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Allan Hume
SRoH. Private Allan Hume. Formerly of Gatehouse.
Enlisted Canadians. Served on Western Front. Killed in action 11th May 1917.
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial, Gatehouse : inscription : Allan Hume Canadians
Anwoth Church Memorial : Allan Hume Canadians
CWGC : Private Allan Hume 703515 Canadian Infantry (102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry). Died 11/05/1917. Buried La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, Pas de Calais, France. Grave: V.E.1
Canadian Great War Project on internet: Allan Hume Reg. No. 703515 102nd Battalion Central Ontario Regiment. Born Scotland. First enlisted August 1915 at Vernon, British Columbia and for some reason re-enlisted at Lillooet, British Columbia in January 1916. Next of kin: Mrs Jennie or Jessie Hume, of Washington State USA (in1915) and of 1221 Granville St. Vancouver, British Columbia (in 1916).
1871 Anwoth Census, Fleet Street : Charles E A Hume (3 months, born Anwoth) with grandfather John and probable mother Jane Byars. Thereafter he seems to use the name Allan Hume.
1881 Anwoth Census, Fleet Street :Allan Hume (10, born Gatehouse) with probable mother Jane Byars and grandfather John Byars.
In both censuses some grandchildren are named Hume and some are named Byars.
1891 Anwoth Census, Fleet Street : Allan Hume (20, agricultural labourer, born Anwoth) with grandfather John Byars + 2 possible siblings named Byars.
1901 Anwoth & Girthon Censuses : no sign of Allan Hume (and no Byars).
Dumfries & Galloway Standard : 11th July 1917, reporting his death on 11th May 1917 states that he had visited Gatehouse in 1916 – for first time in 27 years, so he probably emigrated to Canada soon after 1891 census.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser : 10th May 1918. In loving memory of our uncle Private Allan Hume, Canadians, killed in action 11th May 1917. Fondly remembered by two of his nieces, Nurse Campbell, Salisbury Plain and H. Campbell, Belmont, Kirkcudbright.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 12th August 1921: Unveiling of Gatehouse War Memorial. Wreath laid: ‘In fond remembrance of Pte. Allan Hume, killed May 1916, from his brother and nephew and nieces’
Allan had a complicated family history. He was born on 17/12/1870 as Charles Edward Allan Byars, the illegitimate son of Jane Byars, a milliner in Fleet Street, Gatehouse.
When his sister Jessie married in 1890, she gives her mother as Jane Byars but her father is ‘reputed to be John Hume, a mason journeyman’. There is a strong possibility that John Hume is also Allan’s father.
Gatehouse link : Born and educated in Anwoth.
David Hunter
SRoH. Mentioned in Roll of Honour but no known records
James Hunter
SRoH. Sergeant James Hunter. Home: Sawmill House, Gatehouse. Enlisted 8th August 1914, 5th Territorial Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Transferred to 315 Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps. Home Service.
Military Records : Enlisted 8th August 1914 as private in Reserve Battalion, K.O.S.B., No. 1796. Lived Girthon, Gatehouse. Aged 47 years 1 month and 6’ 1’’ tall. Occupation Joiner. Married. Next of kin & wife - Mrs E Hunter, Cally Sawmill House, Gatehouse.
Promoted to Lance Corporal 31st July 1915. Transferred to 2/5 Protection Coy. 21st June 1916 (No. 33697). Promoted to Sergeant 14th April 1917. Served as officer in detention camps for foreign nationals at Douglas on Isle of Man from 14th November 1917. Demobbed 9th May 1919 (aged 51).
Prior to war served with Galloway Rifles.
1901 Girthon Census, at Sawmill, Ann Street : James Hunter (33, born New Abbey), estate joiner, with sister Margaret Hunter, housekeeper.
1911 Girthon Census, at Cally Sawmill : James Hunter (43, born New Abbey) with wife Elizabeth (born Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire) + children Freda Nicol (aged 4), Ann Eliza Stewart (aged 2) and Arthur James Hunter (aged 6 months). All the children were born in Gatehouse.
Details from grand-daughter Margaret Wright : Born 28th June 1867 at Drumburn, New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire. Father : Samuel Hunter, Mother : Catherine McMillan. Married Elizabeth Duguid Nicol from Aberdeenshire in 1904.
They had 3 children: Freda (1906), Ann (1909) & Arthur (1910).
Gatehouse link : Lived in Gatehouse from 1899, aged 31.
