HUGH ADAM - 17377 Sergeant

10th\11th Battalion Highland Light Infantry

BORN: About 1897.

P.O.B: Glasgow.

ENLISTED: Glasgow

MOTHER: Mrs. Margaret Adam.

Killed in action 15th September 1916 - France

COMMEMORATED -- Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France - Pier and Face 15c

Kirkintilloch Herald 4th October 1916

Private information has been received of the death in France of Hugh Adam, youngest son of Mrs. Margaret Adam. No particulars are to hand, but it is assumed that he was killed in the great push. The sad news was conveyed by a friend. Hugh was only 19 years of age, having joined the H.L.I. when 17. He was educated at the Public School at Balfron, and afterwards in Lenzie Academy, where he distinguished himself as a linguist. His knowledge of French and German was of great value to him. He was early promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He was of a cheery disposition, and to all appearance had a successful career before him.

JOHN ADAMS - 2120 Private

'B' Coy, 1\9th Battalion A.&.S.H.

BORN: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

FATHER: Mr. Thomas Adams,29 Freeland Place, Kirkintilloch

Died of wounds 10th July 1915

INTERRED - Moston St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

REF - Soldiers' Plot 173 (Screen Wall).

Kirkintilloch Herald 19th May 1915

Mr. Thomas Adams, miner, 29 Freeland Place, received a letter on Monday morning stating that his son, Private John Adams, of the 1/9th A.&.S.H., is lying in a military hospital in Manchester suffering form wounds received in the recent fighting. It appears that Private Adams must have been hit with the fragments of a bursting shell, for he has a wound above the knee, another above the ankle, both in the left leg. There is also a wound in the calf of the right leg. The father, Mr. Thomas Adams, served with the Black Watch in the South African campaign, and has the medal with clasps. Another son, Tom, is at present undergoing training at Hawick, being in the 10th A.&.S.H.

Kirkintilloch Herald 14th July 1915

It will be recalled that about the end of May we intimated that Private John Adams, 1\9th A. & S.H., had been wounded in ten places in the fighting on the 10th May, when so many of our brave fellows were either killed or wounded. Private Adams had been in the vicinity of a bursting shell, and was hit by flying fragments. He was taken to Manchester Hospital where he has been confined for the past eight weeks, and during that time had undergone quite a number of more or less serious operations. At the first, when writing to his parents, who reside in Freeland Place, Kirkintilloch, he bravely hid from them the serious nature of his wounds, but latterly admitted that he had been wounded in twelve places and that the calf of one of his legs had been practically blown off. On Saturday last the parents received word from the authorities of Manchester Hospital that their son was being prepared for a very serious operation, and later in the day they were informed through the Police that John had died at five o' clock. Mrs. Adams went south that night with the late train, and on Monday the father and another son from Grangemouth proceeded to Manchester for the burial.

Note

C.W.G.C. Gives parents as: Thomas and Mary Adams

54 Carleston St, Springburn, Glasgow

DOUGLAS HAMILTON ALDRIDGE - S\1918 Corporal

10th Battalion A.&.S.H.

BORN: 13th October 1894.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

AUNT: Mrs. Connell, 12 Queen Street, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 13th October 1917 - France

COMMEMORATED - Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,West Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Panel 141 to143 and 162

Kirkintilloch Herald 31st October 1917

Official confirmation has been received of the report that Corpl. Douglas Hamilton Aldridge, A.&.S.H., has been killed in France on 13th October. Corpl. Aldridge was a nephew of Mrs. Connell, 12 Queen Street, with whom he was brought up. He was employed in the Star Foundry before enlisting, and had been a considerable time in France, returning there recently from leave, and was killed on his 23rd birthday.

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER - S\11035 Private

1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, Formerly 8197 - 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

BORN: About 1894.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Glasgow.

FATHER: Mr. Henry Alexander, Draper, (deceased).

Killed in action 21st January 1916 - Persian Gulf

COMMEMORATED - Basra Memorial, Iraq

Panel 37 and 64

Kirkintilloch Herald 16th February 1916

The obituary column of the "Glasgow Herald" contained yesterday the intimation that Private Archibald Alexander, 1st Seaforth Highlanders, had been killed in action at the Persian Gulf. Private Alexander, who was twenty-two years of age, was the only son of the late Mr. Henry Alexander, draper, Kirkintilloch. On the father's death the family removed to Glasgow, and Private Alexander was engaged as a chartered accountant before enlisting.

