Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 102 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "Lest We Forget - Poppy Project 2022" xCentury: "20th" x Search term Filter by Format Map (1)Photograph (99)Text (1)Video tapes (1)Filter by Area Newport (71)Wormit (28)Filter by Decade 1910s (62)1920s (1)1930s (1)1940s (40)1950s (1)1960s (1)1970s (1)1980s (1)1990s (1)2000s (1)2010s (1)2020s (1)Filter by Century 21st (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest PAGE: 12345Next > Black, Private Peter, 1/7th Black Watch Peter lived with his family at Woodside, now 29 Queen Street. Peter's mother had died when he was young, and his father had remarried. There were two younger brothers, as well as three older siblings. Peter had joined the Black Watch at the start of the war, and in 1915 he experienced heavy fighting in both ... Brown, L/Cpl William Robert, Highland Light Infantry William was the son of William Brown of Avondale, 6 Bridge Street, West Newport. He worked in the office of the Crown Insurance Co. in Dundee. He had attended Newport Higher Grade School and was a keen cricketer. William was wounded at the Battle of the Somme, 1916 and died 2nd April 1918, aged 22. He ... Bruce, Private Alexander, 8th Black Watch Son of Alexander and Mrs Bruce, of Varna Cottage, 42 Riverside Road, Wormit. He was a booking clerk at Wormit station before the war. Alexander died of wounds, 30th March 1918, aged 19, and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France. This is the largest military cemetery in France with over 11,500 burials. He is remembered ... Buist, Private William Hyne, 9th Black Watch One of a family of joiners at Woodhaven, prior to the war William was serving an apprenticeship as a joiner with his grandfather William Buist. He lived at Rose Cottage, 87 Riverside Road, Woodhaven. William was killed in action 25th September 1915, aged 19. His body was not found but he is recorded on the Loos ... Chapman, L/Cpl David Henderson, 4th Black Watch The family home was at Yewbank, 68 West Road, Newport. He was killed at the Battle of Loos in France on 25th September 1915, and has no known grave. His name is on the Loos Memorial to the Missing. 25th September was a dark day for Dundee, Tayside and Fife. The Battle of Loos took a huge ... Davidson, ABS Alfred W. , Collingwood Batt., RNVR Prior to the war, Alfred was a blacksmith with J J Don, Pierhead, and lived at 6 Woodhaven Terrace, Woodhaven. He was one of four brothers; his brother Alexander also served in the Navy. He died on 4th June 1915, aged 20, at Gallipoli, Turkey. The fierce fighting at Gallipoli was an attempt to drive Germany’s ... Farquharson, Private George Gorrie, 7th Seaforth Highlanders He lived with his family at 7 Riverside Road, Wormit and was employed by his uncle, a wholesale fruiterer, in Commercial Street, Dundee. He was apparently an enthusiastic member of the Newport contingent of the Fifeshire Volunteers, and enlisted in 1917, aged 17. He died of severe wounds on 17th April 1918 at Ypres, having been ... Fairweather, Private Ernest William, 4/5th Black Watch He lived at 15 High Street, Newport, and was married to Georgina. Ernest was a cousin of Frank Fairweather, Provost of Newport 1940-1943. He had been awarded the Military Medal, and was killed on 1st April 1918, aged 23. He is buried at Peronne Cemetery in Northern France. His name is on the memorial window in ... Gouick, Lt. John Alexander, Canadian 1st Brigade, Field Artillery His parents’ home was at Cragside, 41 Riverside Road, Wormit. his father was a commission factor. He died of wounds, 15th April 1918, aged 26, and is buried at Aubigny Communal Cemetery, not far from Arras, France. Poppy made by P7, Wormit School Gray, Private Alexander Stewart, 17th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) He was married with a family and lived at James Square, Gowrie Street, Newport. He was a very good singer, and a member of Forgan Church choir. Alexander was killed in an air raid on 22nd July 1918, aged 39, and is buried at Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France. His name is on the Forgan ... Doig, Cpl. William, The King’s Liverpool Regiment, 18th Lancashire Battalion One of five siblings, William was the son of John Doig whose father William had started a chemist business here in Newport in 1876. The shop was run by the family until the 1950s, and their shop in Robertson Place (Cupar Road) featured on many old postcard views. The family lived at 4 Struan Place. William ... Ferrier, 2nd Lt Robert Ernest, The Black Watch Robert’s father had been a music teacher at Dundee High School, where Robert went to school. He was a keen cricketer, and worked in the offices of Moody Stuart and Robertson, Dundee Chartered