom I speak have known him since childhood and have watched his career with kindly interest. Little more than three years ago we rejoiced with him on the occasion of his marriage. A few weeks ago we heard he was in France with his regiment. On Wednesday of last week the Dowager Marchioness spoke to me with pride of her soldier boy, but with the tear of the anxious mother in her eye, and now we learn he is amongst the fallen.

Killed in action at the Dardanelles on 19th November Trooper John Ketchen, Lanarkshire Yeomanry aged 21 years, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. David Ketchen, Yester Mains, Gifford. Much beloved and deeply mourned.

In the course of the joint service in the Parish Church last Sunday, reference was made to the recent death in France of Private James Lawrie, Royal Engineers. For over twenty two years he had resided in Gifford with his widowed mother. He was held in general esteem for his transparent and sincere character, and was well spoken of by all who knew him. His death, as the result of an illness contracted in the discharge of his duty, was deeply deplored by his commanding officer, who has written of him in terms of warm appreciation. His memory deserved to be held in grateful remembrance as that of one who bore himself worthily and made the supreme sacrifice. Much sympathy has been felt throughout the community with his mother in the loss of her only son, in circumstances rendered the more pathetic by the fact that the announcement of it reached her just as hostilities were being suspended, and when it seemed that relief was at last coming to the anxieties which had burdened so many hearts.

Died at a casualty clearing station on 26th July of wounds received in action, Private Thomas Stoddart Mack, Gordon Highlanders, youngest and beloved son of Mr and Mrs A Mack, Duncanlaw, Gifford.
Inserted by his sorrowing sister Robina, 5 St. Mary's Place, St. Andrews.

Previously reported wounded and missing, now officially believed killed at the Battle of Loos, 25th September 1915, Corporal Robert Neilson, beloved son of Mr and Mrs Neilson, Newhall, Gifford. Deeply mourned.

Died at a military hospital in Mesopotamia on the 5th Ult. of Malaria Fever, Private David Ritchie, 33rd Convoy MAC IEF beloved husband of Peggie Dickson. Inserted by his sorrowing widow and children - Gifford.
Inserted by his parents, sisters and brothers, Mr. and Mrs. James Ritchie, Peffer Place, Haddington.

Died of wounds received in action on 10th June at 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France, Gunner James Sibbald, aged 36 years, beloved husband of Euphemia Cowe, and youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Sibbald, Gifford. Dearly loved and deeply mourned.
News has reached the village of Gifford that Gunner James Sibbald was killed in action on 10th June. Much sympathy is felt for his widow and three young children, and also his father and mother. Deceased was 38 years of age and previous to the war was for 14 years in the employment of the Marquis of Tweeddale. His father has been employed on the Estate for 38 years.

Private William Welsh, Royal Scots Fusiliers, son of Mr George Welsh, formerly gardener at Addison, Oxton, reported wounded and missing since 12th August 1916 is now reported killed in action on that date.

News has lately reached his parents that Private William Welsh, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was reported wounded and missing since August 12th 1916, must now be regarded as dead. When he enlisted, he was staying with his parents at Broadwoodside, Gifford. His father, George Welsh, was gardener at Addinston, Oxton for a good many years, where his son, William, a boy of great promise, grew up. After joining the army, where he received a rapid training as a soldier, he went to France. He was only six days in France when he was reported missing. Much sympathy is felt with his parents in their bereavement.