GEORGE ALLAN - 32995 Private

2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

BORN: About 1879.

P.O.B: Canisby, Caithness, Sutherlandshire.

ENLISTED: Glasgow.

SPOUSE: Mrs. Grace Allan, Parkgrove Terrace, 540 Tollcross Road, Glasgow.

Died of wounds 7th August 1917 - France

INTERRED - Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France.

REF - II. P. 12A.

Kirkintilloch Herald 15th August 1917

Mrs. Colquhoun, Eastside, has received word through his wife that Private George Allan, Scottish Rifles, has died of wounds, on 7th August, received in action in France. He was wounded on the ankle and gassed, the gas entering the wound. He was operated on, but succumbed. Deceased joined up in February, and had been in France for three or four months. In civil life he was a draper's traveller, and lived with Mrs. Colquhoun for seven years prior to being married, when he resided in various parts of the town. He was a bit of an artist, and had many fine drawings, one of which was the meeting of the Rivers Luggie and Bothlin at Bridgend. He was thirty-eight years of age, and leaves a widow and four children, who reside at Parkgrove Terrace, Tollcross, Glasgow.

DAVID ARNOTT - S\6203 Private

10th Battalion A.&.S.H.

BORN: About 1895.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

Father: Mr. James Arnott, Kirkintilloch

Killed in action 29th April 1917 - France

INTERRED - Point - Du - Jour Military Cemetery, Athies, Pas De Calais, France.

REF - I. D. 19.

Kirkintilloch Herald 16th May 1917

From several sources word has been received that Pte. David Arnott, A.&.S.H., has been killed in action. He was an apprentice moulder in the Lion Foundry before enlisting two years and a half ago, immediately after the outbreak of war, and resided with his sister, Mrs. Arlow, in Cowgate. He had been two years in France. Two brothers are still serving in the Army, one serving in France and the other in Egypt. He was 22 years of age.

DAVID BAIN - 90473 Driver

Royal Field Artillery

BORN: About 1887

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Glasgow.

PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. James Bain, Townhead , Kirkintilloch.

Died at the Military Hospital Lincoln 29th June 1916

INTERRED - Auld Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

REF - A. L2. 1426

Kirkintilloch Herald 5th July 1916

The death took place at Lincoln on Thursday last of Private David Bain R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bain, Townhead, Kirkintilloch. Private Bain served his apprenticeship as a painter with Mr. James Montgomery, and was working at his trade in West Kilbride when he enlisted. He had been in France, where he developed a kidney trouble, and was invalided to England. His condition was considered serious for fully a week, and he was visited in hospital by his sister, Mrs. Carmichael. Deceased was 29 years of age. The body was brought to Kirkintilloch and interred in the Old Aisle Cemetery on Monday.

CHARLES ARTHUR BAIRD - Lieutenant

'B' Coy. (th (Glasgow Highlanders) Btn.Highland Light Infantry

BORN: About 1892.

ENLISTED - 1914

COMMISSIONED - August 1916

Killed in action 12th October 1918 - France

INTERRED -- Montay - Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Nord, France.

REF - I. A. I.

Kirkintilloch Herald 26th October 1918

Word has been received by his mother that Lieutenant Chas. Arthur Baird, H.L.I., was killed in action in France on 12th inst. Lieut. Baird, who was twenty-six years of age, rejoined the Territorials as a private on the outbreak of war. He was sent to France in the first draft of his regiment in November, 1914, and received his commission fully two years ago. He was gassed and once wounded. Lieutenant Baird was the second son of the late Mr. James Baird, agent of the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company, who resided at Lenzie, and of Mrs. Baird, 36 Sutherland Terrace, Hillhead. He was educated at Lenzie academy, and was a keen footballer and golfer. In business he was on the staff of the Scottish Temperance Life Assurance Society.

JAMES H. H. BAIRD - 2959 Sergeant

17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow) Highland Light Infantry

BORN: About 1896.

