Falkirk Remembers

THE FALKIRK WAR MEMORIAL

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Falkirk War Memorial

The War Memorial in Dollar Park was unveiled on 13th June 1926. At that time itcommemorated the 1193 men from the burgh who gave their lives in the First World War.On 19th July 1953 it was rededicated after the loss of another 463 in the Second WorldWar. For reasons explained later the names of the fallen were not included unlike all theother memorials in Falkirk district. This omission has been a matter of concern to manyfor decades and in 2017 former Provost Pat Reid brought together a group of people toform the Friends of Falkirk War Memorial. Under the chairmanship of Morris Robb,formerly Falkirk’s Director of Architectural Sevices, the group raised the necessary fundsfrom public and private sources including hundreds of members of the community. Thework was completed in October 2019 and the Memorial rededicated on 3rd November.

Remembering the fallen of two World Wars

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With Thanks

The Friends of Falkirk War Memorial are grateful to all those who havehelped to place the names of the fallen on the War Memorial. Theircontributions are fully acknowledged at the end of this booklet.

The booklet has been produced to mark the rededication of the FalkirkWar Memorial on 3rd November 2019. The addition of the names of thefallen was undertaken by the Friends to complete the work of remembrancewhich was not done in 1926 or 1953.

The book was written and compiled by Ian Scott of Falkirk Local HistorySociety and funded by the Falkirk Community Schools Charity in order toencourage an understanding of Falkirk’s sacrifice in the two great wars of the20th century among our children and young people. We hope that it will alsobe useful to anyone with an interest in local history as well as those whosefathers and grandfathers took part in the conflicts, and especially those wholost their lives.

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It is 100 years since the Great War of 1914-18 which was one of the most terrible eventsin the history of our country and the world.By the time it ended in November 1918 over12 million soldiers had died on the battlefieldincluding more than 100,000 from Scotland.

It is hard to understand why there was sucha horrific war between the world’s mostpowerful countries and it is certainly notpossible to explain the reasons in a shortbooklet like this. We can only try to describewhat happened rather than why it started or whyit lasted such a long time and brought suchdestruction and pain to millions of familiesacross the world and in our own towns andvillages.

The most powerful countries in Europe,with Britain, France and Russia on one side,

The Great War 1914-18

and Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other,were the main participants joined by manyother nations like Belgium, Serbia, Italy,Turkey and later, the United States. Eachthought the others were a threat to their land,or their trade or their way of life and wereready to use everything they had by way ofmoney and men to defeat the other side.

Men came from countries that were thenpart of the British Empire like Canada,Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Indiato fight side-by-side with their Scots, Irish,Welsh and English comrades. For the soldierswho went willingly to fight or were orderedto go by their Kings or Government it was afight to save their country and to keep the worldas it was. No matter what side they were onthey believed what they were told.

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FIRST SOULI was a peasant of the Polish plain;I left my plough because the message ran:Russia, in danger, needed every manTo save her from the Teuton; and was slain.

I gave my life, for freedom - This I knowFor those who bade me fight had told me so.

After the war was over a man called W N Ewerwrote a poem called Five Souls eachrepresenting a soldier killed in the war fromRussia, Austria, France, Germany and Britain.The souls tell how they left their jobs andfamilies to fight and die far away from home.Each one says: “I gave my life for freedom,this I know. For those who bade me fight hadtold me so”.

There are many places and eventsmentioned in the poem which tell us aboutthe experiences of ordinary men facing oneanother on the battlefield. Although thepoet has chosen a Glasgow shipyard workerto represent Britain he could just as easilyhave picked an iron moulder fromGrahamston or a coal maker from GlenVillage.

SECOND SOULI was a Tyrolese, a mountaineer;I gladly left my mountain home to fightAgainst the brutal treacherous Muscovite;And died in Poland on a Cossack spear.

I gave my life for freedom - This I knowFor those who bade me fight had told me so.

THIRD SOULI worked in Lyons at my weaver’s loom,When suddenly the Prussian despot hurledHis felon blow at France and at the world;Then I went forth to Belgium and my doom.

I gave my life for freedom - This I knowFor those who bade me fight had told me so.

FOURTH SOULI owned a vineyard by the wooded Main,Until the Fatherland, begirt by foesLusting her downfall, called me, and I roseSwift to the call - and died in far Lorraine.

I gave my life for freedom - This I knowFor those who bade me fight had told me so.

FIFTH SOULI worked in a great shipyard by the Clyde;There came a sudden word of wars declared.Of Belgium, peaceful, helpless, unprepared,Asking our aid: I joined the ranks, and died.

I gave my life for freedom - This I knowFor those who bade me fight had told me so.

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Most of the men named on the FalkirkMemorial fought and died in Belgium andFrance. From the early weeks of the war inAugust 1914 to the very end of the actionfive years later, most of the fighting wasalong what was called the Western Front.The Belgian, British and French soldiers hadhalted the great advance of the powerfulGerman army along a line which stretchedfrom the English Channel in Belgium, acrossnorthern France and then down to the borderwith Switzerland. You can see the linemarked on the map.

Each side dug lines of trenches facingacross what they called ‘No Man’s Land’ andfor years pounded the other side withmillions of shells from huge guns before‘going over the top’ on foot and trying tocapture the other side’s trenches. Millionswere killed doing this and sometimes theyonly gained a few hundred metres of landwhich was taken back when the enemy begantheir own attacks. The British army fought

The Fields of Battlemainly at the Western end and it was neartowns in Belgium like Ypres and Mons andat Loos and Arras in France, that the mostterrible battles were fought. Later therewere new weapons like poison gas and tankswhich played a part but mostly the sameplans were used over and over again.

Most of the Falkirk men died and areburied in the many graveyards which arefound all over the area. A huge number haveno known grave and are either named on thegreat memorials to the missing like MeninGate at Ypres. Many of them have gravesmarked as ‘A Soldier from the Great War’and ‘Known unto God’

There were other places where Britishsoldiers fought and died. Sometimes thesewere called ‘sideshows’ because they were notthought to be as big or important as the battlesof the Western Front. Tens of thousands diedat Gallipoli facing the Turkish forces and manywere lost in Greece, Egypt and Palestine.Larbert men were among them.

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World War I Time Line

Outbreak of War4th August 1914

MARNESeptember 1914

LOOSSeptember 1915

YPRESApril 1915

GALLIPOLIApril 1915

JUTLANDMay 1916

THE SOMMEJuly - September 1916

ARRASApril 1917

PASSCHENDAELEJune 1917

CAMBRAIOctober 1917

AMIENSAugust 1918

Armistice11th November 1918

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Falkirk in 1914

In 1914 Falkirk was a well-establishedpowerhouse of industrial Scotland with over30 iron foundries making and selling a hugevariety of domestic, agricultural and industrialproducts to every corner of the world. Mostof the population of 35,000 depended on thisbasic industry and on related suppliers like thecoal mines, brick works and engineering shopsbut the town was also a highly successful retailcentre with dozens of quality shops and storesattracting custom from the towns and villagesof central Scotland. The arrival of the electrictrams in 1905 linking the suburbs and villagesof East Stirlingshire on the circular route,boosted the town’s reputation as a place to shopand be entertained. Theatres and the newfangled picture palaces attracted hugeaudiences as did the football stars at Brockvillewhere the mighty Falkirk bairns had won theScottish Cup for the first time in 1913. Thestreets were full of handsome Victorian andEdwardian buildings including an array of finechurches of all denominations packed tocapacity each Sunday by a people devoted to

the practice of their Christian faith. In therecent war in South Africa the ‘bairns’ hadplayed a disproportionately large part and thetown was proud of its long establishedreputation as ‘Fighting Falkirk’.

