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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.
Albert Lawrie
SRoH. No mention in The Stewartry Roll of Honour.
Identified as soldier ex Kbt Adv. 18/06/1915. Survived the War.
1891 Girthon Census, in Nelson Square (should say Neilson Square) : Albert Lourie (3, born Paisley, Renfrewshire) with father David (labourer) and mother Mary Jane + brothers William, Robert A., David and 3 sisters.
1901 Glasgow Census, at 71 Centre Street, Govan : Albert Lawrie (13, born Paisley, Renfrewshire) with father David (dock labourer) and mother Mary Jane (both parents born in Gatehouse) + 3 brothers – (David, Robert A, & Frederick), 3 sisters and a brother in law.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 18/06/1915 : Corporal Albert Lowrie 2nd Highland Light Infantry. He has received a bullet wound in the shoulder and is being treated in a Birmingham Hospital.
ScotlandsPeople Index : Albert Lawrie born 1888 Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Brother of William, David, Tom & Fred Lowrie. William was killed in 1915.
Note : the surname is spelt several different ways Lowrie, Lawrie, Laurie, Lourie..
Gatehouse link : Lived in Gatehouse.
David Lawrie
SRoH. No mention in The Stewartry Roll of Honour.
Identified as soldier ex Kbt Adv. 18/06/1915. Survived the War.
1891 Girthon Census, Nelson Square (should say Neilson Square). David Lourie (12, born Gatehouse) with father David (labourer) and mother Mary Jane + brothers William, Robert A., Albert and 3 sisters.
1901 Glasgow Census, at 71 Centre Street, Govan : David Lawrie (22, railway shunter, born Gatehouse) with father David (dock labourer) and mother Mary Jane (both parents born in Gatehouse) + 3 brothers – (Albert, Robert A, & Frederick), 3 sisters and a brother in law.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 18/06/1915 : Private David Lowrie 1/7th Highland Light Infantry. Serving in Dardanelles.
ScotlandsPeople Index : David Lawrie born 1878 Girthon.
Brother of William, Tom, Albert & Fred Lowrie. William was killed in 1915.
Note : the surname is spelt several different ways Lowrie, Lawrie, Laurie, Lourie.
Gatehouse link : Born in Gatehouse.
William Lawrie
SRoH. No mention in The Stewartry Roll of Honour.
Identified as soldier ex War Memorial.
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial, Gatehouse : inscription : Wm. Laurie S.H.
Glasgow Roll of Honour
CWGC : Private William Lawrie, 6856 Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion.
Died 26/04/1915. Buried Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa, West Vlaanderen, Belgium (Grave B.1/A.1)
Wife: Agnes Lowrie, 94 King Street, South Side, Glasgow.
1881 Ulverston Census, Cumbria at 53 Quebec Street : William Lowrie (4, born Scotland) father David (iron miner) and mother Mary Jane + brothers Thomas, David and 2 sisters.
1891 Girthon Census, in Nelson Square (should say Neilson Square) : William (14, born Gatehouse) with father David (labourer) and mother Mary Jane + brothers David, Robert A., Albert and 3 sisters.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 18/06/1915 : Mrs Lowrie, who left Gatehouse about 20 years ago, has 5 sons and a son-in-law who have served in Kitchener’s Army.
Private William Lowrie served with 2nd Seaforth Highlanders and was killed a month ago (actually April 1915) He had been a Reservist who went to France last October.
Also her son-in-law Private Tom McDonald is training with 5th Scottish Rifles at Stirling.
ScotlandsPeople Index : William Lawrie born 1876 Girthon.
Brother of Tom, David, Albert & Fred Lawrie.
Note : the surname is spelt several different ways Lowrie, Lawrie, Laurie, Lourie.
Gatehouse link : Born in Gatehouse.
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.
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