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212951 Sjt. James Gillies British Army 106th Brigade Royal Field Artillery from:Shotts (d.24th Jul 1917) Jimmy Gillies was my uncle. He was a sergeant in C battery 106 brigade, RFA. He was killed when a shell exploded on the sergeants mess on 24/07/1917. Three sergeants were killed at this incident and another three were wounded. Others also died. He was originally buried along with sixteen others in Manor Road Cemetery and later transferred to Perth China Wall Cemetery at wars end. In the war diary of Ralph Hamilton the master of Bellhaven he quotes, Welch had terrible luck last night a shell burst in his sergeants mess and out of six sergeants it killed three and wounded the other three. C battery has now lost no less than fourteen sergeants out of its establishment of seven all in this last six weeks. At time of this incident C battery was just S.W. of Manor farm, across railway line on N. side of junction of roads. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**