But it was not all sweetness and light. Thetension between working men and theirmasters had been boiling along for decadesfrequently errupting into strikes as mouldersand miners sought to win better payandconditions in what was dirty, dangerous andoften ill-rewarded labour above and below theground. All over the country there were strikesand walkouts and in Falkirk district in 1912close on 7000 foundrymen were locked out bytheir employers for many weeks. The declarationof war in August 1914 came as something of arelief as a common cause emerged among allclasses of the community. Territorial Army unitsin the district were called up, the first of manyto march off in optimistic mood. Over 3000 didnot return to their homes and families with1193 of them coming from the Burgh ofFalkirk.

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The Soldiers and the RegimentsWhen it was clear that there was going to bea war the British Government asked menbetween the ages of 18 and 40 to‘volunteer’ to join the forces, that is, oftheir own choice and not forced by the law.Tens of thousands answered the callencouraged by newspapers and postersproduced by the Government asking themto ‘Do their Duty’. One famous postershows the War Minister, Lord Kitchener,who was a famous old soldier pointing andsaying ‘Your Country Needs You’.

Quite a number of men were‘territorials’, that is they had been in thearmy and had agreed to go back again ifneeded. They were ‘called up’ right awaywhile the new recruits were joining theirregiments and being trained for the job theywere being asked to do.

When the number of volunteers began tofall and the losses in battle increased theGovernment introduced ‘conscription’. FromJanuary1916 all single men between the agesof 18 and 41 were ‘called up’ to served intheforces. It was against the law to refuse togo. From May, married men were included.

Falkirk Herald

8th August 1914

MARS!

The weighty mantle of Mars within the brief space of a week has fallen upon the country andFalkirk, in common with the rest of the UK and for that matter the Empire, wears a gravityappropriate to the occasion. The call to battle has not failed to evoke a rousing response sofar as the bairns are concerned. The local Terriers answered nobly to the summons and thereservists in the district showed marked alacrity in their desire to rejoin the colours. Notdownhearted when leaving the town on Wednesday, the terriers made it evident that theywere far from being in low spirits. Jokes and songs were the order of the day as the trainconveying the gallant soldier citizens left the platform at Grahamston Station.

Many men who worked in jobs that were vitalfor the war effort like coal miners and powerworkers were ‘exempt’ as well as teachers andclergymen However many of these groupscontinued to volunteer.

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The famous Scottish Regiments each hadan area of the country where they wereallowed to recruit and in Stirlingshire it wasthe Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Seepage 10).

Other regiments with high Falkirkcasualties were the Gordon Highlanders (24),the Royal Scots (136), the SeaforthHighlanders (54), the Black Watch (77) andthe Kings Own Scottish Borderers (60).Altogether there are 73 different regimentsrepresented on the memorial including specialsupport groups like the Royal Army MedicalCorps (RAMC), the Royal Army Service Corps(RASC) and the Royal Engineers (RE).

As well as the soldiers there were Falkirkdeaths among the sailors and airmen of theRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve and theRoyal Air Force. Before the war it wasthought that much of the fighting would beat sea between the great fleets of British andGerman battleships but it didn’t turn out thatway. The country had too many men in thenavy and not enough infantrymen in the army.As a result many sailors fought on land likethe soldiers to help support the otherregiments.

Sometimes new recruits joinedregiments that had some connection with

their families. Maybe their fathers or uncleshad served before. Other young men hadleft Larbert for a new life long before thewar and we find them joining up and servingwith Canadian or Australian troops. Theirgrieving families would be sure to have theirnames on the Larbert Memorial when thetime came after the war to remember all ofthe fallen.

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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

In 1971 the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders weregiven the Freedom of the Burgh of Falkirk inrecognition of the Regiment’s long connection withthe town and the number of Falkirk men who servedwith such distinction in the two world wars. But theregimental history goes back several centuries and,as the name makes clear, it was not originally fromthese parts.

In the years after the failed Jacobite Rising of1745 the Government realised that the fightingqualities of the Highlanders so often used againstthem might now in more peaceful times at home helpto expand and protect the Empire overseas. TheArgyllshire Highlanders were formed in 1794 andsaw action in South Africa, Spain and India whilethe Sutherland Highlanders appeared four years laterand served in America, France, India and famously

formed the ‘Thin Red Line’ at Balaklava in theCrimean War when 500 men held the line against a25,000 strong Russian attack. In the 1870s theirarea of recruitment was changed from Sutherlandto Central Scotland and their command headquartersmoved to Stirling Castle where it remained after thetwo regiments were merged in1881. From then onFalkirk district became a major source of newrecruits. By the time the ‘bairns’ marched off tofight the Boers in 1899, 10 of those who lost theirlives out of 38, were Argylls as the South AfricanMemorial in Newmarket Street reminds us. And soit continued in the wars of the 20th century.

Of the 1,193 killed in action in the first WorldWar, 324 (27%) were Argylls and in the secondWorld War, 110 of 463 (24%) were serving in theRegiment.

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the march in France in World War 1

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The Faces of the Fallen

Top Row: Sgt Andrew Gibson, Pte John Fraser, Cpl John Andeson, Capt Ellis Pitcairn,Second Row: Pte Charles McCall, Pte G Walker, L/Cpl William Mulholland, 2 Ltn Horsburgh Gibson.Third Row: Gunner Matthew Graham, Pte David Wilson, Pte Allan McKell, Pte Thomas Harrower.Bottom Row: Pte Robert Campbell, Pte Robert Rintoul, Pte Hugh Rule, Pte Conn McGeachan.

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The War Graves and Memorials to the Missing

Most of the soldiers who died in the warare buried in France and Belgium thoughthere are many in the other countries wherebattles took place like Turkey, Greece andPalestine. Of the 1193 soldiers now namedon the Falkirk Memorial, many have noknown burial place but their names appearon one or other of the great ‘Memorials tothe Missing’, like Menin Gate at Ypres inBelgium or Thiepval in France. Wheresoldiers bodies were found but were notidentified they are buried with a simple stonethat says A SOLDIER FROM THE GREATWAR and KNOWN UNTO GOD.

During and immediately after battlessoldiers who had been killed were buriedin simple graves with a wooden cross butthese were replaced over the years byspecially designed military gravestoneswhich had their name and the badge of theirregiment as well as a few words chosen bytheir families. There are tens of thousandsof these named stones in hundreds of specialwar cemeteries all over the areas of Franceand Belgium and in other countries. Theyare kept in very good condition by theCommonweath War Graves Commission so

that families could come to see where theirfathers, sons, husbands and brothers were laidto rest. Nowadays people visit to remembertheir great grandfathers and schools take theirpupils on special visits so that they can seefor thenselves the land where these terriblethings happened over 100 years ago.

Menin Gate (left) in Belgium is inscribed with the names of 54,000 British and Commonwealthsoldiers who have no known grave. Thiepval (right) in France has 65,000 names.

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Brothers in ArmsThe effect on a family of the loss of a sonin action is hard to imagine but for manyFalkirk families the agony was doubled asbrothers were lost during the four and a bityears of conflict. Until a full analysis ofthe 1,193 dead is completed we don’t knowexactly how many pairs of brothers died. Onthe evidence of other places, includingLarbert where 17 pairs of brothers out of286 fallen soldiers have been identified, theFalkirk numbers must have been high. Takethe case of Falkirk Parish Church, the subjectof an excellent book*, out of a total of 97names on the church memorial there were11 pairs of brothers:

*They Shall Grown Not Old by Bill Laurie, BillMitchell, Ellen Hamilton and Winnie McPherson.

