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Pte. William Ness
British Army 17th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Musselburgh
(d.28th Mar 1918)
William Ness was my great uncle who I found out about when I helped take out the poppies at the Tower of London in 2014. My mother had always said that she had a uncle who had died at the Somme. So I looked for him and this is what I have found out so far. Her father James Ness and his older brother William enlisted at Glencorse Barracks, Midlothian. They were sent to France and James was gased and returned home November 1917. William must have continued and was killed in action on 28th of March 1918. He is buried at the Senlis Communal Cemetery extension near Albert, France. There are 104 First World War burials here and I visited his grave one very cold December day 2014 with my family.
Now at the commemoration of the end of WW1 I am very proud to have tickets to be part of the people's thank you march on 11th November at the Cenotaph London. I will lay a wreath for William and all those brave young men known and unknown who served their country and gave the ultimate sacrifice for us all.
