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2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
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Those known to have served with2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Adamson James. Pte. (d.23rd Oct 1918)
- Ballantyne George. Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- Barr Joseph. Pte. (d.7th Nov 1914)
- Batchelor Robert. Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- Brodie VC, MC. Walter Lorrain. Lt.Col. (d.21st Aug 1918)
- Campbell William. Pte.
- Crawford DCM. John. Pte.
- Cull Michael Mcull. Pte. (d.19th Apr 1916)
- Donley Joseph. Pte. (d.15th November 1916)
- Duckett Kenneth Lees. 2nd Lt. (d.22nd Aug 1916)
- Farquhar MM and bar, MID. Alaexander George. Pte.
- Glencross Robert. Cpl. (d.23rd August 1918)
- Gore Francis. Pte. (d.25th Sept 1915)
- Healy Patrick. Pte.
- Jeffries George Edward. A/CQMS.
- Lawrie James. L/Cpl. (d.30th Jun 1918)
- Mackay John Dixon Comrie. Pte.
- McCann Frank. Cpl. (d.4th Nov 1918)
- Perris Albert Joseph. Pte. (d.3rd Nov 1914)
- Rowley Charles. Pte. (d.17th October 1915)
- Rowley Charles. Pte. (d.17th Oct 1915)
- Sirr Edward. Pte. (d.24th Aug 1918)
- Stevenson Francis. Pte. (d.8th Sep 1918)
- Stewart MID William. Cpl. (d.25th November 1914)
- Tait John. Pte. (d.3rd Oct 1918)
- Waite George. Pte. (d.15th Nov 1916)
- Walker William. Pte. (d.25th August 1918)
- Wallace John. Pte. (d.21st Sep 1915)
- Willis MM, CdeG. Walter Thomas. Sgt.
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Pte. Michael Mcull Cull 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.19th Apr 1916) Michael Cull was my grandfather. He served with the Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion. He died on 19th April 1916 and is buried in Tranchee Mecknes Cemetery Aix- Noulette. Which is small with a mixture of Nationalities.
Approx. 2months after his death his widow died of consumption. Her two young children, both girls, were placed into the care of nuns. His widow was buried in a pauper's grave. I am not allowed to mark her grave as she is buried with others and the authorities have said that relatives of the others may not want this. I have never had a grandfather and would desperately like to know how Michael died and what action took place.
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Lt.Col. Walter Lorrain Brodie VC, MC. 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.21st Aug 1918) Walter Brodie was killed in action on 23rd of August 1918, aged 34 and is buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery in France.
Son of John Wilson Brodie, of 23, Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh, he was the husband of Grace Mary Brodie.
An extract from the London Gazette, No. 29005, dated 12th Dec., 1914, records the following:- "For conspicuous gallantry near Becelaere on the 11th November, in clearing the enemy out of a portion of our trenches which they had succeeded in occupying. Heading the charge, he bayoneted several of the enemy, and thereby relieved a dangerous situation. As a result of Lt. Brodie's promptitude, 80 of the enemy were killed and 51 taken prisoners."
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Pte. John Dixon Comrie Mackay 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry John Mackay served with the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, the Seaforth Highlanders, and the Army Service Corps, Regimental number in WW1.
He was awarded the British War Medal, Victory Medal and the 1914-1915 Star having gone to France on the 13th of October 1915. Jack re-enlisted on the 29th of April 1920 into the Army Service Corps.
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Pte. John Tait 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.3rd Oct 1918) John Tait served with the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
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Pte. Patrick Healy 14th Btn. Highland Light Infantry We believe that my grandfather, Patrick Healy, gave his birth date 2 years younger than he was, perhaps he would have been too old to join up at the time he signed up to the 14th Highland Light Infantry.
All I know is that one point he attached to 120th Machine Gun Company. Then to 2nd Highland Light Infantry.