Pte William Bennie and Pte George Bennie;

Pte William Black and Flt Sgt David Black; PteCharles Bryce and Pte James Bryce;

Pte William Fraser and Gunner James Fraser;Pte James McKinlay and Pte ThomasMcKinlay;

Sgt James McLeod and Pte John McLeod;

Pte William McLeod and Pte Walter McLeod;L Cpl John McPhee and L Cpl William McPhee;

Pte Charles Napier and Pte Robert Napier;

2 Lt Robert Robertson and Signaller WilfredRobertson;

Pte Harry Taylor and Pte William Taylor

Pte Harry Taylor and Pte William Taylor

The same book also covers the Erskine ChurchWar Memorial which is now in Falkirk TrinityChurch. It records the names of 26 soldiersincluding one pair of brothers, Andrew andRobert Morrison, who lived before the warwith their parents at 9 Albert Road, Falkirk.

Andrew served as a corporal in the Highland LightInfantry and was killed on the first day of theBattle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. He was 20years of age.

Robert was a Lieutenant in the Machine GunCorps and died of wounds in 1918. He wasjust 24.

The grandmother of the brothers, Mrs MarionMungall unveiled the Erskine War Memorialon 8th May 1921

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By 1919 most parishes had formedcommittees to oversee the process ofgathering the names of those who died inaction. Individual families, churches and otherorganisations were invited to submit names andthese were sifted to ensure that names did notappear on more than one memorial and thatall who were entitled to a place were included.The first village in Falkirk district to unveil amemorial was Avonbridge in October 1920.Over the years that followed 15 more wereraised so that by 1924 only Falkirk remainedwithout a memorial.

The Parish Council was slow off the markpossibly because there was a strong feelingthat the burgh’s memorial should take the formof a veterans’ home rather than a monumentin stone. By the early 1920s there was talk ofa small plain memorial in the cemetery butthat brought objections from those who

thought the burgh was letting itself down.Meantime several organisations like schoolsand churches had unveiled their own plaquesand it was not until 1923 that a proper fund-raising committee was formed and two yearsmore before there was a design and a location.At first the idea was that it should be inNewmarket Street but eventually the DollarPark site wasselected though many thoughtit should be in the town centre. Money andtime were were in short supply and thedecision was taken not to include the hugenumber of names. The final design was bylocal architect Leonard Blakey and thecompleted memorial was unveiled by theDuke of Montrose on 13th June 1926 beforea huge gathering of Falkirk folk. Amongthem were the fathers, mothers, brothers andsisters, wives and children of the men whodid not return.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

The Falkirk War Memorial

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ARMY CYCLISTS CORPS CSM J.Yates. Pte D.Marr.

ARMY VETERINARY CORPS L/Cpl J.McPhie.

AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY Pte W.Jamieson.

AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY RSM J.Taylor. Cpl J.Watson. Pte R.Duff, J.Hedor, A.McKenzie, R.McNaught,J.Mitchell, G.Roberts.

AUSTRALIAN PIONEERS Pte J.Sneddon.

BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT Pte R.Henderson, H.Lyon, J.Stenhouse, A.Wood.

World War Ithe names on the War Memorial

ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS Capt G.Wade, 2 Lt H. Gibson, K.Niven. WO2 W. Dick,W.Norrie. Sgt J.Anderson, J.Brand, J.Brown, R.Fernie, J.Gaul, J.Hardie, J.Hay, A.Malcolm, J.McKay, R.Strang,W.Sutherland, A.Taylor. L/Sgt A.Finlay, W.Taylor, H.Waugh. A/Sgt W.Dick, A.Harris. Cpl P.Cochrane, J.Evans,H.Hardie, A.Hastings, J.Jordan, W.Masterton, M.McLeay, J.Morrison, H.Mundie, C.Napier, H.Richardson,P.Robertson, W.Russell, T.Smith, J.Stewart, W.Stirling, J.Wynn. A/Cpl S.Congdon. L/Cpl A.Borthwick,J.Brown, W.Brown, J.Clark, G.Cox, W.Ferrier, J.Hanna, T.Henderson, J.Hill, R.Hill, J.Honeyman, J.Keenan,R.Leishman, W.McAulay, M.McCallum, W.McIntosh, D.McIntyre, A.Morrison, J.Morrison, J.Muirhead,W.Paterson, J.Peters, A.Rae, W.Russell, R.Walker, J.Waugh. Pte S.Aitken, T.Aitken, W.Aitken, W.Allan,R.Anderson, A.Baird, T.Baird, J.Beattie, T.Beattie, W.Beattie, H.Begg, R.Bell, C.Bennie, G.Bennie, W.Bennie,J.Bishop, W.Black, G.Bradie, G.Brock, E.Brown, J.Brown, J D.Brown, J.Brown, T.Brown, R.Brunton,J.Bryans, C.Bryce, C.Bryce, A.Buist, J.Burns, J.Burnside, A.Burt, D.Burt, S.Calder, W.Calder, A.Cameron,D.Cameron, J.Christie, J.Collins, J.Collins, W.Cooper, W.S.Cooper, J.Cowan, J.Cowan, J.Crosby, J.Davidson,J.Dawson, J.Dick, J.Docherty, J.D.Docherty, P.Docherty, M.Donnelly, J.Donoghue, J.Douglas, J.Douglas,J.Dow, A.Duchart, J.Duchart, J.Duff, H.Duffy, E.Easton, J.Elliot, M.Ferguson, D.Finnie, J.Fleming, J.Fleming,P. Fleming, P.Fleming, J.Flynn, R.Ford, J.Fraser,W.Fraser, R.Gibson, A.Gillespie, J.Gillespie, J.Ging, F.Gordon,J.Gordon, J.Gray, J.Hall, J.Halliday, D.Hannah, J.Hardie, H.Hare, W.Harley, H.Harvey, H.Harvey, T.Hastings,J.Hayes, F.Heaver, J.Horn, F.Howden, W.Hutchison, W.Imrie, J.Kane, J.Kay, J.Kelly, J.Kelly, J.Kelso, W.Kelso,A.Kemp, J.Kilpatrick, W.Knowles, J.Laing, J.Laird, J.Laird, M.Laird, W.Laird, W.Lamont, G.Laurie,R.Lawson, W.Lindsay, W.Lindsey, J.Livitt, P.Lockhart, J.Louie, A.Low, J.Low, H.Lyon, G.MacAulay,J.McAinsh, J.McAlpine, T.McBride, C.McBrien, J.McColl, N.McCulloch, D.McDonald, J.McDonald,J.McDonald, J.McDonald, W.McDonald, W.McGregor, J.McIntyre, W.McKenzie, J.McLachlan, A.McLeish,D.McLeod, J.McLeod, T.McLoughlin, A.McLuckie, J.McMahon, R.McNaught, J.McOustra, A.McPherson,J.McPherson, W.Marshall, T.Martin, W.Mason, R.Maxwell, W.Maxwell, J.Mellis, J.Millar, A.Miller, D.Miller,D.Miller, P.Miller, R.Miller, H.Mitchell, W.Moir, J.Monaghan, R.Monteith, R.Montgomery, T.Moodie, J.Morgan,E.Morrison, R.Morrison, J.Mortimer, J.Morton, R.Morton, D.Muir, J.Muirhead, J.Muirhead, W.Mulholland,R.Napier, J.Nash, P.Netherfield, W.Nicol, P.Nimmo, J.Noble, T.Orr, J.O’Shea, G.Paterson, R.Paterson,W.Paxton,A.Peebles, J.Penman, P.Penman, T.Phaup, W.Philip, R.Proudfoot, W.Queen, J.Rae, R.Rae, T.Rae, G.Raeburn,J.Ramsay, J.Rankine, J.Rankine, J.Reid, J.Reid, R.Reilly, H.Richmond, A.Risk, G.Risk, J.Risk,R.Risk,W.Robertson,W.Robertson, A.Rule, H.Rule, E.Russell, W.Russell, J.Sanderson, A.Scott, J.Scott, J.Scott,J.Scott, R.Scott, W.Scott, T.Seymour, J.Shirra, T.Sim, J.Sime, J.Simpson, J.Smellie, H.Smillie, A.Smith, J.Smith,A.Sneddon, M.Stevenson, W.Stevenson, A.Stewart, D.Stewart, J.Stewart, J.Stobbie, J.Stocks, J.Stoddart,G.Summers, E.Sutherland, J.Taylor, M.Taylor, R.Taylor, W.Taylor, J.Thomson, L.Thomson, A.Towers, J.Tripney,J.Walker, W.Walker, A.Ward, P.Watson, T.Waugh, R.White, P.Whitelaw, J.Wilson, T.Wilson, J.Wotherspoon, G.Yuill.

