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First detachment of Shipbreakers from Forth Shipbreaking Company who enlisted in 1914. Many of the men joined the Black Watch, 9th Battalion, including Anthony Wear

Today, 25th September, we remember Lance Corporal Anthony Wear, a volunteer soldier who sacrificed his life on the opening day of the Battle of Loos, 111 years ago. Born into a working-class family in Workington, Cumberland, his life story encapsulates the great pre-war industrial migrations across the UK and the tragic, concentrated devastation that the First World War inflicted upon tight-knit industrial communities.

Early Life and Industrial Roots

Anthony Wear was born in Workington, Cumberland, in January 1894. Raised in a large, bustling household at 27 Senhouse Street1, he was the eleventh of twelve children born to Martha Clark & Anthony Wear Sr, a steelworks laborer. As our 1st cousin 3x removed, Anthony’s grandparents were our 3rd great grandparents, Joseph CLARK & Jane DREWERY of Workington.

The London Opinion published poster: "Britons: Lord Kitchener Wants You. Join Your Country's Army! God save the King."
The London Opinion published poster: “Britons: Lord Kitchener Wants You. Join Your Country’s Army! God save the King.” Reproduction by IWM2

By 1911, economic shifts prompted a family division and relocation; while part of the family moved to West Yorkshire, Anthony and several brothers migrated north east to the coastal town of Bo’ness3 (Borrowstounness), West Lothian, Scotland. Settling into the industrial hub, Anthony found employment as a shipbreaker, manual labor that demanded intense physical stamina and fostered deep camaraderie among the local workforce.

Enlistment and the “Shipbreakers” Volunteers

Following the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Lord Kitchener issued a call for civilian volunteers to form new service battalions. Anthony and a close-knit group of his fellow Bo’ness shipbreakers stepped forward together, as seen in the photograph above. They enlisted at Glencorse, Midlothian.4

They were assigned to “C” Company of the 9th (Service) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders),5 with Anthony receiving the service number S/4209. A surviving photograph6 taken during their training at Aldershot in November 1914 captures Anthony sitting proudly alongside his workplace friends—including William Snedden, Robert Clark, and Robert McClure. Anthony’s leadership qualities quickly earned him a promotion to Lance Corporal. After months of training, the battalion deployed to France in July 1915 as part of the 15th (Scottish) Division.7

Shipbreakers in the Casualty List. 9th Battalion Black Watch 22 October 1915
Top Row (left to right) —Wm. Snedden, Allan Black, Robert Clark, Matthew Wright.
Bottom Row- Robt. McClure, Anthony Wear, Jas. Smith, Duncan Munro, Jas. Cruickshanks. 9th Bn Black Watch

The group of employees of the Forth Ship-Breaking Company, reproduced above, enlisted in the 9th Black Watch at the outbreak of the war, and, with the exception of Matthew Wright (who is ill in a London hospital) and James Cruickshanks (who was transferred to a cycle corps) they took part in the great advance of 25th September. Of the seven who went into action, three have escaped, viz: Allan Black, James Smith, and Duncan Munro. The casualties are: William Snedden anıd Robert Clark, killed; Robert McClure, wounded; and Anthony Wear, missing (unofficial).
AI Enhanced Photograph originally sourced from the Bo’ness Journal and Linlithgow Advertiser, Friday, 22 October 19158

The Battle of Loos: The Fateful Charge

On 25th September 1915, the 9th Black Watch faced its first major combat operation: the Battle of Loos.9 At 06:30 AM, following a problematic and poorly wind-drifted British chemical gas release, the whistle blew, and “C” Company went over the top into No Man’s Land near Loos-en-Gohelle. This first use of chlorine gas10 caused more casualties for the British troops than the Germans.

The kilted soldiers—nicknamed Die Damen aus der Hölle (Ladies from Hell)11 by German defenders—charged directly into a lethal hail of machine-gun fire and uncut barbed wire. The assault took an extraordinary toll on the Bo’ness volunteers. 21-year-old Lance Corporal Anthony Wear was killed in action during the opening hours of the advance.

The tragedy was highly concentrated; of the shipbreakers captured in the Aldershot training photograph, William Snedden was killed, Robert Clark was mortally wounded, and multiple men with consecutive service numbers fell side-by-side with Anthony on that single morning. Over 8,500 British soldiers perished on that first day alone.

