Roll of Honour - Wigtownshire

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

PORTPATRICK WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Eric McQuarrie 2004

This memorial stands above the village on the main road where it forks to the high ground round Port Patrick known as the Heughs. It cannot be missed. It has 28 names of which 11 are WW2. No dates are given. Regiments and units are given including royal navy ships. Rare Regiments for this area are the Queen Victoria's Rifles, the New South Wales Infantry, The Wiltshire Regt. and the Cheshire Regt. The ranks include a W.Comdr., a couple of Majors and a Riggers Mate. There is a Military Cross, won in the Second War. (Grid Reference: NX 006550).

Photograph © Eric McQuarrie 2004

To
the Glory of God
and in Honour of
the men from this Parish
who gave their lives in the
Great War 1914-18

ANDERSON	Andrew	Corporal 33091, 7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died 10 February 1917. Aged 28. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY Greece
ANDERSON	John	Lance Corporal 23804, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 28 March 1918. Aged 24. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
DRYNAN	Robert	Private 40863, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 4 October 1917. Aged 20. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V., Belgium
ECCLES	James	Private 42097, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died 8 March 1917. Aged 19. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France
KELLY	William	Private S/14968, 8/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 11 April 1917. Aged 26. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
KERR	James Melrose	Lieutenant, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 3 September 1916. Aged 25. Buried in PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt
McCULLOCH	William	Petty Officer, H.M.S. Albacore, Royal Navy
McGREGOR	Charles	Sergeant 4354, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 16 April 1915. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
McGREGOR	James K	Sergeant, New South Wales Infantry
McGREGOR	Simon G	Private, Queen Victoria's Rfiles
McKENZIE	Alexander	Private 240805, ‘B' Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 26 August 1918. Aged 34. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
SHAW	Neil	Private 74010, 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died 3 May 1918. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
SMITH	John	Private 62601, 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 28 May 1919. Aged 18. Buried in GLASGOW WESTERN NECROPOLIS Glasgow, United Kingdom
SMITH	John	Private 12253, 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 22 October 1915. Aged 20. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
SMITH	John	Stoker K/13677, H.M.S. Cressy., Royal Navy. Died 22 September 1914. Aged 23. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom
THOMPSON	Gilbert	Private, Canadian Infantry
WITHER TULLY	James	[Listed as Tully] Private 12382, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Died 27 March 1916. Aged 21. Buried in POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
1939-1945
ALEXANDER	R	Private T/131633, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 7 June 1940. Aged 34. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France
BALSOON	D	Wing Commander, Royal Air Force
BOYLE	Richard	Major 64612, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 24 March 1945 Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
CONNER	J	Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy
GOUDY	F	Lance Corporal, Royal Scots Fusiliers
KILPATRICK	C	Chief Engineer, M.V. California Star. Died 4 March 1943. Aged 39. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom
McCRACKEN	A	Stoker LT/KX 112278, H.M.S. Southern Flower., Royal Naval Patrol Service. Died 3 March 1945. Aged 25. Commemorated on LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL Suffolk, United Kingdom
McKENZIE	A	Stoker LT/KX 114362, H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire., Royal Naval Patrol Service (on loan to U.S. Navy). Died 11 May 1942. Commemorated on LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL Suffolk, United Kingdom
MILROY	C	Lieutenant, Royal Navy
MUIR	H	Riggers Mate R/JX 219480, H.M.S. Tonbridge, Royal Navy. Died 22 August 1941. Aged 36. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom
ROBSON	L	Major, Royal Artillery

21 January 2005

War Memorials Trust