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Scottish Horse
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, known as the Scottish Horse were a unit of the Territorial Force, part of the Highland Mounted Brigade with their HQ in Kirkcaldy. A Squadron were drawn from Cupar, Kirkcaldy, Ladybank and St Andrews. B Squadron from Dunfirmline, Balfron, stirling, Kippen, Kelty, Kinross and Aloa. C Squadron from Dundee and D Squadron from Forfar, Arbroath, Edzell, Montrose and Laurencekirk.
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
15th of February 1916 Cleaning Up
5th Jun 1916 Recce
5th June 1916 Orders issued to Glasgow Yeomanry
5th June 1916 Guards and Fatigue Parties at Romani Station
6th June 1916 Reconnaisance by B.G.C. & B.M.
26th June 1916 Field firing
3rd July 1916 Brigade Sanitary Squad formed
4th July 1916 Conference of C.O.s at Brigade H.Q.
7th July 1916 7th H.L.I. arrived
3rd June 1916 Orders issued
10th of March 1918 Clash in No Man's Land
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Lt. James Watt MC. 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry In 1899, at the age of 17, James Watt joined the Territorial Army, 9th Royal Scots (The Dandy Ninth), but being too young for ranks he served as a bugler.
He joined the 2/1st Scottish Horse in 1914 and served as an NCO in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Salonika. He was then commissioned into the 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, with which he served in France. He was awarded the Military Cross for action at Viller-Guislain during the Battle of Cambrai.
In WWII, he served with the Royal Scots, 70th National Defence Battalion from 1939 to 1942, when he was discharged at age 60.
In 1957, he was appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh. In 1963, he was enrolled as a Knight of Justice in The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. In 1968, he published his memoirs Irons in the Fire. In January 1975, at the age of 93, he died at West Linton, Edinburgh.
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Pte. William David Dillingham Scottish Horse Yeomanry (d.10th October 1918) Private William David Dillingham, son of Walter George and Martha Ann Dillingham of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, husband of Constance Burton, employee of Messers. Swaffield & Sons, Auctioneers and one of five brothers who served.; born and living in Ampthill, enlisted Bedford. Served with the Scottish Horse Yeomanry (service no. 18919), He died at sea on 10th October 1918 age 24 years and is buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Co. Dublin, Ireland. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Pte. Ronald Anderson 13th Btn. Black Watch Ronald Anderson served with the 13th Black Watch and 3rd Scottish Horse. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
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Pte. George Fairbairn 1st Btn. Black Watch George Fairbairn was my grandfather. He was in the 1st Black Watch and was reported as wounded on 29th of December 1917, shot in the upper arm in the Battle of Cambrai, France. Before that, he was in 1/2nd Scottish Horse. He arrived in Gallipoli (Suvla) on 2nd of September 1915 and was evacuated to Egypt on 20th of December 1915.
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Pte. R. E. Morrow att. Scottish Horse Royal Army Medical Corps (d.15th Feb 1916) Private R Morrow was aged 28 when he died and is buried At West end of walled enclosure in the Ballyjamesduff Presbyterian Cemetery, Co. Cavan, Ireland.
He was the brother of James Morrow of Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan.
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L/Cpl. John Hamilton Imperial Camel Corps My grandfather Jack Hamilton, was an apprentice working at a Dunfermline Bank, he was initially in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry but was then in the Imperial Camel Corp and was at Gallipoli. He had a camel which he named 'White Lightning', they would race their camels in any quiet periods to ease boredom but he complained his was very slow (it was also coloured black!). He also told me that they would keep 'pet' scorpions in match boxes. My dad has a book 'roll of honour' from the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd (Dunfermline branch) which lists my grandfather as: Hamilton John (L. Cpl. Imperial Camel Corp). He caught dysentry in the great war and nearly died, but for the care of a staff nurse who insisted on him regularly taking Castor oil. He went back to working in the bank when he returned from the war. He later went to work for the MOD at a dockyard in scotland and was awarded an MBE in 1960 for 'civil services'. My Grandfather survived both wars (in WWII he was in the Home Guard I believe) and died in 1984.
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