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11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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Those known to have served with11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Great War 1914-1918. - Carpenter Elijah. Pte. (d.9th July 1916)
- Forbes George Alexander. Pte. (d.22nd August 1917)
- Hackett Percy James. Act/Cpl. (d.4th Dec 1915)
- Kane Thomas. Pte. (d.23rd Apr 1917)
- Lightburn Robert. L/Cpl. (d.23rd Apr 1917)
- Mackay Magnus. Pte. (d.19th March 1916)
- Mackenzie Alexander. Pte. (d.28th Aug 1916)
- Maxwell Robert. Pte. (d.21st October 1915)
- McCall John. L/Cpl. (d.17th November 1917)
- McDonald James. Pte. (d.8th May 1917)
- McLintock Douglas. Pte. (d.27th Sep 1915)
- McShee Andrew. Pte. (d.20th Jan 1917)
- Pearson Robert McQueen. Private (d.2 Nov 1916)
- Robertson James Dewar. Pte. (d.23rd April 1917)
- Turner Henry. Pte. (d.28th Mar 1918)
- Vandal Robert. Pte. (d.23rd April 1917)
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L/Cpl. Robert Lightburn 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.23rd Apr 1917) Lance Corporal Robert Lightburn, my father's brother in law, was killed (aged 29) in the Second Battle of Arras, he was serving with 11th. Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. My father's step brother, Emmerson Beckwith (aged 25) was killed just 6 days before in the same battle, but different sectors. The two families lived within 1 mile of each other in the same mining village in North West Durham
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Pte. James McDonald 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.8th May 1917) James McDonald was my great grandfather and died in the first battle of Doiran on the 8th May 1917 aged 37.
He is commemorated at Doiran Memorial in Greece amongst a total of 2174 casualties.
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Pte. George Alexander Forbes 11th Ser.Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.22nd August 1917) George Alexander Forbes was born on 20th October, 1889 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. His parents were William Alexander Forbes and Margaret (Maggie) Polson. He had three brothers: William Alexander Walker, David Alexander and John Sinclair. He married Margaret Dallas on 21st August, 1916 in Glasgow. George served with the 5th Seaforth Highlanders but enlisted with the 11th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 10th December 1915. He served in France and Belgium, where he died during the Third Battle of Ypes on 22nd August 1917. His body was never recovered, probably due to the horrendous weather conditions that turned the battlefields into a quagmire. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, stone no. 142.
His brother, John, also served with the Seaforth Highlanders in France, surviving the war.
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Pte. Magnus Mackay 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.19th March 1916)  My great uncle Magnus Mackay was the second youngest son of Alexander and Isabella Mackay who had a croft in Scullomie in Sutherland. Two sisters had died in childhood but he had eight brothers, six of whom served in the forces during WW1.
Aged 16 and lying about his age, Magnus enlisted in November 1914. His friend Peter Burr from Tongue signed as his witness.
He initially joined the 13th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders but was sent to France late in 1915 and transferred to the 11th Battalion.
In March 1916 the 11th was in reserve trenches near Loos village, probably feeling relatively safe. Magnus and four others who were guarding a bomb store were killed when enemy shellfire hit the store. Magnus was buried in Loos British Cemetery with his comrades. His grave is P9, Row G, Gr20.
Sadly two other brothers died later in the war - Donald in Egypt in February 1917 and Angus in Darmstadt Hospital, Germany in May 1917 from wounds received at Arras.
As his parents Alexander and Isabella had lost three sons in the war they were asked, along with Mrs Robert Mackay and Mrs Burr (who had each lost two sons) to unveil the war memorial in Tongue in 1921. (This information is from Never More by Alasdair Sutherland.)
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Pte. Robert Vandal 11th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.23rd April 1917) When the Great War broke out in 1914, my uncle, Robert Vandal, and his elder brother George joined up to serve in the Sixth Territorial Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Robert caught influenza in 1916, was wounded on 30th of July 1916 and gassed 20th of August 1916. On his recovery, Robert appears to have returned to France with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. On the 23rd of April 1917, he was killed in action during the Battle at Arras when the British Army suffered 10,000 casualties during the attempt to capture the village of Guemappe.
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Pte. Elijah Carpenter 11th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.9th July 1916) Elijah Carpenter was my great great uncle. He was 25 yrs old when he died in action.
I don't have any more information.
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Pte. Robert Maxwell 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.21st October 1915) My great grandfather, Robert Maxwell, enlisted with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in October 1914. He was sent to join the British Expeditionary Force in France on 29th July 1915. He was killed in action on 21st October 1915 at the Battle of Loos. He is included on the Loos Memorial (panel 126) in Dud Corner Cemetery.
Granda left a wife and five children to volunteer to fight for king and country and I feel very proud to be a descendent of his. So, from myself and all the Maxwells that followed you, I'd like to say thank you for giving us life! RIP Robert Maxwell.
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Act/Cpl. Percy James Hackett 11th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (d.4th Dec 1915) Percy James Hackett joined the British Expeditionary Force in France of the 6th of October 1915. He died of Wounds on the 4th of December 1915 and is buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, France. He is listed in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, son of Joseph & Jane (née Richards) Hackett of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
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Pte. Douglas McLintock 11th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.27th Sep 1915) My great great great Uncle Douglas McLintock and his brother had always been tales in my family, I don't know much about them. His brother Peter, died in WW1 as well, six months before he did Peter Gordon McLintock was in Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)as well. He died in battle with the 2nd Battalion.
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Pte. Andrew McShee 11th Batallion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.20th Jan 1917) In 1914 Andrew McShee joined up and left Rhu, Dunbartonshire, leaving behind his wife, Catherine and a baby boy, William Nielson McShee and in 1915 his wife had a second child Andrew Miles McShee. He died in action on the 19th of January 1917, reported as 20 Jan, near the front line in France, by the account of Richard Beeseley, who wrote in his diary - "19th Jan 17. Round the line with the C.O. who 'strafed' everybody. Got down for a sleep about 6.30 a.m. Fairly busy afternoon. Out at night. C.O. Still strafing. Got back at midnight. "C.O." here does not refer to Colonel MacNeil (of blessed memory - he was probably on leave at this time), but to "Conscientious Obstructor", Major H.A.Duncan, temporarily i/c. Three of a Lewis gun team killed, including McShee who was a master at my school, Hillhead High School, and some wounded. They were in an advanced post at the time. Short shooting as cause. I suppose difficult to avoid, but most embarrassing to infantry who have enough to do to keep out of the road of Hun stuff."
Andrew's wife died in a sanitorium in 1920. His eldest son William Nielson became a maths teacher and second son Andrew died on HMS Glorious on the 9th of June 1940.
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Pte. Thomas Kane 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.23rd Apr 1917) I'm currently trying to find a photo of my great grandfather who is buried at Arras in France. Even a photo of his 11th Bt as I'm going over to meet him with my family in the near future and would love to have more than a name to show them. His name was Thomas Kane 11th bn argyll and sutherland highlanders
Killed at Arras 23 4 1917 serv nu s/4992
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Pte. Alexander Mackenzie 11th Battalion Argyll & Southern Highlanders (d.28th Aug 1916) Alexander Mackenzie's name is on the Glendale War Memorial honouring the 21 Glendale residents who died in combat during World War 1.
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