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BLACK WATCH Capt E.Pitcairn. Sgt C.Anderson, J.Anderson, A.Downie, A.Fleming, J.Liddell,H.McKendrick. Cpl W.Noble, W.Thomson. L/Cpl P.Baird, M.Brown, B.Buchanan, A.Henderson,J.Learmonth, J.Stewart, J.Taylor, T.Taylor. Pte J.Bain, W.Bell, J.Bellingham, W.Brock, J.Bryce, C.Campbell,J.Cockburn, R.Cumming, P.Davie, A.Dick, H.Durie, A.Eadie, J.Ferguson, T.Fleming, A.Frame, A.Ganly,A.Gentles, A.Gibson, C.Gilchrist, T.Hannah, J.Hay, P.Kidston, C.Laird, J.Logan, A.Marshall, W.Mason,J.McDonald, J.McEwan, A.McGregor, J.McGuire, W.McIntyre, A.McKendrick, R.McLauchlan, W.McLeod,T.Mills, J.Moir, J.Moore, J.Neilson, D.Nicol, W.Nicoll, R.Niven, E.O’Flacherty, J.Oliphant, A.Paton, A.Penman,J.Penman, G.Philp, W.Pollock, A.Ross, R.Smith, W.Taylor, A.Timmons, B.Tully, G.Turnbull, W.Turnbull,J.Watson, W.Waugh, J.Wilson, G.Wylie, J.Young.

BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY Orderly W.Booth, J.Grindlay.

CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) Capt J.Lusk. 2Lt J.Muirhead, R.Robertson. Cpl W.Lewis. L/CplG.Nisbet, G.Wilkie. Pte J.Binnie, W.Burden, W. Cheape, C.Clark, R.Cousland, A.Cowan, J.Crawford, J.Halliday,A.Hastie, A.Hendry, J.Howden, J.Lavens, H.Malcolm, R.McCurdie, S.McCurdy, W.McKean, R.McPherson,A.Miller, J.O’Connor, W.Paterson, D.Rigg, W.Scott, J.Simpson, J.Walker, H.Wilson, A.Wyseman.

CANADIAN MOUNTED RIFLES BATTALION Pte A.Johnstone.

CANADIAN ENGINEERS Pte J.Rae.

CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY Pte D.Miller.

CANADIAN INFANTRY Sgt G.Reid. L/Cpl J.Nicol. Pte D.Aitken, A.Cooper, R.Edwards, D.Francis,J.Hunter, A.Mathieson, A.McLachlan, W.Rankine, A.Robb, H.Simpson, J.Strang, J.Young.

CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS Pte J.McCue.

CONNAUGHT RANGERS Pte J.McGhee.

DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT 2Lt J.Rennie. Pte W.Dick, J.Irving, E.Oliver.

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY L/Cpl J.Hastings. Pte J.Chalmers.

EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT 2Lt D.Donley. Pte J.Sargent.

EAST SURREY REGIMENT Pte A.Breingan.

EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT Pte D.Townsend.

ESSEX REGIMENT Pte R.Stevenson.

GORDON HIGHLANDERS R.S.M W.Neilson. Sgt R.Duncan, J.Hunter, J.McLeod, J.Rae, M.Reid,J.Richardson, A.Shanks. Cpl G.Crichton, J.Taylor. L/Cpl J.Anderson, D.Dickson, T.Dunn, T.Goodwin,P.Harrison, W.Hendrie, F.Hodge, W.Kirk, R.Leslie J.McLean, F.Milne, R.Murdoch. Pte J.Anderson,A.Annand, R.Arnott, J.Baird, R.Campbell, W.Dawson, J.Dickson, J.Frew, H.Gibson, J.Gorman, T.Harrower,J.Howe, W.Hunter, J.Jackson, D.Laing, E.Lawless, H.Lyon, J.Martin, C.Mason, D.McIntyre, H.McKinlay,A.McLeod, W.McLeod, W.McNeil, H.McPherson, H.Meek, T.Nimmo, D.O’May, D.Penman, W.Reid,R.Scott, H.Shirra, A.Simpson, W.Stewart, A.Symon, H.Taylor, W.Taylor, G.Walker, R.Waugh, J.Wood.

GUARDS MACHINE GUN REGIMENT Pte W.Pender.

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY Capt R.Hannah, W.O’May. 2Lt P. Timony, Sgt R.Livingstone, G. Mitchell.Cpl G.Logan, A.Morrison, P.Stewart, G.Watson, T.Waugh. L/Cpl T.McKinlay, W.Myles, W.Ure. PteJ.Anderson, T.Bellingham, J.Burt, A.Cook, J.Cox, W.Crosbie, J.Ferguson, W.Fleming, F.Forrest, J.Friend,J.Harvey, J.Johnston, J.Kinniburgh, C.Martin, A.McDonald, D.McKenzie, J.McMillan, M.McMillan,A.McMurdo, D.McQueen, W.Millan, D.Munn, R.Napier, W.Peden, W.Russell, R.Sim, J.Smith, R.Stevenson,H.Taylor, L.Tilbrook, J.Whittet, O.Woods.

HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY Sgt A.Boyles. Cpl W.Meiklejohn. Pte J.Gardner, J.Kennedy, J.Mcintosh, W.Scott.

IRISH GUARDS Pte R.McColgan.

KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES Lt L.Leslie.

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QUEEN’S OWN (ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT) PteJ.Buchanan, G.Donaldson.

ROYAL AIR FORCE 2Lt J.Liddell, Flight Sgt D.Black. Sgt J.Riggs. Aircraftman D.Blain, W.Crichton.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS Pte A.Binnie, J.Cruickshanks, A.McKerracher, J.Reid, J.Russell,A.Sellars, M.Sharp, A.Simpson.

ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS Sgt J.Whincop. Pte W.Aitken, H.Andrew, W.Cameron, T.Grindlay,J.Jeffrey, W.Laing, J.McMartin, J.Meldrum, J.Mitchell, A.Paterson, W.Paterson, A.Scott.

ROYAL ARMY VETERINARY CORPS A/Sgt M.Carmichael.

ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT Pte J McIlroy

ROYAL CANADIANS Pte W.Whytock.

ROYAL DEFENCE CORPS Lt W.Bennie. Pte R.Carlyle, A.Duncan, C.McCall, J.Montgomery.

ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS Pte A.Christie, J.Grant, W.Leishman, P.McGinley, H.McPhall, A.Ross,E.Traynor, J.Traynor, J.Wilson, H.Wond.

LIVERPOOL REGIMENT Pte A.Dodds, W.Smith, M.Stewart.

LONDON REGIMENT Pte T.Brown.

LONDON SCOTTISH Pte N.McLean, P.Murdoch.

MACHINE GUN CORPS 2Lt R.Morrison. Sgt A.Clunie. Cpl R.Nimmo. L/Cpl J.Hastings, D.McCowan,J.Nunn, W.Roberts, J.Williamson. Pte J.Arnott, R.Bennie, A.Black, J.Fraser, P.Gunn, P.Jackson, T.Johnston,J.Johnstone, J.Kelly, J.Kerr, D.Low, J.MacLean, J.McGhee, J.McLean, G.Nicol, P.Rae, J.Silcock, J.Sorley,D.Wilson.