Peter Hyslop
SRoH. No mention in The Stewartry Roll of Honour.
Identified from Military Records on Ancestry.co.uk after searching for ‘Gatehouse’.
Military Records : Enlisted 11th January 1915 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire with 65th Low. Division Army Corps as an Ammunition Gunner with RFA. Service No. 671084.
52 DAC (Divisional Ammunition Column) Royal Field Artillery. Aged 30 yrs & 7 mths. Born Gatehouse. Was 5’ 5’’ tall, weighed 140 lbs, had black hair and dark brown eyes. He had a tattoo on his left arm. Presbyterian. Served in France 1915.
In 1915 he was punished in April for being drunk and in August for being Absent Without Leave and lost various days pay. Sept. 1915 to Aug. 1918 served in Egypt (Port Said, Alexandria, Sidi Bishir).
Awarded 1914-1915 Star T.F., British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Sept. 1916: ‘forfeits 10 days pay for creating a disturbance in camp’
Aug. 1917: ‘awarded 28 days Field Punishment No 1 for assaulting a corporal of the Egyptian Police and for drunkenness’
Joined Ardrossan Shipbuilding Company. Address given as 53 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan. Released from shipyard labour on 26th August 1918.
12th August 1918 Given ‘reference’ saying he was ‘of sober habit’
Discharged 5th September 1918 as ‘surplus to military requirements not having suffered impairment since entering service’
Married Mary McMorland 5th June 1914 in Ardrossan.
They had a son William (born 13th August 1914 Ardrossan)
1881 Girthon Census, Back Street (now Catherine Street) : Peter Hyslop (age 1, born Girthon) with mother Amelia Hyslop (30), older brother John + grandfather Alex Stewart.
1901 Kirkmabreck census, at Carsluith Bridge : Peter Hyslop (21, salmon fisherman, born Gatehouse), with stepfather Robert McLean (granite quarryman) and mother Amelia + 3 half sisters and a half brother.
The family moved to Kirkmabreck about 1896 where the 2 younger children were born.
ScotlandsPeople Index: Birth of Peter Hyslop in 1879 Anwoth/Girthon.
No death in Girthon or Anwoth 1879-1881 of a Hyslop who could have been Peter's father.
Girthon Parish Banns : Amelia Hyslop or Stewart married Robert McLean in June 1883.
Gatehouse link : Born in Gatehouse.
Alexander McCulloch Jameson
SRoH. No mention in The Stewartry Roll of Honour.
Identified from newspaper clip in old scrapbook.
Army Records : Pre-War Army Service, mentioned in 1912 Indian Army List , Alexander McCulloch Jameson. Born 02/05/1881. 1st Commission 05/01/1901. Rank of Captain (09/03/1909) with British Officers of the Indian Army - 13th Lancers.
Medal Index Card - Major Alexander McCulloch Jameson of 13th D. C. Lancers (Duke of Connaught's Own Bombay Lancers). Fought in the Asiatic region. Mentioned in the Peshawar Bde.(??) Nominal Roll in 18/02/1919 re 1914 Star. Issued with Victory Medal by Indian Authority.
1881 Edinburgh Census, 3 St.Colme St.: Christina Robison Jameson (29, Advocates wife, born Anwoth) + Andrew James (4) & John Gordon (2), both born Edinburgh.
1891 Edinburgh Census, St.Colme St. : Alexander M Jameson (9, scholar, born Midlothian) with mother Christian R.(39, wife of Sheriff Jameson, born Anwoth) + brothers Andrew J.(14) and John G. (12) both scholars born Midlothian.
Newspaper clip, unsourced and undated (re his death at Ardmor, Gatehouse) : “Youngest son of the late Lord Ardwall, the noted Court of Session Judge who died in 1911, and the late Lady Ardwall whose death took place in 1940.” Served as a young lieutenent in the South African War. “After that campaign the major part of his military service was spent in India, where he was in the Indian Army. During the 1914-1918 war he served in Mesopotamia, and on retiring from the regular army, he was given the command of the 5th Battalion K.O.S.B., a position he held with distinction for some time.”
Scotlands People Birth: 02/05/1881 in St George's District, Edinburgh, Father - Andrew Jameson. Mother - Christian Robison Brown.
Will proved 09/01/1957 : Alexander McCulloch Jamieson of Ardmore, Gatehouse of Fleet.died 05/11/1956 in Dumfries. Widow: Winnifred Maxwell or Jameson.
Gatehouse link : Lived at Ardmore when he died.
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