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If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation.     Site Home     Add Your Story     Upload Your Photos  Features     Those Who Served     Allied Army     Central Powers Army     War in the Air     Prisoners of War     The Royal Navy     Central Powers' Navy     Hospitals     The Home Front     Women at War     Day by Day     Can you Answer?     World War Two  Submissions     How to add Memories     Add Your Story     Printable Memories Form  Information     Record Sources     Contact us     News     Great War Books     About Research your own Family History. Campaign to preserve the view of Hill 60 The City Council of Ieper has granted planning permission for the building of a large "family house" directly opposite the pedestrian entrance to the Hill 60 site, blocking the view of the town of Ypres and the contested land on which so many fought and died. This goes against Ieper Council's long standing policy: "...as long as these land parcels remain unbuilt they preserve the vista which the Germans had from Hill 60 and which immediately makes clear why this place was so heavily contested....." For more information on how to take action and to sign the petition please click here. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great

The Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders were first raised in 1794. Battalions during the Great War. 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd (Reserve) Battalion 4th Battalion 2/4th Battalion 3/4th Battalion 5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battalion 2/5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battalion 3/5th Battalion 6th (Banffshire and Donside) Battalion 2/6th (Banffshire and Donside) Battalion 3/6th Battalion 7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion 2/7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion 3/7th Battalion 8th (Service) Battalion 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) 10th (Service) Battalion 11th (Reserve) Battalion 1st Garrison or 12th Battalion The Shetland Companies Thomas Young Gordon Highlanders Thomas Young from Dunfirmline served with the Gordon Highlanders in the Great War. He and his wife Jenny had four children, Janet, Annie, David and Edwin. Edwin lost his life when HMS Forfar was sunk in 1940. Lt. John Rogers D.C.M. Gordon Highlanders (d.13th June 1918) My Great Grandfather, John Rogers D.C.M./Gordon Highlanders 1895-1918 died at the 1st Scottish General Hospital, Aberdeen on the 13th June 1918 of "Cut throat Haemorrhage shock". We believe he was assaulted in Callander possibly a week before. We have tried police and court records but have had no success. Nothing was recorded as far as we know. The Hon. Curator of the Tayside Police Museum believes the the Army would have conducted their own investigations but the Police Sergeant stationed at Callander would certainly have had knowledge of the assault. I have contacted the Scottish National Archives and been to the National Archives, Kew but again had no success. Would anybody have any ideas where I could collect information regarding the assault and his hospital record? Pte. Stanley Jones 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders My husband's father Stanley Jones was born in the parish of Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire, Wales, in 1895. Stanley travelled all the way to Perth to join the Gordon Highlanders on 4th August, 1914. Unfortunately his records were lost in the "burnt papers" but we have pieced together his records as far as we can. Stanley was in the Battle of Loos, September 1915 - 13 months in line. Battle of the Somme July 1916 - 7 months in the line. Battle of Arras April 1917v- 5 months in the line - Battle of Paschendele October 4th - November 27th 1917. Stanley was shot and gassed in 1917 and he was sent home to Perth in Scotland then to the hospital in Cardiff. Recently going through his papers we found a faded photograph of a Gordon Highlander, on the back is written James Carnegie (Barry Carnoustie). This gentleman appeared to have been a great friend of his. Researching on the internet we have found that a James Carnegie S/17411 lst Btn. Gordon Highlanders died at the age of 22 on 26th September, 1917 and is remembered with honour on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Stanley was in the lst Btn Gordon Highlanders (service number S/6402) so we think we have found the young James Carnegie in the picture lovingly kept by Stanley in his precious papers of the Great War. If anyone of James's family would like to get in touch we would be so happy to hear from them. Pte. James Carnegie 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders (d.26th Sept 1917) My husband's father Stanley Jones served in the Gordon Highlanders, Recently going through his papers we found a faded photograph of a Gordon Highlander, on the back is written James Carnegie (Barry Carnoustie). This gentleman appeared to have been a great friend of his. Researching on the internet we have found that a James Carnegie S/17411 lst Btn. Gordon Highlanders died at the age of 22 on 26th September, 1917 and is remembered with honour on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Stanley was in the lst Btn Gordon Highlanders (service number S/6402) so we think we have found the young James Carnegie in the picture lovingly kept by Stanley in his precious papers of the Great War. If anyone of James's family would like to get in touch we would be so happy to hear from them. List of those who served with The Gordon Highlanders during The Great War Pte. James Carnegie 1st Battalion (d.26th Sept 1917) Read his Story. Pte. Stanley Jones 1st Btn. Read his Story. Sgt. James Goodall Mcleod 5th Btn. Lt. John Rogers D.C.M. (d.13th June 1918) Read his Story. Thomas Young Read his Story. History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 F.W. Bewsher The Highland Division was one of the pre-war Territorial divisions. Its HQ was in Perth with brigade HQs in Aberdeen, Inverness and Stirling. On mobilization the division moved down to its war station in Bedford where it remained, carrying out training till embarking for France in May 1915. During this period six of its battalions were sent to France, three in November 1914 and three in the following March, replaced by two Highland battalions and a brigade of four Lancashire battalions; it is not clear whether the latter were required to wear kilts. They were transferred to the 55th (West Lancashire) Division when that division reformed in France in January 1916 and were replaced, appropriately, by Scottish battalions. It was in May 1915, just as the division arrived in France, that it was designated 51st and the brigades 152nd, 153rd and 154th; by the end of the war the 51st (Highland) Division had become one of the best known divisions in the BEF. More information on:History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918

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