MERCHANT NAVY 2 Eng J.Martin. 2nd Mate C.Coutts. Cook J.McCartney. Greaser A.Russell. FiremanT.Smith.

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS L/Cpl J.Clark. Pte W.Anderson, J.Melville, J.Muirhead, J.Walker.

N.Z.E.F. AUCKLAND REGIMENT Pte M.Crosby,W.Gardiner, H.McLaren.

N.Z.E.F. CANTERBURY REGIMENT Pte A.Baird, R.Lumsden.

N.Z.E.F.OTAGO REGIMENT Pte J.Kellock.

PRINCE OF WALES’OWN (WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT) Pte T.Hart.

QUEEN’S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS S Sgt W.Ewart. Cpl J.Thomson. L/Cpl J.Copland,W.Dewar, J.Jamieson, T.Wood. Pte J.Bain, A.Braidwood, J.Bruce, T.Cain,W.Campbell, C.Currie, M.Dougall,R.Dunbar, P.Durie, S.Farquhar, G.Fish, J.Forfar, D.Fraser, W.Gammack, G.Gardner, T.Gibb, W.Hardie,J.Hotchkiss, W.Jamieson, A.Lamb, D.Leith, J.Liddell, J.MacGregor, J.MacKenzie, A.MacNab, J.McGilchrist,D.MacLachlan, N.McLauchlan, P.Madden, R.Morrison, J.Muirhead, W.Oliver, T.Orman, J.Purcell, A.Rae,G.Richardson, W.Russell, A.Scott, W.Scott, J.Shaw, H.Smith, W.Smith, A.Stewart, J.Stewart, T.Wilson.

KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS Lt A.Nicol. Sgt.J.Hay. J.Lithgow, J.Markie, S.Mitchell,R.Tavendale. Cpl R.Hall, T.McGuckin. L/Cpl W.Bowler, P.Digney, A.Gentle, J.McGoldrick, A.Wilson. PteJ.Anderson, R.Baird, J.Bell, J.Bell, J.Boyd, A.Bryce, D.Burt, G.Burt, J.Charnock, A.Cunningham, R.Dickson,G.Dodds, R.Douglas, J.Drysdale, T.Forrester, J.Gallacher, W.Bunter, J.Imrie, J.Lindsay, P.McArthur,A.McDonald, D.McGregor, R.Macintosh, J.McKinlay, A.McLauchlan, D.McLaren, D.McLuckie, J.McLuckie,R.McPherson, J.McVitty, C.Markie,W.Martin,W.Meek,S.Moodie,W.Morrison, A.Muir, S.Owens, J.Provan,A.Ronald, D.Scott,W.Scott, J.Stewart, H.Taylor, G.Trayner,W.Waugh, H.Wilson, G.Young.

KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS Pte T.Drummond, A.Hart.

LABOUR CORPS Cpl A.Winchcoll. Pte J.Cranage, J.Cruickshank, J.Hastings, T.Marshall, A.Mason, C.Wylie.

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS 2Lt A.Hunter. L/Cpl A.Monfries. Pte A.Hutchison, J.Scott.

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ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY Sgt R.McDiarmid. Cpl F.Adrian. Gunner T.Border, W.Dow, J.Downie,J.Fraser, J.Harley, W.Houston, A.Johnston, A.Matheson, M.McIsaac, W.McIsaac, J.Morrison, G.Robertson,M.Russell, J.Thompson.

ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS Pte W.Gentles, A.Greenhill, J.Mann.

ROYAL NAVY Elec Artificer R.Graham. Engine Room Artificer J.Smellie. Stoker 1st Class H.Breingan,J.Buchan, J.Gunn. Seaman D.Bishop, G.Mercer.

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE Sub-Lt W.Johnston, J.McCulloch. Leading SeamanW.Cruickshank, A.Nicol. Able Seaman J.Allan, P.Black,W.Breingan, R.Campbell, A.Cumming, J.Cusick,W.Davidson, J.Hogg, W.Howatt, J.Kerr, J.Kerr, D.Mailer, A.Malcolm, F.Mason, J.Mays, W.McAleenan,R.McArthur, J.McCredden, P.McKenzie, J.McLay, H.McPhail, R.Murray, A.Philp, H.Rutherford, W.Stewart,W.Thomson, G.Wallace, G.Watson, D.Wilson.

ROYAL SCOTS 2 Lt W.Forsyth. Sgt J.Anderson, J.Boyd, W.Shanks. L/Sgt R.Simpson. Cpl J.Hogg,R.Leishman, P.Lowe, W.Silcock, A.Smith, T.Wallace, R.Waugh. L/Cpl P.Fitzpatrick, T.Hunter, G.Jack,W.Jenkins, J.McCulloch, G.Munro, R.Philp, A.Sorley, P.West. Pte W.Aitkenhead, D.Anderson,J.Arbuckle, A.Baird, J.Baird, R.Baird, C.Binnie, A.Bissett, G.Black, J.Black, T.Brookman, W.Brown,E.Callander, A.Campbell, J.Campbell, R.Campbell, J.Carmichael, J.Clark, A.Cockburn, J.Cockburn,J.Cook, A.Cordiner, T.Cowan, D.Craig, W.Cummings, G.Dickson, J.Dodds, C.Dornion,W.Duguid,G.Fargie, T.Fleming, T.Forsyth, P.Fotheringham, J.Gallacher, H.George, A.Gibson, D.Gibson,A.Gillespie, A.Grant, J.Haldane, J.Howe, J.Hughes, T.Hughes, W.Hunter, J.Kemp, J.Kenny, G.Kerr,R.Kidston, J.Knox, J.Langley, G.Laurie, W.Lawson, W.Main, J.Mallet, W.Mallice, R.Marr, A.Martin,D.MacDonald, J.MacDonald, R.MacLay, H.McBeath, C.McCall, J.McCann, J.McDonald, G.McGhee,J.Mclntyre, R.McKay, W.McLay, C.McLeish, J.McLellan, A.McMillan, J.McMorran, J.Miller, R.Milroy,J.Moodie, W.Muir, R.Murray, W.Napier, C.Omand, G.O’Neill, W.Panton, W.Patterson, W.Prattis,J.Quinn, T.Reap, J.Rennie, R.Rintoul, A.Robertson, J.Russell, A.Rutherford, W.Scobbie, W.Scott,R.Seymour, A.Sim, G.Smith, J.Smith, R.Smith, A.Sorley, J.Sproul, J.Stark, R.Steven, D.Stevenson,J.Stewart, D.Swan, J.Taylor, P.Taylor, J.Towers, R.Walker, R.Wallace, J.Watt, J.Whyte, J.Williamson,D.Wilson, R.Wilson, W.Winchcole.

ROYAL ENGINEERS Sgt G.Binnie, T.Campbell, W.Harrower, J.Walker. Cpl P.Morrison. L/Cpl H.Maxwell.Pte D.Bell, J.Buchanan, J.Duff, J.Easton, D.Ewing, G.Liddle, R.Malloch, A.Mann, A.Marshall, C.McFarlane,J.McKenzie, W.Murdoch, G.Page, R.Rennie, W.Robertson, W.Ross, T.Strang, A.Taylor, G.Thom, J.Walker,R.Walker.

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY Lt Col A.Kennard. 2 Lt J.Niven. Gunner/Pte R.Grant, J.Harkins, P.Henderson,D.Hunter, A.Littlejohn, J.Martin, R.McGregor, J.McKay, A.McKell, H.McLuckie, J.McNab, W.O’Hara,W.Tweed, A.Walker, J.Weir.

ROYAL FUSILIERS Pte W.Faichnie, A.Gardner.

ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS Lt J.Paton. Pte J.Burns, J.Dawson, D.Deuchars, J.Duffy, P.Gillespie, M.Gourlay,P.Graham, J.Laird, G.Main, A.Martin, J.MacKay, A.McIntyre, G.McIntyre, J.McKinlay, J.McPherson,D.Middleton, J.Millar, W.Moultrie, F.O’Brien, S.Pollock, W.Rice, D.Russell, R.Shaw, J.Simpson, R.Symington,R.Webster, S.Wilson.

ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT Sgt A.Godden.

ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT L/Cpl J.Cameron. Pte J.Boyles, J.Doughty, F.Flannigan, G.Hawley,R.Leishman, M.Mitchell, J.Russell.

ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS Pte C.McDade, C.Stewart.

SCOTS GUARDS L/Cpl H.McFadden. Gdsm W.Beeps, T.Black, J.Brown, P.Campbell, H.Connell,T.Dunn, W.Fraser, J.Godfrey, W.Grindlay, D.Horn, T.Jackson, C.Jones, A.Learmonth, A.Leishman,R.McArthur, J.McCutcheon, C.McIntyre, James McLay, John McLay, J.McNeill, W.Newton, F.Nunn,W.Penman, A.Russell, J.Tweed, G.Walker, D.Wilson. J.Youngson.

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SCOTTISH HORSE 2 Lt J.Cowan. Cpl L.Petrie.

SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS C/Sgt J.Taylor. Sgt J.Brown, G.McKenna, L.Smith, F.Stevenson. Cpl J.Archibald.L/Cpl A.Abbot, W.Christie, P.Lonie, R.Silcock. Pte J.Benson, J.Benson, A.Beveridge, H.Beveridge,E.Bryson, J.Burns, J.Cochrane, J.Cochrane, J.Donaldson, J.Duncan, J.Fisher, A.Gow, A.Granger,G.Halbert, W.Hector, A.Heigh, T.Hetherington, J.Irvine, A.Lees, J.Liddle, W.MacPhie, T.McArthur,J.McCall, W.McDonald, H.McKenzie, P.McKinlay, R.McNeill, J.McPherson, J.Miller, J.Moodie, C.Patrick,W.Penman, W.Provan, P.Ritchie, J.Simpson, D.Smillie, M.Smith, A.Spence, H.Sutherland, E.Sweeney, J.Taylor,W.Taylor, J.Thomas, H.Thompson.

SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY Lt C.Bell. Pte A.Gow.

SUFFOLK REGIMENT Pte J.McPartlane.

TANK CORPS Gunner R.Gemmell. Pte J.Crawford.

WILTSHIRE REGIMENT Pte G.Greig, J.McFarlane.

WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT Sgt A.Clarke. Pte J.Mallice.

YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT Pte A.Herbert.

YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Pte J.Watson.

B Company of the 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlander on the march in France.

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Outbreak of War3rd September 1939

GERMAN INVASION OF FRANCE ANDTHE LOW COUNTRIES

May-June 1940

DUNKIRK EVACUATIONMay-June 1940

BATTLE OF BRITAINSeptember-October 1940

JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOUR7th December 1941

WAR IN THE DESERT1941-1942

EL ALAMEINNovember 1942

ALLIED INVASION OF SICILY AND ITALYJuly- August 1943

D-DAY INVASION OF FRANCEJune 6th 1944

FALL OF BERLIN AND GERMAN SURRENDERMay 1945

ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED ON JAPANAugust 1945

JAPANESE SURRENDER15th August 1945

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Just 20 years after the end of first World Warthe world was once again plunged into a warthat stretched across the globe and involvedtens of thousands of soldiers, sailors andairman from dozens of countries.

The war was in many ways a continuation ofwhat had happened in 1914-18 with thedefeated German nation falling under the spellof the National Socialist (Nazi) Party led byAdolf Hitler which promised the restorationof the country’s status as a great power andrevenge for the humiliation they thought theyhad suffered after the Armistice. When aresurgent Germany began to re-arm and toexpand into neighbouring territory thevictorious European powers, weary from thesuffering of their people, hesitated to respond.Not until Germany invaded Britain’s allyPoland in September 1939 was war declared.

The war that followed was very differentfrom the earlier conflict. The Germany armyswept across France and the Low Countries

of Holland and Begium used fast moving tanksin an irresistable ‘blitzkrieg’. The BritishExpeditionary Force was forced to evacuatefrom Dunkirk though many hundreds died orwere captured in the process. The use ofairpower was at a different level than in 1914-18 and Britain was subjected to sustainedbombing which was finally repulsed in 1940in the Battle of Britain. A large fleet of Germansubmarines destroyed many merchant andmilitary vessels in an attempt to defeat Britainby cutting off supplies from America andelsewhere.

Meantime the British Army was engaged ina huge military struggle in North Africa againstthe German forces and those of their ally Italy.In November 1942 at Alamein the enemy wasdefeated and the way opened for an invasionof Sicily and Italy which followed in 1943.

In June 1944 the combined forces ofBritain and British Empire along with theAmericans who had joined the allies in 1941,

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invaded France via the Normandy beaches andfought their way through the country andacross the Rhine into Germany.

Elsewhere in the east the Germans facedanother of the allies, Russia, and after earlysuccesses, began to fall back under the weightof the massive Red Army. By 1945 the alliesin the west and east were in Germany closingin on Berlin when resistance collapsed and thewar in Europe came to an end.

In the Far East the Japanese had followedGermany into the war and captured manyBritish Empire territories like Singaporeand Burma, and thousands of British soldierswere posted to the east to resist furtheradvances. The entry of the USA into the Warfollowing the attack by Japan on PearlHarbour brought huge resources of men andequipment into the struggle and finallybrought about Japanese surrender in 1945following the use of the Atomc bombs inHiroshima and Nagasaki.

Unlike in World War I when the first recruitswere volunteers, the British forces were madeup of all able bodied men between the ages of18 and 41. This time there were many airmenrecruited though, of course, the infantryregiments suffered the greatest losses. Ofthe 463 Falkirk casualties, 110 were Argylls ,and 51 Royal Artillery. There were 63 airmenwho died along with 64 naval personnel. TheWar Memorial now bears the names of twofemale casualties, Sister M. McMillan andSister M Fowler who were Queen Alexandra’sNurses.

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The Faces of the Fallen

Top Row: Sgt John Cunningham, Pte Thomas Aitkenhead, Lieut R Harley Mathieson, Pte James Rankine,Second Row: L Sgt James Deans, Flying Officer Taylor, Pte William Foley, WO Graham Wilson.Third Row: Flight Sgt William Bruce, Pte James Watson, Pte James Shields, Gdsm John Hill.Bottom Row: Pte Alex Brown, Pte Hugh Johnstone, L Sgt Alexander Todd, Sgt A Sinclair.

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The Nimmos of WestbankThe loss of one son in battle is a heavyburden for any family but the Nimmofamily of Westbank had to bear theloss of three. The eldest was GeorgeRobertson Nimmo, known to thefamily as Geordie, who worked as alawyer with Russel and Aitken. Whenthe war broke out he was serving as aTerritorial with the Argylls and wascommissioned as a Captain and sentto fight in the Far East. In 1944 hewas awarded the Military Cross for“personal courage and devotion to dutywith complete disregard for his personal safety” in evacuatingcasualties under heavy enemy fire. After a transfer to MunipurProvince in India with the K.O.S.B he fought at the Siege of Imphaland was killed in action. Brother James was three years youngerthan Geordie and was working in Burma. With the Japanese threateninginvasion, ‘Jimmie’ was commissioned in the Burma Levies, at thestart of an astonishing and dramatic service which included a 900mile, three month barefoot trek through the jungle to India duringwhich he lost three stones and caught malaria. Later he parachutedback into Burma as Acting Major in a Special Operations Executive(SOE) mission to organise resistance. In February 1944 he waskilled in a Japanese ambush, a year after he had received the Distinguished Service Cross in recognitionof his “determination, courage and devotion to duty of a very high order”.

