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Helen Caig
SRoH. Nursing Sister Helen Caig. Home: Gatehouse.
Enlisted 16th August 1914, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service.
Served in France 20th August 1914 to 1st January 1919) & Germany (2nd January to 6th June 1919). Awarded Royal Red Cross, 2nd class, and 1914 Star.
Gravestone at Borgue: Helen was born c.1883, (she was 69 when she died in 1952), father John Caig, mother Margaret Marshall. Home: Bruachmore, Gatehouse.
Brother James’ Army Records : Helen served with British Expeditionary Force in Cologne. Father John Caig, gamedealer. Lived at Brewery Cottage, High Street, Gatehouse.
1891 Rerrick census : at Stockmoss Cottage, Nellie Caig (born c.1882, Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire) was living with her father John (gamekeeper) and mother Maggie + her sister Agnes (born c.1884) and brother James (born c.1887 Rerrick).
1911 Anwoth census, Fleet Street : John Caig (rabbit dealer) and wife Janet (born Perthshire) + son James (age 23, b.Rerrick, rabbit catcher). Helen was not at home.
Borgue Gravestone : James & Helen's mother Margaret Marshall died in 1905 at Earlston, Borgue.
Anwoth Parish Banns: John Caig, butcher, Fleet Street, married Janet McLaren from Twynholm on 19/01/1908. Janet (Jessie) was Helen's step-mother.
ScotlandsPeople website: Helen Caig birth registered at Rerrick in 1882.
James and Helen Caig are brother and sister.
The Caig family continued to live at Bruachmore until Helen died in 1952. Bruachmore and Brewery Cottage are adjoining properties in the Old Brewery complex on the High Street, Gatehouse.
Gatehouse link : Lived in Gatehouse.
James Caig
SRoH. Private James Caig. Home: Gatehouse-of-Fleet.
Enlisted March 1916, Gordon Highlanders.
Served on Western Front. Wounded at Beaumont Hamel. (Fractured skull)
Died in 44th Casualty Clearing Station, Puchevillers 14th November 1916.
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial, Gatehouse inscription : James Caig G.H.
Anwoth Church Memorial : James Caig Gordons
Borgue Gravestone: ...also James, his only son, died of wounds 14th November 1916, aged 29 years, interred at Puchbillers. Father: John Caig. Mother: Margaret Marshall. Home: Bruachmore, Gatehouse.
CWGC : Private J. Caig, S/11589 Gordon Highlanders (1st Battalion)
Died 14/11/1916. Buried Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme France. Grave: VI.A.30
Military Records – No. S/11589 Gordon Highlanders. Home: Brewery Cottage, Gatehouse. Joined when 28yrs & 3 months in 1916. He was a rabbit catcher.
Height 5’ 10½’’ & weight 168lbs. Father: Mr John Caig, gamedealer (aged 63)
Sister Helen Caig was a military nurse.
(Bruachmore and Brewery Cottage are next to each other at Brewery Brae, Gatehouse)
1891 Rerrick census, at Stockmoss Cottage : James (3, born Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire) with father John (gamekeeper) and mother Maggie, Rerrick + 2 sisters, Nellie & Agnes.
1901 Rerrick census, at Stockmoss Cottage : James Caig (13, born Rerrick) with father John (gamekeeper) and mother Margaret.
1911 Anwoth census, Fleet Street : James Caig (23, rabbit catcher, born Rerrick) with father John Caig (rabbit dealer) and wife Janet (born Perthshire).
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 1st December 1916 : Mr John Caig, game dealer, Gatehouse has learned unofficially that his son, James Caig, Gordon Highlanders, was severely wounded on 13th November. Another Gatehouse lad, who saw his comrade carried off the field, conveyed the news in a letter home.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 8th December 1916 : Last week, Mr John Caig, Brewery Cottage, Gatehouse received official information that his son Private James Caig. of the Gordon Highlanders, had died of his wounds in hospital.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 15th December 1916 : a photo of Gatehouse soldier Private Jas. Craig of the Gordon Highlanders. We know of no soldier called James Craig from Gatehouse, although there was a William Craig and a James Craik. However, James Caig was wounded and later died of his wounds in November 1916, so we believe that this is a photo of James Caig not James Craig.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 16th November 1917: In Memoriam 'In loving memory of my son Private James Caig, Gordon Highlanders, who died of wounds in France on 14th November 1916.' Inserted by father John Caig, Brewery Cottage, Gatehouse.
Note: James & Helen's mother Margaret Marshall died in 1905 at Earlston, Borgue.(Borgue gravestone)
See family details for Helen Caig above.
Gatehouse link : Lived in Gatehouse.
John Caig Lockhart
SRoH. No mention in The Stewartry Roll of Honour.
