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John McBurnie
SRoH : Not listed in Stewartry Roll of Honour. Found in a search for soldiers from Gatehouse in ‘Find My Past’.
Army records : John McBurnie S/12180 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
Enlisted in Hull 05/07/1915 (aged 40 yrs & 10 months).
Medical Form: John McBurnie, born Gatehouse, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Date of Birth: 09/07/1868.
Labourer. 5' 8'', good physical condition, normal vision. Presbyterian.
Next of Kin = Mother, Mary (Mrs J. Jamieson) 274 Railway Street, Nelson, Lancashire.
Single but had a dependant, Alec. Robinson (6 yrs old) of 13 Clifton St Hornsea(?) Hull. Residence : Hornsea(?) Hull, Yorkshire.
05/07/1915 - 16/03/1917 at Home
17/03/1917 - 05/02/1919 in France
14/05 1917 - transferred to No 3 Labour Coy. (Seaforths) S/19849..
At Home in Reserve until 02/07/1919
02/07/1919 to 16/02/1920 in France.
Demob. to Hull. Character given as Very Good.
Medical - suffered a back injury on 12/12/1917 while on active service and had 4 hospital stays between then and 1918. When he was discharged in 1920, he suffered from chronic rheumatism which had been aggravated on active service in France. Treated in Queen Mary's Hospital, Whalley.
1911 Hull Census Alpha Ave: John McBurnie, labourer in dockyard, aged 41, born Gatehouse, Scotland with wife Alice (37, born Anlaby, Yorkshire). Married 3 years but no children.
We found no death for Alice McBurnie between 1911 and 1915 when John enlisted and said that he was single.
Birth: John McBurnie born 1868 in Anwoth/Girthon on the Scotlands People Index. There were several Burnie/McBurnie families in Gatehouse around the late 1860's but no birth has been found in the local Church records for a John on 09/07/1868 (from Army records), nor in the 1871 Anwoth or Girthon census.
Gatehouse link : Born in Gatehouse.
William McCaa
SRoH. Staff-Sergeant William McCaa. Home : Dalbeattie.
Mobilised 4th August 1914, Ayrshire Yeomanry. Transferred to Royal Field Artillery. Served on Eastern Front (Gallipoli, Mesopotamia). Died at sea 11th January 1918.
Identified as ‘Gatehouse soldier’ from gravestone in Anwoth Old Kirkyard.
Gravestone in Anwoth Kirkyard (Old) : ..’Also Staff Sgt. William McCaa RFA, late Ayrshire Yeomanry, beloved husband of Thomasina McGhie, who died at sea aboard HMT Kinfauns Castle, 11th Jany 1918, aged 32 years....’
SS Kinfauns Castle was a ship used to transport troops.
CWGC : Staff Serjeant William McCaa 143902 Royal Field Artillery, 527th Heavy Battery. Mentioned on Basra Memorial Iraq (Panels 3 & either 6 or 60).
Died 11/01/1918 (aged 32).
Wife: Thomasina McCaa, 8 Burns Street, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Scottish War Graves Project : served with Ayrshire Infantry and later Royal Field Artillery. Born Old Cumnock, Ayrshire 1885.
1891 Old Cumnock Census, at Garallan Smithy : William McCaa (5, born Old Cumnock) with father William (blacksmith), mother Elizabeth, a brother and a sister.
1901 Old Cumnock Census, at Garallan Smithy : William McCaa (15, apprentice blacksmith,born) with widowed father William (blacksmith) + sister Janet.
William’s wife, Thomsina McGhie was born at Anwoth in 1888. Her father was a coachman and seemed to move to different jobs around the south of Scotland.
Gatehouse link : Born Old Cumnock, lived at Dalbeattie. Wife born Anwoth. William remembered on Anwoth gravestone.
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George McCandlish
SRoH. Second-Lieutenant George McCandlish. Home: Laurel Bank, Gatehouse.
Enlisted February 1916, 2/11th London Regiment (Finbury Rifles).
Commissioned to 10th London Regiment. Served on Western Front.
Gatehouse link : Roll of Honour says he lived at Laurel Bank, Gatehouse.
Henry Allan McClellan
SRoH. Sergeant Henry Allan McClellan. Home: Fleet Street, Gatehouse.
Mobilised 4th August 1914, 1/5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
Transferred to Highland Light Infantry. Served on Western Front.
Wounded once near St. Quentin. Awarded Military Medal.
Pre-war service - Galloway Territorials.
1901 Anwoth Census, in Fleet Street : Harry A. McClellan (9, born Anwoth) with father James (grocer), mother Elizabeth H. and brother James S.
1911 Anwoth Census, in Fleet Street : Harry A. McClellan (17, grocer's assistant, born Anwoth) with widowed mother Elizabeth H.
Henry and James McClellan were brothers.
1921 Unveiling of War Memorial : “Gatehouse and District Gold Medal for Gallantry”
Gatehouse link : Born and educated in Gatehouse.
James Shedden McClellan
SRoH. Private James Shedden McClellan. Home: Fleet Street, Gatehouse.
Enlisted January 1915. 1/5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
Transferred to Army Service Corps. (Motor Transport). Served on Western Front. Pre-war service - Galloway Volunteers and Kirkcudbright Artillery.
Anwoth Gravestone : James McClellan died 26/09/1906, husband of Elizabeth Agnew Shedden. (These are James' parents) James Shedden McClellan died in 1952.
Medical Inspection Report 18/01/1915
James McClelland 5th KOSB (Res. Batt.) H Coy.
Aged 25years 7months 5' 9¾'' Good physical development Presbyterian
Temporary Medical History Report :
James McLellan Born Gatehouse Grocer
Enlisted 18/01/1915 Private 2939 2/5 KOSB Transferred to 12th Prov. Battalion
Discharged : 02/03/1916
1901 Anwoth census : James S. McClellan (11, born Anwoth) with father James (grocer), mother Elizabeth H. and brother Henry A.
1911 Anwoth or Girthon census : Not mentioned, although his mother and brother Harry were in Fleet Street.
(Note: mother Elizabeth McClellan has middle initial of 'H' in both censuses which does not agree with name on family grave at Anwoth).
Henry and James McClellan were brothers.
Gatehouse Link : Born in Anwoth and lived in Fleet Street.
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