Remembrance and Legacy

Anthony Wear has no known grave; his remains were lost to the churned battlefields of France. Back home, his mother Martha was recognized as his sole legatee, receiving his remaining army pay, post-war gratuity,12 British War Medal, and Victory Medal.13

Today, he is permanently commemorated on Panel 78 to 83 of the Loos Memorial14 at Dud Corner Cemetery, France. In Scotland, his name is preserved on the official Black Watch Roll of Honour in Perth, as well as the Bo’ness War Memorial, where his surname stands permanently—though incorrectly spelled as “Anthony Weir”—to honor the shipbreaker who gave everything for his country.

Family Tree

Our Wear relatives all descend from Anthony Wear Sr & Martha Clark, the third of nine children of our 3rd Great Grandparents Jane DREWERY (1828-1881) & Joseph CLARK (1820-?), farm labourer and husbandman, who lived and worked in Workington, Cumberland.

  • Joseph CLARK (1820-?) & Jane DREWERY (1828-1881)
    • John Clark (1850-1913) & Mary Ann Ledger (1844-1892)
    • William CLARK (1852-1902) & Ann BOWNESS (1855-1928)
      • George CLARK (1890-1983) & Annie WANDLESS (1897-1969)
    • Martha Clark (1853-1933) & Anthony Wear Sr (1852-1937)
      • Joseph Wear (1873-1916)
      • John William Wear (1875-1940)
      • Albert Wear (1877-1960)
      • Ada Jane Wear (1880-1959)
      • Mary Holiday Wear (1882-1910)
      • Martha Wear (1884-1893)
      • George Wear (1886-1966)
      • Elizabeth Ann Wear (1888-1962)
      • Annie Wear (1890-?)
      • Walter Wear (1892-?)
      • Anthony Wear (1894-1915)
      • Daniel Clark Wear (1896-1978)
    • Joseph Clark (1856-1918)
    • Mary Jane Clark (1858-1934)
    • Daniel Clark (1860-1931)
    • George Clark (1863-1940)
    • Walter Clark (1866-?)
    • Elizabeth Ann Clark (1869-1896)

Footnotes

  1. Birth and Family Demographics: 1901 England Census (Class: RG13; Piece: 4894; Folio: 53; Page: 11). Records Anthony Wear, aged 7, residing at 27 Senhouse Street, Workington with parents Anthony and Martha. ↩︎
  2. The London Opinion published poster: “Britons: Lord Kitchener Wants You. Join Your Country’s Army! God save the King.” Modern reproduction from IWM, Wikimedia ↩︎
  3. The Bo’ness Migration and Employment: Falkirk Local History Society, Without Fear: The Men on the Bo’ness War Memorial, Section 76: “Anthony Wear”. Documents the family’s relocation to 6 Thornton Road, Thornhill Lees, and Anthony’s occupation as a local shipbreaker. ↩︎
  4. Military Service Details: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 ( there listing Lance Corporal Anthony Wear, S/4209, 9th Battalion Black Watch, Enlistment: Glencorse). ↩︎
  5. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Wikipedia ↩︎
  6. The Aldershot Shipbreakers Photograph: Ibid, p. 90. Features the November 1914 group photograph of the 9th Battalion Black Watch volunteers from Bo’ness, detailing the casualties suffered by this specific workforce cohort on September 25, 1915. ↩︎
  7. 15th (Scottish) Division, Kitcheners Army, WW1, Wikipedia ↩︎
  8. Bo’ness Journal and Linlithgow Advertiser, Friday, 22 October 1915. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FindmyPast.co.uk ↩︎
  9. The Battle of Loos, Wikipedia ↩︎
  10. Battle of Loos, National Army Museum ↩︎
  11. ‘Ladies From Hell’: Bagpipers Led The Charge During WWI: Over the top and amid the carnage and confusion of No Man’s Land stepped Highland regimental bagpipers. By Claire Barrett, 10/6/2020, HistoryNet ↩︎
  12. Financial Settlement: UK, Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 (Record Number 243911). Lists final balance paid to mother and sole legatee, Martha Wear, on 10 February 1916. ↩︎
  13. Medal Index Records: War Office: Army Medal Office, WWI Medal Index Cards (Ref: WO 372/21/39103). Confirms entitlement to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. ↩︎
  14. Casualty and Commemoration: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Record for Lance Corporal Anthony Wear (Service No: S/4209), Loos Memorial. ↩︎