Accountants. The family lived at 16 St Fort Road, Woodhaven and subsequently at Youngsdale Place, Newport. He was killed on 15th October 1916 ... Milne, Sgt. Robert F., 7th Battalion, The Black Watch A native of Brechin, he was in the TA and called up at the start of the war. He had worked in the Labour exchange in Brechin, and was a member of the YMCA Players Dramatic Society. He was apparently very musical. He was married to Christina Smart Wilson, and they had a baby daughter, ... Moncur, Lance Bombardier Henry Bell, 71 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery The son of Henry and Margaret Moncur, of 15 Union Street, Newport, he had two sisters. Henry died on 23rd September 1944 aged 27, and is buried at Vicarsford Cemetery, but the circumstances of his death are unknown. His name is on the Newport-on-Tay Church memorial plaque. Poppy made by Brodie, Newport School. Paisley, 2nd Lt. George William, 4th Black Watch The youngest of five children, his family home was at Wayside, 1 Myrtle Terrace, East Newport. He had been active in the Boys’ Brigade and worked in the offices of Messrs James, Mckenzie, Stewart, jute brokers. He was a piper, and joined the Black Watch in September 1914. He was commissioned in the spring of ... Paton, Private David W., Royal Garrison Artillery The youngest son of George Paton, a widower, his family home was at Pluck the Crow, West Road, Newport (on the riverside, opposite the yellow castle). He was killed in Egypt on 8th June 1918, aged 26, but has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial to the Missing, Israel. George was fighting ... Robertson, Private Andrew Black, 7/8 Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers The youngest son of Mrs J G Robertson, a widow who lived at Union Terrace, Union Street, East Newport, Andrew had attended Newport school and worked for Kirk and Coutts, a fireplace firm in Dundee who also had an ironmonger’s shop in Newport, before enlisting. His elder brother was also killed during WW1. He was killed ... Robertson, Sapper William Morison, 4th Field Company, Canadian Engineers The elder brother of Andrew Robertson, who was killed a few months after him, his family home was at Union Terrace, Union Street, East Newport (where Dental Plus now stands). He had emigrated to Canada as a very young man, and had married Christina fourteen months before his death. He was killed 1st April 1917. He ... Robertson, Private James Ashley, 10th Gordons One of three brothers, whose family home was at Hollybank, 51 West Road, Newport, his father was a Dundee clothier. He was married with two children. He was killed at Loos, France on 25th September 1915, aged 28, and his name is recorded on the Loos Memorial to the Missing. The Battle of Loos claimed six ... Gall, Private Robert, 7th Battalion, The Black Watch and Tyneside Scottish His family home was at 12 Woodhaven Avenue, Woodhaven, and he was a porter at East Newport Station. Many of his family also worked on the railway. Robert's father was the signalman in the box between Wormit and St Fort, and his brother William was a train driver. He was killed, aged 23, at the Battle ... Hayens, Captain Colin Carnegie, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders He had attended Dundee High School, and the family home was at Woodlea, 25 Westfield Terrace, West Newport. His father was Provost of Newport from 1943-46, so was Provost when his son was killed. Colin was killed on 3rd December 1944, aged 19, in the Netherlands, and is buried in Vernay Cemetery there. He died in ... Jeffrey, Sgt. Navigator/Bomb Aimer Douglas Robertson Jeffrey, 196 Squadron RAF Volunteer Reserve He had attended Dundee High School, and subsequently worked with Low and Bonar, jute manufacturers, Dundee. Douglas was a keen tennis player and a member of St Fillan’s Church. There is a photograph of Douglas in our tennis archive. His home was at 16 (now 37) Kilnburn, Newport, and he was engaged to Eileen Cramond. ... Lawson, Corporal Robert T., 256 (Highland) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery The youngest of a family of four, his family home was Helen Villa, 49 Bay Road, Wormit. He had worked as a teller at the British Linen Bank in West Port, Dundee, and was one of the first Wormit men to enlist at the outbreak of war. He was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s despatch ... Leng, Private John St Quentin, 13th Essex Regiment He was the grandson of Sir John Leng of Kinbrae House and the son of John Adam St Quentin Leng and Mary Blyth Johnson of Seymour House, 111 Tay Street, Newport (now Riverview Lodge Care Home). He worked in the family firm of newspaper publishers in Dundee, and had four sisters and a younger brother, ... PAGE: 12345Next >