Jimmie’s younger brother Patrick went to Sandhurst and joined the Regular Army as a Captainin the Argylls. His theatre of war was nearer home and he was the first with the colours and thefirst to lose his life. Fighting with Wavell in North Africa against the Italians he died at SidiBarrani in December 1940. Of him, a Scottish colleague said “the Argyll’s singlehanded tookAlam El Dab, and . . . Nimmo’s splendid leadership of C Company contributed in no smalldegree to the capture of this all important sandhill.” The Chaplain recalled that “He was carryingin his breast pocket his last letter from Helen, Westbank, Falkirk, whom I take to be his sister”.

As well as the three who lost their lives, a fourth brother, William (Bill) Nimmo fought inBurma and won the M.C. for “exemplary conduct and personal leadership”. The brothers’sister Helen commanded the Stirlingshire and Argyllshire group of the Auxiliary TerritorialService (ATS) for women and helped recruit and train hundreds of woman for what wasincreasingly seen as vital work. The WRVS was another organisation which benefited fromher determination and organisational skills.

The Nimmo family bore the agony of overwhelming loss yet carried on with their life ofservice to the community comforted in some measure at least by their powerful sense of duty.Theirs is an inspiring story.

Patrick Nimmo

Geordie Nimmo Jimmie Nimmo

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The War Memorial Name Panels

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World War IIthe names on the War Memorial

ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS Lt Col R.Mathieson. Maj G.Nimmo. Capt P.Nimmo,A.Yorkston. Lt A.Carswell, R.Mathieson. 2Lt H.Ross.WO2 C.Dyer, H.Lyon. Sgt J.Bishop, R.Black,J.Deans, D.MacFarlane, J.Scott. L/Sgt P.McMorrow, A.Todd. Cpl M.Bennett, G.Gow, J.MacFarlane,W.McGibbon, W.Raeside. L/Cpl Gillies, A.Inch, P.Kerr, J.McKell, G.Ritchie, R.Stirling, C.Weir. PteT.Aitkenhead, D.Allan, A.Anderson, J.Anderson, M.Atkinson, A.Baird, J.Bensley, H.Bodman, R.Brand,R.Brown, A.Buchanan, R.Burden, R.Burt, D.Campbell, H.Campbell, J.Clark, F.Connell, R.Cooper,R.Cowan, W.Cowan, A.Cunningham, J.Dowell, W.Eckford, A.Fargie, W.Fotheringham, A.Fraser,H.Gardiner, D.Gibson, J.Gillespie, R.Gorman, J.Grant, W.Gray, J.Hamilton, P.Hill, J.Jenkins, D.Johnston,H.Johnstone, J.Kidd, A.King, W.Kirk, W.Lapsley, J.Liddle, I.MacLachlan, A.McArthur, H.McEwan,J.McFeat, A.McGhee,W.McKnight, J.McLachlan, R.McLean, J.McMurray,W.McQueen, T.Marshall,W.Marshall, J.Milne, A.Mochar, J.Murphy, W.Murray, J.Paterson, J.Penman, W.Prow, J.Rankine,R.Rankine, A.Rice, L.Roberts, J.Robertson, R.Ross, W.Shanks, J.Shields, D.Simpson, J.Simpson,R.Simpson, A.Smith, T.Spink, W.Stevenson, J.Strang, J.Taylor, W.Taylor, J.Thomson, R.Todd, D.Watson,J.West.

AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY 3/O A.Couser.

ARMY AIR CORPS Cpl J.Rogers.

ARMY CATERING CORPS Sgt H.Jenkins.

BLACK WATCH Pte R.Bowman, J.Brown, D.Fairweather, J.Jones, S.Mackrell, D.MacPherson, A.Mitchell,J.Smith, W.Taylor, D.Wilson.

BURMA REGIMENT Maj J.Nimmo.

CAMERONIANS SCOTTISH RIFLES Sgt A.Morrison. L/Sgt R.Morrison. Cpl J.Corrigan. Rfn N.Livingston,J.Paterson.

CHESHIRE REGIMENT Pte T.Gibson.

COLDSTREAM GUARDS Lt Col D.Forbes.

DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT Cpl J.Webster, Pte R.McDonald.

DUKE OF CORNWALL’S LIGHT INFANTRY Pte E.Lusk.

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY Pte R.Dewar, G.Gillespie, A.Tait.

ESSEX REGIMENT Pte M.Baird.

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION P/O W.Bell.

GLIDER PILOTREGIMENT Staff Sgt H.Dowds.

GORDONHIGHLANDERS Lt A.Kiddie. Sgt A.Lawson, M.McAndrew. Cpl R.Grassom, A.Kerr, J.Robb.L/Cpl T.Jack, J.King, J.Queen. Pte R.Abercrombie, A.Brown, T.Daly, J.Johnston, G.Laurie, A.Marshall,C.Padkin.

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY Capt J.Anderson. Pte H.Johnston, J.Parker.

KING’S OWN ROYAL REGIMENT (LANCASTER) Pte J.Munro.

KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS L/Sgt F.Robertson, D.Provan. Pte G.Dalziel, R.McMartin,T.Wemyss.

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS Fusilier H.Quinn.

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MERCHANT NAVY Engineer A.Aitken, N.Bradley, J.Docherty, A.Galbraith, R.Gardiner, D.Gray, R.Philp,A.Ure. Writer I.Blackadder. Chief Steward T.Mulholland. Radio Off A.Nimmo, R.Williams. StorekeeperE.Kelso. Canteen Manager J.Liddle. Fireman P.Gubbins. Steward J.Wilson, T.Young. Assistant Cook J.Campbell.Catering Rating R.Ness. Able Seaman A.Campbell. Junior Ordinary Seaman T.McDonald, J.Mason.

MILITARY POLICE L/Cpl L.McDonald.

NZ INFANTRY Pte W.Rae.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT Pte W. De Vries, C.Smith.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YEOMANRY Trooper M.Martin.

PARACHUTE REGIMENT Sgt G.Williams. Cpl A.Cunningham, S.McKenna. Pte A.Aitken, J.Dickson,J.Dinsmore.

PIONEER CORPS Pte J.Baird, A.Cockburn, J.Cowie, T.Limond, J.McAteer, J.Pottie.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S NURSES Sister M.Fowler, M.McMillan.

QUEEN’S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS L/Cpl F.Innes, J.Whitelaw. Pte T.Campbell, J.Dunlop,P.Ferguson, D.Trotter.

QUEEN’S OWN HUSSARS Trooper C.Gardiner.

QUEEN’S ROYAL LANCERS Trooper J.Nelson.

QUEEN’S ROYAL REGIMENT Pte R.Jack.

RECONNAISSANCECORPS TrooperW.Kelly.

ROYAL AIRFORCE Squad Leader C.Robertson. Fl/O A.Cruickshank, K.George, G.Penman, H.Taylor.Pilot/O A.Holborn. W/O G.Wilson. Fl/Sgt D.Cram, D.Doak, W.Gribbin, R.Reid, G.Whyte. Sgt W.Allison,D.Bell, G.Coggans, J.Cumming, R.Curle, W.Foley, H.Fraser, K.Mitchell, W.Mitchell, C.Robertson, W.Simpson,J.Waddell, K.Webster. Cpl D.Dewar. Leading Aircraftman A.Comrie, W.McGill, D.Millar, H.Sharpe, J.Sim,G.Whigham. Aircraftman J.Crawford, T.Cunningham.

