Armadale Roll of Honour

21 September 2008

Will be updated soon with revised information also contained on the new Dale boys website

Tom Gordon is compiling a book on Armadale and the Great War, to include Woodend, Blackridge, Westrigg, Southrigg, and Northrigg. He would like to hear from anyone who had relations that fought and died in the Great War, or fought and returned. He is interested in old photographs and memorabilia and any information that can help him to write his book.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a site which contains information on the burial places of Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and air crew.

The Royal British Legion Scotland Home Page

On this page:

Photos of Armadale, West Lothian War Memorial
Armadale & District Great War 1914 – 1919 Roll of Honour
World War I
World War II Please note that uncertainty about details is shown by red text
Korea

Armadale War Memorial

Armadale Public School Roll of Honour

Armadale

District

Great War

1914 – 1919

Roll of Honour

Thomas D H Gordon

contact: ww1_dale_boysbtinternet.com

Armadale & Blackridge Great War Gallantry Awards

Number	Rank	Name	Regt / Corps	Award	Additional Info
14/131	Sgt	James Crichton	Auckland Regiment	Victoria Cross	Moved to Northrigg as a child.
	L/Cpl	William Angus	8^th Highland Light Infantry	Victoria Cross	Born Armadale

	Capt	Archibald Gardener	Cameron Highlanders (Trench Mortars)	Military Cross	Resided Armadale (teacher at Armadale Public School)
	Lt	David McKelvie	Royal Engineers	Military Cross	Resided Armadale Died of Illness
4778	Cpl	William Coventry	1^st Cameron Highlanders	Distinguished Conduct Medal	Resided West Main Street Armadale
T4132 412653	Sgt	William Dow	Royal Engineers	Distinguished Conduct Medal & Military Medal	Son of Mr Dow Woodhead Armadale
7635 278859	Cpl	Hugh Friel	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Distinguished Conduct Medal & Military Medal	Resided Armadale
	Sgt	John Keddie		Distinguished Conduct Medal & French Military Medal	Resided with Mr. Watson Armadale
16355	Sgt	John McMillan	13^th Royal Scots	Distinguished Conduct Medal & Bar	Westrigg
58970	Sgt Lt	Frank B O’Reilly	Royal Field Artillery	Distinguished Conduct Medal	Resided Armadale
202547	Sgt	Malcolm Ross	Royal Warwick’s	Distinguished Conduct Medal & Military Medal	Son of Walter Ross Alberta Cottage, James Street
	A/Cpl	Robert Smith	Royal Scots	Distinguished Conduct Medal & Military Medal & Croix De Geure	Parents resided East Main Street
5792 352461	Sgt	William Allan	9^th Royal Scots	Military Medal	Son of William Allan West End Blackridge.
15632	Sgt	John Bennett	13^th Royal Scots	Military Medal	Resided 26 South Street Armadale
826407	Pte	William Bonar	47^th Canadian Battalion (Western Ontario Regiment)	Military Medal	Son of Mrs. Bonar Elm cottage Armadale
	Sgt	John Conner		Military Medal	Resided Armadale
12323	L/Cpl	Thomas Davidson	6^th Royal Scots Fusiliers	Military Medal	Son of Mr. Davidson Unity Terrace Armadale
13372 43011	Pte	Robert Dryburgh	Royal Scots Scottish Rifles	Military Medal	Resided Armadale
17466	Pte	Edward Friel	8^th Coy Machine Gun Corps	Military Medal	Resided Armadale Killed in Action 1916
352571	Pte	George Hart	7^th Royal Scots	Military Medal	Resided Armadale
	L/Cpl	Alex Kirk	Cameronians	Military Medal	Resided Northrigg
S/12990	Sgt	John Kirk (Patterson)	Gordon Highlanders	Military Medal	Northrigg, Armadale
86133 86133	Cpl	Daniel McLaughlin	Irish Guards Royal Engineers	Military Medal	Resided Armadale
12071	LCpl	John Muirhead	Scots Guards	Military Medal	Resided Armadale Killed in Action 1916
40943	Cpl	James Neally	17^th Royal Scots	Military Medal	Resided Armadale Killed In Action 1918
18893	Pte	William Prentice	Royal Scots	Military Medal	Son of John Prentice Craig Terrace.
300682	Pte	Peter Ramsay	Royal Scots	Military Medal	Son of William Ramsay South Street Armadale
58963	L/Cpl	Alex Ure	5^th/6^th Royal Scots	Military Medal	Husband of Mrs. A Ure 101 Westrigg.
6846	Gnr	John Ronald Wallace	Royal Field Artillery	Military Medal & Belgian Croix de Guerre	Son of Ronald Wallace the Marches Armadale

