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10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
The 10th (Service) Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was raised at Hamilton in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 46th Brigade in 15th (Scottish) Division. They moved to Bordon for training and in February 1915 went into billets at Winchester then moved on to Park House and Chisledon Camps on Salisbury Plain in April 1915. They proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne the 10th of July 1915. They saw action at 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 the Battles of the Marne and the Final Advance in Artois in 1918.
15th of March 1915 Active Artillery 
19th of March 1915 Patrols
20th of March 1915
6th July 1915 Operational Order No.20.
29th Jul 1915 Change of Command
1st Aug 1915 Into the Line
10th Aug 1915 Reliefs
18th Aug 1915 Reliefs
24th August 1915 Orders
13th Sep 1915 Reliefs
21st Sep 1915 Artillery in Action
22nd Sep 1915 Bombardment
23rd Sep 1915 Bombardment
24th Sep 1915 Bombardment
25th Sep 1915 10th Scottish Rifles suffer at Loos On this day, 10th Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), part of 15 (Scottish) Div, attacked the German lines at Loos in their first major engagement of the Great War. The battalion lost 255 dead this day.
25th Sep 1915 10th Scottish Rifles Attack
25th Sep 1915 In Action
25th Sep 1915 In Action
25th Sep 1915 Assault Made
26th Sep 1915 Heavy Shelling
26th Sep 1915 Attack Made
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
26th Oct 1915 Reliefs
10th Nov 1915 Reliefs
13th Nov 1915 Reliefs
16th Nov 1915 Reliefs
26th Nov 1915 Reliefs
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
4th Dec 1915 A Note from the Enemy
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
27th January 1916 Left heavily shelled by the Enemy.
9th February 1916 Call Ups
16th May 1916 Took over additional part of the Line
13th July 1916 Operational Order
13th July 1916 Relief Table
14th July 1916 Marched off from Sailly
12th August 1916 Disposition for Attack.
12th Sep 1916 Reliefs
16th Sep 1916 Sucess The 10th Bn Cameronians were on the Somme and had just taken the village of Martinpuich on the 15th Sept, a great success with 300 prisoners captured. Unfortunately due to the attack being held up on both flanks the 10th had to dig in, instead of advancing through unbroken country relatively unopposed. The Germans took a while to discover the new front line, but about mid-day on 16th got there artillery bringing down heavy fire on the 10th's positions, it is likely this was when James Woods was killed.
The casualties in this battle were 3 Officers and 47 men killed, 10 Officers and 250 men wounded.
14th December 1916 Relief Table
22nd December 1916 Operation Orders
23rd December 1916 Marched to Front Line
16th January 1917 Location Front Line.
16th January 1917 Operational Orders
16th January 1917 Relief Table
2nd March 1917 Administration Order
19th March 1917 March Table
29th March 1917 Operational Order
29th March 1917 March Table
22nd April 1917 Operational Order
22nd April 1917 Move
23rd April 1917 Operational Order
24th April 1917 Operational Orders
24th April 1917 Operation Orders
24th April 1917
29th April 1917 Operations from 19th / 20th to 28th April 1917.
19th July 1917 Reliefs
16th October 1917 Operational Orders
17th October 1917 Moved to trenches.
7th December 1917 Operational Orders
7th December 1917 Table of Relief
8th December 1917 Cleaning up .
8th February 1918 Operational Order 6/18.
9th February 1918
15th April 1918 Addendum No.1. to O.O. No.12
9th June 1918 Operational Order No.26
18th September 1918 Operation Orders No.63.
