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Hugh Greenshields
SRoH. Private Hugh Greenshields. Home: Gatehouse.
Enlisted in Canadians. Served on Western Front.
Scottish War Memorial website : Private 187583 of 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Enlisted with his brother Thomas (Private 18784) and served alongside his brother. They were both wounded in the same attack but Thomas died of his wounds on 18/10/1916.
1901 Anwoth Census, Dromore Cottage (Gatehouse Station) : Hugh (7, born Anwoth), with father Walter (railway labourer, 43, born Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, & mother Maggie (41, born Dundonald, Ayrshire) + brother Thomas, 4 and sister Marion, 13.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 11th November 1916: Word has been received by Mr and Mrs Greenshields, Gatehouse of Fleet Station, that their son Private Hugh Greenshields, Canadian Contingent, has been wounded and is in hospital.
Dumfries & Galloway Standard 11/11/1916 : Wounded alongside his brother Thomas in October 1916, but Hugh survived his injuries.
Parent's marriage : Walter Greenshields to Maggie Paton at Kilmarnock in 1880. (ex Scotlands People Index).
Birth : Hugh Blain Greenshields born at Anwoth in 1894. (ex Scotlands People Index).
Gatehouse link : Home was in Anwoth.
Thomas Greenshields
SRoH. Private Tom Greenshields. Home: Gatehouse
Enlisted in Canadians. Served on Western Front.
Killed in action, 18th October 1916.
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial, Gatehouse inscription : Thomas Greenshields Canadians
Kirkmabreck War Memorial, Creetown inscription : Greenshields Thomas, Pte. Canadians
Anwoth Church Memorial : Pte. Thomas Greenshields K.O.S.B. (note should have read Canadians)
Crystal City Memorial, Manitoba, Canada : Thomas Greenshields, labourer, 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry, Private. Born 18th December 1896. Died 18th October 1916.
CWGC : Private T. Greenshields. 187584. Canadian Infantry (8th Battalion).
Died 18/10/1916. Buried Contay British Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave:IV.C.9
Scottish War Memorial website : Private 187584 of 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Enlisted with his brother Hugh (Private 187583) and served alongside his brother. They were both wounded in the same attack but Thomas died of his wounds on 18/10/1916.
Canadian Great War Project on internet: Private Thomas Greenshields, Reg. No. 187584 Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) 8th Battalion. Died of wounds 18/10/1916.
1901 Anwoth Census, Dromore Cottage (Gatehouse Station) : Thomas (4, born Anwoth) with father Walter (railway labourer, 43, born Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, & mother Maggie (age 41, born Dundonald, Ayrshire) + brother Hugh (7) and sister Marion (13).
1911 Anwoth Census, Dromore Station Cottages : Thomas Greenshields (14, born, Anwoth) with father Walter (platelayer on railway, 53, born Sanquhar), mother Maggie (52, born Dundonald) + brother James Paton Greenshields.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 11th November 1916 : Word came last week to Mr and Mrs Greenshields, Gatehouse of Fleet Station, that their son Private Tom Greenshields had died of wounds in action on 18th October. Private Greenshields belonged to a Canadian regiment and was 20 years of age.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 11th November 1916 : A poem was published in memory of Private Tom Greenshields. It ended - 'Little I thought when he said goodbye, It would be the last parting between you and I.' Inserted by a sorrowful father and mother.
Dumfries & Galloway Standard 11/11/1916: Thomas and his brother Hugh were injured at the same time in October 1916, but Hugh survived his injuries.
Parents' marriage : Walter Greenshields to Maggie Paton at Kilmarnock in 1880. (ex Scotlands People Index)
Birth : Thomas Greenshields born at Dromore Cottage Anwoth in 1896, son of Walter Greenshields and Maggie Paton. (ex Scotlands People Index)
Gatehouse link : Home was in Anwoth.
William Stewart Grierson
SRoH. Private William Stuart Grierson. Home: Auchenlarie, Gatehouse. Enlisted February 1917, 79th T.R.B. Montrose (Training Reserve Brigade). Transferred to 15th Battalion Royal Scots. Served on Western Front (Peronne Front above Rosiel, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele Ridge). Prisoner in Germany from 22nd October 1917 to 22nd December 1918.
Medal Index Card : Pte.William S. Grierson (49017) Royal Scots - British & Victory Medals.