P.O.B: Lanark.

ENLISTED: Glasgow.

PARENTS: Mr. James Baird (Deceased) and Mrs Baird (Formerly of Lenzie)

36 Sutherland Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow.

Killed in action 18th November 1916

COMMEMORATED - Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Pier and Face 15c

Kirkintilloch Herald 20th June 1917

Sergeant Jas. H.H. Baird, H.L.I., third son of the late Mr Jas. Baird, Lenzie, and of Mrs. Baird, Sutherland Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow, was reported missing 18th November, 1916, and is now officially reported killed in action on that date. He was twenty-one years of age.

MARTIN BELL BARKLEY - 2nd Lieutenant

4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers. Formerly -Private Highland Light Infantry (Commercial Battalion)

BORN: About 1894 - Dumfries

FATHER: Mr. Barkley, Prospect Villa, Lenzie

Killed in action 2nd September 1918 - France

INTERRED - Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Pas de Calais, France

REF - IV. B. 21.

Kirkintilloch Herald 9th August 1916

Private Martin Barkley, H.L.I. (Commercial Battalion), son of Mr. Barkley, Prospect Villa, Lenzie, has been wounded in the foot by shrapnel. He had been in France for a year, and had already been in hospital suffering from "trench feet."

Kirkintilloch Herald 11th September 1918

Mr. M. Barkley, Prospect Villa, Garngaber Avenue, Lenzie, has been notified that his second son, 2/Lieut. Martin B. Barkley, Royal Scots Fusiliers, was killed in action on 2nd inst. He was 24 years of age, and joined the Colours as a Private on the outbreak of war. He served in the Commercial Battalion of the H.L.I. for over two years in France, and having obtained a commission was gazetted to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and returned to France only seven weeks ago. He was twice wounded. His elder brother is a Major with the Salonika Forces, having gone direct from France over three years ago, while his younger brother is in training at Woolwich at present. No more enthusiastic soldiers left the district, each of them considering it a privilege to serve his King and Empire.

CHARLES BARRETT - Private

A. & S.H.

NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE

JAMES K. BAXTER - 20391 Private

1st Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers

BORN: - About 1897

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

FATHER: Mr. James Baxter, Hairdresser (Deceased).

MOTHER: Mrs. Margaret Scott, West High Street, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 1st July 1916

COMMEMORATED - Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and face 4A and 4D.

Kirkintilloch Herald 9th August 1916

The official casualty list published on Saturday contains the name of Pte. James K. Baxter, K.O.S.B., son of the late James Baxter, hairdresser in Kirkintilloch, and Mrs. Peter Scott, West High Street. He was reported as missing from 1st July, on which date a comrade, also a Kirkintilloch man, who had been wounded, saw him go over the parapet carrying a supply of bombs, and never saw him again. It is feared that the worst has befallen him. Before enlisting he was employed at the Nickel Works.

WILLIAM BAXTER - S\ 40520 Private

7th Battalion Queens Own (Cameron Highlanders) Formerly 3692 Lovat Scouts

BORN: About 1896.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

PARENTS: John and Agnes Baxter, Ledgate, Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Glasgow.

Died of wounds 23rd August 1917 - France

INTERRED - Lyjssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.

REF - XVIII. D. 8A.

Kirkintilloch Herald 29th August 1917

Word has been received by his aunt that Private William Baxter, Cameron Highlanders, was killed in action in France on the 22nd August. He had ben in the Army for two years, and in France for eight months. He was home for a time with trench fever, and had only ben back two months. Deceased was twenty-one years of age, and prior to joining up was employed as a grocer with the Kirkintilloch Co-operative Society at their Central Branch.

Note

Army records give date of death as 23rd.

WILLIAM BEGG - 157939 Sapper

180th Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers

BORN: About 1876

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Stirling.

PARENTS: Mr. John and Mrs Jean Russell Begg, Townhead, Kirkintilloch.

SPOUSE: Mrs. Catherine Begg, 36 Industry Street, Kirkintilloch.

Died of wounds 23rd July 1916 - France

INTERRED - Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - V.G.28.

