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9th (Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
9h (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry was a unit of the Territorial Force with its HQ at 81 Greendyke Street, Glasgow. It was made up of Companies A to H. They were part of HLI Brigade, Lowland Division when war broke out in Augsut 1914. They were at once mobilised and moved to Dunfermline in a defensive role. On the 5th of November the left the Division and proceeded to France, joining 5th Brigade, 2nd Division on the 23rd. They took part in the Winter Operations 1914-15 and in 1915 saw action at The Battle of Festubert and The Battle of Loos. On the 30th of January 1916 they left the Division and became GHQ Troops. On the 29th of May they joined 100th Brigade, 33rd Division. They were in action in the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they took part in the Arras Offensive, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, the Operations on the Flanders coast and the Third Battles of Ypres. In 1918 they were in action in the Battles of the Lys, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice the Division was in a peroid of rest in the Sambre valley near Leval Demobilisation took placr throughout the first months of 1919 with Divisional HQ moving to Le Havre on the 28th of February.
21st July 1915 Reliefs 
1st Jun 1916 Reorganisation
25th Sep 1917 In Action
24th Sep 1917 In Action
26th Sep 1917 In Action
14th Mar 1918 Reliefs
18th Mar 1918 Reliefs
12th of April 1918 Enemy Advances
13th of April 1918 Under Heavy Attack
14th of April 1918 A Counter-Attack
19th of April 1918 A Quiet Day
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Those known to have served with9th (Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Barr Angus Mitchell. Pte. (d.16th May 1915)
- Bowes Norman. Pte.
- Bruce Robert Simon. Sgt. (d.20th May 1917)
- Buchanan James. Pte. (d.15th Jul 1916)
- Campbell Thomas. L/Cpl. (d.29th September 1918)
- Cavan George. RSM (d.13th April 1918)
- Clint John Alexander Spence. Pte.
- Dunlop John. Pte. (d.3rd Mar 1918)
- Dunlop Robert R.. Pte. (d.20th May 1917)
- Green William. L/Cpl. (d.29th Sep 1918)
- Hall John. Lt.
- Maley Joseph Stanislaus. Cpl. (d.17th May 1915)
- Martin William. Pte. (d.26th Sep 1917)
- McWilliam James. Cpl. (d.16th Apr 1918)
- Midgley Edward Raynor. Pte. (d.27th September 1917)
- Ower Hay. L/Cpl. (d.30th September 1918)
- Powney Frederick William. Pte. (d.11th Oct 1917)
- Rhodes Tom. L/Cpl (d.27th May 1917)
- Sheridan Alexander Lindsay. Pte. (d.29th Sep 1918)
- Stappard John Robert. Pte. (d.26th Sep 1917)
- Stevenson James. Cpl.
- Stobie Robert Stewart Richardson. Pte.
- Sutherland John. Sgt. (d.30th April 1918)
- Thompson Robert. Cpl. (d.24th Oct 1917)
- Todd William. Pte. (d.26th Sep 1917)
- Warren George Howden. Capt.
- Wood Joseph Ebenezer. L/Sgt. (d.13th April 1918)
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Cpl. Joseph Stanislaus Maley 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Btn. B Coy. Highland Light Infantry (d.17th May 1915) Josie Maley died of wounds on the 17th May 1915 aged 22 at the battle of Festubert and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.
Son of Thomas E. Maley and Elizabeth Maley of 66, Wilton St. Glasgow, he was known as Josie to his family and friends.
Josie's memory was kept alive by his family and he was never forgotten by his three younger sisters. In later years this photograph always had pride of place in the home of one of them.
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Pte. Frederick William Powney 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry (d.11th Oct 1917) Frederick Powney died on the 11th of October 1917, aged 23. He is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France.
Eldest son of William Henry and Bessie Lydia Powney, of 15, Chilton Road, Grosvenor, Bath.
