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7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders (Queens Own)
The 7th (Service) Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was raised at Inverness in September 1914 and moved to Aldershot for training in November, joining 44th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division on the 13th of January 1915. They moved into billets at Liphook in January 1915, then to Cirencester in February, Chisledon in April, then Tidworth in May. They proceeded to France on the 9th of July 1915 and landed at Boulogne. They saw action at the The Battle of Loos in 1915, the Battles of the Somme in 1916, the Arras Offensive and the Third Battles of Ypres in 1917, on the Somme in early 1918. On the 10th of June 1918, the 7th Battalion was reduced to a cadre, with 400 troops being transferred to the 6th Battalion. The 7th Battalion was disbanded in France on the 14th of August 1918.
17th August 1915 Orders for relief
18th August 1915 Reliefs
25th Sep 1915 Three Lines Captured
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
19th February 1916 Reliefs
21st February 1916 Company Inspections.
25th February 1916 Mine exploded
24th Apr 1916 In the Trenches
25th Apr 1916 Enemy Fire
26th Apr 1916 Hot Day 
2nd July 1916 Reliefs
5th July 1916 Mine exploded
22nd Jul 1916 Reliefs
17th Aug 1916 Attack Made
10th Sep 1916 Reliefs
12th September 1916 45th Brigade relieve the 44th
16th September 1916 Reliefs
17th September 1916 Reliefs
8th of October 1916 Battalion Relieved
16th Dec 1916 Comforts Fund
19th December 1916 Reliefs
30th December 1916 Operation Orders
31st December 1916 March Table
8th March 1917 March Table
10th March 1917 March Table
9th Apr 1917 Assault Made
26th April 1917 Operational Orders
1st Mar 1918 Reliefs
7th Mar 1918 Reliefs
10th Mar 1918 Reliefs
14th Mar 1918 Reliefs
3rd April 1918 Action East of Arras
13th April 1918 Bathing and preparing for trenches.
19th April 1918 Operational Order No.13
20th April 1918 Trench Raid
13th May 1918 Operational Order No.22
7th June 1918 Conference at Brigade H.Q.
10th June 1918 Operational Order No.26
10th June 1918 Nominal Roll of Officer Personnel
10th June 1918 Absorbtion of the 7th Camerons commenced.
11th June 1918 Surplus personnel
11th June 1918 Operational Order No.26
14th June 1918 Inspected in Drill Order by Brigadier
20th June 1918 Preparing for a raid by Royal Scots.
24th June 1918 Reliefs on Front Line
15th August 1918 Casualties
16th August 1918 Relieved 1st Queens Westminsters
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Those known to have served with7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders (Queens Own) during the Great War 1914-1918. - Adamson James Stark. Pte. (d.23rd Nov 1917)
- Bateman MM. Arthur Cyril. Capt. (d.28th Mar 1918)
- Bourhill William. Pte.
- Brown Donald Morton. Lt. (d.17th October 1918)
- Buck Louis Arthur. Cpl.
- Cameron Dougald. Pte. (d.28th March 1918)
- Campbell Hugh. Cpl. (d.26th Sept 1915)
- Chalmers Ewan. L/Cpl.
- Christie John. L/Cpl. (d.28th Sep 1915)
- Clark John Rattray. Sgt. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Clayton James. Pte (d.23rd Apr 1917)
- Cowan Peter. Pte. (d.10th April 1917)
- Ferguson William Gordon Campbell. Pte. (d.13-18th April 1917)
- MacLauchlan John. Pte (d.5th April 1917)
- McCall John Mitchell. Pte. (d.24th Aug 1917)
- McKinstrie Joseph Gourlay. Pte. (d.10th Dec 1917)
- Milne MID Alexander Eaglesham. L/Cpl.
- Small MM John. Sgt.
- Smith Ernest William. Pte. (d.3rd Feb 1917)
- Stokes Samuel Frederick Bellwood Douglas. Pte (d.22nd Aug 1917)
- Torrance Thomas. Sjt. (d.28th Jul 1917)
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Pte. Joseph Gourlay McKinstrie 7th Btn. Cameron Highlanders (d.10th Dec 1917) Joseph McKinstrie served with 7th Btn Cameron Highlanders (Queen's Own) during WW2.
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Pte. John Mitchell McCall 7th Btn. Cameron Highlanders (d.24th Aug 1917) John was born in Edinburgh on 19th October 1887.
He married Ellen in 1909.
John was killed in Passchendaele on 24th August 1917.
John is buried in Tynne Cott Cemetery.
He left behind his wife and 4 young children.
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Cpl. Louis Arthur Buck 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders  Louis Buck served in the 51st Highland Division with the Cameron Highlanders. He attested 11th of December 1915 into 2/4th Battalion, giving his address 38 Grove Road, Norwich.
Next of kin is his Father Jesse Buck, Glencroft, 22 Hamilton Road, Colchester, Essex. Louis was Mobilized 2nd of June 1916 and was promoted Corporal on 15th of December 1916.
He served with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 29th of June 1916 to 17th of October 1917.
2nd General Hospital medical records give L A Buck, age 28, 203399, Corporal, Cameron Highlanders admitted 3rd of October 1917 with PUO (pyrexia (fever) of unknown origin - Trench Fever).