Kirkintilloch Herald 9th August 1916

Word was received on Friday night that Sapper Wm. Begg, R.E., son of Mr. Begg, gardener, Townhead, and who himself resided in Industry Street, had been killed in France. He had just been over two months enlisted, having responded to a recent appeal to miners for sappers, and within a week of enlistment was sent to France. He was previously employed as a miner in Woodilee Colliery. He was 40 years of age, married, and leaves a widow and one child.

ALEXANDER M. BELL - S\22994 Private

2nd Battalion A. &. S. H.

BORN: About 1899.

P.O.B: Lenzie.

ENLISTED: Stirling.

FATHER: Mr. Andrew Bell, Hillend Cottages, Gallowhill, Kirkintilloch.

Died of wounds 21st September 1918 - France

INTERRED - Five Points Cemetery, Lechelle, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - C. 21.

Kirkintilloch Herald 16th October 1918

Mr. Andrew Bell, moulder, Hillend Cottages, Gallowhill, has received word that his only son, Private Alexander Bell, A.&.S.H., was killed in France on 21st September. The sad news came from the Records Office at Perth. Private Bell , who was nineteen years of age, was called up on reaching the age limit, and had only ben five months in France when he met his death. Before joining up he was employed in the Burgh Surveyors office.

PETER BELL M.M. - S\1739 Corporal

10th Battalion A.&.S.H.

BORN: About 1894.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

PARENTS: Mr. William and Mrs. Jeanie Bell, 16 Luggiebank Road, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 30th December 1917 - France

INTERRED - Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand, Somme, France.

REF - III. F. 5.

Kirkintilloch Herald 16th January 1918

Mrs. Bell, residing at 16 Luggiebank Road, has received a telegram stating that her son, Corporal Peter Bell, M.M., A.&.S.H., has been killed in action in France. Word came first to town through Private Murray, Townhead, who also sent on his personal belongings, which included photographs and a cutting from the Kirkintilloch Herald in which was the report of his winning the Military Medal. Corporal Bell was twenty-three years of age, has been in the army for three years, and had served continuously in France for two years and six months. Before joining up he was employed at Auchengeich Colliery. It was on the 12th October, at the Battle of Ypres, that Corporal Bell won the coveted distinction for bravery, and along with another Kirkintilloch man, Corporal Wm. Foy, received his bar on the field at the hands of their Captain on the 2nd December. Of a quiet and unassuming disposition, Peter was well liked by all who knew him, and many will miss his cheery smile. Much sympathy is felt for his family, whose joy at his bravery was so short lived.

Kirkintilloch Herald 1st January 1919

BELL - In loving memory of Corporal Peter Bell, M.M., A. &.S.H., beloved son of William

and Jeanie Bell, who was killed in action in France, on 30th December 1917, aged 23 years.

Sadly I miss him, but yet in my sorrow

Hope for the future can banish the pain;

Faith points a way to a brighter to-morrow.

And whispers the hope that I'll meet him again.

- 16 Luggiebank Road, Kirkintilloch

Note

16 Luggiebank Road, Kirkintilloch, is now the site of the headquarters of The Royal British Legion Scotland, Kirkintilloch Branch, which was opened in early February 1994.

RONALD BELL - 269 Private

26th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces

BORN: About 1878.

PARENTS: The late Mr. Niel and Mrs. Agnes McCracken Bell, 3 Hillhead, Kirkintilloch

Killed in action on the Somme 29th July 1916

COMMEMORATED - Villers - Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.

Kirkintilloch Herald 20th September 1916

Mrs. Bell, residing in Hillhead, has been informed that her son, Private Ronald Bell, 26th Battalion of the Australian contingent, is missing from 29th July. Before emigrating he was employed as a farm servant, following his father's occupation, who will be remembered as a ploughman at Hayston. Private Bell went through the fighting at Gallipoli, and after the abandonment of operations there was transferred to France.

Kirkintilloch Herald 31st July 1918

IN MEMORIAM

BELL:- In loving memory of my dearly beloved eldest son,

Private Ronald Bell, 26th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force,

killed in action in France at the Somme on July 29, 1916, aged 38 years.

Two years have gone; oh, how we miss him!

No tongue can tell how sad, our bitter loss,

But Thou, oh Lord, hast helped us well

To bear our heavy cross.

