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James Clugston
SRoH. No details in Stewartry Roll of Honour. Identified from research by Stuart Wilson and Ken Morrison.
Other details still to be entered
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Stuart Clugston
SRoH. No details in Stewartry Roll of Honour. Identified from research by Stuart Wilson and Ken Morrison.
Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 60 -61.
Dumfries War Memorial: Pte. Stuart Clugston. Also under K.O.S.B.: L-Cpl. James Clugston
Kingholm Quay War Memorials, near Dumfries (old & new memorials) : Pte. Stuart Clugston Royal Scots Fusilier. Belgium: 29.4.1918. And his brother James T. Clugston 1BN KOSB Turkey 30.8.1915
CWGC: Pte. 41619 Stuart Clugston. Died 29/4/1918 (aged 19). Royal Scots Fusiliers 2Bn. Son of James & M. A. Clugston, Kingholm Quay, Dumfries.
Soldiers Who Died: Stuart Clugston. Private 4619 2nd Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Born Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Killed in Action 29 Apr 1919 France & Flanders.
Enlisted Dumfries.
Soldiers Effects: Stuart Clugston Royal Scots Fusiliers. Pte. 41619 (Killed in) Action 29-4-1918 France.
£3-7-2 on 17.9.18 to his father James Clugston.
1891 Shifnal Census, Salop (Shropshire) at High Street: James Clugston (aged 25, gardener, born Scotland) with wife Mary A. (aged 22, born Salop) and son James T. Clugston (aged 1, born Shifnal). They lived with Mary's parents Thomas and Anne Fullerton.
1901 Auchencairn Census at 21 Wallace Street: Stuart Clugston (aged 1, born Auchencairn) with father James Clugston (aged 34, jobbing gardener, born Auchencairn), mother Anne (aged 22, born England) and older siblings James T. (aged 12, born England), Anne (aged 8, born England), Sarah (aged 6,born Auchencairn) and William (aged 4, born Auchencairn). Note - although Stuart's birth is given as Auchencairn in the census, he was actually born at Anwoth.
1911 Dumfries census: Scotlands People Index shows the Clugston family, James & Mary Ann, with Sarah (16), William Fullerton (14), Stuart (11) and Elizabeth (6). The family are probably now living at Kingholm Quay, Dumfries.
Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser 15th May 1918: Mrs Clugston, Kingholm Quay, has received a letter from Second Lieutenant Baird, Royal Scots Fusiliers, in which he says ''You will have received official intimation (now) of your son Private S. Clugston, Royal Scots Fusiliers (Lewis gun section), having been killed in action. I was his officer, and the brave lad was shot at his gun, shot through the brain. Death must have been instantaneous. We were in a very hot scrap, and I'm sorry to say our losses have not been light. But we held on. Now we are out on a rest, and have received congratulations from Sir Douglas Haig downwards for our work. Our comrades-in-arms who have fallen, of course, share the honour. Your son was one of the best, if not the best man in my Lewis gun team - always willing - a novice in war with the grit of a veteran. I shall miss him. How much greater must be your loss - his mother! We have laid him to rest just behind the trench he so gallantly defended and I said a few words as we left him.'' Deceased, who had been a pupil of Brownhall School, was nineteen years of age last month. His brother, who was a corporal in the K.O.S.B. was killed in Gallipoli on 30th August 1915. Another brother is serving in France in an anti -aircraft section.
Birth Certificate: Stuart Clugston born 1899, April 18th at Burnfoot Cottage, Anwoth. Father James Clugston, gardener. Mother Mary Ann Clugston ms Fullerton. They married 1889 Jan.1st at Shifnel, Shropshire.
Answering the Call by Stuart Wilson : His oldest brother James Thomas Clugston (born in 1889 Q4 at Shifnal, Shropshire was killed in action in Gallipolli in 1915. James had enlisted in K.O.S.B. in 1908 and was a pre war regular serving in India. On return his division were sent to assist in Gallipoli. He was wounded on 29th April but rejoined his battalion on 28th August. He was shot and killed 2 days later. He has no known grave but is remembered on the Helles memorial.
An older brother William Fullerton (born 1897 Rerrick - Auchencairn) served in France in 1918 with the anti-aircraft section.(see newspaper above)
Gatehouse Link: Born in Anwoth but moved soon after birth. The Clugston family lived in Anwoth between 1887 and 1891. His brother James T. Clugston would have attended school at Anwoth.
Don Keith Clyne
SRoH. Private Don Keith Clyne. Employed at Cally Gardens, Gatehouse.
Enlisted in Cameron Highlanders. Served on Western Front. Once wounded.
Killed in action September 1916.
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial, Gatehouse inscription : D.K. Clyne C.H.
Menmuir War Memorial, Tigerton, Forfarshire : Pte. Don Clyne Cameron Hrs.
Menmuir School Memorial : Pte Don Clyne Cameron Highlanders (now in Glen Esk Folk Museum)
CWGC: Lance Corporal Keith Clyne S/10988 Cameron Highlanders (1st Battalion).
Died 04/09/1916 (aged 24)
Buried Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt L’Abbe, Somme, France Grave: IV.B.76
Parents: William & Isabella Clyne, Tigerton, Menmuir, Brechin, Forfarshire.
Army Records - Roll of Individuals (Cameron Highlanders) : S/10988 Pte. Clyne, Don Keith - 1st Cameron Highlanders.
Register of Soldiers Effects : Clyne, Don Keith: 1st Bn. Cameron Hds. Pte. 10988. (Killed) In Action 04/09/1916.
10/01/1917 father William sent a small sum of money.
11/04/1917 mother Isabella K. also sent some money.
30/09/1919 father William sent £8-10/- as a War Gratuity.
