PAXTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Mike Taylor 2025
The
memorial is located on B6460 from the Village to Paxton House, Paxton,
Berwickshire. The memorial takes the form of a Pink sandstone ashlar
memorial to 1st and 2nd World Wars comprising a Celtic cross with decorative
carving on the stepped, rectangular base and embossed memorial plaques
to West; the whole is surrounded by four squat, obelisk-shaped, bollards
enclosing the site to front with paired chain links between. There are
nine names listed for World War 1 only. The memorial was unveiled April
1920 by Very Rev. James Cooper D.D., Professor of Church History, Glasgow
University. THere are nine names listed for World War 1 and five names
for World War 2.
ERECTED
IN MEMORY MEN
OF PAXTON WHO FELL IN
THE WAR OF 1914-1918
| MILNE-HOME |
David
William |
 Lieutenant
Colonel, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service 27 July 1918.
Aged 45. Son of Col. David Milne Home (Royal Horse Guards) and
Mrs. J. Buchan Hepburn Milne Home; husband of Margaret Florence
(nee Pole) Milne Home, of Paxton House, Berwick-on-Tweed, married
July to September Quarter 1904 in St. George Hanover Square, London.
Buried in family enclosure in HUTTON PARISH CHURCHYARD, Berwickshire.
Extract
from Berwickshire News and General Advertiser - Tuesday
30 July 1918, page 3:
COL.
MILNE HOME DEAD
We
regret to record the death Grange, Reston, of Col. David Milne
Home, R.G.A., Wedderbur,. at age 45, after a very short illness.
He was eldest son of the late Col. David Milne Home of Wedderburn
and Billie, who served in Royal Horse Guards, was last Member
of Parliament for the Borough Berwick-upon-Tweed, and resided
at Paxton House, Berwick. Deceased, who was on duty in connection
with Forth Defences, arrived to Grange a few days ago on his
way from Edinburgh to Isle of Wight there to take Course Instruction.
At Grange he became suddenly ill from influenza and passed away
with unexpectedness suddenness. A Freeman of Berwick, the gallant
Officer was originally in old South East of Scotland Artillery
(Dunbar Militia.).
Born
in 1873, Col. Milne Home married in 1904 Margaret Florence,
child of the late Capt. A. C. Pole, 13th Hussars; and he was
D.L. and J.P. for Berwickshire. He was in Special Reserve from
1909; and belonged to Carlton and Bath Clubs, London, and New
Club, Edinburgh.
|
| RAND |
Francis
Joseph aka Frank |
Corporal
17348, 11th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 1 July
1916. Born Bluie, Hampshire, resident Berwick-On-Tweed, enlisted
Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 2. |
| HENDRY |
Peter
Geddes |
Gunner
152252, 326th Siege Battery, 326th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Died on service 6 February 1918. Aged 19. Born Mordington,
Berwickshire, enlisted Berwick-On-Tweed. Son of the Rev. P. G. Hendry,
M.A., and Margaret Hendry, of Paxton Manse, Berwick-on-Tweed. Student
of Medicine, Edinburgh University. Buried in VILLERS STATION CEMETERY,
VILLERS-AU-BOIS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IX, Row B. Grave 5. |
| ALLAN |
George
Murray |
Private
24078, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 9 September
1916. Aged 33. Born and resident Paxton, Berwickshire, enlisted
Berwick-On-Tweed. Second son of William and Janet Allan, of Paxton,
Berwick-on-Tweed. Buried in LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 23. |
| COWE |
John
|
Private
S/6670, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 2 May 1917. Born
Hutton, Berwickshire, enlisted Berwick, Berwickshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 8. |
| FERGIE |
Thomas
|
Private
45256, 4th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Died in United
Kingdom 10 July 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident Paxton, Berwick-On-Tweed,
enlisted Berwick, Northumberland. Son of Thomas and Janet Fergie,
of Paxton, Berwick-on-Tweed. Buried in HUTTON NEW BURIAL GROUND,
Berwickshire. Riw M. Grave 45. |
| HENDRY |
John
|
Private
7438, 1st/4th (Border) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers.
Killed in action in the Dardanelles 12 July 1915. Aged 20. Born
Mordington, Berwick, resident Paxton, Berwick, enlisted Ayton, Berwick.
Son of the Rev. P. G. Hendry, M.A. and Margaret Hendry, of Paxton
Manse, Berwick-on-Tweed. Law Apprentice. No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 85 to 93
or 220 to 222. |
| SCHOOLER |
William
Howie |
[Listed
as William Howey SCHOOLER on CWGC and William Harvey SCHOOLER on
SDGW] Private 7443, 1st/4th (Border) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish
Borderers. Killed in action in the Dardanelles 12 July 1915. Aged
24. Born Spittal, Northumberland, resident Berwick, Northumberland,
enlisted Ayton, Berwick. Son of John and Isabella Schooler, of Paxton,
Berwick-on-Tweed. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 85 to 93 or 220 to 222. |
| SPIDEN |
William
A |
Private
S/6669 CWGC] or S/6660 [SDGW], 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-Shire Buffs). Died of wounds 13 May 1916. Aged 29.Born Hutton,
Berwickshire, enlisted Berwick, Berwickshire. Son of David C. and
Ellen Spiden, of Fishwick, Paxton, Berwickshire. Buried in BETHUNE
TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 49. |
WE
WILL
REMEMBER THEM
1939-45
WAR
|
| BAIRD |
George |
Private
3197830, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Died 4 November
1944. Aged 24. Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Baird; nephew of Mary
A. Johnston, of Berwick-on-Tweed. Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY,
Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Plot 8. Row C. Grave 22. |
| LOWRIE |
Joseph |
Craftsman
14210891, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died of wounds
in Italy 20 July 1944. Aged 37. Born Berwickshire, resident Northumberland.
Son of Andrew and Mary Lowrie; husband of Agnes Lowrie, of Berwick-on-Tweed.
Buried in ASSISI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row G. Grave 9. |
| MASON |
E? |
Private,
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
| MOFFAT |
William
Brown |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1055938, 108 Squadron. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
North Africa Command. Killed in action flying out of Fayid, Egypt
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number AD606, when the aircraft
was shot down near Derna, probably by flak, during a raid on Martuba
airfield 24 February 1942. Native of Paxton, Berwick. Son of Henry
Tait Moffat and Catherine Hall Moffat, of Paxton, Berwickshire.
Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya. Plot 1. Row
K. Collective grave 21-23.
|
| WOOLLEY |
William
Armstrong |
[Listed
as WOOLEY on memorial] Sergeant (Pilot) 658470, 151 Operational
Training Unit, Royal Air Force, India/Burma Command. Killed while
flying out of Risalpur, India, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial
number HV414, when the aicraft dived into the ground near Tangi
when control was lost in cloud during a training flight 24 March
1943. Aged 24. Native of Tweedmouth, Northumberland. Son of Mark
Wilson Woolley and Margaret Nicholson Woolley, of Tweedmouth, Northumberland.
Buried in KARACHI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan. Plot 11. Row B. Grave
7. |
WE
WILL REMEMBER THEM |
Last
updated:
25 March, 2026
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