|
|
|
1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
| Want to know more about 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry? There are:5249 items tagged 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 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 with1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Cameron Thomas. Pte. (d.8th March 1916)
- Clarke Wilson. Pte. (d.9th Jan 1917)
- Delaney Thomas Francis. Pte. (d.9th Sept 1916)
- Green Alexander. L/Cpl. (d.23rd Oct 1916)
- Lang John Murphy. (d.11th January 1917)
- MacDonald Duncan Alexander. L/Cpl.
- McCann Joseph Davidson. Cpl. (d.30th Nov 1917)
- Peart John. Pte. (d.25th October 1918)
- Sandison Robert. Pte. (d.11th January 1917)
- Turner Andrew. Pte. (d.22nd Mar 1915)
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 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry from other sources.
|
|
The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website.
- 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time.
|
Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our
Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text.
|
Looking for help with Family History Research?
Please see Family History FAQ's
Please note: We are unable to provide individual research.
|
|
Can you help?
The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors.
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
- 19th Nov 2024
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
264989 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.
|
|
|
Pte. Thomas Francis Delaney 8/10th Btn. Gordon Highlanders (d.9th Sept 1916) Thomas Delaney was my great uncle. His brother, James, was killed on 19th of December 1914 whilst serving with the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry.
|
John Murphy Lang 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.11th January 1917) John Lang was the fifth child of a family of 8 children born in Glasgow to parents John Lang and Joanna Murphy.
He died in Mesopotamia on the 11th of January 1917 and is commemorated in the Basra War Memorial. John received the Victory, British and the Star medals.
|
Pte. John Peart 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.25th October 1918) John Peart served with the 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
|
L/Cpl. Duncan Alexander MacDonald 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry Duncan MacDonald served with 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
|
L/Cpl. Alexander Green 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.23rd Oct 1916) Alexander Green served with the 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry
|
Pte. Thomas Cameron 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.8th March 1916) Remembered at the Basra Memorial, it seems highly likely that Thomas Cameron was killed during the attack on the Dujaila Redoubt. This was on the march to Bagdad which led to a section of the British Army being cut off at Kut.
He was 38 years old when he died and left a wife, Margaret and 7 children at his home in Great Hamilton Street, Paisley.
|
Pte. Robert Sandison 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.11th January 1917) Robert Sandison was my great uncle. He was the younger brother of my grandfather, John Sandison.
|
Pte. Wilson Clarke 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.9th Jan 1917) Wilson Clarke died on the 9th of January 1917 and is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq.
|
Pte. Andrew Turner 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.22nd Mar 1915) My great uncle died in WW1 and is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery. On 4th April, my 15 year old daughter will travel to France to pay our respects, almost 100 years after his death on the Western Front. Rest in Peace!
|
Cpl. Joseph Davidson McCann 5th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.30th Nov 1917) Joseph Davidson McCann was my mother's uncle. I knew nothing of his story until shortly before my mothers death 4 yrs ago. All I know about him is he served with the 1st and 5th battalions of the Highland Light Infantry, he is buried in Ramleh cemetery.
|
Recomended Reading.Available at discounted prices.
|
|
|
Site Home
Help & FAQs