	S/Sgt	John Sykes	Royal Scots Fusiliers	Italian B M	Resided Armadale

WORLD WAR I

MATTHEW AITCHISON (Atcheson)

1st Battalion

ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS

Rank Private

Service number 13945

Date of death 02/01/1915

Place of birth Greenock

Age 40

Resided Dumbarton

Enlisted Cumnock, Ayrshire

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 19 and 33.

Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

DAVID D ANDERSON

13^th Battalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 20240

Date of death 22/08/1917

Place of birth Falkirk, Stirlingshire

Age

Resided

Enlisted Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 11 to 14 and 162.

Cemetery: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

JAMES ANDERSON

7^th Battalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 2535

Date of death 22/05/1915

Place of birth

Age 31

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death Home

Grave/Memorial Reference:

Cemetery: EDINBURGH (ROSEBANK) CEMETERY

(KILLED IN THE GRETNA TRAIN CRASH)

ROBERT BALLOCH

7th Battalion

SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS

(ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS, THE DUKE OF ALBANY’S)

Rank Private

Service number S/6077

Date of death 02/12/1915

Place of birth Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Age 40

Resided Cowdenbeath

Enlisted Dunfermline Fifes

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 15.

Cemetery: VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

WILLIAM BANKS

9th Battalion

GORDON HIGHLANDERS

Rank Lance Corporal

Service number S/10738

Date of death 19/08/1916

Place of birth Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Age 36

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 41.

Cemetery: HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

THOMAS BARBOUR

2^ndBattalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 3044

Date of death 25/09/1915

Place of birth Barrhead

Age 41

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Edinburgh

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 11.

Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) Memorial

JOHN BAXTER

12^thBattalion.

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 13427

Date of death 27/09/1915

Place of birth Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Age 20

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death F.& F

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10 to 13.

Cemetery: LOOS MEMORIAL

JOHN BENNETT

17^thBattalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 27336

Date of death 30/07/1916

Place of birth Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Age

Resided Blackridge, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Edinburgh

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.

Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

WILLIAM THOMSON BISSET

7^thBattalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 2505

Date of death 22/05/1915

Place of birth

Age 22

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death Home

Grave/Memorial Reference:

Cemetery: EDINBURGH (ROSEBANK) CEMETERY

(KILLED IN THE GRETNA TRAIN CRASH)

DUNCAN BLACKSTOCK

1^st Battalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 20239

Date of death 31/08/1915

Place of birth Larkhall Lanarkshire

Age

Resided Newcasteton, Roxburghshire

Enlisted Glencorse, Mid Lothian

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. L. 31.

Cemetery: RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES

WILLIAM BORTHWICK

14th Battalion

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY

Rank Private

Service number 29155

Date of death 28/11/1917

Place of birth Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Age

Resided

Enlisted Glasgow

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10.

Cemetery: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL

JOHN BOYLE

1^st Battalion

BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)

Rank Lance Corporal

Service number 1768

Date of death 19/08/1916 or 23/02/1917

Place of birth Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Age

Resided

Enlisted Leven, fifes

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: X. B. 7.

Cemetery: ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

JAMES BRADLEY

12^th Battalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Formerly 47799

Royal Scots Fusiliers

Rank Private

Service number 51542

Date of death 14/01/1919

Place of birth Whitburn

Age 19

Resided Blackridge, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Glencorse

Theatre of death Home

Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 7.

