Blantyre man, Gunnnar Thomas Galloway of the Royal Field Artillery was killed in France by the bursting of a shell on 24thJune 1917 during WW1. A Gunner in the RFA, he lived at 33 Carlton Place, former address on Craig Street. He enlisted on 1stSeptember 1914 and proceeded to the front in spring 1915. He was […]
With thanks to Gordon Highlanders Museum and local lady Ann Crossar for this article in its entirety. Pte Andrew Sim (S/8661) 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders Pte Andrew Sim (S/8661) was one of almost 50,000 men who served with the Gordon Highlanders during WW1. More than half of the service records for WW1 soldiers were destroyed […]
Captain John McGhie of the R.A.M.C. was the brave Blantyre man who was awarded the Military Cross for an act of gallantry during WW1. He was recognised for his devotion to duty while serving with the forces in France by being given this medal. Captain McGhie was the son of Mr Henry McGhie formerly of […]
As 1917 turned into 1918, celebrating was far from the minds of British People. World War One had taken drastic toll on lives and loved ones were still away at the front facing some of the fiercest fighting yet. No end was in sight to a war now in its fourth year, that was supposed […]
101 Years ago this week, Mr Stewart at Royal George in Bannockburn, received the news in March 1918 that his son, Sergeant James Stewart, of the l-6th Scottish Rifles, had been awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the field. Young James Stewart, who was only 22 years of age was a Blantyre man who, […]
Blantyre Soldiers fighting in WW1 won many awards and accolades but when a soldier at the front, John McKeeman did something remarkably brave and was not shown recognition by the army, local people later took it upon themselves to acknowledge his bravery. Lance Corporal John McKeeman, a soldier in the 1st Cameronians is the central […]
We know there were many thousands of men who were killed in WW1 but the women who severed in various occupations don’t seem to have received the same deserved recognition. What about Blantyre WOMEN who fought in conflicts? Catherine Connor was born in Blantyre in approx. 1894 and served with the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps. Catherine died on 30 May 1918 aged […]
We can only imagine the horrors of war, and what state of mind many of the First World War soldiers were in when they were deployed to the trenches on the European Mainland. Blantyre man Hugh Boyle, from Auchentibber like other soldiers felt it necessary to draft a small will, knowing chances of death in […]