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Lodge St David No.78
A Beautiful Three Panelled War Memorial
The Wording and Names on the Memorial
The Centre Panel
TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE AND LOYAL BRETHREN OF OUR LODGE WHO DURING THE GREAT WAR LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
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| D. W. Anderson | Black Watch | David A. Moncur | ? | |
| Peter Barclay | Royal Scots | Alex D. Paterson | Life Guards | |
| David Beattie | Gordon Highlanders | George Scott | Royal Scots | |
| Joseph Beedie | Royal Field Artillery | David Speed | Argyll & Sutherlad Highlanders | |
| Frederick Connon | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Emslie Tosh | 4th Black Watch | |
| Thomas N. Chalmers | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | James A. Wallace | Royal Garrison Artillery | |
| William Denholm | Royal Engineers | Fred J. Watson | Canadian Contingent | |
| W.J. Hamilton | 2nd Highland Light Infantry | Alexander Phillip | Royal Engineers | |
| William Low | 2nd Black Watch |
Words at the bottom of the Left hand Panel
"Soldier Rest! Thy Warfare O'er. Dream of Fighting Fields no more" - Sir Walter Scott.
Words at the bottom of the Right Hand Panel
Still to record
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Further Researched Information on the above World War 1 Names
It was difficult to find actual details of some of the names on the Memorial, further reserch has to be done in both the Lodge records and War records to pinpoint some of the men. Some of my findings could be wrong. Many need to be clarified and confirmed
| Anderson | D.W. (may be David Wilson?) | 10th Black Watch | ? | ? | ? | |
| Barclay | Peter | Private, Royal Scots | Greenwich Cemetery? | Died 5th August 1919 | 46886, 2nd Home Service Garrison Royal Scots. Son of William Barclay, 18 Boones Rd, Lee, London | |
| Beattie | David | Private, Gordon Highlanders | Denain Communal Cemetery, France | Died 5th February 1919 | S/18282 6th/7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Husband of Mrs Beattie 22 Rosefield Street, Dundee | |
| Beedie | Joseph | Royal Field Artillery | ? | ? | ? | |
| Connon | Frederick | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery | Died 23rd December 1916 | 38354, 8th Battalion. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Husband of Jessie Connon of 111 Hawkhill Dundee | |
| Chalmers | Thomas N. (could be Thomas K.) | Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry | Yper (Menin Gate) | Died 8th May 1918, aged 31 | 1646. Princess Patricia’s C.L.I. | |
| Denholm | William | Private, Royal Engineers? | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery | Died 13th February 1917 | 76151 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt) age 30. Son of George Denholm, Husband of Agnes Denholm 53 Erskine Street, Dundee, Native of Dundee | |
| Hamilton | W.J. | 2nd Highland Light Infantry | ? | ? | ? | |
| Low) | William | 2nd Black Watch | Roclicourt Valley Cemetery, France | Died 9th April 1917, Aged 25 | S/16753. 9th Black Watch. Son of James and Isabella Low, Craighton, Monikie | |
| Moncur | David A. | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Teipval Memorial | Died 15th September 1916 | 22476 - 7th/8th Battalion KOSB | |
| Paterson | Alex D. | Trooper, Life Guards | Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux | Died 11th April 1917 | 1718, Household Battalion | |
| Scott | George | Royal Scots (Pte. Signaller?) | ? | Died 21st August 1918? | 53394. 12th Battalion. Lothian regiment? | |
| Speed | David | 2nd Lieutenant. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France | Died 2nd May 1917 | 9106, A. & S Highlanders. Son of Peter G. and Mary Watson Speed of 10 Janefield Place, Maryfield, Dundee | |
| Tosh | Emslie | Major, 4th Black Watch | Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue | Died 25th September 1915 (Battle of Loos) | Husband of Laura Wood Thomson (formerly Tosh) of Douglas, Isle of Man | |
| Wallace | James A. | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery | Urmiston Cemetery, Lancashire, UK | Died 27th August 1920 | 107224, 245th Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (also on Dundee Roll of Honour) Son of James Cargill Wallace and Wilhemina Wallace (nee Dickie); husband of Mabel Ashworth Mayer Haslam (formerly Wallace) of 82 Flixton Road, Urmston, Manchester | |
| Watson | Fred J. | Lieutenant, Canadian Expeditionary Force | Zillebeke Churchyard, Belgium | Died 10th June 1916 | 43rd Battalion Canadian Infantry (also on Dundee Roll of Honour) Son of Edwin Alexander and Harriet Elliot Lee Watson, born at Arbroath | |
| Phillip | Alexander | Sapper, Royal Engineers | Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, France | Died 1st August 1917 | 410287, 446th Field Coy, Royal Engineers |
©Research by Iain D. McIntosh
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