Cemetery: EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY

PATRICK BRADLEY

5/6th Battalion.

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 251464

Date of death 02/03/1917

Place of birth Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Age

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Linlithgow

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.

Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

WALTER BRADLEY

18 Corps Cyclist Bn

ARMY CYCLIST CORPS

Formerly 746

ROYAL SCOTS (Lothian Regiment)

Rank Corporal

Service number 616

Date of death 19/10/1918

Place of birth Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Age

Resided Blackridge, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 7.LE

Cemetery: REJET-DE-BEAULIEU MILITARY CEMETERY

DONALD MCKILLOP FULLERTON BROWN

1^ST Battalion

SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS

(ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS,

THE DUKE OF ALBANY’S)

Rank Private

Service number 7500

Date of death 20/07/1915

Place of birth Carriden Bo’ ness

Age 19

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: XVII. D. 16.

Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

GEORGE BROWN

1^st Battalion

ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS

Rank Private

Service number 12453

Date of death 16/06/1916

Place of birth New Monkland

Age

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Edinburgh

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 19 and 33.

Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

JAMES BROWN

Depot.

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Sergeant

Service number 375143

Date of death 23/11/1918

Place of birth Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Age

Resided Harthill

Enlisted Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death Home

Grave/Memorial Reference: P. 32.

Cemetery: BATHGATE, LINLITHGOWSHIRE CEMETERY

JOHN BROWN

17^thBattalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 40896

Date of death 25/03/1918

Place of birth Kirkliston

Age 28

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Uphall

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 13 and 14.

Cemetery: POZIERES MEMORIAL

JOHN BROWN

9^thBattalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Lance Corporal

Service number 352331

Date of death 09/04/1917

Place of birth Bo’ ness

Age 26

Resided Chester

Enlisted Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 15.

Cemetery: ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

PHILIP BROWN

1^st Battalion

ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

(PRINCESS LOUISE’S)

Rank Private

Service number 10208

Date of death 10/10/1918

Place of birth Kinghorn

Age 33

Resided Blackridge, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Perth

Theatre of death Salonika

Grave/Memorial Reference: 309.

Cemetery: KIRECHKOI-HORTAKOI MILITARY CEMETERY

WILLIAM BROWN

5^th/6^thBattalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Private

Service number 251465

Date of death 18/04/1917

Place of birth Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Age 31

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 5.

Cemetery: FORESTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

PETER BROWNLIE

10^th Battalion

CAMERONIANS (Scottish Rifles)

Rank Private

Service number 33132

Date of death 21/07/1917

Place of birth Blackridge, Linlithgowshire

Age 22

Resided

Enlisted Loanhead

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: I. N. 24.

Cemetery: BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

ROBERT CALDER

2^nd Battalion

SCOTS GUARDS

Rank Gdsn

Service number 16093

Date of death 24/08/1918

Place of birth Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Age

Resided Harthill, Lanarkshire

Enlisted Glencorse

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. E. 16.

Cemetery: MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY

MATTHEW CAMPBELL

1^st Battalion

SCOTS GUARDS

Rank Gdsn

Service number 12070

Date of death 27/09/1915

Place of birth Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Age 22

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Edinburgh

Theatre of death F.& F.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 8 and 9.

Cemetery: LOOS MEMORIAL

OWEN CARLIN

2^nd Battalion

ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Rank Corporal

Service number 709

Date of death 14/10/1914

Place of birth Bathgate

Age 30

Resided Bathgate

Enlisted Glencorse, Mid Lothian

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. B. 13.

Cemetery: VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE

JAMES CHRISTIE

8^TH/ 10^th Battalion

GORDON HIGHLANDERS

Rank Private

Service number S/6513

Date of death 17/05/1918

Place of birth Beath, Fifeshire

Age

Resided Armadale, Linlithgowshire

Enlisted Edinburgh

Theatre of death F & F

Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. K. 18.

Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

DAVID COPELAND

6th Battalion

KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS

formerly 48275

R. Scot. Fus.