Oh, little I thought when we said good-bye

It would be the last parting between you and I;

I loved you in life, you are dear to me still,

But in grief we must bend to God's holy will.

Forgotten to the world by some you may be,

But dear to our memory you ever will be.

Inserted by his Mother, Sisters, and Brothers. - 3 Hillhead, Kirkintilloch

WILLIAM BELL - 74242 Gunner

121st Battery, 27th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

BORN: About 1894.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Glasgow.

MOTHER: Mrs. Bell, 3 Hillhead.

BROTHER: of David Bell, 14 Canal Lane, Kirkintilloch.

Died from wounds 5th May 1917 - France

INTERRED - Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.

REF. - III. A. 22.

Kirkintilloch Herald 16th May 1917

Mrs. Bell, who resides at 3 Hillhead, Kirkintilloch, has received official information from the War Office that her son, Gunner William Bell, R.F.A., has died of wounds received in action in France. Gunner Bell was taken to the 6th Casualty Clearing Station, where everything possible was done for him, but he passed away on 5th May. The chaplain and the sister in charge have sent letters of a most comforting nature. Deceased, who was 23 years of age, had been over 4 years in the Army. He was sent to France at the outbreak of war, and had come through the thick of it, taking part in the retreat from Mons. Before donning the King's uniform he was employed as a farmer with Mr. Duncan, Auchindavie, and was also for a time driving the railway luggage lorry. There are another three brothers serving - Pte. Ronald Bell, Australian Contingent, who served through the Dardanelles campaign, and who is now missing in France; Corporal Archie Bell, Black Watch, at present lying in hospital ,in England with fever, and Sergt. J. Bell, R.A.M.C., twin brother of the deceased soldier, at present serving in Salonika, after having done fourteen months in France. This is another of the patriotic families of whom Kirkintilloch possesses not a few.

WILLIAM ANDERSON EDMOND BELL - 310048 Private

1st Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Formerly 2976 H.Q. Battalion

BORN: About 1896

P.O.B: Falkirk.

ENLISTED: Stirling.

PARENTS: Mr. William A. and Mrs Margaret Edmond Bell,

Windsor Crescent, Kirkintilloch.

Died of exposure 28th March 1917 - Rouen.

INTERRED - St. Sevel Cemetery Extention, Roen, Seine - Maratime, France

REF - O. VIII. G. 4.

Kirkintilloch Herald 4th April 1917

Mr. Wm. Bell, residing at Windsor Crescent, received word on Thursday, that his only son Pte. Wm. Bell, Black Watch, had died from inflammation, brought on by exposure, in a Military Hospital at Rouen. Pte. Bell, who was 21 years of age, was well known in the town. He was employed in the Star Foundry and took a prominent part in the work of the Y.M.C.A. He was associated with the temperance work at Twechar, where he acted as organist. He was also the organist of Milton Church. He enlisted in October last, and had only been seven weeks in France. His mother, who is well known in different spheres of working in the community, and was a member of the Local Tribunal, is just in the course of recovering from a protracted illness. Pte. Bell was the only child of the family, and his parents have the heartfelt sympathy of the community in their hour of bereavement. At the close of his sermon in Milton Church on Sabbath last, Rev. Mr. Fraser said - "As someone wittily expressed it, We must help to win the war either by "going " or "foregoing"," and whatever we forgo or sacrifice, we can never sacrifice enough for the brave lads who are dying for us. Every week - sometimes every day - we hear of someone we know who has "gone West" - as the soldiers say. And it is with genuine regret and sorrow that I have to inform you today of the death of one who is well known to you all. I was informed on Friday last that William Bell, lately organist here, had died at No.11 Hospital, Rouen, France. He had been in the trenches, I am told, fell ill, and died in the hospital. It is indeed sad. He was much liked and respected by all who knew him. He took a great interest in his work here, and liked it as was evidenced by the fact that he always came here, even after he gave up the post as organist, and was present in the choir. A lad of sterling character and simple honesty of purpose. he has made the supreme sacrifice. To his bereaved parents, on whom this blow will fall most heavily, we can only offer our heartfelt sympathy, and trust that they may be granted strength to bear up under their sore bereavement. He died that we might live."

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