18th September 1918 Relieved 10th Scottish Rifles
9th October 1918 ( Operational Orders No.66. ? )
9th October 1918 Officer & O.R. Casualties and joinings in September
10th October 1918 Reliefs
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Those known to have served with10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bell John. Pte. (d.1st Aug 1917)
- Birrell James. Pte
- Bridge Albert. Pte. (d.9th Aug 1916)
- Butterworth Thomas Albert. Pte. (d.11th June 1916)
- Christie James Fairley. Cpl. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Crawford Thomas. Pte (d.27th January 1916)
- Diamond William. Sgt. (d.15th September 1916)
- Diamond William. Sgt. (d.15th September 1916)
- Diamond William. Sgt. (d.15th September 1916)
- Eaglesham MM. Todd. Sgt. (d.28th Mar 1918)
- Fleming George. Pte. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Graham Albert. Pte. (d.17th May 1916)
- Guest Joseph. L/Cpl. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Guest Joseph. L/Cpl. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Holden Thomas. Pte. (d.25th September 1915)
- Knox Alexander McLean. Pte. (d.28th March 1917)
- Lambie Robert. Pte. (d.24th June 1917)
- Lawson Edgar. Pte (d.29th July 1918)
- Lister Edward. Pte. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Logan R.. Pte. (d.31st July 1917)
- McLaren Thomas. Pte. (d.21st Aug 1916)
- McParlane James. Sgt. (d.23rd April 1917)
- Menzies Andrew. Pte. (d.27th Jan 1916)
- Milligan Charles M.. Pte. (d.3rd Jun 1917)
- Moody Henry H.. Cpl.
- Munn William. Sgt. (d.25th September 1915)
- Musgrave Ralph. L/Cpl. (d.1915)
- Parr Arthur. Pte. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Pearson MM James Issacs. Sgt.
- Perry Thomas Cyril. Pte. (d.15th May 1916)
- Perry Thomas Cyril. Pte. (d.15th May 1916)
- Rasche Henry Wellington. Pte. (d.9th Apr 1917)
- Shoulder Owen. Pte. (d.18th Aug 1916)
- Tait Frederick James. Pte. (d.25th April 1917)
- Tansley Walter. Pte. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Taylor David Anderson. Pte. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Taylor James Miller. Pte. (d.26th Sep 1915)
- Telfer John. Pte. (d.21st July 1917)
- Thomson MM. John Barr. Cpl. (d.4th Jan 1918)
- Voss William Thomas. Pte. (d.25th September 1915)
- Woods J.. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1916)
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Pte. Albert Bridge 10th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.9th Aug 1916) Albert bridge was killed in action on the 9th of August 1916, aged 22 and is buried in the Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery in France.
Son of Mr and Mrs Bridge, 8 Fielding Street, Burnley, prior to enlisting, Albert worked as a weaver at the Wood Top Mill Co., Burnley
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Pte. James Miller Taylor 10th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.26th Sep 1915) James Taylor was killed in action and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery in France.
He was the husband of Mrs. M. G. Cartwright (formerly Taylor), of 41 May St., Burnley Wood, Burnley
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Pte. Albert Graham 10th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.17th May 1916) Albert Graham was killed in action on the 17th of May 1916, aged 20 and isburied in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.
He was the son of John and Agnes Alice Graham, of 29 Tunnel St., Burnley.
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Pte. Thomas Albert Butterworth 10th Btn. Cameronians (Scotish Rifles) (d.11th June 1916) Thomas Butterworth as killed in action 11th of June 1916, aged 24. Buried in in the Bethune Town Cemetery, France he was the son of Joseph Ernest and Sarah Emily Butterworth, of 13, Cliffe St., Nelson, husband of Maria Butterworth, of 10, Crowther St., Nelson, Lancs
Native of Dalton-in-Furness, Lancs
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Sgt. William Diamond 10th Btn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.15th September 1916) My grandfather, William Diamond, served with the 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles in WW1. He was killed in action 15th of September 1916 in France and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Sgt. William Diamond 10th Btn. Cameronians (d.15th September 1916) My grandfather, William Diamond, served with the 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles in WW1. He died 15th of September 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
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Sgt. William Diamond 10th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.15th September 1916) William Diamond is my grandfather. My own father never met him. I found his name on the Thiepval Memorial in France. R I P
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Pte Thomas Crawford 10th Btn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.27th January 1916) Thomas Crawford served with the 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles in WW1. He was my mother's uncle. I contacted Paisley Heritage who were able to get me details of him. I think he died at Loos 27th of January 1916.
My mother remembers her Gran (his mum) took a long time to recover from her son's death.
He is commemorated at Loos Memorial in France.
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Pte. Robert Lambie 10th Btn. Cameronians Scottish Rifles (d.24th June 1917) Bert Lambie had moved from Mauchline to Lanark with his brother Joseph.
He joined the Lanarkshire Yeomanry, a cavalry militia regiment. He transferred to the 10th Cameronians and volunteered to fight in France.
He joined with a number of Lanark pals and served with them from 1916 to 1917.
He was shot by a sniper whilst delivering materials and died of his wounds in a field hospital.
