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Royal Scots Fusiliers Regular Battalions: 1st Battalion,Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Territorial Force: 4th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 2/4th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 2/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 3/4th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 3/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Kitchener's New Army: 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 8th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 9th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th (Works) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 13th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Want to know more about the Royal Scots Fusiliers? There are:6998 items tagged Royal Scots Fusiliers 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 Royal Scots Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Ambrose John. Cpl. 1st Battalion (d.27th March 1916) Antrobus William. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.28th April 1917) Arnold Charles Paul. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.14th October 1918) Ayton James. Pte. 6th/7th Btn. (d.12th August 1916 ) Ballantyne Thomas. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.25th Apr 1916) Barbour Alexander Ferguson. Pte. 1/4th Battalion (d.8th December 1917) Barker Arthur George. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th May 1916) Barr MC David. 2nd Lt. 12th Btn Bell Arthur D.. Pte. Biggs George. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.23rd April 1917) Binns Reginald. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.31st Jul 1916) Boag Thomas. Pte 12th Battalion (d.28th June 1918) Bonnar John. Sgt. 2nd Btn. Booker Henry. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.9th Feb 1917) Boughey VC. Stanley Henry Parry. 2nd.Lt. 1st/4th Btn. (d.4th Dec 1917) Boughey VC. Stanley Henry Parry. 2nd.Lt. 1st/4th Btn. (d.4th Dec 1917) Bowman Matthew Nielson. Cpl. 2nd Btn. D Coy Brown James. Pte. 8th Btn Brown Joseph. Sgt. 2nd Battalion (d.12th Mar 1915) Brown Joseph. 2nd Btn. (d.21st May 1917) Brown William. Pte. 2nd Bn. (d.13th March 1915) Buckley John. Pte. 2nd Btn. Burrows Henry William. 9th Battalion (d.18th April 1917) Burrows R.. Cpl. Burtenshaw Percy. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.30th July 1916) Byers J.. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.6th June 1915) Cairnie P.. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.28th Dec 1916) Cannon John. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1918) Carroll Patrick. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.19th Sep 1915) Casey James William. Pte. 9th Btn. A Coy. Chapman Percy. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.28th Mar 1918) Coleman MiD. Albert John. Pte. 1st Btn. Cope John Wassell. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.19th August 1918) Craven William. Sgt. 1st Btn. (d.26th Sept 1917) Cron Thomas Robertson. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.5th July 1915) Crossan Bernard. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.22nd March 1918) Cummiskey James. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.8th Nov 1917) Cunningham Samuel. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.23rd July 1916) Curran James. Pte. 6/7th Battalion (d.31st July 1917) Davey John Robert. Pte. 1st Battalion Dolan T.. Sgt. 2nd Btn. (d.13th May 1918) Donnelly John. Pte. 6/7th Battalion (d.11th April 1917) Downs Arthur. Pte. 1st Btn. Drummond James. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.16th May 1915) Duffield Charles. Cpl. 2nd Battalion Duffy John. Pte. att. 258 Tunnelling Company RE. (d.31st Jul 1917) Eady Amos. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.30th July 1918) Edgar MM. Abraham. Pte. 11th Btn. Evans A.. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.6th Feb 1915) Ferguson Joseph. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.20th Apr 1917) Ferguson Robert. Pte. 1/4th Btn. Ferry James. Pte. 1st Battalion Fisher Charles Frederick. Pte. 2nd Btn. Fowler David. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.12th July 1915) Gallacher Thomas. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.4th Aug 1915) Geddes James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.27th Mar 1917) Geddes Robert Thompson. Pte. 8th Btn., D Coy. (d.19th Sep 1918) Geddes Robert Thomson. Pte. 8th Btn. D Coy. (d.19th Sep 1918) Gibson Charles. Pte 4th Battalion Gibson Daniel McAllister. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.31st Oct 1918) Gibson Hugh. Cpl. 7th Btn. (d.9th Sep 1915) Gillan Thomas. Sgt. 4th Battalion Gillies Murdoch. Pte 10th Btn Gould Albert. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.6th May 1918) Gray Alexander Leonard. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.12th Nov 1917) Gray Alexander Leonard. Sig. 1/4th Btn. (d.12th Nov 1917) Gray William. Pte. 6/7th Btn. (d.14th Jan 1917) Gray William. Pte 6/7th Battalion (d.14th January 1917) Greenhalgh W.. Pte 7th Btn. (d.27th February 1916) Hamilton John Peterson. Sgt. 8th Btn. (d.19th Sep 1918) Hardy John Joseph. Pte. (d.7th Aug1914) Harriman William Alfred Foulds. Pte. 7th Btn . Harris Arthur. Pte. 2nd Battalion, D Coy Harris Arthur. Pte. 2nd Btn. D Coy. Harvey Richard Henry. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Hewitson David. 5th Battalion Hills MM and 2 Clasps Joseph Henry. Lance Corporal 1st Battalion Hodge John. Fus. 2nd Battalion (d.1st oct 1915) Holliday George. Fus. 6th/7th Btn. (d.10th Aug 1916) Holliday Thomas. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.16th Dec 1917) Holliday Thomas. Pte. 8th Btn (d.19th Sep 1918) Hood Archibald. Sgt. 2/4th Btn. Horsburgh J.. Sgt. 9th Btn. Hurt MID Seymour Frederick Auckland Albert. Capt. 1st Btn. (d.18th Oct 1914) Jackson Arthur. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.19th Apr 1917) Jackson Arthur. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.19th April 1917) Jackson Arthur. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.19th April 1917) Jenkins Walter Cecil. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.30th June 1916) Kane James. Pte. Kay James. Pte. 1/4th Battalion (d.26th Aug 1918) Kelle William. 6/7th Btn. (d.21st Mar 1918) Kennedy James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.27th Feb 1915) Kilcullen Patrick. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.12th November 1916) Lamb James. Pte. 6th/7th Battalion (d.12th Aug 1916) Lamont James. Pte. 1st Btn. Lazarus William F.. 11th Btn. C Coy. 12 Pl. Lee T.. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.10th July 1916) Logan John. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.3rd Apr 1915) Longbottom Albert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.19th Sep 1918) Longbottom Albert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.19th Sep 1918) Lowery William Matthew. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.26th Sep 1917) Lowrie Kenneth Campbell. L/Cpl. 1/4th Btn. (d.13th Nov 1917) Lucas Alexander. 2Lt. 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion, R Company Macfarlane Robert. Pte. 12th Battalion MacLeod Malcolm Murray. Cpl. 2/9th Btn. Maltman MM. John. Fus. Marples George Edwin. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.30th July 1916) McAlpine Archibald. Sgt. 8th Btn. (d.28th Oct 1918) McCaig John. Pte. 1st/5th Btn. (d.19th Sept 1915) McCallister Robert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.19th Sep 1918) McCallum Archibald. 6/7th Btn. (d.11th April 1917) McCracken Alexander. Sgt. 1/5th Btn. McCririck George. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.27th Dec 1917) McCurdie John Farrell. Pte. McFadyen Felix. Pte. Mcgeachy MM. Charles. Pte. 12th Btn. Mcgirr Hugh. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.13th May 1917) McIlhone John. Pte. McIndoe MC William. Captain 5th Battalion McIntyre Alexander McNeil. Colour Sjt. 1/4th Btn. McNaughton Duncan. Pte (d.26th September 1915) McPhee James Anderson. A/Sgt. 1/5th Btn. McQuaid William. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.23rd July 1915) McRae John. Pte. 9th Btn. McRobbie George. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.9th July 1916) McShane Frederick. Pte. 6/7th Battalion (d.4th June 1916) McShane Frederick. Pte. 6th/7th Btn. (d.4th June 1916) McSherry Terence. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.30th July 1915) McSherry Terence. L/Cpl. 2nd Battalion (d.30th July 1916) McSherry Terence. L/Cpl. 2nd Battalion (d.30th July 1916) Meikle Gilbert Eliot. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.12th July 1915) Meiklejohn John. Pte. 1/4 Battalion, B Company, No7 Platoon Mellon Patrick. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th March 1915) Mellon Patrick P.. 2nd Btn (d.13th Mar 1915) Melvin MiD. Sidney. Sgt. 1st Btn Mill William Henry. 2nd Lt. 1/5th Battalion (d.12th July 1915) Mitchell David. Pte. Moore Henry. Pte. Moran John B.. Pte. 12th Btn (d.12th Oct 1917) Muir MM Ernest. Cpl A/Sgt 5th Bn Muir William. Pte. 12th Battalion (d.6th Nov 1917) Mulloy Daniel. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.17th Aug 1916) Murdoch James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.1st Nov 1918) Murray Edward Saunders. Pte. 6/7th Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916) Nicholson George . 2nd Battalion (d.30th June 1916) Nimmo MM. John. Pte. 12th Btn. B company (d.19th August 1918) Nisbet Robert. Pte. 1/4th Bn. Oldham William. Sgt. 1st Garrison Battalion Ottaway Clarence G.. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.2nd June 1918) Patchett Albert. Pte. 1/4th Battalion (d.15th April 1917) Paton Alexander Ramsey. Pte. 6/7 Battalion (d.22 August 1917) Perrie John. Pte. 1/5th Btn (d.13th Jul 1915) Pollard MM. Albert Edward. RSM. 6/7th Btn. (d.31st July 1917) Prattis James. Pipr. Provan Robert. Pte. Readyhoof Richard. Pte. 12th Btn. Reid John. Cpl. 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Btn. (d.1st November 1918) Reilly Joseph Peter. Pte. 1st Battalion Roberts MC, DCM Frederick George . Captain 1/5th Btn. Robertson William Hamilton. Pte. Rogan Bartholomew. 8th Battalion Rolfe MID Edward Fredrick. Pte. Serrels Charles. Pte. 1st Btn. Shaw Frank. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.12th April 1918) Sidwell John Sidney. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.15th Sep 1914) Sidwell Sidney John. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.15th Sep 1914) Skidmore DCM William Elias. Sjt. 2nd Btn. (d.30th Jul 1916) Smart Lawrence. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.30th July 1916) Stanton Francis Stanislaus. 2Lt. 5th Battalion (d.27th Sep 1918) Stewart Stanely. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.29th Aug 1917) Stewart William. Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.27th March 1916) Strang MID. James. Capt. 12th Battalion Stringer Herbert. Sgt. 2nd Battalion (d.22nd Oct 1914) Sutherland John. Pte. Sweeney Patrick. Pte. 4th Btn. Taylor William. Pte. 12th Btn. Teevan Thomas. L/Sgt. 8th Btn. Thurlow Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.3rd May 1917) Thurlow Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.3rd May 1917) Timmins John. Pte. Treadwell Allan. Pte. Turnbull Andrew. Pte. 2nd Batalion (d.21st Mar 1918) Vickers Henry. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.27th March 1916) Wain Charles Panton. Pte. Walker Jacob. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.30th Jul 1916) Walker Robert Cooper. Pte. 4th Battalion Walker Robert Nicol. L/Cpl. 2nd Battalion (d.30th July 1916) Ward Charles Francis. T/WO 1st Btn. Watson George. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.18th Jul 1916) West Robert. Pte. 2nd Btn. Whayman B.. Pte 11th Btn (d.9th Sept 1918) White Samuel Caddis. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.13th Nov 1917) Whitlie Peter. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.23rd April 1917) Wickes Albert Edward. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.14th Mar 1915) Williams Reuben Septimus. Drummer. 1st Battalion (d. 23rd Aug 1914) Williams Thomas. (d.2nd Nov 1922) Wilson . Pte. Wilson David Mills. Qm 5th Btn Wilson Samuel. Pte. 2nd Battallion (d.31st Oct 1914) Wolstenholme MM & Bar. William. Sgt. 2nd Btn. Woods Michael. Pte 7th Battalion (d.26th September 1915) Woodworth Arthur William. Pte. Young George. L/Sjt. 17th (Service) Battalion (Rosebery's) (d.18th Oct 1916) Young William Clark. Pte. 1st Btn. 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 More Royal Scots Fusiliers records. 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. 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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. 1206196 Cpl. Hugh Gibson 7th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.9th Sep 1915) Hugh Gibson was killed in action 9th September 1915, aged 34. he was the son of Thomas and Jean Gibson, of Blantyre, Glasgow; husband of Jessie Stoddart Gibson, of 38 Broompark Rd., High Blantyre, Glasgow s flynn Add to this record. 1206067 Pte. James Curran 6/7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.31st July 1917) One of three brothers who were killed during WWI, and an uncle of my mother, James Curran died on the 31st of July 1917 and his name is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. Glenn Lamont Add to this record. 264772 Pte. John Buckley 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers John Buckley was wounded in action in June 1915 and later discharged "as no longer being physically fit for war service"in October 1916 from a Military Hospital in Croydon, Surrey. David Owen Add to this record. 