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Cpl. James Fairley Christie
British Army 10th Btn. Scottish Rifles
from:Whitehill Colliery, Rosewell
(d.25th Sep 1915)
James Fairley Christie was my grandmother's cousin, making him my third cousin. Always remembered, never forgotten by his loving cousins.
My late uncle, David Anderson Taylor and James Fairley Christie were friends who both grew up in Leith, Edinburgh. David's mother, Agnes Anderson Taylor, died in 1903. Around 1905, David's father, John, engaged as his housekeeper, Helen Aitchison Chapman, to help him look after his two sons. James Fairley Christie was Helen Chapman's cousin. Their mothers were sisters. John Taylor and Helen eventually married and had another four children together. The friendship between David and James thrived. They went on to marry sisters, Sarah and Bella Whitehead, respectively. When war was declared in 1914, James and David enlisted, on the same day, in the 10th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and were given consecutive service numbers 16095 and 16096. They enlisted together, served together and died together on 25 September 1915 at the Battle of Loos. Friends forever.