He was badly gassed at some point and ended up at the Dunlop House Red Cross Hospital in Ayrshire where he met my grandmother. She was the daughter of the Head Gardener of the big house and according to my 96 year old mother would go up to the Hospital to write letters for the invalided soldiers. They eventually married, but he died at an early age in 1932 when she was 10, having been troubled by lung problems since the war.
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Sgt. Walter Thomas Willis MM, CdeG. 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry My grandfather Walter Willis was in the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry and became a Sergeant Signaller.
He was awarded the MM and the Belgian Croix De Guere for bravery under fire. He was also mentioned twice in despatches.
No one new about this until he died aged 83 when the medals and paperwork were found.
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A/CQMS. George Edward Jeffries 7th Btn. Suffolk Regiment George Jeffries embarked on 30th of May 1915. George was later transferred to the 2nd Highland Light Infantry, then the 5th Highland Light Infantry.
He reached the rank of A/CQMS and was demobbed on the 4th of April 1919 at Hamilton. He was awarded the Victory and British Medals and the 15 Star.
He was born in Pakefield, Suffolk and was married to Maggie.
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Pte. John Wallace 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.21st Sep 1915) John Wallace served with the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. The Evening Times reported "Information has been received in Coatbridge that Private John Wallace, 2nd HLI of Barronfield Place, Coatbridge was killed in action in France on 21st of September 1915. He was employed with Mr William Gibson, painter, Academy Street, Coatbridge. His brother William, 9th Black Watch was killed some months ago."
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Pte. James Adamson 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.23rd Oct 1918) My great uncle James Adamson was killed 19 days prior to the Armistice, he has no known grave.
Although listed as being 23 years old in the war records, he is shown on the 1901 census as 2 years old, which would make him 19 at time of death.
He is commemorated Vis en Artois memorial just outside of Arras, a place I intend to visit on 23rd of October 2018, 100 years to the day he died.
Just recently a photo miraculously turned up from somewhere in our family and no one really knew for sure who it was, but I have no doubt it is him.
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Pte. Joseph Barr 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.7th Nov 1914) My Grandfather Joseph Barr, 7134, 2nd HLI was killed on 7th of November 1914, near Ypres, when his trench was invaded by a large number of Germans.
He was one of a small number of casualties. He and his fallen comrades are buried in Oosttaverne Cemetery.
This event was the one when Lt. W.L.Brodie won his VC, widely and wrongly reported as 11.11.1914 the day when 2HLI's CO recorded the full event in his diary.
It is a big story and can be found on the Scotland's War website under the section Lanarkshire War.
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Pte. John Crawford DCM. 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry John Crawford was wounded in action in France. He was awarded the DCM "For conspicuous gallantry on many occasions in conveying messages under heavy shell and rifle fire and for zeal and coolness in the performance of his duties".
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Pte. Charles Rowley 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.17th Oct 1915) My great uncle, Charles Rowley, was killed in action.
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Pte. Joseph Donley 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.15th November 1916) My grandad - Joseph Donley, served with the Highland Light Infantry, 2nd battalion. It is sad that my father did not have his father in his life, and I also regret not knowing him. His son, my father, was only three years old when grandad was killed in action on the Somme in the Great War on 15th November 1916. His beloved horse was also taken taken for use in the war. His other children Annie Hastings Donley was two years old and a baby, Elizabeth, was just three weeks old when he was killed. I wish I had a photo of my grandad. R.I.P my grandad. I honour you.
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Pte. Charles Rowley 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.17th October 1915) My great uncle Charles Rowley was killed in action in Northern France. He is buried in Cambrin Churchyard.
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Cpl. William Stewart MID 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.25th November 1914) Cpl William Stewart, my grandfather, fought in several battles in the early part of WW1. He was seriously wounded and was treated at Poperinghe Hospital in Flanders where he died of his wounds. He is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, remembered with honour.
My father, who was age 7 when his father died, told us the story that the night before he was sent off to war his father, William Stewart, climbed over the barracks wall in Glasgow to see his wife and 3 children before returning. The family never saw him again.
