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War Memorial - Swinton, Scottish Borders, Scotland


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Walter Gabriel Home
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Major

25 October 1872, Swinton
13 November 1914 (Died of wounds)
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6th Bn. Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of the late Rev. Robert Home and Annie Home (nee Swinton),
husband of Helen Gordon Cole (formerly Home, nee Davidson),
of "Avondale," Chesterfield Rd., Eastbourne.
Served in the South African Campaign (Brevet Major).
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George Ainslie
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Captain

Military Cross
15 May 1894, Eccles, Berwickshire
21 August 1918 (Died of wounds)
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6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France
Son of Thomas Davidson Ainslie and Mary Ainslie, nee Skeldon,
of Earnslaw, Coldstream, Berwickshire.
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William Dodds
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Corporal (CWGC: Lance Corporal)
8340
abt. 1894
24 April 1917
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4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, France
Son of William and Margaret Dodds,
of 84, Magdala Terrace, Galashiels.
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William L. Landels (CWGC: William T.)
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Shoeing Smith Corporal
144298
abt. 1888
05 March 1917
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33rd Reserve Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Swinton Parish Churchyard, Berwickshire
Son of George Landels,
of Springwood Park, Kelso, Roxburghshire.
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John Wilson
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Corporal
1857
abt. 1890
13 June 1915
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14th Bn. London Regiment (London Scottish)
Cambrin Churchyard, France
Son of William and Annie Wilson,
of Laws Cottage, Duns, Berwickshire.
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John Johnston Craig
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Lance Corporal (CWGC: Corporal)
200223
abt. 1882
20 September 1918
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"A" Coy. 1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France
Son of the late William Craig and of Catherine Craig,
of West End, Swinton, Duns, Berwickshire.
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John Bookless
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Private
315609
abt. 1894
01 November 1918
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"B" Coy. 9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France
Son of John and Mary Bookless,
of Swinton, Berwickshire.
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William Bookless
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Private
7553

12 July 1915

1st/4th King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
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James Cockburn
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Private
23241
abt. 1880
12 January 1918
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"D" Coy. 1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Jane Cockburn,
of Swinton, Duns, Berwickshire.
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Thomas Cockburn
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Private
36832

10 March 1918

5th/6th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
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John Gibson
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4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Thomas Graham
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Private
S/7361
abt. 1885
26 September 1915
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1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Loos Memorial, France
Son of John and Margaret Graham,
of Swinton, Duns,
husband of Jane Tait Graham,
of Whiterig, Ayton, Berwickshire.
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Robert Halliday
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Private
23844

27 November 1916

6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France
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John S. Jamieson
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Private
S/14051
abt. 1893
25 September 1915
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7th Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Loos Memorial, France
Son of Mrs. Jamieson,
of Swinton, Duns, Berwickshire.
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Robert Jamieson
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Private
9545
abt. 1886
22 April 1918
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1st/7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Lillers Communal Cemetery, France
Son of the late Charles and Margret Jamieson.
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Daniel S. McKenzie
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Gunner
40615

30 August 1916

109th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France
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Alexander Paxton (Probably)
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Private
S/7010
abt. 1894
29 July 1918
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1st/8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Senlis French National Cemetery, France
Born in Roxburghshire.
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Andrew Paxton
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Private
20730
abt. 1895
18 August 1916
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"A" Coy. 7th/8th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of Andrew Paxton,
of Hilton, Chirnside, Berwickshire,
and the late Grace Cockburn Paxton.
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Alexander William Ross
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Gunner
145121
abt. 1895
21 October 1918
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10th Mountain Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Haifa War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Son of Alexander and Sophia Simpson Ross,
of Swinton, Berwickshire.
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Peter Simpson
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Private
38661
abt. 1888
15 July 1918
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13th Bn. Royal Scots
Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany
Son of John and Elizabeth Simpson,
of Swinton, Duns, Berwickshire.
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William McIntosh Trotter
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Private
18695
abt. 1880
03 June 1915
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3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
Vimy Memorial, France
Husband of Grace Trotter,
of Grindon, Norham-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England.
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Kenward J. Thyne
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7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders

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Thomas Turnbull
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Private
7402
abt. 1894
12 July 1915
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1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Turnbull,
of Auchencrow, Riston, Berwickshire.
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George Watson
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Private
200269
abt. 1895
19 April 1917
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4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Son of Jean Watson,
of West End, Swinton, Duns, Berwickshire,
and the late Alexander Watson.
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Henry Graham Dearden (Probably)
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Lance Corporal (CWGC: Private)
3191706
abt. 1920
31 January 1945
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King's Own Scottish Borderers
and No. 1 Commando
Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar
Husband of Josephine Dearden,
of Glasgow.
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Robert Paterson
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Serjeant
104876
abt. 1918
26 December 1943
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Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Pietermaritzburg (Fort Napier) Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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