263277 Pte. Joseph Peter Reilly 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers It appears that Joseph Reilly was captured at Hilloch in France on 11th of May 1916 and was taken to Douai, some 30 km away (about 20 miles), a Prisoner of War Camp, and arrived there on 15th of May 1916, this was listed in a POW prisoners document dated 7th of June 1916. Joseph, was then moved to Dulmen POW camp which was in Germany where he was to stay until August 1916. A Prisoner of War list dated 9th of August 1916, from Minden POW camp, showing that Joseph had now been moved there from Dulmen POW camp. A document, dated, 13th of August 1916, shows that Joseph was previously Reported Missing, but then reported prisoner of war in documents released by the German Government By May of 1917 Joseph had moved camps again, this time to Friedrichsfeld, it appears that when he arrived he was suffering from a broken shoulder. A document released reports when Joseph had been released from being a Prisoner of War, and was returned to England. The 2nd of December 1918 this shows the date Joseph was demobbed from the Army on 21st of March 1919 Stuart Reilly Add to this record. 262863 Pte. Charles Mcgeachy MM. 12th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Charles Mcgeachy was awarded the Military Medal. Stuart Matthews Add to this record. 262761 Pte. John B. Moran 12th Btn Royal Scots (d.12th Oct 1917) John Moran, my Great Great Uncle, originally enlisted with the 12th Battalion, but is noted to be serving with the 8th at the time of his death. Add to this record. 262669 Pte. William Alfred Foulds Harriman 7th Btn . Royal Scots Fusiliers My granddad Bill Harriman was born in 1897 and when he joined up he was only 16. He lied about his age so he could help his country in 1914 . He went in to the Royal Scots Fusiliers and he finished up being a POW for the last two years of the war. He was put on a farm first then he got on well with the people who ran the farm. He was then put in to a salt mine until the British Red Cross found him after the war. He was in a terrible state when he came home full of lice and was only 6 stone and he had been shot but the Germans put him in a hospital and cared for his wounds before they put him on the farm. He finished up with a limp for the rest of his life. He then went and joined up in 1945. Sharron Allen Add to this record. 259062 Pte William Gray 6/7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.14th January 1917) William Grey is listed in the Statutory Registers of death as presumed dead in France, on 14th of January 1917. Terry Gray Tolmie Add to this record. 258623 Pte. John Cannon Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.12th Oct 1918) John Cannon of the Royal Scots Fusiliers died of pneumonia whilst a POW. Christine Coward Add to this record. 258026 Qm David Mills Wilson 5th Btn Royal Scots Fusiliers David Wilson was my grandfather. I know he served in Gallipoli and France and was a crack shot. He worked for Afflecks estimating for refurbishing houses all over Ayrshire. He had been an upholsterer and my grandmother was a French polisher before she married. They lived in various houses in Ayr finally settling in Newton on Ayr. They had seven children. Allison Naismith Add to this record. 257682 Pte. Charles Paul Arnold 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.14th October 1918) My Uncle Charles first served with the Labour Corps, then as a Signaller with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was born and grew up in Ayr, and died in Flanders on 14th of October 1918 just four weeks before Armistice. He is buried in the Dadizele New British Cemetery in Belgium. He served from 4th of December 1914 until is death at the age of 21 and four months. Add to this record. 256765 Pte. James Ayton 6th/7th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.12th August 1916 ) James Ayton served with the 6/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers in WW1. He died 12th of August 1916 aged 21 years and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Son of John and Mary Ayton of 45 Carntyne Rd. Glasgow. Add to this record. 256593 Pte. Patrick Carroll 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.19th Sep 1915) Patrick Carroll, my great-grandfather, joined the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers and arrived in France on 11th of June 1915. He was killed near Sancutuary Wood in the September. He is buried at Brandhoek Military Cemetery. Soldiers Died (vol26 Royal Scots Fusiliers) has under 1st Battalion deaths: "Carroll, Patrick born Mulliby, Co. Armagh, enlisted Dalmellington, Ayrshire, 16236, Pte, k. in a., F&F, 19th Sep 1915." 