The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) can be traced back to 1778.
Battalions during the Great War 1914-1918.
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Those known to have served with The Seaforth Highlanders during the Great War 1914-1918.
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The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add,, or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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271 Alexander Lawrie 3rd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders I would love to find out some information on my Grandfather Alexander Lawrie whom I know served in the 3rd Batt of the Seaforth Highlanders. I know he was there in 1917 as it is stated on his marriage certificate.
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775 Alexander Lawrie 3rd. Battalion Seaforth Highlanders I would love to find out some information on my Grandfather Alexander Lawrie whom I know served in the 3rd Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders. I know he was there in 1917 as it is stated on his marriage certificate. |
100733 Lance Corporal John Mitchell 1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (d.27th Jul 1918) Any information or photos of my great grandfather would be much appreciated - not much chance I know 90 years on, but someone somewhere may have come across an old photo in a relatives album or posessions. |
143985 Robert Allan Seaforth Highlanders My grandad was apparently born in Elgin, Scotland in about 1898.As a member of The Seaforth Highlanders he served in the 'Great War'and was badly wounded in 1916 when he he received a bullet in the spine.He was returned to England with the injury.
He married a nurse from Norfolk, named Florence, in 1917 and my mother was born in 1918.He worked for the post office between 1920 and 1930 as an odd-job man.In 1930 he moved to Herne Bay in Kent where Florence became the manager of 'The Chez Laurice' restaurant and dance hall.Robert died in 1950. |
141238 Corporal David Stoddart 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (d.25 Sept 1915) Loos memorial |
992 John Macrae Seaforth Highlanders I’m trying to look into my maternal grandfather's WW1 history with the Seaforth Highlanders. He sadly died in 1980 aged 85, and quite understandably rarely talked of his experiences other than to berate my mother and her siblings over their groans when they were ‘starving’ or such flippancies.
I have very little to go on other than a very common West Highland name, John Macrae. He was born 1895 and was from Applecross, Wester Ross. He was wounded during one of the epic battles of the First War. I had heard a rumour that he had gone missing or had got lost during the mists in one of the best known battles, First Ypres (maybe the Somme) and turned up in a farmhouse with other soldiers but this is largely hearsay. |
204809 Pte. William Henry Sharpe 7th Btn. (d.9th Apr 1917) I am looking For any further information about William Sharpe. He is buried in St Catherine British Cemetery nr Arras.
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204702 Pte Thomas Bennett 8th Battalion (d.13th Mar 1917) I am looking for final resting place of Pte. Thomas Bennett. I'm compiling data on all names listed on the Shieldhill War Memorial in Falkirk, Scotland. If anyone has any information please get in touch. |
204537 Sergeant Robert Laughton Harper MM. 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Robert Harper was my uncle whom I never met, he having died in 1920 from the effects of gas during WW1. He won the Military Medal and I would like to know what he did to deserve this award. |
204563 Private Donald McKenzie 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Donald McKenzie was my grandfather. We have no information - just that he was a private in the 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, this was on his marriage certificate. He never talked about his experiences to his sons. We would like to find out more. |
145817 Pte. Marcus Mcleod Mcaskill 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.16th Apr 1917) I am trying to find out what happened to Marcus Mcaskill, he died of wounds and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery. My husband and I went to visit him this summer and the whole family would like to find out where he was stationed, and if possible a record of his military service. I have tried just able every where but can only find out that he died of wounds but nothing else. Please can anyone help me? |
144449 Pte. William C. Richardson 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders My Grandfather William C Richardson joined the 9th Seaforth Highlanders on the 2nd Nov. 1914. He went overseas with the unit in 1915 and the 9th Seaforths became a pioneer unit in May 1915 and was attached to 9th Scottish Div. William was captured on the Somme at Combles, France on the 24th March 1918 during the major German offensive which began 21st March 1918. He was held in Rennbahn Camp, Westphalia. He was released in 1919 and discharged on the 17th April 1919. |
206602 Pte. John Millar Seaforth Highlanders My father, John Millar was in the Seaforth Highlanders. He was in France from 1914 to mid 1916 when he was wounded and spent a long time in a military hospital. He was born in Glasgow, Maryhill, in 1894, I believe, and after being discharged lived the rest of his life in Hull. These are the only details I can remember about him but would like to know more if possible. |
206415 Pte. Alexander Ewan 2nd Btn Seaforth Highlanders (d.13th Apr 1917) Alec Ewan is my wife's great uncle and he is buried in the military cemetery at Aubigny-en-Artois near Arras. We don't know much, but we do know he "died of wounds" so we suspect he succumbed to his injuries at a Casualty Clearing Station, of which there appears to have been three at Aubigny (No's 24, 30 and 42) around this time.
