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We provide detailed records, personal biographies, and cemetery information for soldiers from Falkirk District who served in the Ypres Salient during WWI. Explore our Roll of Honour and other dedicated sections for comprehensive insights.
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This site presents the story of the First World War in the West Flanders region. The various categories provide a wealth of information about a range of subjects.
The Roll of Honour category is where you will find the details of all the men from Falkirk District who are buried or commemorated in the Immortal Salient.
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John McPherson Young - Link to Falkirk
Private John McPherson Young, 19th Battalion (Central Ontario), Falkirk. He was born in Newcastle and the family moved to Falkirk. John was unmarried and was living at Bow Island, Alta, Canada and was employed as a Miner when he enlisted on 16 February 1916 in Lethbridge, Alta. He sailed for the UK on 7 October 1916 and landed in Liverpool on 6 October before going onto East Sandling Camp, Kent. He joined the 19th Battalion in France on 3 May 1917.
Feb 62 min read
John Watt - Link to Bo'ness
Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion attached to 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, Bo'ness, Falkirk. John was working as an accountant with the Imperial Oil Company in Vancouver, British Columbia. He enlisted while in the UK at the Canadian Camps at Shorncliffe on 14 September 1915 stating that he had 5 months service with the 19th Company Canadian Army Service Corp. This was one of the British Columbia based units established to provide transport and supply services to the
Feb 62 min read
Alexander Walker - Link to Bo'ness
Private Alexander Walker, 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), Bo'ness, Falkirk. he emigrated to Canada in 1912 where he took up the post of Bank Clerk in a branch of the Montreal Bank in Outlook, Saskatchewan. He was unmarried when he enlisted on 22 November 1915 in Manitoba, Winnipeg and joined the in the 79th Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada). He sailed on 3 October 1916 for England and arrived on 13 October and went to Sandling Camp, Saltwood, Kent.
Feb 63 min read
Thomas Turnbull - Link to Polmont
Private Thomas Turnbull, 116th Battalion (Ontario County), Polmont, Falkirk. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Turnbull, 38 Burlington Street, East Hamilton, Ontario. The family emigrated from Polmont to Canada. Thomas was unmarried and listed his trade as a Furnaceman when enlisting in Hamilton, Ontario, on 28 March 1916 in the 173rd Battalion (Canadian Highlanders). joined the 116th Battalion (Ontario County) in France on 17 March 1917.
Feb 62 min read
John Taylor - Link to Grangemouth
Regimental Sergeant Major John Taylor, ‘C’ Company 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Australian Division. Grangemouth, Falkirk. While on leave he married Mary Taylor (nee Milne) on 28 December 1916 in Grangemouth, and they lived at 26 Lumley Street, Grangemouth. Mary later moved to 98 Lumley Street. He had seen twelve years service with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and served in the Boer War and before he emigrated to Australia in 1911 he was employed by Grangemo
Feb 53 min read
Alexander Stevens - Link to Bo'ness
Private Alexander Stevens, 12th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, Bo'ness, Falkirk. Alexander married Janet in Bo’ness in 1915 and they lived with their daughter Winifred, born on 9 April 1917, at 10 Wardlaw Street, Edinburgh. Prior to joining the army in September 1914 he was employed by Griffiths and Oliver, ladies and gentlemen’s outfitters of Bo’ness, as a tailor. He enlisted in the 2/10th (Cyclist) Battalion, Royal Scots, a Territorial Battalion, known as the Trundling
Feb 52 min read
John Sneddon - Links to Carronshore
Private John Sneddon, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 5th Division, Australian Infantry. Carronshore, Falkirk. He was born in Carronshore. He was employed for five years as an apprentice at the Carron Iron Works and was working as an Iron Dresser before he emigrated to Australia. He was living at 55 Suttor Street, Alexandria, Sydney when he enlisted on the 23 August 1915 in Liverpool, New South Wales. He was unmarried and listed his brother George who was living at Sneddon’s Building,
Feb 52 min read
Harold James Simpson - Link to Falkirk
Private Harold James Simpson, 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), Falkirk. Harold was a Bank Apprentice. He emigrated to Canada and was employed as a Bank Clerk when he enlisted on 26 December 1914 in Winnipeg. He had previous military service when in Edinburgh serving with the territorial unit the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots for two years. He sailed for the UK on 1 June 1915 and arrived there on 10 June and went to Shorncliffe Camp before he embarked for
Feb 11 min read
David Masterton Simpson - Link to Bo'ness
Private David Masterton Simpson, served as alias David Hunter, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots. Husband of Mary Simpson, nee Sellers, and they lived at Belfast Bank Buildings, 2 Donegall Street, Belfast with their two children. Before he enlisted on 9 August 1914 he was employed at Bo’ness docks. He enlisted under the alias David Hunter and he is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial under his alias. He went to France on 22 October just in time to take part in the ill-fated attack at M
Feb 12 min read
John Scoon - Link to Bonnybridge
Private John Scoon, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, Bonnybridge, Falkirk. He was employed as a Brief Bag Carrier, a Messenger employed in the legal profession, when he was called up on 24 June 1916 and joined the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He received a temporary exemption until 15 February 1917 under the Military Service Act 1916 due to serious hardship for his wife and child if he was called up immediately. He was then not called up for service until 18 February 19
Jan 192 min read
Samuel Rowland - Link to Bo'ness
Private Samuel Rowland, 9th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, Bo'ness, Falkirk. Only son of David and Mary Sandilands Rowland, they also had a daughter. The family had lived in Bo’ness for many years before moving to Glasgow before the war. Samuel was an apprentice at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Bo’ness and when the family moved to Glasgow he became a cashier in a branch in the city. He enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry and transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
Jan 172 min read
Peter Reid - Link to Denny
Private Peter Reid, 1st Battalion (Ontario Regiment), Denny & Dunipace, Falkirk. Son of John Reid, 61 Duke Street, Denny. He was married to Mary Meston Reid, 128 Gibson Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario. He gave his trade as Moulder when he enlisted on 25 May 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario. He sailed to England on 19 June 1915 and on arrival went to the Base Camp at Shorncliffe on 28 June 1915. From there he sailed for France on 17 March 1916.