He was discharged on 17th of October 1917 invalided out, he underwent rehab at Bray Court and was discharged (Medical) 12th of June 1918. Awarded Silver War Badge (honourable discharge because of illness or injury) on 24th of June 1918.
He was awarded the Victory Medal and British Medal.
Army Medical Report:
- Unit: Cameron Highlanders
- Regimental No.: 203399
- Rank: Corporal
- Name: Buck, Louis Arthur
- Age last birthday: 28
- Enlisted: June 1916 at Norwich
- Former Trade: Commercial Traveller
- Disability in respect of which invaliding is proposed: Shell Shock
- Date of original disability: August 1917
- Place of origin of disability: France
Louis had a normal childhood except suffering Brain fever at 11 yrs. No -- fever, chorea or tonisllitis.
He attended school until 17 years and is recorded as having a normal tolerance to games.
He became rose grower then commercial traveller until enlistment in June 1916.
His health is recorded as good during training. In France, he was blown up, then contracted tench fever with tremors body and limbs.
In Nov 1917 he was sent to Buxton for treatment by baths etc.
and twice collapsed in the bath.
He had a septic hand and arm through cut in shaving. He was transferred to Sheffield then to Colchester.
Causation of disability:
is recorded as Constitutional caused by active service.
Present condition:
(parts undecipherable) marked general weakness and ---- Extreme general tremor, making eating, walking and almost any co-ordinate action difficult.
Tenderness of both tibiae.
No evidence of organic disease.
Heart - no abnormalities.
Lungs - clean.
Abd - neg.
Nervous system in a state of hyperexcitability but shows no evidence of any structural change.
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Pte. William Gordon Campbell Ferguson 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders (d.13-18th April 1917) William Ferguson is buried at Tank Cemetery, Guemappe with 64 others from his Battalion.
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Pte. Dougald Cameron 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders (d.28th March 1918) Douglad Cameron was my uncle. The first born and eldest son of the family. Son of Allan and Martha (nee Ross) Cameron. I know his death at the young age of 19 devastated his family. We sadly have no photograph of him but we will never forget him. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
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Pte. William Bourhill 7th Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders William Bourhill is my great grandfather, who served in the 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders from the start of WWI. He fought with his battalion right through until being captured, and was sent to labour in a salt mine in Austria. He would never discuss his experiences in the trenches or the salt mines with the rest of the family.
Up until the death of his eldest daughter (my great aunt), we had his Glengarry, medals, and other regimental paraphernalia, along with some other pictures and letters to my great grandmother. Sadly, however, these have been lost with her second husband's family clearing the house.
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Pte. Ernest William Smith 7th Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (d.3rd Feb 1917) Ernest Smith died of wounds on 3rd February 1917 while serving with the 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in France. He is buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. He was 28 years old.
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Lt. Donald Morton Brown 7th Btn then 1st Btn Cameron Highlanders (d.17th October 1918) Donald Brown corresponded with Helen Isabella Wilkie throughout the war period having known each other at university. His last correspondence was dated 26th May 1918.
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Sgt. John Rattray Clark 7th Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders (d.25th Sep 1915) I have a small New Testament and Psalms book, the inside cover of which is inscribed: Sgt. J. Rattray Clark, 13521 Cameron Highlanders 7, and signed R. Clark 1915.
If descendants of Sgt. Clark are known and would like this Bible, I would be very pleased to send it.
Editor's Note: John was the son of the late James and Julia Clark, of Sandyford, Glasgow and the husband of Lucy Sarah Clark, of Vicarage Road, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
He was killed in action and is buried at Loos British Cemetery.
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L/Cpl. John Christie 7th Btn. Cameron Highlanders (d.28th Sep 1915) John Christie was the son of David and Annie Christie of 166 Paisley Road, Renfrew, Scotland. He was 22 years of age and working as a ships draughtsman when he responded to Kitchener's call and joined the 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders.
John received a bullet wound in his chest on the 25th September 1915 (1st day of the Battle of Loos) and was transported to No 13 General Hospital Boulogne where he dies of his wounds on 28th September aged 23 years. His remains are interred at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
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Pte Samuel Frederick Bellwood Douglas Stokes 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (d.22nd Aug 1917) I have very little information about my grandfather, Sam Stoke's service record other than he died on 22nd of August 1917.
He was posted missing. The note from his friend Patrick McGahan suggests that he was the last person to see him alive. There does not seem to be a record of when he enlisted.
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Pte. James Stark Adamson 7th Btn. Cameron Highlanders (d.23rd Nov 1917) James Adamson served with the Cameron Highlanders 7th Battalion. He was executed for cowardice on23rd Novmber 1917 aged 30 and buried in St. Nicolas British Cemetery, St. Nicolas, France.
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Capt. Arthur Cyril Bateman MM. att. 7th Btn. Cameron Highlanders Royal Army Medical Corps (d.28th Mar 1918) Arthur Bateman was the son of Godfrey Bateman, LL.D., and Frances Emily Bateman, of 28 Clarinda Park East, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was attached to the 7th Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders.
He died aged 27 in March 1918 in France, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.
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