Govan Memories
Govan Casualties of the Battle of the Somme
In Honour of the Govan men who sacrificed their lives in the Battle of the Somme from 1st July to 18th November 1916.
Rank | Name | Age | Service No. | Date of death | Battalion & Regiment |
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Pte. | THOMAS H. HOLMES | 27 | 14250 | 01/07/1916 | 9th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers |
Pte. | NEIL McDONALD | 24 | 14567 | 01/07/1916 | "D" Coy. 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | JOHN M. ROSS | 27 | 16095 | 01/07/1916 | "C" Coy. 17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | ROBERT LETSON | 27 | 20372 | 01/07/1916 | 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
Pte. | ALEXANDER STORRAR | 22 | 3421 | 01/07/1916 | "C" Coy. 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | ALEXANDER MacDOUGALL | 23 | 900 | 01/07/1916 | 1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment |
Pte. | WILLIAM GRAY | 24 | 19536 | 01/07/1916 | 10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
Pte. | ALEXANDER COFFELL | 22 | 26183 | 01/07/1916 | 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | JOSEPH COFFELL | 32 | 26184 | 01/07/1916 | 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | JOSEPH McMURRAY | 22 | 18488 | 06/07/1916 | 12th Bn. Royal Scots |
Pte. | JOHN RANKIN | 18163 | 12/07/1916 | 2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | |
Cpl. | GEORGE I. SCOTT | 22 | 2546 | 15/07/1916 | "D" Coy. 9th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | WATSON MILLER | 20 | 330846 | 15/07/1916 | "B" Coy. 9th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | HENRY G. GRIEVE | 22 | 331953 | 15/07/1916 | 9th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
L. Cpl. | JOSEPH HUDSON | 27 | 9659 | 16/07/1916 | 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment |
Pte. | CHARLES CAMPBELL | 23 | 20330 | 18/07/1916 | 13th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers |
Pte. | ROBERT KINLOCH | 19 | S/5973 | 18/07/1916 | 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders |
Pte. | ALEXANDER MACKENZIE | 20 | S/3312 | 19/07/1916 | "D" Coy. 2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
Pte. | JOHN IRELAND | 32 | 1689 | 19/07/1916 | 1st Regt. South African Infantry |
Sgt. | ALEXANDER MacFARLANE | 28 | 8874 | 20/07/1916 | 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
Pte. | JAMES BELL | 22 | 12720 | 23/07/1916 | 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders |
Pte. | WILLIAM H. SMITH | 22 | 4996 | 23/07/1916 | "Y" Coy. 18th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | JOHN FLEMING | 22 | 22970 | 30/07/1916 | 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers |
Pte. | JAMES LAMB | 36 | 20057 | 12/08/1916 | 6th/7th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers |
Pte. | JOHN MOORE | 34 | 19007 | 13/08/1916 | 12th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
2nd Lt. | ANDREW R. JEFF | 18 | 13/08/1916 | 12th Bn. Highland Light Infantry | |
Pte. | DONALD C. McLEOD | 22 | S/15327 | 17/08/1916 | 7th Bn. Cameron Highlanders |
Pte. | THOMAS FLANNIGAN | 17 | S/6174 | 18/08/1916 | 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders |
Pte. | WILLIAM. S. BATEMAN | 29 | S/14431 | 20/08/1916 | 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders |
Pte. | ROBERT McHENDRY | 24 | 9782 | 22/08/1916 | 5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
L. Cpl. | WILLIAM DUNNE | 20 | S/4723 | 25/08/1916 | 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
Pte. | JOHN HUTCHINSON | 21 | 5000 | 26/08/1916 | 9th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | WILLIAM TAYLOR | 32 | S/11592 | 29/08/1916 | 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders |
L. Cpl. | ALEXANDER SCOTT | 8446 | 03/09/1916 | 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers | |
Rif. | ANDREW McWILLIAMS | 18 | 4836 | 09/09/1916 | 7th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles |
Pte. | ARCHIBALD D. DUNCAN | 18 | 9880 | 14/09/1916 | 3rd/5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
Pte. | JOHN S. LOGAN | 31 | 5863 | 16/09/1916 | 2nd Bn. Scots Guards |
Pte. | WILLIAM M. ROSS | 23 | 40124 | 16/09/1916 | 10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
Pte. | JOHN W. GOLDIE | 24 | 18257 | 26/09/1916 | 8th Bn. Canadian Infantry |
Pte. | WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL | 22 | 4606 | 28/09/1916 | 6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
Pte. | DAVID B. WHITELAW | 25 | S/43144 | 11/10/1916 | 7th Bn. Cameron Highlanders |
Pte. | THOMAS MITCHELL | 34 | S/6695 | 12/10/1916 | 8th/10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders |
L. Cpl. | DAVID W. STRUTHERS | 24 | 44025 | 19/10/1916 | 6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers |
Sgt. | ALEXANDER JARDINE | 26 | 10005 | 23/10/1916 | 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
Pte. | GEORGE J. PAGE | 20 | 44314 | 26/10/1916 | 76th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) |
L. Sgt. | JAMES L. DUGUID | 21 | 3541 | 01/11/1916 | 9th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Sgt. | WALTER MACKAY | 4776 | 01/11/1916 | Highland Light Infantry | |
Pte. | ROBERT M. CHERRY | 19 | 5001 | 01/11/1916 | 1st/9th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | JOHN LIVINGSTON | 26 | 3332 | 13/11/1916 | 1st/8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
Pte. | DUNCAN CARMICHAEL | 21 | 22266 | 13/11/1916 | 2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Cpt. | JOHN R. COUPER | 29 | 15/11/1916 | 10th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | |
Pte. | DUGALD CURRIE | 25 | 4830 | 17/11/1916 | 7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
Pte. | ANDREW M. FERGUSON | 35 | 4547 | 18/11/1916 | 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
L. Cpl. | JAMES ROBERTSON | 30 | 15881 | 18/11/1916 | 17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Pte. | INNES W.M. ANDERSON | 36 | 31042 | 18/11/1916 | 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry |
Their Name Liveth For Evermore
This list has been compiled from the Commonwealth War Graves Commision and will not be a complete list of Govan soldiers who died in the Battle of the Somme, if you know of anyone who should be added to the list or you would like more information on any of the soldiers already listed please contact us via the sites contact page
Scots at the Battle of the Somme
WW1 Somme 17th HLI Vesta Case
Thiepval Memorial to the 72,000 men who have no known graves