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Thomas William Jarron
SRoH. Private Thomas Jarron. Employed at Ardwall, Gatehouse.
Enlisted in Royal Scots. Transferred to Highland Light Infantry.
Killed in action 1st May 1917.
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial, Gatehouse inscription : Thomas Jarron R.S.
St Vincent Episcopal Church Memorial, Edinburgh : Thos. Jarron
CWGC : Private Thomas W. Jarron 353027 Highland Light Infantry (2nd Battalion)
Died 02/05/1917 (aged 35). On Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France (Bay 8)
Wife: Sarah P. Jarron 28 Deanpark Street, Edinburgh.
Soldiers Who Died in Great War : Born and enlisted in Edinburgh. Formerly Private 3927 & 251287 Royal Scots, later Private 353027 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry.
Army Records - Register of Soldiers Effects: Jarron, Thomas William, Pte. 353027 9Bt. H.L.I. (Highland Light Infantry).
02/05/1917 (Killed) In Action.
01/10/1917 Money owed (£2-11-6) sent to widow Sarah & children.
13/11/1919 A further £3 War Gratuity sent.
1881 Tranent Census : James S. Jarron (retired butcher), before Thomas was born. Was his occupation a transcription error for retired butler ?
1891 Edinburgh Census, Jamaica Street : Thomas W Jarrow (born c.1881 East Lothian) with widowed mother Rebecca + 2 sisters and a brother. One sister (Rebecca) born Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire.
1901 Edinburgh Census, 2 Leslie Place : Thomas not at home but his father James S Jarron (retired butler) has re-appeared with wife Rebecca + son Joseph and daughter Rebecca (born Gelston).
1901 Paisley, Renfrewshire Census at Ross Hall : Thomas Jarron (19, born Cockenzie, Haddingtonshire) servant at the home of James Cowan, railway contractor.
1911 Edinburgh St George's Census: Thomas W. Jarron with wife Sarah + Rebecca, 'J' and another female. (Scotlands People Index).
ScotlandsPeople : 1881 birth of Thomas William Jarron at Cockenzie, Tranent, East Lothian. Father, James Jarron. Mother, Rebecca Barker.
ScotlandsPeople: 1903 marriage in Edinburgh of James Jarron to Sarah White.
Scotlands People Index : 3 Jarron girls born in Edinburgh; Rebecca in 1904 at Edinburgh St Georges (named after paternal grandmother); an E Jarron in 1906 at Edinburgh St Andrew's and a J Jarron in 1907 at Edinburgh St Andrew's. There is no E. Jarron explicitly mentioned in 1911 Edinburgh census.
Gatehouse link : Worked as a butler at Ardwall immediately before the war.
John Mackay Johnston
SRoH. Gunner John Mackay Johnston. Home: Catherine Street, Gatehouse.
Enlisted November 1916. R.G.A. (Royal Garrison Artillery)
Served in Army of Occupation.
1891 Girthon Census, Catherine Street : John Johnston (2, born Girthon) with father David (mole catcher), mother Ann Jane, + brother James and 4 sisters.
1901 Girthon census, Catherine Street : John Johnston, (12, born Gatehouse) with father David (mole catcher), mother Ann, brother David T. + 2 sisters.
John M. and David T. Johnston(e) appear to be brothers. David was killed in 1917.
Gatehouse link : Born and lived in Gatehouse.
Albert William Johnstone
SRoH. Private Albert William Johnstone. Home: Pulcree, Gatehouse.
Enlisted January 1915, 2/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry.
Transferred to 16th Royal Scots, then 9th Royal Scots. Served on Western Front.
Wounded once, Cambrai. Reported missing, 24th July 1918 at Buzancy and killed on that date. (Some records say he was killed August 1918).
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial, Gatehouse inscription : Albert W. Johnstone R.S.
Anwoth Church Memorial : Pte. Albert W. Johnstone R. Scots
CWGC : Private Albert William Johnstone 271197 Royal Scots (9th Battalion)
Died 24/07/1918. On Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Military Records : 27 years old on 12th Jan 1915 when he enlisted (2232 Reserve Ayrshire Yeomanry). Born Kirkmabreck. Mother Sarah W. Johnstone of Pulcree. Ploughman, 5’ 8’’ tall and Presbyterian. Mother Sarah was next of kin. Given leave several times to return home to help with the harvest and other farm work.
18th April 1917 : Promoted to acting Lance-Corporal with the Ayrshire Yeomanry.
13th November 1917 : Reverted to Private when he transferred to Royal Scots F.
February 1918 : in Rouen General Hospital with a GSW Face wound. [GSW = gunshot wound].