1901 Menmuir, Angus Census : at Tigerton, Don Clyne (aged 9, born Menmuir) with father William (53, domestic gardener), mother Isabella (50), 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Don was the youngest in the family.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 22nd September 1916: Private D.K. Clyne, Gatehouse. Cameron Highlanders. Information has reached Gatehouse to the effect that Private Don Keith Clyne of the Cameron Highlanders, has died of wounds. He joined the army fully two years ago. When war broke out, he was employed in Cally Gardens, and he was well known in Gatehouse. Last year he spent a few days in Gatehouse when recovering from a previous injury.
Clyne Family history website : Don Keith Clyne was born in 1891 at Menmuir, Angus. His father was William Clyne (gardener), mother Isabella Keith. Don was killed 14/09/1916. N.B. note the date of death as 14/09 but CWGC has 04/09.
Gatehouse link : Worked at Cally Gardens in Gatehouse.
John Dundas Orr Coats
SRoH. No mention. We know of him from research about his father Rev Walter William Coats, Minister of Girthon.
Medal Index Card : John D. O. Coats. Lieut. then A/Capt. R. High./M.G.C. Went to France June 1917. Applied for medals (British War Medal & Victory Medal) 21/1/1922 to be sent to Manse of Brechin, Forfarshire.
Medal Roll : Capt. J. D. O. Coats, R. Highrs. M.G.C. B.W. Medal & V. Medal 7/2/1922.
1881 Girthon Census : Rev. Walter Coats B. D. was at Girthon Manse as a bachelor.
1891 Girthon Census : Rev. Walter Coats B. D. was at Girthon Manse with his wife and family.
1901 Girthon Census, Girthon Manse : John Dundas Orr Coats (7, born Glasgow) with parents Walter William Coats, parish minister (44, born Glasgow) & Margaret Janet (39, born Glasgow) + sister Margaret Jane (10, born Glasgow).
1911 Census Scotlands People Index : Not found. His father Rev. Walter William Coats (54) was at Brechin, Angus.
Scotlands People Index :
1888 - marriage Walter William Coats to Margaret Janet Hamilton at Kelvin, Lanarkshire. (John's parents).
1893 - Birth - John Dundas Orr Coats is registered twice - in Kelvin, Lanarkshire & in Girthon.
Ancestry.co.uk:
1856 18th June : birth of Walter William Coats (John's father), Glassford, Lanarkshire. Father John Coats, mother Jane Jackson.
1861 14th August : birth of Margaret Janet Hamilton (John's mother), Anderston, Glasgow. Father Dundas Hamilton, mother Margaret Orr.
1930 Q3 : John D. O. Coats married Dora Goodman at Paddington, London.
1971 Death John Dundas Orr Coats at Kings Lynn, Norfolk (aged 77) gives his birth date as 12th October 1893.
Edinburgh University Roll of Honour 1914 - 1919 : Coats, John Dundas Orr. (School) Edinburgh Academy, First XV. O.Te 1908-12. B.A. (Oxford), student of Law, 1919.
5th Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), 2nd Lieut., September 1914, Lieut., June 1916, Temporary Captain, April 1915. Attached Machine Gun Corps, August 1916. Acting Captain, September 1918. (Served in ) France & Mesopotamia.
His father Rev. Walter William Coats was also involved in the war as an army chaplain.
Gatehouse link : His father Rev Walter W. Coats was Minister of Girthon 1880 to 1901. John lived in Girthon for first 7 years of his life.
Margaret Conley
SRoH -no mention. We know of her from the 1915 newspaper article below.
1891 Anwoth Census, public road near Mossyard : Ellen Conley (35, born Mochrum, Wigtownshire) with husband James (40, agricultural Labourer) and 3 children James (16, born Sorbie), Maggie (10, born Rerrick) and Mary (6 born Anwoth).
1901 Anwoth Census at Kirkclaugh: with the McCulloch family, Helen Conley, (43 born Sorbie, Wigtownshire) widow, dairy maid, domestic.
1911 Girthon Census at Cally Mains farmhouse: Helen Conley (52, born Mochrum Wigtownshire), a widow and housekeeper.
1911 Edinburgh Census Index : Margaret Conley, aged 31 was living in Canongate.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 6th August 1915 : War Work of Scotland's Suffragette Societies.
Miss Jean B. Montgomery, Netherhall, sent ... a report on the work in of hospitals in France and Serbia organised by the National Women's Suffrage Society.
The principal work in France, ... is carried out at Abbaye Royaument. The unit comprises a staff of over fifty women, and is housed in the Abbaye, which at present accommodates 200 patients. Among the nurses at one time was Miss Conley, Edinburgh and Cally Mains, Gatehouse.
Scotlands People Index :
1875 James Conley married Ellen Irvine at Sorbie, Wigtownshire.
1880 birth Margaret Conley at Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire.
1900 Death James Conley, aged 51 at Anwoth.
It seems unlikely that Helen / Ellen Conley would have been a nurse in World War I because of her age.
It is more likely that one of her daughters - Maggie or Mary - would have been a more suitable age.
Nursing Registration : Margaret Conley, 7 Rutland Square, Edinburgh. Training School - Royal Infirmary, Perth 1909.
General Nursing Council for Scotland : Application for Registration 12th Jan. 1923.
Margaret Conley, 7 Maitland Square, Edinburgh, aged 42 - nursing record - (illegible) nurse from September 1918 to present. Reference from Miss Walker, Matron, Rutland Square, Edinburgh.
Gatehouse link : There is no proof that Margaret above is the nurse mentioned in the newspaper article but she is almost certainly the daughter of Helen Conley who lived at Cally Mains in 1911. The Conley family lived near Gatehouse from about 1884.
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