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1st Battalion, Scots Guards
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Those known to have served with1st Battalion, Scots Guards during the Great War 1914-1918. - Donoghue John. Pte. (d.27th November 1917)
- Fuller Charles. Pte. (d.11th Nov 1914)
- Gilmore John Owen. Pte. (d.27th Sep 1915)
- Longworth Joseph. Pte
- MacKenzie Colin. Pte. (d.12th Nov 1914)
- McCallum John. Pte. (d.28th Oct 1914)
- Pretswell John. Pte (d.14th Sep 1914)
- Richardson Samuel Alexander. L/Sgt. (d.20th Sep 1914)
- Sloan Thomas. Pte. (d.15th September 1916)
- Spencer MID Randolph Churchill. Sgt.
- Stoddart Richard Thomas. Pte. (d.10th Oct 1915)
- Tench James. Pte.
- Webster Brown. Sgt.
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Pte. Charles Fuller 1st Btn. Scots Guards (d.11th Nov 1914) Charles Fuller is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
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Pte. Colin MacKenzie 1st Btn. Scots Guards (d.12th Nov 1914) Colin MacKenzie served with the 1st Scots Guards.
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Pte. John Donoghue 1st Btn. Scots Guards (d.27th November 1917) John Donoghue was an uncle who died in WW1 leaving behind his parents, 2 younger brothers and 3 sisters. He was predeceased by 2 infant brothers. He is remembered by the family each year and visits have been made to Cambrai where he is memorialized.
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Pte. James Tench 1st Btn. Scots Guards  On the 13th of August 1914 at the age of 47, James Tench re-enlisted in his old Regiment, the Scots Guards, putting his age down to enlist. On
13th of September 1914 he embarked for France as part of the British Expeditionary Force becoming known as The Old Contemptibles. He saw action in and around Ypres taking part in 2 operations for which he received 2 silver rosettes and the First Battle of Ypres. On 7th of August 1915 he returned to England, his service record notes him as sick, being transferred to the 3rd Battalion and admitted to Adelaide Hospital Dublin the nature of his illness is unknown. On 11th August 1916 James is transferred to the Guards Depot Caterham Barracks where he is discharged from the Scots Guards on 14th of August 1916. He was awarded Chelsea Special Invalid Board Pension on 15th August 1916 finally being discharged from the Army as medically unfit (disability Myalgia) on 29th of August 1916.
James Tench was awarded the following medals; 1914 Star with Clasp & Roses, British War Medal and Victory Medal, along with the Silver War Badge and the Kings Certificate.
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Pte John Pretswell 1st Btn. Scots Guards (d.14th Sep 1914) John Pretswell is an ancestor I found through genealogical research into my birth mother's family. I was placed for adoption in Glasgow when I was an infant. He would have been part of the original British Expeditionary Force and an early casualty of the Great War. He died in the First Battle of the Aisne. His grave is located in the Villers-En-Prayeres Communal Cemetery in France.
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Pte. John McCallum 2nd Btn. Scots Guards (d.28th Oct 1914) I have inherited John McCallum's medals and would like to return them to his family if possible.
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Pte. Richard Thomas Stoddart 1st Battalion Scots Guards (d.10th Oct 1915) Richard Stoddard is remembered on the Loos Memorial. He had two brothers who were also soldiers and they died around same time.
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Pte. Thomas Sloan 1st Btn. Scots Guards (d.15th September 1916) Thomas Sloan was one of four brothers killed in WW1. His other brothers were: Donald Sloan killed in Arras, Robert Sloan killed in Ypres, William Sloan killed unknown.
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Pte. John Owen Gilmore 1st Bn Scots Guards (d.27th Sep 1915) John Gilmore was the son of Mr and Mrs Owen Gilmore of 269 New Chester Road, New Ferry, Cheshire.
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Sgt. Brown Webster 1st Battalion Scots Guards Brown Webster was my husband's grandfather. He enlisted in the Scots Guards on 5th November 1914, lying about his age. He was actually 16. He was sent to France on 6th April 1916 and was promoted to Sergeant on 10th October 1916. He was wounded and sent home on 10th August 1917. He was treated (we believe) for shrapnel wounds in Endell St Hospital in London and was then declared unfit for further service. He was discharged from the reserve battalion in 1919. He became a draper after the war but died in 1930 aged 32.
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Sgt. Randolph Churchill Spencer MID 1st Battalion Scots Guards/Tank Corps My grandfather Randolph Spencer was born 11.4.1894 in Auchenflower, Queensland. His parents had emigrated in 1883. He came to the UK and joined the Scots Guards. He saw action at Ypres, Festubert and Loos.
He was made up to Acting Sgt 22.6.1915 1st Battalion Scots Guards (London Gazette).
He married at the Parish Church, Willesden having met my grandmother (I believe she was a nurse during WW1) on 10.6.1916. A photo shows him centre with a couple of his men at his wedding. He was Mentioned in Dispatches a couple of times having rescued his men whilst wounded. His first son Paul was born in December 1917 in Wareham (I assume as he was now part of the Tank Corps his wife was living near Wareham where they were training men). He was commissioned after the war but retired 28.10.1921.
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L/Sgt. Samuel Alexander Richardson 1st Battalion Scots Guards (d.20th Sep 1914) My grandfather, Samuel Richardson sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder during the Battle of Aisne on the 14th September 1914. His death certificate which was written in French by a medical officer by the name of Armstrong Smith states that he died from serious chest complications.
The war diary for this day states 'The Batallion moved at 5.30am via Moulins and Vendresse to a hill between that place and Troyon - 2 companies in Brigade reserve and 2 companies sent as artillery escort to Tour de Passy'. The casualties for this day is recorded as 3 officers and 16 men killed, 3 officers and 86 men wounded and 12 missing. Information kindly supplied by the Headquarters Scots Guards, London SW1.
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