1st RSF War diary records 18th of September 1915 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers relieved the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots in trenches B8, B7, B4, 1/2 B3, B2S, B2R, B1R. in Sanctuary Wood. 19th of September 1915 Enemy bombarded our trenches and supports with HE from about 8.30am - 9.45 am. Considerable amount of trench blown in both in firing line and support lines.... 4.30 to6.15 pm B7, B4, B8 supports in Sanctuary Wood heavily bombarded...... .Casualties. The Honour Roll in the Glasgow Evening Times, 7th of October 1915 recorded, "Mrs Patrick Carroll, 10 Broomknowe, Dalmellington, has been officially notified that her husband, Private Patrick Carroll 1st R.S.F. was killed on September 19. He went through the South African War without receiving a scratch, though being in most of the big engagements. In civil life he was a brushing contractor in the Dalmellingtion Iron Company's No.2 pit in Pennyvenie. He leaves a widow and seven of a family, the eldest son being also in service". We haven't yet been able to find an official date of birth as his family came to Scotland from Ireland when he was a child, but we do know he was 45 when he joined up. Louise Carroll Add to this record. 256452 A/Sgt. James Anderson McPhee 1/5th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers James McPhee was a piper and came out to Canada in 1911. At the outbreak of war, he was working as a chauffeur in New York City. He came back to Scotland in the fall of 1914 on the SS Ausonia. He enlisted in the 1/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers as a Private and presumably fought with the battalion in Turkey, the Middle East, and in France. He was demobilized as an Acting Sergeant in 1919 and lived the rest of his live in Perth. Pipes of War, lists him as the Pipe Major of the 5th RSF but call him John vs James. Bruce Beavis Add to this record. 256190 William F. Lazarus 11th Btn. C Coy. 12 Pl. Royal Scots Fusiliers William Lazarus's name and address in the BEF appears as a friend in my grandfather's diary (Dvr OWH Kear, D Bty, 295th Brigade RFA.) I F Watts Add to this record. 255969 2Lt. Alexander Lucas 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion, R Company Royal Scots Fusiliers Alexander Lucas was the son of a school head teacher in Glasgow. He survived the war and married Marjorie Mitchell, the daughter of a distillery owner in Campbelltown Argyll. He became a dental surgeon. His brother James was a pioneer in the Royal Engineers during the war and also survived. He never married and was also a dental surgeon. Their older sister Hope, was a teacher and married George Wilson, Chief Engineer RNR in 1916. He survived the war and became a Minister. The youngest brother was too young to be involved in the 1st War but was in the RAMC in North Africa and Italy in the 2nd War. He was a doctor. James Stewart Add to this record. 254657 Pte. Albert John Coleman MiD. 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Albert Coleman served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers from 1905 to 1915 and was wounded at the 1st Battle of Ypres on 5th of November 1914. He was transferred to the 1st Garrison Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1915 and served in India for the remainder of WW1. Raymond McMullen Add to this record. 254494 Sgt. Archibald McAlpine 8th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.28th Oct 1918) Archibald McAlpine is buried in Thessaloniki, Greece, he died in hospital of pneumonia on 28th of October 1918. He was survived by his widow Elizabeth and son James. Archibald was a teacher who sadly he never met his son. Katie Walker Add to this record. 254397 Pte. Arthur George Barker 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.13th May 1916) Arthur Barker enlisted in September 1915 in Worthing Sussex, originally in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. by the 21st of September he was in Fort Matilda and was in the 2nd Battalion. On the 30th of December 1915 he was posted to France. He died on 13th of May 1916 in the Corbie Hospital, Corbie, from wounds received in action. He is buried in the Corbie Cemetery France. Elaine Brker Add to this record. 253526 Pte. Daniel McAllister Gibson 12th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.31st Oct 1918) Daniel Gibson is buried in Vichte. I have his obituary and diary entries from his battalion. Alan Add to this record.

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