Scotlands People, birth : Robert Henry born 08/04/1876 at Rainton, Girthon. Father James Henry (shepherd), mother Helen Chorley who were married in 1864 at Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire.

Scotlands People, marriage index : 1905 Robert Henry married Marjorie Mills at Orwell, Kinross.

Gatehouse link : Born and lived in Gatehouse, before moving to Milnathort.

ScotlandsPeople Index : Birth of James Heron in Girthon in 1877.

ScotlandsPeople Index : Marriage of James Heron (age 38, manager of a spirit merchants in Glasgow) to Mary Flora McFadyen of 1055 Duke Street, Glasgow in 1915. Mother given as Elizabeth Heron, dressmaker. No father's name given.

Gatehouse link : Born and educated in Gatehouse.

Hewitt Family history website : James Francis Hewitt born 23/01/1888.
Father William James Hewitt. Mother: Evelyn Frances Carey.
William’s father was 4th Viscount of Lifford and his mother was Lydia Lucy Wingfield Digby. Lydia was the sister of Anne Eliza Murray Stewart the wife of Horatio Murray Stewart of Cally House, Gatehouse. (the largest landowner in the area).

Dalgety Bay & Hillend Community Council Newsletter : ‘The Diary’ Jan. 2010: James’ father was William James Hewitt who was the 6th son of the 4th Viscount Lifford. James’ mother was Evelyn Frances Carey. They were married in 1887. After their marriage the Hewitt’s moved to the Cally Estate in Gatehouse where their son James Francis was born 9 months later in January 1888.
The Hewitt’s moved to Dalgety Bay in August 1904 where father William J. Hewitt was the factor on the estates of the Earl of Moray. They lived at St. Colme’s House, Aberlour.
James was educated at Winchester School, close to where his materanal grandmother Ellen Carey lived. He was there in 1901. He later attended Haileybury Public School near Hereford and then Sandhurst where he was attached to the 1st Cameronian Scottish Rifles – his grandfather’s old regiment.
He served in India for a year and then South Africa for 2 years. He was then posted to Glasgow where he was in charge of the depot at Hamilton.
He arrived in France on 26/08/1914 as part of the reinforcements for the 19th Infantry Brigade – part of the first campaign in France. For 2 months his unit were moved around the front and were poor equipped. On 26/10/1914 at Le Cateau, a hamlet near Ypres, an officer and14 men from the Cameronians, including James, were killed by snipers.
He is rememberd on the Ploegsteert Memorial.

Gatehouse link : Born in Gatehouse and lived there for about 16 years.

Hewitt Family history website : William George Hewitt born 07/06/1892.
Father William James Hewitt. Mother: Evelyn Frances Carey
His father William’s father was 4th Viscount of Lifford and his mother was Lydia Lucy Wingfield Digby. Lydia was the sister of Anne Eliza Murray Stewart the wife of Horatio Murray Stewart of Cally House, Gatehouse. (the largest landowner in the area)

Dalgety Bay & Hillend Community Council Newsletter : ‘The Diary’ Jan. 2010: James’ father was William James Hewitt who was the 6th son of the 4th Viscount Lifford. James’ mother was Evelyn Frances Carey. They were married in 1887. After their marriage the Hewitt’s moved to the Cally Estate in Gatehouse where their son James Francis was born 9 months later in January 1888, and William in June 1892.
The Hewitt’s moved to Dalgety Bay in August 1904 where father William J. Hewitt was the factor on the estates of the Earl of Moray. They lived at St. Colme’s House, Aberlour.
William was educated at Edinburgh Academy and in 1911 went to Christ College, Oxford were he studied Divinity and Rural Economics. Although he probably did not intend the military as a career he was in the Officers Training Corps. at both Edinburgh and Oxford.
William left Oxford in June 1914 and joined the 3rd Battalion Royal Scots at Weymouth on 06/08/1914 – 2 days after war was declared. After a few weeks of training he was sent to France with the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots which was part of the 8th Brigade to fight in the trenches.
13/10/1914 – his parents received a telegram to say that he was ‘missing’.
16/10/1914 – a telegram said that he was ‘wounded’.
18/10/1914 – a telegram said that he had been ‘found dead’
His father William was not convinced and went to some effort to find out what had happened to him including contacting the American Consul in Paris.
26/10/1914 – a fourth telegram said that William had been ‘killed in action’
His father received a letter some time later saying that William had been fighting constantly since his arrival in France and had been wounded in ‘No Man’s Land’ on the 13th October but because of the heavy fighting no one could reach him. When he was found on the 15th or 16th he was dead. A friend from Oxford, Lieut. Pitman discovered his body.
He was buried at La Boutillerie near Croix Barbee. This was a small graveyard and his body was exhumed in March 1915 and reburied at Vielle-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture.

The Edinburgh Academy Chronicle 1914-1915: Reported of the death of W.G.Hewitt.  William entered the school in 1906 and left in 1911 to go to Christ Church, Oxford. 'As a very young boy he had had a severe illness, and was practically on his back for three years, a fact which prevented his being very prominent at games, and had..kept him behind in work'
He showed great determination to overcome his problems and maybe as a result he had 'the gift of sympathy' and was ' a ..delightful companion' At the outbreak of war he joined the 3rd Battalion Royal Scots as a 2nd Lieutenant and went off to the Front immediatly. He was one of fifteen officers from his regiment to be killed in the same engagement. At The Academy and at Oxford he was ‘liked by those who knew him well and who learned to appreciate his keeness for all that was best'.
By coincidence, the entry in The Edinburgh Academy Chronicle immediatly before W. G.Hewitt is for Capt. W. McM. Black who was also from Gatehouse.

Gatehouse link : Born in Gatehouse and lived there for about 12 years

We Will Remember Them, Kirkcudbright's Sons 1914 -1918  by Ian Devlin
Details of Sergeant Andrew Hogg (265684) . Prior to enlistment he had been a cheesemaker in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. He enlisted in the 1/6th (Banffshire & Donside) Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders on 16/09/1914.
He was sent to the Western Front taking part in battles such as Neuve Chapelle, the Battle of Loos and the Somme.
In 1916 he was promoted to sergeant and transferred to the King's Own African regiment and sent to German East Africa. (Now Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania). He was seriously wounded by machine gun fire at Lurvegn Drift and died of his wounds 07/11/1917.
He is buried in Iringa Cemetery, Tanzania.

Ancestry.co.uk - family tree -  Andrew Hogg born in Borgue 30/12/1894.

Andrew Hogg was born in Borgue and one of 6 brothers who served during the war. His father Alexander Hogg was a dairyman who worked on various farms in the area - at Upper Senwick, Borgue, Dromore, Kirkcudbright and Rainton, Girthon.
His mother was Janet Beattie.     Brothers William, Henry, Andrew, Sam, David, and Duncan Hogg were all soldiers.
Henry and Andrew were killed the war.

Gatehouse link : Lived at Rainton where his father was dairyman.