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Pte. John Telfer 10th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.21st July 1917) My great great great grandfather John Telfer was killed in action on Sunday 21st of July 1917. He was married to Anne Burgess formerly Telfer. I met his wife my great great gran she lived to a good age of 91.
I would like to try and find photographs of John Telfer's Regiment, the Cameronians Scottish rifles. I'm trying to find a lot out that I don't know of. Anything that will help me with John Telfer would be most welcome.
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Pte. Owen Shoulder 10th Btn. Scottish Rifles (d.18th Aug 1916) Owen Shoulder served with the 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles.
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Sgt. William Munn 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles (d.25th September 1915) William Munn was killed on the first day of the Battle of Loos.
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Pte. Thomas Holden 10th Bn. Cameronians Scottish Rifles (d.25th September 1915) Thomas Holden was killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 25th of September 1915.
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Pte. Frederick James Tait 10th Btn. Scottish Rifles (d.25th April 1917) My Grandfather, Fred Tait, the only son of Elizabeth Tait, was married to Mary and had two sons and a newborn daughter when he was killed during the Battle of Arras. A letter to his widow informed her that he had been killed by a shell and there was "no mark upon his body". "He was buried where he lay, near the front line".
His body was not found and his name is inscribed upon the Arras Memorial. RIP. Before he enlisted, he worked as a horse-van driver for McEwan's Brewery in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His name is upon the Arras Memorial and upon the Fountain Brewery plaque at Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
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Sgt. James McParlane 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles (d.23rd April 1917) James McParlane was my great uncle who was killed in action in Arras. No known resting place. He is commemorated as a private on the Arras Memorial, so have to assume he was promoted in the field
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Pte. Thomas McLaren 10th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.21st Aug 1916) Thomas McLaren lost his life on the 21st of August 1916.
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Pte. Arthur Parr 10th Btn. Cameronians Scottish Rifles (d.25th Sep 1915) I came across Arthur Parr whilst researching my family tree. Unfortunately, I only have the one record of his death and nothing regarding his enlistment papers etc. However, I will keep searching; a sacrifice for his country at such a young age should not be forgotten.
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Pte. Edward Lister 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) (d.25th Sep 1915) Edward Lister was killed at the age of 19. Prior to the war he lived in the Belle Vue area of Carlisle. He also had a brother, David Lister who enlisted in Border Regiment and was also killed during WW1.
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Cpl. James Fairley Christie 10th Btn. Scottish Rifles (d.25th Sep 1915)  James Fairley Christie was my grandmother's cousin, making him my third cousin. Always remembered, never forgotten by his loving cousins.
My late uncle, David Anderson Taylor and James Fairley Christie were friends who both grew up in Leith,
Edinburgh. David's mother, Agnes Anderson Taylor, died in 1903. Around 1905, David's father, John, engaged as his housekeeper, Helen Aitchison Chapman, to help him look after his two sons. James Fairley Christie was Helen Chapman's cousin. Their mothers were sisters. John Taylor and Helen eventually married and had another four children together.
The friendship between David and James thrived. They went on to marry sisters, Sarah and Bella Whitehead, respectively.
When war was declared in 1914, James and David enlisted, on the same day, in the 10th Battalion
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and were given
consecutive service numbers 16095 and 16096. They enlisted together, served together and died together on 25 September 1915 at the Battle of Loos.
Friends forever.
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Pte. David Anderson Taylor 10th Btn. Cameronian (Scottish Rifles) (d.25th Sep 1915) My late uncle, David Anderson Taylor and James Fairley Christie were friends who both grew up in Leith,
Edinburgh. David's mother, Agnes Anderson Taylor, died in 1903. Around 1905, David's father, John, engaged as his housekeeper, Helen Aitchison Chapman, to help him look after his two sons. James Fairley Christie was Helen Chapman's cousin. Their mothers were sisters. John Taylor and Helen eventually married and had another four children together.
The friendship between David and James thrived. They went on to marry sisters, Sarah and Bella Whitehead, respectively.
When war was declared in 1914, James and David enlisted, on the same day, in the 10th Battalion
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and were given
consecutive service numbers 16095 and 16096. They enlisted together, served together and died together on 25 September 1915 at the Battle of Loos.
Friends forever.
David Taylor was my father's brother. Always remembered, never forgotten.
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