R.A.F. VOLUNTEER RESERVE Fl/Lt A.Cummings, N.McEwen. Fl/O R.Armstrong, W.Mair, R.Montgomery.Fl/Sgt R.Ballantyne, J.Carmichael. Sgt R.Baird, P.Craig, P.Crawford, L.Dagless, N.Davidson, D.Leishman,J.Liddell, C.Montgomery, W.Perrie, J.Roberts, R.Shields, R.Smith. Leading Aircraftman P.Black, A.Cairns,T.Laing, R.Lonsdale, T.Middlemass. Aircraftman J.Aitken, H.Docherty, J.Kelso,W.McConnell, A.Wighton.

ROYALARMOUREDCORPS L/Sgt J.Phillips. Trooper A.Bloy, J.McGeehan.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS Lt M.Rosenberg. Pte G.Corbett, J.Martin, R.Waddell,

ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS Staff Cpl G.Hotchkiss. Cpl W.Alexander. Pte J.Aitkenhead,W.Johnston, W.McLuckie, R.McRoberts, A.Miller, D.Queen, A.Sadler, A.Simpson.

ROYALARMYSERVICECORPS Cpl R.Findlay, J.Jeffrey. L/Cpl E.Craig. Pte W.Wann. Driver W.Allan,S.Duncan, T.Phillips, W.Stephenson.

ROYAL ARTILLERY Capt J.Buchan, I.Mundie. Lt A.McLean. Sgt G.Brown, M.Gillies, W.McPheat.Bombardier J.Bemard, P.Brown, J.Fairley, C.Gibson, A.Nimmo, A.Tough. Lance Bombardier S.Gilchrist,W.Mitchell, C.Rae. Gunner J.Adamson, R.Anderson, J.Barr, R.Barr, H.Bennett, J.Binnie, R.Bruce, D.Conlin,P.Connor, M.Devoy, L.Hendry, J.Letham, D.Lindsay, J.Little, C.MacFarlane, D.McGowan, G.McIntyre,J.McNab, D.McPhail, H.Marshall, P.Miller, G.Milroy, A.Paton, J.Phillips, A.Ramsay, J.Shanks, T.Smith,P.Sneddon, J.Stewart,W.Stewart,W.Stewart, R.Thomson, T.Thomson, T.Wilson, W.Wilson.

ROYAL CANADIAN ORDNANCE CORPS Pte J.Taylor.

ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS Sgt A.Stevenson. Pte G.Corbett, G.Sanderson, C.Wemyss.

REME Pte C.MacPherson, A.Revie.

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ROYAL ENGINEERS Lt J.Fowler. L/Sgt A.Ferguson. Cpl T.Campbell, J.Graham, M.Oliphant. L/Cpl B.Burt,A.Steel.Sapper J.Brown, E.Docherty, J.Donoghue, J.Eadie, A.Gibson, J.Newton, G.Shirra, G.Steel, R.West.Driver T.Heeps, H.Jenkins, A.Mann.

ROYAL FUSILIERS Fusilier J.Roberts.

ROYAL MARINES Sgt W.Coulter. Marine A.Mulhall, J.Stevenson.

ROYAL NAVY Cys J.McHardy. Engine Room Artificer A.Milroy. P/O Stoker A.Deans. Leading SignalmanJ.Bowie. Mechanic D.Cameron, D.Gibb. Stoker J.Hickey, W.Leishman. Wiremen C.Hunter, D.MacLeod.Assistant Steward R.Leiper. Air Mechanic D.Cameron. Leading Seaman T.Jack, J.Scobbie. Able SeamanA.Deans, W.Fernie, J.Keenan, P.Marshall, W.Nicol, T.Park, A.Philcox, H.Pyper, W.Reid, J.Stalker, J.Walker,G.Wilson. Ordinary Seaman D.Cram, J.Forfar, G.Hannah, H.Lyon, A.McIvor, R.McLean, J.McNeil. StokerD.Sharpe, J.Sorley, W.Taylor.

R.N. RESERVE Skipper R.MacDonald. R.N.V.R Surgeon Lt D.Walker. Sub-Lt J.Bell, R.Warner,

ROYAL NORFOLK REGIMENT Pte A.Kay, R.Young.

ROYAL PIONEER CORPS Pte W.Bryce.

ROYALSCOTS Sgt J.McLellan. L/Cpl W.Whyte. Pte J.Baird, J.Ballantyne, L.Cembler, A.Ferguson,R.Mitchell, W.Murray, J.Torrance.

ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS Lt S.Cosh. Fusilier D.Harvie, C.Smith, A.Thomson.

ROYAL TANK REGIMENT 2Lt A.Dowding. Trooper M.Hunter, J.Wylie.

ROYAL ULSTER REGIMENT Rfn J.Sheerin.

ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT L/Cpl G.Nagle.

SCOTS GUARDS L/Sgt J.Cockburn. L/Cpl A.Cruickshanks, G.Broom. Gdsm L.Davis, J.Hill,J.McCrorie, T.McIntosh, J.Reynolds, A.Rintoul.

SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS Cpl J.Wallace. L/Cpl M.Millar. Pte J.Robertson, J.Ross, J.Smith.

SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY Pte A.McGraw.

TYNESIDE SCOTTISH Pte W.Anderson.

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On 3rd November 2019, 93 years after the Falkirk Memorial was first unveiled, it was rededicatedwith the names of all the fallen inscribed. Many skilled people gave of their time and talents and theproject was successfully completed in October 2019. The following were involved and deserve thethanks of the whole community. They have helped honour those who gave their lives and whose greatsacrifice should be remembered by all future generations who owe them more than they will everknow.

The Friends CommitteeChairman: Morris Robb, Treasurer: Pat Reid, Secretary: Ian Scott, Provost Billy Buchanan, MajorJim Bain (Argyll Association), Douglas Cameron (Eden Consultancy), Tom McMorrow MBE, GillianGardner (FalkirkTrinity Church), Claire Mennim (Falkirk Community Trust), Councillors Gary Bouseand John Patrick.

Design and Reconstruction of the MemorialThe new plinths were designed by Morris Robb and constructed by stone mason Con Bonner ofFalkirk Stone Masons Ltd. John Gillespie and his staff at Sterling Precast provided the other elementsof the construction and Gary Sweeney of Helix Building Surveyors and Tommy Thomson of TBBArchitectural Services advised the Friends on design matters, costs and contracts. The whole projectwas managed by Craig Fenwick of CAMS Construction and others involved were Falkirk Council’sDesign Engineer Gary McGregor and the Council’s direct works team who upgraded the surroundingarea, including painting and landscaping.

The names of the fallen were compiled by Major Jim Bain from the Falkirk Rolls of Honour withadvice from military authorities, and the design work was done by Douglas Cameron, Rose O’Connorand James Halsall of Eden Consultancy. Katrena Hawkins and her team at Quality Masonry Servicesinscribed the 1656 names on the four black granite slabs.

Eden Consultancy provided PR, maketing and publicity and Adrian Mahoney of The PR Store securedpress and social media coverage of the fundraising campaign, the build up to the dedication and theevent itself.

Jill Buchanan and the Falkirk Herald supported the project from the outset and gave the Friendsmaximum coverage during the last two years.

On the day of the dedication Rev Robert Allan of Trinity Church led the ceremony, the Piper was NeilClark and the Bugler, Lauren Robb of the Unison Kinneil Brass Band.

Funding the ProjectThe majority of the funding was provided by the Falkirk Common Good Fund and there weresignificant individual contributions from the Nimmo and Mathieson families. Members of the ArgyllAssociation based in Grangemouth raised thousands of pounds through public collections, and localcadets took part in similar events. The Falkirk public and many people from well beyond the areacontributed large amounts via social media and street collections. Other support came from the nationalArgyll and Sutherland Highlanders Association, The Friends of Dollar Park, the Rotary Club of Falkirk,Falkirk Probus Club, the SSAFA (The Armed Forces Charity) and the Falkirk Community SchoolsCharity.

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