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5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders    5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders was a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ in Peterhead. A Company drew from Strichen, New Pitsligo, New Aberdour, New Deer and Maud. B Company from Peterhead, Longside and St Fergus, C Coy from Peterhead, Boddam and Hatton. D Coy from Turriff, Fyvie and Cuminestown. E Coy from Ellon, Auchnagatt, Methlick, Skilmafilly and Newburgh. F Coy from Old Meldrum, Tarves, Newmachar and Pitmedden, G Coy from Fraserburgh and Rosehearty, H Coy from Fraserburgh and Lonmay. 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Want to know more about 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders? There are:124 items tagged 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders during the Great War 1914-1918. Alexander Edward Lyon. Pte. Duguid Peter. L/Cpl. Forbes-Sempill Robert Abercromby. Lt. (d.2nd Jun 1915) Mcleod James Goodall. Sgt. McRae James. Pte. (d.2nd Dec 1916) McWilliam Charles Thomas. Lt. (d.18th March 1916) Norrie Archibald. Sig. (d.19th Nov 1916) Ormley Michael. Pte. Tough James. Pte. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 26th Mar 2025     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 265607 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Sig. Archibald Norrie 5th Btn. Gordon Highlanders (d.19th Nov 1916) Archibald Norrie served with 5th Gordon Highlanders. He is buried in Contay British Cemetery, France. Carol Warriner Add to this record.   Pte. Michael Ormley 5th Btn. Gordon Highlanders Michael Ormley served with the 5th Gordon Highlanders. I am researching for Michael's elderly son. Roger Cook Add to this record.   Pte. James Tough 5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders My Father, James Tough, enlisted on 5th of August 1914. He trained with the Gordon Highlanders at Bedford and entered the Theatre of War in 1915 in France. He fought in the Somme and was wounded at the Battle of Bray on 12th of July 1916. After recovery he was accepted for transfer to the Machine Gun Corps and finished the War in Ypres with the rank of Lance Corporal. He was awarded the 1914-15 Mons Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal At the outbreak of WW2 he joined the Home Guard. Unfortunately I have no photo of him in uniform. Add to this record.   Pte. James McRae 5th Btn. Gordon Highlanders (d.2nd Dec 1916) My great uncle James McRae served in the First World War with the Gordon Highlanders. He was killed on Dec 2nd, 1916 in the Battle of Arras (I believe) - his body was never found so he is sadly one of the thousands of 'unknown soldiers' from the First World War. He was a poet and I am in possession of some of his poems. My grandfather was the last person in our family to see him, as he walked to the train station with him on his way to the front. Editor's Note: It is more likely James was killed following the Battle of Ancre Heights as he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Jim McRae Add to this record.   Lt. Robert Abercromby Forbes-Sempill 5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders (d.2nd Jun 1915) Robert Abercromby Forbes-Sempill died from wounds. He is mentioned in book "The Aristocracy and the Great War". sflynn Add to this record.   Pte. Edward Lyon Alexander 5th Battalion (Buchan & Formartin),D Company Gordon Highlanders My grandfather, Edward Alexander volunteered for the 5th Battalion (Buchan & Formartin),D Company Turriff, Gordon Highlanders in 1914. I think he was wounded in 1915. He was transferred to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers & Labour Corps. I am trying to find out why he would have been transferred and if there are any records of him in the Inniskillings. Gordon Edward Alexander Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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