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Pte. William Campbell 2nd (Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry My frandfather, William Campbell was born in 1881. He served in the First World War with the 2nd (Glasgow) Battalion, H.L.I. William, his wife Isabella Fulton, with four sons, emigrated to Canada following the war and died in Montreal in 1953. William's brother, Duncan McDonald Campbell, who had emigrated to Canada before the commencement of hostilities, served for Canada in WW1. He was killed at Festubert, France on 20th May 1915 and is buried in the Vimy Memorial. All four of William's sons, William, Duncan, John and Robert served Canada in WW2. My father was William and I was named after my great uncle Duncan who lost his life in WW1. My mother was Margaret Smith and all four of her brothers served Canada in WW2. My grandfather William is remembered as a hero in many ways as he is also recognized in the Carnegie Hero Trust for saving the life of a 10-year-old boy who had fallen off a ship at Whiteinch, Scotland on the river Clyde on 19th May 1914, shortly before he left for WW1.
I am in the process of reframing my grandfather's British War Medal, Victory Medal, British Campaign Medal, Royal Society Bronze Medal and Masonic Pin to pass to my son, Darrell Campbell, and to grandson Jessie Campbell. 100 years and five generations later our extended families continue to respect and give thanks to William for his service and legacy. His values run deep.
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Pte. Francis Gore 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.25th Sept 1915) I have only discovered Francis Gore, he is my husband's grand uncle. He was killed at the Battle of Loos.
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Pte. George Ballantyne 2nd Btn Highland Light Infantry (d.28th April 1917) George Ballantine died aged 23 and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
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Pte. Albert Joseph Perris 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.3rd Nov 1914) Albert Joseph Perris was born on the 22nd December 1881, his birth being registered in Limerick, Ireland in the 1st quarter of 1882. He was the son of James William and Mary Anne (nee Ahearn).
In 1891, aged 9, he was living at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich with his parents (his father being a Barracks Serjeant in the Army Service Corps) and 5 siblings.
By 1901 his father had left the Army and was a “Customs Watcher†living with Mary A and 4 children in East London (an additional child being born in 1893).
In 1911 his father was a married “In Pensioner†at The Royal Hospital, Chelsea which meant that he had given up his Army pension to live in the Hospital with lodging, meals and medical treatment free while Mary Anne was living in Forest Gate, East London with 3 of their children. The census written by Mary notes that they had 8 children 2 of whom had died.
Albert was at The Gordon Boys Home, West End, Surrey in about 1894. The Home, built by public subscription in memory of General Gordon, was a home for waif, strays and children of impoverished families to be taught a trade. It was run on military lines and very many of the boys joined the Army. At Gordon's he was taught to play a musical instrument as he became a musician in the Highland Light Infantry.
Aged 13 in 1894 he would have left Gordons in about 1896/7. If it is assumed that he enlisted soon after leaving Gordons he would have completed his 12 years by 1910.
He was a Bandsman in the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry with the Regimental number 6490 when he landed at Boulogne on the 14th August 1914. Therefore, he was still in the Army, or a Reservist, when war was declared.
The 2/HLI were in Aldershot and part of 5th Brigade, 2nd Division in early August 1914 and were immediately mobilised.
On the 1st November 1914 the 2nd Division held the left of the British line outside Ypres from Zonnebeke to Polygon Wood with the 1st Division on its right and French Colonial troops on its left. At noon the 2/HLI were withdrawn from the line and placed in Divisional reserve where they remained for some days.
Albert was killed in action on the 3rd November along with with 7 comrades. The Official Record compiled after the war states that the "on the 3rd, 4th and 5th November little change..." although the German Heavy Artillery increased in volume due to additional guns and ammunition.
Two of those killed have known graves, with the others including Albert are remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
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Cpl. Frank McCann 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.4th Nov 1918) Frank McCann was killed a week before the end of the war. His wife thought he was coming home and my granda never knew his father. Frank is buried in Ors France.
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