References

  • Forth Shipbreaking Company. “Shipbreakers for the Front First Detachment”, 1914-1915. Group of shipbreaking workers. A group of twelve workers in suits and bunnets pose for the camera. Behind them is a wooden shed. Two flags, one the red ensign, have been unfurled. To the right is a water butt and tap. Bridgeness?/Bo’ness area The men have volunteered to join the army. The flags probably come from ships which have been broken up at the yard. There was a wave of volunteers on the outbreak of war in August 1914 that continued into 1915. ‘Friends’ battalions often made it possible for workmates to serve in the same unit. Feel Falkirk
  • Your King and Country Need You – A Call to Arms, Posters, IWM
  • Anthony Wear, September 1915 Casualties, Dewsbury Sacrifices
  • The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), National Army Museum
  • History of The Black Watch, The Black Watch
  • Lance Corporal Anthony Wear | War Casualty Details 736836, Lance Corporal ANTHONY WEAR. Service Number: S/4209. Regiment & Unit/Ship. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). “C” Coy. 9th Bn. Date of Death. Died 25 September 1915, CWGC
  • Lance Corporal Anthony Wear, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), A Street Near You
  • S/4209 Lance Corporal ANTHONY WEAR “C” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 10,292 died on this day: Sat 25/09/1915 (part 2). The worst day of the war so far.  So much so that the blogging tools cannot cope with the numbers.  So this is the second part of the post. First World War – On this day
  • Wear, Anthony, Carriden, Bo’Ness & Carriden Parish, Roll of Honour, Bo’ness Journal and Linlithgow Advertiser, Friday, 3 December 1915, Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FindmyPast.co.uk
  • Anthony Wear, Black Watch, Shipbreakers Rifle Club, Bo’ness Journal and Linlithgow Advertiser, Friday, 13 October 1916. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FindmyPast.co.uk
  • Medal card of Wear, Anthony Corps: Royal Highlanders Regiment No: S/4209, WO 372/21/50976, The National Archives
  • Anthony Wear, LANCE CORPORAL, Service No. S/4209, Age 21,Died on 25 September 1915, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Every One Remembered, Royal British Legion

9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

9th Battalion Black Watch suffered 680 casualties, including 20 officers, on the first day of the Battle of Loos. Only 98 men returned to their billets to answer roll call when the battalion was relieved. Despite completing their training, the fresh recruits were not ready for the realties of trench warfare. 240 died on this one day:

“A” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Lieutenant JOHN CRIGHTON “A” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4502 Private JOSEPH EDMONDSON “A” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4742 Lance Corporal ROBERT GIBSON “A” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Captain DONALD HATT NOBLE GRAHAM “A” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4098 Private JOHN ALEXANDER LEDINGHAM “A” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5217 Private DONALD FERGUSON WEIR “A” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
“B” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4767 Private JOHN McHUTCHISON “B” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4549 Private JAMES IRVING “B” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4790 Corporal JAMES ANDERSON NORWOOD “B” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
“C” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5339 Private THOMAS ARMSTRONG “C” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6627 Private CONN GALLACHER “C” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4896 Serjeant GEORGE FREDERICK GOULDTHORP “C” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5345 Private ROBERT KERR “C” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4048 Lance Corporal GEORGE PATTERSON “C” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4209 Lance Corporal ANTHONY WEAR “C” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
“D” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Captain JOHN MURRAY BELL “D” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3191 Private JOHN CARMICHAEL “D” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/8479 Private JOHN HAY “D” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3575 Company Serjeant Major JOHN McAINSH “D” Coy. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7796 Private JOHN DUNBAR ABERCROMBY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4238 Private JAMES ADDISON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5354 Private JOHN AIKEN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5172 Private JAMES AITCHISON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 4535 Private JAMES MAHON AITKEN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6614 Private WILLIAM ALLAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4633 Private JOSEPH McKNIGHT ANDERSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4242 Private THOMAS ANDERSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5164 Serjeant JOSEPH MILLER BARBER 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4610 Corporal WILLIAM BARTON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4796 Serjeant THOMAS BEATY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6856 Private JOHN BERTIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/8502 Lance Corporal ROBERT LYON BLACKHALL 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4905 Private BOYLE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6822 Serjeant CHARLES KEITH BROWN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6530 Private JAMES DUNCAN BROWN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5161 Private CHARLES MCGREGOR BUCHANAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4915 Private WILLIAM BUIST 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7002 Private PATRICK BURNS 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4315 Private BURR 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4427 Private JOHN CAIRNS 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3964 Private JAMES CAMERON    9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • Lieutenant JAMES HUNTER CAMERON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6609 Private MALCOLM CAMPBELL 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/7805 Private ROBERT CAMPBELL  9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4494 Private ANDREW CARMICHAEL 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6629 Private ALEXANDER CHAPMAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4152 Private CHRISTIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4240 Lance Serjeant JAMES CLARK 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4396 Private JOHN CLARK       9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/6617 Private THOMAS CLARK 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4933 Private CLARK 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4231 Private WILFRED COLEMAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7276 Private JAMES COLVIN   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)  
  • S/4506 Private JOHN COMRIE   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4357 Private JOHN CORNELIUS 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6321 Lance Corporal JOHN CRAIG 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4810 Lance Corporal JAMES CRAWFORD    9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4755 Private MICHAEL CRAWFORD 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3734 Private GEORGE CRUICKSHANKS 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4433 Corporal CRERAR 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3748 Serjeant ALEXANDER CUMMING 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3756 Corporal CHARLES LAMOND CUTHBERT 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4290 Lance Corporal LEWIS WARWICK DAVIDSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4860 Private DAVIS 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5043 Private JAMES DEVINE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5319 Lance Corporal JOHN ALOYISUS DEVLIN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3830 Private JOHN DICK 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4156 Private WILLIAM DICK 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4705 Private ROBERT DICKSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3930 Private DAVID DORWARD 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4749 Private JOHN DOW 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/5123 Private JOHN DOW 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/9374 Private DOWNEY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5154 Private ALEXANDER DUFF 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/4011 Private EADIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3771 Private WILLIAM EASSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/2807 Private WILLIAM ERSKINE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4980 Private JAMES EVANS 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6576 Lance Corporal FAIRLEY   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4806 Lance Corporal FERGUSON  9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4550 Private DAVID FERGUSON   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7311 Private ALEXANDER FINDLAY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4503 Private JOHN FITZGERALD 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5324 Private ROBERT F. FORRESTER 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/2604 Private THOMAS FRANCE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • 343 Lance Serjeant GABRIEL 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4268 Private THOMAS M. GALLOWAY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 313082 Private JAMES GARDINER 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6846 Private GEORGE GEDDES 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4286 Private DAVID GIBSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4778 Private JOSEPH GIBSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3962 Private WALTER GILROY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4211 Lance Corporal DAVID GLEN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4310 Private HARRY JOSEPH GRAHAM      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4557 Private NISBET CULLEN GRAY       9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4683 Private PETER GRAY       9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3607 Company Serjeant Major DAVID GRIEG 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4861 Private GUTHRIE  9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4634 Private JOHN HAGGART 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6755 Private JOHN HANNAY      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4725 Private JAMES HANNERTY   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4761 Lance Serjeant WILLIAM HARDIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Captain RICHARD ERNEST HARVEY Adjt. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4421 Private SAMUEL PATRICK HASTIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4608 Private JOHN HEATON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3949 Private THOMAS HEGARTY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4251 Private GORDON HOSSACK 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4744 Private ARCHIBALD HUNTER 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)   
  • S/6805 Private DOUGLAS HUNTER   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4914 Private HUNTER   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4558 Private CHARLES HUTCHISON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4521 Private THOMAS BARR INGRAM 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3973 Serjeant PETER IZATT     9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)     
  • S/3979 Private ROBERT JACK      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5313 Corporal WILLIAM MILLAR JACK     9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7312 Private JAMES JAFFRAY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4309 Private ROBERT WILSON JENKINSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7334 Private JOHN KELLY       9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)   