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L/Cpl. Thomas Campbell 9th (Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.29th September 1918)  Thomas Campbell was born circa 1898/99 in Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland, the only child of Donald Campbell, a policeman, who died in 1899 of appendicitis, and Eliza Elspet nee Garden.
Following his father's death, Thomas lived with his widowed mother Eliza and grandmother Jane Garden in the 1901 census. Eliza remarried and was killed in 1902 when she fell from a 4th story window.
Thomas continued to live with his maternal grandmother, working at the GPO in Edinburgh and at some stage enlisted in the 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry. I believe the enlistment records were lost during WW2.
Sadly Thomas was killed in the closing weeks of WW1, dying on the 29th of September 1918 age 20 years. He is buried at Targelle Ravine British Cemetery at Villers-Guislain, France.
We inherited his dead man's penny which was left to his uncle, James Smith-Garden; my husband's maternal grandfather. Thomas was my husband's first cousin, 1 x removed.
It is very sad that a whole family, like so many others, was wiped from the earth. All that potential lost. Lest we forget.
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L/Cpl. Hay Ower 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.30th September 1918) Hay Ower served with the 9th and 18th Battalions Highland Light Infantry in WW1. He died 30th of September 1918 age 38 years and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium.
Husband of Ann Ower of 17 Keyden St., Kinning Park, Glasgow.
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Cpl. James McWilliam 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.16th Apr 1918) James McWilliam served with the 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry in WW1. He died 16th of April 1918 aged 25 years and is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. Son of Thomas McWilliam, of Kirkland, Terregles, Dumfries.
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Sgt. John Sutherland 1/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.30th April 1918) John Sutherland was born in Ulbster, Caithness and resided in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, before the war.
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Capt. George Howden Warren 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Captain George Warren served with the 9th Highland Light Infantry from 1914 to 1919. I have his 14 star trio, he was wounded on the Somme.
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Lt. John "Jock" Hall 9th (Glasgow) Battalion Highland Light Infantry  John Hall enrolled in the 9th (Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, volunteer battalion, Territorial Force on 6th of April, 1908.
John enrolled for service in WWI on 5th of August 1914. He was commissioned acting sergeant in the Highland Light Infantry on 9th November, 1915. He was commissioned temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the Motor machine Gun Service on 10th of November, 1916. He was later appointed temporary Lieutenant on 11th May, 1917. On 28 July, 2017, he was transferred to the newly formed tank corps. John relinquished is commission on account of ill health caused by wounds received in action during a tank battle. He lost hearing in one ear as part of his wounds. He retained the rank of Lieutenant when he was decommissioned from the Army on 18th of January, 1919.
John received the following medals for his wartime services, 1914-15 Star: British War Medal, Victory Medal and the Silver War Badge for his services in WWI
He received the Africa Service medal and the War Medal 1939/1945 for his services in WWII.
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Cpl. James Stevenson 217 Transport Coy. Royal Engineers James Stevenson served with the 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry and 217th Transport Company, Royal Engineers.
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Pte. John Robert Stappard 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.26th Sep 1917) John Stappard served with 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry.
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Pte. John "Jock" Dunlop 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.3rd Mar 1918) I just know my great uncle John Dunlop was called up for the big push, he was wounded in September or October 1917. He died of wounds in March 1918. My Uncle Jock is buried in Potijze Grounds Cemetery near Ypres.
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Pte. Alexander Lindsay Sheridan 9th (Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.29th Sep 1918) Private Alexander Sheridan received a Letter of Commendation. He served with the Queens Own Yeomanry and was attached to the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
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Sgt. Robert Simon Bruce 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.20th May 1917) Robert Bruce's great great great grandfather, Robert Mackay, fought with the 93rd (Sutherland) Regiment of Foot at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815. This regiment later became the "thin red line" of Crimea fame. He served with them from 1800 to 1823, and left them at the age of 49. He died in Clyne, Sutherland, Scotland in 1855.