The 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders were in action on 11 April 1917 between Fampoux and Roeux (part of the Battle of Arras) and we can only surmise that he was wounded there, removed from the field to the CCS where he died two days later. Alec was 19. |
205791 Pte. Fred Thomas Bennett Keeton 9th (Service) Battalion Seaforth Highlanders My Grandad, died before I got any chance to talk to him about his war experiences. It was only after his death that I became aware of his service.He joined up on 10/05/1915 and served throughout the war 'till his demob. I have seen his medal record and although they are the ones they all received they still make me proud. I would love to know more about him but fear that will no longer be possibloe unless he was mentioned in a war diary somehwere. But its very good to know that although he would have spent much of his years digging trenches etc. he could have also been involved in heavy fighting as well. |
205459 Pte. James Nutall Watson 5th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.9th April 1917) My great grandfather James Nuttall Watson fought in World War I. I gather from dates that he died at Arras. but that's all I know. His father's name was James Nuttall Watson (Snr). His mother was Emma Yates. They came from Bolton Lancashire. . |
207217 Pte. William Wilson 8th (Service) Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (d.14th Oct 1918) William Wilson was 21 when he died and was buried at St Mary's ADS Cemetery in Haisnes near Lille. We know nothing of his movements or how he died but it is possible that he died on the first day of the Battle of Courtrai during the final advance and just under a month before Armistice Day.
William's parents Mr and Mrs Alexander Wilson (to the best of our knowledge) never managed to visit their son's grave. We do not know if any other family relative to has been. This year (2011) I hope to visit on behalf of my family to pay our respects - a journey too long overdue. William does however have an entry in the book of remembrance at Edinburgh Castle. |
207820 George Stephens Seaforth Highlanders (d.28th Mar 1918) George Stephens was my Grandad he enlisted in Invergorden Rosshire. I have no photos of him at all. He fought in France and Flanders. He was formerly in the Gordon Highlanders. |
205701 Pte. Robert Goldie 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.19th Jan 1915)  My Great Uncle Robert Goldie, was born in Liverpool in 1887, due to the fact that his father was playing profesional Football for Everton F.C. after having been transferred from Celtic F.C. about a year earlier. On moving back home to Scotland in 1898 due to his father being transferred to Dundee and then Morton the family eventually settled in their home town of Hurlford/Crookedholm which, like to day, is a suburb of Kilmarnock. Robert, like most young boys, took part in many organisations including the Boys Brigade and football with the local team, Hurlford. In his early teens he was an apprentice at Glenfield and Kennedy (water valve makers) as well as playing occasionally for Kilmarnock F.C. as a reserve player.
When war broke out he pestered his parents to such an extent that they eventually gave in and allowed him to join up. He was only 17 yrs old and like most young man who were eager to join up lied about his age stating he was 21 yrs. He joined the 8th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders in September and was transferred to Aldershot for training.
It was during this time that he sustained a bayonet wound which eventually led to septicemia and pneumonia. He succummed to his injuries on the 19th January 1915.
He was given a full military funeral on his return home with the whole of the populations of Hurlfiord, Crookedholm and most of Kilmarnock attending.
 Letter of Condolence
to my Great Grandparents on the death of their son Robert.
He is buried in a quiet corner of Kimarnock Cemetery along with his grandparents. He was fortunate he did not befall to the horrors that were about to be unleashed on his Battalion later that year. |
1735 CSM. William Millar MC. 5th Btn. A Coy. Seaforth Highlanders My Great Grandfather was C.S.M William Millar MC and this is one of the photos found amoungst his memorabilia. |
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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.
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History of the 9th (Scottish) Division John Ewing
The division’s record is graphically described in this history - what Field Marshal Lord Plumer in his foreword referred to as “a record of wonderful development of fighting efficiency.” There are useful appendices giving the Order of Battle, command and staff lists with the various changes; a table showing periods spent in the line, with locations; a table of battle casualties and the VC citations. The maps are good with adequate detail for actions to be followed.
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