  • S/4062 Private JOHN KELLY       9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3950 Corporal RICHARD KENNEDY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4446 Private DUNCAN KILLIN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4200 Private WILLIAM KINDRED 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/8142 Private KNOWLES 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6584 Private LAW      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/3936 Private WILFRED LAWLEY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5106 Private LEISHMAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/6722 Private JOHN LEITCH 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4341 Lance Corporal JAMES LESLIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7335 Private DAVID LILLIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5055 Private LEWIS    9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4483 Private LEWTHWAITE       9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4822 Private WILLIAM JOHN LOGAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4923 Private WILLIAM BOYD LOUDON      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/3912 Private ROBERT LOVE      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4126 Private CHARLES LOWE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4105 Private ROBERT S. LYON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4033 Private WILLIAM MACKENZIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4673 Corporal WILLIAM MACPHERSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3104 Private ALEXANDER MARTIN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/4148 Private JOHN MARTIN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4784 Lance Corporal JOHN MATHESON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4095 Private ANDREW MATTHEW 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4902 Private JOHN B. McALLISTER 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3719 Private McAVOY   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4011 Private PETER McBRIDE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4366 Corporal ALFRED McCALL 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4859 Private JOHN McCALLUM 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5335 Private WILLIAM JAMES McCANN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4480 Serjeant McCANN  9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4613 Private JAMES McCOMB 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4146 Private HUGH McCUE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4078 Private HUGH McDONALD 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4697 Private JOHN McDONALD 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6608 Private ARCHIBALD REID McDOUGALL 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4262 Private ROBERT McDOUGALL 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4714 Private JOHN McEWAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4825 Serjeant ROBERT SMITH McGAW 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4805 Corporal WILLIAM McINTYRE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4900 Private McINTYRE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • 3/2641 Private HUGH McKAY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4662 Private WATSON McKAY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4534 Lance Serjeant HARRY McKENDRICK 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/2944 Lance Corporal ROBERT McKENZIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4845 Private JAMES McLAREN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4823 Private McLAREN  9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • 3/3664 Company Serjeant Major McLAREN   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/5061 Piper DUNCAN KEITH McLARTY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4437 Private ROBERT McLAUCHLAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4171 Corporal JOHN McLINDEN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4498 Private WILLIAM McMURTRIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6561 Private JAMES McNAIR     9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • 3000 Serjeant JOHN McNEILL      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/5045 Private JAMES MELVILLE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4752 Private SAMUEL MEWHA 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6622 Private DAVID MILLAR 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4641 Private WILLIAM MILLAR   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • 3/4200 Lance Corporal JOHN MILLER       9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Second Lieutenant JAMES MILLAR 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 1052 Serjeant JOHN MILLAR 1st Bn. attd. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4255 Lance Corporal JAMES MORGAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6642 Private HENRY MORRISON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4606 Private WILLIAM MOULTON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3839 Private MUIRHEAD 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • 313760 Serjeant ROBERT MUNRO 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4904 Private DAVID MURDOCH    9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)    
  • S/3848 Company Serjeant Major WILLIAM MURDOCH   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3819 Private DAVID MURRAY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4563 Private JOHN MUTCH 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4536 Lance Corporal JOHN NEIL 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6559 Private NEILLANS 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4649 Private JAMES O’BRIEN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4877 Private JOSEPH O’CONNOR 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4386 Private JAMES OGILVIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7291 Private PETER PATERSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/5018 Private PEEBLES  9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4380 Private WILLIAM PERT 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4320 Private ROBERTS PITKEATHLY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 1358 Private PLAYER     9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4741 Lance Corporal ALEXANDER RAMSAY  9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)   
  • S/4587 Private ROBERT RAMSAY    9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/6081 Private HORACE EDWIN REECE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3187 Private MAXWELL REID 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3947 Private HUGH REILLY 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6863 Lance Corporal WILLIAM HERBERT RENWICK 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7285 Private DANIEL RITCHIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/8223 Private EDWARD ROBERTS   9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4849 Private THOMAS ROBERTSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4688 Private THOMAS ROBERTSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/5157 Lance Corporal ROBERT ROBINSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3720 Serjeant THOMAS RUTHERFORD “D” Coy 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4428 Lance Corporal DAVID SCRIMGEOUR 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Second Lieutenant ANDREW SHARP 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4771 Private WILLIAM SHARP 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4148 Private WILLIAM SHAW 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3156 Private JAMES SIEVWRIGHT 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4465 Private SKENE    9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/6589 Private JAMES SMITH      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/6331 Lance Corporal JAMES DAVIDSON SMITH      9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4777 Corporal MATTHEW SMITH 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6812 Lance Corporal JOSEPH BAMMER SMYTH 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4285 Lance Corporal ALEXANDER MILLER SNEDDEN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4542 Private SAMUEL STEELE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/3032 Private WILLIAM STEWART 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4429 Lance Corporal JOHN STOTHARD 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4089 Private WILLIAM SWAN 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Captain CYRIL STRATFORD TUKE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4299 Private DAVID WALKER 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4300 Private JAMES WALKER 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4530 Private ROBERT WATSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4265 Private ALEXANDER WELSH  9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)   
  • S/4332 Private JOHN WELSH       9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6325 Lance Corporal ARTHUR WHITE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/6612 Private JOHN WHITE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4763 Private PETER WHITE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • 3/3808 Serjeant WILLIAM HECTOR WHITE    9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 
  • S/4469 Private FRED WILSON 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4215 Private DAVID WRIGHT 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/7791 Private JOHN WYLIE 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4110 Private ANDREW YOUNG 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • S/4390 Private ROBERT YOUNG 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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