Jan 172 min read
Alexander Carlaw Reid - Link to Longcroft
Private Alexander Carlaw Reid, 19th Battalion (Central Ontario), Canadian Infantry, Longcroft, Falkirk. He was working as a Bench Machinist when he enlisted on 8 April 1915, he was already serving in the 3rd Reserve contingent. He is recorded in the Canadian records as 56153 Alexander Carlew Reid. In November 1915 the Battalion was in the line at Vierstraat alternating tours of duty with rest periods.
Jan 162 min read
John Mulholland - Link to Bo'ness
Private John Mulholland, 11th Battalion Royal Scots, Bo'ness, Falkirk. John was employed as a miner at Whitecraig Colliery, East Whitburn. He was a long standing member of the County Battalion Territorials and held the long service medal, and was a Reservist. He joined the 11th Battalion Royal Scots on the outbreak of war and spent time on home service in Linlithgow and North Berwick before being sent to France in June 1917.
Jan 163 min read
Gordon Mitchell - Link to Denny & Dunipace
Second Lieutenant Gordon Mitchell, 96th Field Company, Royal Engineers, Denny and Dunipace, Falkirk. He was born in Denny. His father was a foundry patternmaker and his mother was a house wife. All the children had been born in Denny before the family moved to Springburn. The 1911 Census records him as aged 15 and one of four sons and two daughters. He was employed as an Apprentice Architect. The 96th Field Company was working in the Huddleston Road area in the Boesinghe sec
Jan 162 min read
James Maxwell - Link to Bo'ness
Private James Maxwell, 2nd Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Bo'ness. Hill 60, Ypres, Hill 60 was 60 metres high and had been created from the spoil when creating the Ypres to Comines railway. Given the flat nature of Flanders any high ground was strategically important. Hill 60 gave dominating views over the British lines and into Ypres itself.
Hill 60 was fought over for four years and was the scene of some of the most desperate fighting as well as mining by both
Dec 23, 20254 min read
Alexander Wardrope Mathieson - Link to Falkirk
Private Alexander Wardrope Mathieson, 1st Battalion (Ontario Regiment), 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, Falkirk. Second Battle of Ypres On the 23 April the 1st and 4th Canadian Battalions were involved in supporting a French counterattack towards Pilckem with the aim of retaking the lost ground of 22 April and had taken up positions east of the Yser canal with their left flank resting on the Ypres-Pilckem Road. To their right was a composite British force known as ‘Geddes Forc
Dec 22, 20254 min read
John Marshall - Link to Stenhousemuir
Private John Marshall, 15th Battalion, (48th Highlanders of Canada), Stenhousemuir, Falkirk. The Brooding Soldier, Ypres. The 24 April found the 15th Battalion in the line at Locality C in the apex of Ypres Salient. On the 24 April the Germans planned a two staged operation, one on each side of the Salient with the first being a converging attack against the apex with the object of this attack to smash the Canadians and capture St Julien and penetrate into the heart of the Yp
Dec 20, 20254 min read
Duncan Gillespie McPhee - Link to Dennyloanhead
Private Duncan Gillespie McPhee, ‘B’ Company, 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), Dennyloanhead, Falkirk. Son of James and Kathleen Gillespie McPhee formerly of Bankier. He gave his trade as a Moulder when he enlisted at Valcartier training camp, near Quebec, on 23 September 1914, and his next of kin he named as his brother John McPhee, 311 Vancouver Street, British Columbia.
Dec 19, 20254 min read
Alexander Hugh McLachlan - Link to Falkirk
Private Alexander Hugh McLachlan, 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), 3rd Canadian Brigade, Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Falkirk. He initially joined the 46th Battalion and he sailed from Halifax on 21 October 1915 and landed in Devonport on 30 October and was then at Bramshott Camp, this Camp was near Aldershot established in 1915 on the heathland between Bramshott and Liphook and it was established to relieve the space limitations at Shorncliffe.
Dec 15, 20253 min read
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