March 1918 : Suffered from Trench Foot.
24th July 1918 'Death presumed for official purposes'
3rd December 1919 medal for Gallantry & 1914 Star + personal effects sent to his mother Mrs Sarah Johnstone, Pulcree, Gatehouse-of-Fleet
1901 Anwoth Census at Pulcree, Anwoth : Albert Johnstone, (13, born Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire), with father James (farmer) and mother Sarah.
1911 Anwoth Census at Pulcree Farm : Parents James (farmer), and Sarah Johnstone + sons Albert (23, born Kirkmabreck) and Thomas, + sister Isabella.
ScotlandsPeople : Albert William Johnstone born 1887 at Kirkmabreck. Father : James Johnstone, Mother : Sarah Walker.
Gatehouse link : Born Kirkmabreck and lived at Pulcree, Anwoth.
David Thomas Johnstone
There appear to be 2 entries in the Roll of Honour for the same David Johnston(e).
SRoH. Private David Thomas Johnston. Home: Nelson (Neilson) Square, Gatehouse. Enlisted March 1916, R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery).
Served on Eastern Front. Once wounded. Died 22nd November 1917 (Salonika).
SRoH. Gunner David T. Johnstone. Home: Gatehouse. Enlisted in Royal Field Artillery. Served on Eastern Front.
Died at Salonika, 28th November 1917.
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial Gatehouse, inscription : D.T. Johnstone R.F.A.
CWGC : Gunner David Thomas Johnston 133683 Royal Field Artillery (77th Small Arms Ammunition Col.). Died 22/11/1917 (aged 23) Buried Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Grave: 154
Parents: David & Annie Jane Johnston, Catherine Street, Gatehouse.
Wife: Jessie A. Johnston, Nelson Square, Gatehouse.
1901 Girthon Census, Catherine Street, Gatehouse : David T. Johnston, (7, born Gatehouse), with father David (mole catcher), mother Ann + 3 siblings.
1911 Girthon Census, Catherine Street : David Johnstone, (17, born Girthon) with father David (garden labourer), and mother Ann.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 7th December 1917: Gunner David Johnstone R.F.A. is ill in hosptal in Salonika since 28th November. He died of dysentry aged 23. He has a wife and 2 children who reside at Neilson Square. His father is Mr David Johnstone, Catherine Street, Gatehouse. Information was received from Lieut. Lawrie from Gatehouse.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 12th August 1921: Unveiling of Gatehouse War Memorial. Wreath laid: ‘In loving memory of our dear son, D. T. Johnstone, from father, mother, brothers and sisters.’
John McK. and David T. Johnstone appear to be brothers. John survived the war.
ScotlandsPeople : Birth in 1894 in Gatehouse. Parents David Johnstone and Annie Jane McKay.
ScotlandsPeople : Marriage in 1915 at Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire to Jessie Agnes Patterson.
Gatehouse link : Born Gatehouse and lived in Catherine St and Neilson Square.
Henry Johnstone
SRoH. Lance-Sergeant Henry Johnstone. Home: Gatehouse.
Enlisted Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Served on Western Front.
Wounded July 1916.
Medal Index Card : Sgt Henry Johnstone A & SH (4212) and (251698). This card directs to another card for L/Cpl Harry Johnstone A & SH (4212). The second card says that he was sent to France 27th June 1915 and demobbed 16th March 1919.
1891 Kirkcudbright Census, at High Kirkland : Henry Johnstone (aged 8 months, born Kirkcudbright) with father William (31, gamekeeper), mother Mary + 4 siblings.
1911 Anwoth Census, Fleet Street : Henry Johnstone (21, carter, born Kirkcudbright) with father William (52, gamekeeper), mother Mary + brothers Ernest and Robert.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 11th August 1916 : Information was received at the end of last week by Mr William Johnstone, Fleet View Cottage, Gatehouse, that his son, Lance-Sergt. Henry Johnstone, had been wounded. Sergt. Johnstone is in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
Family Tree on Ancestry.co.uk : Henry born 25th July 1890 at Kirkland, Kirkcudbright. Died in 1953 at Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire. Father William Johnstone (1859 to 1910); mother Mary Milligan (1862 to 1910); wife Margaret Strachan Tillie (1893 to 1918).
Marriage Certificate : Married 21st August 1917 to Margaret S Tillie at Thornliebank Parish Church, Eastwood, Renfrewshire. Henry was 27 years old. He was a carter who became a L/Sgt on active service with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. His home was Gatehouse. Father William Johnstone (gamekeeper, deceased), mother Mary Milligan (deceased).
Gatehouse link : Lived in Fleet Street in 1911 and when he enlisted.
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