Medal Index Roll : Pte 49017 Grierson, William S. 15th Royal Scots
1901 Borgue Census, at Littleton Farm : William (age 2, born Borgue) with father Joseph (35, farmer) and mother Jane G (30) + 2 sisters.
1911 Anwoth Census, at Low Auchenlarie : Joseph and Jane Grierson (both born Twynholm) + son Clement (born Borgue). Joseph was a farmer. William not found in Scotland or England.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 30th November 1917: Private W. Stewart Grierson, Royal Scots, elder son of Mr & Mrs Grierson, Auchenlarie was officially reported missing 22nd October 1917. He was 19 when he enlisted in February 1916. He had been on active service since August. Prior to joining up he worked on a farm.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 28th December 1917: Private W. Stewart Grierson, Royal Scots has sent a postcard to his father Mr Grierson at Auchenlarie to say that he is a prisoner of war in Germany. He had been missing since 22nd October 1917.
Edinburgh Gazette 29th January 1937 notice discharging all debts contracted by him. He was a farmer at Gledpark, Borgue.
Birth : 1898 birth of William Stewart Grierson at Borgue (ex Scotlands People Index).
Parents : An Ancestry family tree gives William's mother as Jane Grieve Stewart.
Marriage : 1923 at Anwoth William Stewart Grierson & Agnes Mary McLelland (ex Scotlands people Index).
Anwoth Banns : 1923, 27th April marriage of William Stewart Grierson of Auchenlarie to Agnes Mary McLelland of Newton.
Death : At Carlisle on15/12/1938 (age 40) 1939 probate granted to his widow Agnes Mary McLelland of Low Cummerdale Farm, near Carlisle. (ex Ancestry.co.uk).
Gatehouse link : Father farmed at Low Auchenlarie,Gatehouse.
James Montgomery Grieve
SRoH. Private James Montgomery Grieve. Home: Gatehouse.
Enlisted July 1916, Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Served on Western Front.
1881 Kirkcudbright Census, at Millburn Street : James (newly born) with parents James (tailor) and Ellen + 2 sisters.
1891 Kirkcudbright Census, at East Side, Millburn : James (10, born Kirkcudbright) with father James (tailor), mother Ellen, + 2 sisters and a brother.
1901 Kirkcudbright Census, at 27 Townend : James (20, mason, born Kirkcudbright) with father James (tailor), mother Helen + a brother and sister.
ScotlandsPeople Index : James Montgomery Grieve born 1880 at Kirkcudbright.
Anwoth Parish Banns : 06/09/1912, wedding of James Grieve from Kirkcudbright and Isabella Davidson from Fleet Street, Gatehouse.
ScotlandsPeople : In 1912 James Grieve married Isabella Davidson at Gatehouse
ScotlandsPeople : James Montgomery Grieve of 12 Fleet Street, Gatehouse died 27th May 1956 at Dumfries Infirmary. His wife was Isabella Davidson, father James Grieve, tailor, and mother Helen McKie.
Gatehouse link : Lived in Fleet Street,Gatehouse.
James Halliday
SRoH. Private James Halliday. Home : 102 Southwick Road, Dalbeattie.
Mobilised 4th August 1914, 1/5 King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
Served on Easter Front (Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine).
Killed at Gaza 19th April 1917. Pre-war service – in Territorials.
Gaza War Memorial, Palestine. – ex Scottish War Memorial website
Dalbeattie War Memorial inscription : Pte. James Halliday K.O.S.B.
Dalbeattie High School Memorial inscription : Halliday, James
(This memorial is now in Dalbeattie Museum. The building that was the High School is now Dalbeattie Primary School)
Those Who Died in Great War : Pte. James Halliday (240212) 1/5th Battalion KOSB. Enlisted at Dalbeattie. Born in Gatehouse, resided in Dalbeattie. Died of wounds 19th April 1917 in Egypt.
Scottish War Memorial website : Private 240212 1/5th Battalion K.O.S.B.
Mobilised August 1914. Served in Gallipoli, Egypt & Palestine.
Born 1895 at Girthorn, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of James Halliday of Southwick Rd. Dalbeattie. A former pupil of Dalbeattie Higher Grade Public School. Killed in action 19th April 1917.
1901 Colvend Census, at Dunmuck : James (farmer’s son age 22, born Colvend ?) with parents James & Margaret Halliday + 2 brothers and 1 sister.
Scotlands People index : confirms James Halliday born Girthon 1895.
Gatehouse link : Born in Girthon 1895, was at Colvend by 1901.
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