Identified from Military Records on Ancestry.co.uk after searching for ‘Gatehouse’.
Military Records : John Caig Lockhart. Attested at Kirkcudbright 1st October 1914 with 4357 2nd Lowland Reserve Battery RFA . Born Anwoth, Gatehouse. Ploughman working for D. Y. Veitch, Low Creoch, Gatehouse. He was 5' 3''
Statement of Disability 23rd January 1919 at Sidi Bishr - with 2/53 DAC (Defence Ammunition Centre?) RFA.
Certificate of Identity: 11th February 1919 John Lockhart 655739 Driver RFA. Home: Boreland, Balmaghie, Castle Douglas. Served in Egypt. Medical condition A1. Born 18190.
05/01/1915 Going out of Bounds - Punishment 3 days CB [Confined to Barracks]
13/03/1915 Absent from tattoo - Punishment 1 day CB
08/06/1915 to 29/01/1919 served with Egyptian Expeditionary Force
23/06/1915 Arrived Port Said
24/07/1915 Hospital in Port said with diahorrea
26/08/1915 Hospital in Port Said with dyspepsia
31/07/1916 Absent from Draft - 28 days Field Punishment
17/08/1916 O/C Unit Mustered Driver at Kantara
27/08/1916 17th General Hospital Alexandria with dysentry
13/10/1918 with 53 DAC Palestine
29/01/1919 embarked on 'Ormande' at Port Said for England.
10/03/1919 Demobbed. Address Boreland, Balmaghie
1901 Twynholm Census, at Glyd's West : John Lockhart (11, born Gatehouse) with father Henry (ploughman), mother Grace and 4 younger sisters.
Anwoth Banns: May 1895 Henry Lockhart (farm labourer from Anwoth) married Grace Parrie Caig from Borgue (John’s parents).
Scotlands People Index : Birth of John Lockhart 1890 Borgue. (Only one in Kirkcudbrightshire).
Gatehouse link : Worked at Low Creoch.
Thomas Barrie Muirhead
SRoH. Lance-Corporal Thomas Barrie Muirhead. Home: High Creoch, Gatehouse.
Enlisted September 1914, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.
Transferred to Machine Gun Corps. Served on Western Front (Loos, Neuve Chapelle, Somme).
Killed on the Somme, 16th March 1917.
Anwoth & Girthon War Memorial, Gatehouse inscription : Tom Muirhead L.Cpl. M.G.C.
Girthon Church Memorial : T. Muirhead M.G.C.
CWGC : Lance Corporal T.Muirhead 20386 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 1st Coy.
Died 16th March 1917. Buried Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Somme, France. Grave I.I.3
Soldiers Who Died in Great War : L/Cpl Thomas Muirhead 20386 MGC (Infantry) Formerly 10989 Cameron Highlanders. Enlisted at Dumfries.
Born Lochmaben. Died (killed in action) 16th March 1917 in France/Flanders
Army records - Roll of Individuals (Machine Gun Corps): Pte 20386 Thomas Muirhead (Previously S/10989 Cam'n Hrs.) Killed in Action 16/03/1917.
Medal Index Card: Pte. Thomas Muirhead Cam. High. S/10989 & M.G.C. 20386. Sent to (1) France on 10/01/1915.
Killed in Action. Awarded Victory, British & 15 Star medals.
Medals applied for by his brother 27/03/1923 and sent to Mr J. Muirhead, Dungarg Cottage, Castle Douglas.
1891 Maybole Census, at Cutroy(?) Bridge : Thomas Muirhead (6, born Lochmaben) with father Alexander (46, unemployed shepherd), mother Jane (44) + 3 sisters.
1901 Kirkcudbright Census, at Greatcross Bothy: Thomas Muirhead (16, assistant gamekeeper, born Lochmaben) with gamekeeper William Stitt.
1911 Girthon census, at Laghead : Thomas Muirhead (26, gamekeeper, born Lochmaben) was a boarder with the Caig family.
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 30th March 1917: Thomas Muirhead (previously gamekeeper at Cally when he lived at High Creoch) was killed on 16/03/1917. A letter to his sister in Kirkmahoe says that he was struck by a shell and killed instantly. He said that the whole company mourned the loss of one of their gallant comrades and that he would be missed as a brother.
He had enlisted on 28/08/1914 in the Argyll & Southern Highlanders but later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He was one of the first men from Gatehouse to enlist. He was 31 years old. In more than 2 years at the Front he had never been ill. He was a very popular man.
ScotlandsPeople Index : 1884 birth at Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire Thomas Muirhead. Father: Alexander Muirhead Mother Jane Hume.
Gatehouse link : Born Lochmaben, but worked as a gamekeeper around Gatehouse.
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