Robert's nephew, Alexander McLaren, landed on D-Day at 0725 in a Sherman Flail tank of the Westminster Dragoons as part of the 79th Armoured Brigade and served until the end of WW2. He died in Glasgow, Scotland in 1965.
I am his great nephew and served in the Merchant Navy for 41 years, latterly as Captain.
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L/Cpl. William Green 9th Btn. B Coy Highland Light Infantry (d.29th Sep 1918) William Green was my maternal grandmother's older brother. I knew very little about him, other than his name and that he died in WWI. I was able to research his rank/serial number/company and battalion, that he married, in Stirling in April 1918, assume he was home on leave and was killed on 29 Sept 1918. There is no grave, however he is remembered with great pride on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, Pas de Calais, France, which is about 10km south east of Arras. I don't know in which battle he was killed.
In researching him, I discovered a great uncle of my husband's, whom he knew nothing about. He was a gunner with The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery, he died on 8th October 1918 and is buried in Proville British Cemetery, France.
I submitted both their names for last year's Roll of Honour at The Tower of London. Both names were read, close together, 'at the going down of the sun'. A very emotional and humbling ceremony.
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Pte. Norman Bowes 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry Norman Bowes must have been in the Territorials, probably just before the war broke out. I was told as a child that he was wounded in the hand, at the battle of Loos and invalided out.
He spent the remainder of his life, as far as I am aware, as an accountant, and died in the 70s. His 1914/15 star and the two war medals (Pip, Squeak and Wilfred?) are still extant.
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L/Sgt. Joseph Ebenezer Wood 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.13th April 1918)  Joseph Ebenezer Wood was my great uncle. He was born at 29 Walkinshaw Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow on 21st December 1892.
According to his employment records, he was staying with his mother, father, and sisters at 90 Great Hamilton Street (now London Road) in the Calton area of Glasgow working as a postman. He was called up on 5th November 1914 according to his medal records. I cannot find any trace of his service records so I am unsure if he would have been with the Highland Light Infantry as a territorial while working as a postman or went straight into uniform from employment.
He was killed in action on the 13th November 1918 in Flanders which I found on the Scotlands People website but no individual death certificate as his body was never found.
I have traced his last will and testament and where he is listed on the Ploegsteert memorial. I also have some photos of places he must have visited during his time overseas, also postcards, souvenirs etc.
My father said that it was a very sad loss to Joseph's parents as he was their only son.
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Pte. Robert Stewart Richardson Stobie 9th (Glasgow Highland) Btn. Highland Light Infantry Bert Stobie served with the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Btn. Highland Light Infantry
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Cpl. Robert Thompson 9th (Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.24th Oct 1917) Robert Thompson, my grandad's brother, was injured in Flanders and died of his wounds aged 23 at Monte Dore Hospital, Bournemouth (now Bournemouth Town Hall). He is buried in Annan Cemetery, Dumfriesshire.
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Pte. William Todd 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, C Company. Highland Light Infantry (d.26th Sep 1917) William Todd died aged 21 whilst serving with the 9th Highland Light Infantry
Born in South Shields 1896 he was the son of the late William and Jemima Bridge Todd (nee Bonnet) of 54 Grange Road Jarrow. In the 1911 Census, William Todd, age 15 is listed as an Assistant Fruiterer for his Father's business, living with his parents William & Jemima Todd at 54, Grange Road, Jarrow
William is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
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Pte. William Martin 9th Glasgow Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.26th Sep 1917) My Grandfather William Martin was killed in action on September 26, 1917 in Flanders/France. He was the husband of Elizabeth Anderson Campbell and they had one son, my father, William Martin. All three were born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. I have the original notice of death addressed to my grandmother who was living at the Maryhill Barracks. My grandmother remarried a man named Samuel Taggart in 1920 and they immigrated to Canada in 1923. They lived the rest of their lives in a small town north of Toronto on the shores of Lake Simcoe, Ontario. My father also served with the Canadian Forces from 1939 to 1944 being wounded in action.
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