August 1914 saw the outbreak of the First World War.  It was the Great War – the war to end all wars and it was stated that it would be over by Christmas. At its finish, in November 1918, four years later the losses to the Allied Powers in War Dead amounted to some 5,200,000. Britain herself lost just short of 1,000,000 in the conflict. By 1919, Britain was only too painfully aware of the supreme effort and loss it had endured during the previous 4 years. As a nation, it vowed and promised never to forget those who had given their lives to secure peace. To that end, the local populace of virtually every hamlet, village, town and city throughout the land ensured their heroes would be honored and remembered by the erection of a suitable war memorial to them. The villages and towns of Lanarkshire were no exception and, as we know, many such memorials were erected to the memory of its fallen. These memorials were either in the form of a large village memorial or plaques within local churches or organisation that lost members. 1921 saw the inclusion of Stonehouse among those erected.

Some 30 years later, those same promises and vows were repeated, as the Nation’s Memorials saw the addition of many further names – names of those who gave their lives in the Second World War.

Today, it is hard to remember those you never knew. All that is left is a list of names inscribed on memorial tablets, whom we respect by the laying of wreaths each year on Armistice Sunday. 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the ending of that “war to end all wars”, and it is our wish to see that the memories of those men on our memorial and those not included on it are not forgotten.

Research by the group is on-going to build a biography of these young men, as well as those who returned home. Our members area provides a full list of enlistees (currently over 300) who were either born, lived in or married in Stonehouse and this list in June 2021 showed 97 personnel who lost their lives . The group has an individual file on each man which in some cases has a photograph, details of their service record, will or information gained from family members in others we have no information at all.

Through this ongoing research an additional 28 names were added to the memorial in 2008 and a re-dedication service was held to commemorate this. Since 2008 a further 10  personnel have been identified to be added to the memorial. The roll of honour table in the members section provides the most up to date list of personnel who were known to be from Stonehouse and were killed in action or died of wounds. The Stonehouse memorial list only shows those named on the memorial.

Thanks go to the late Mr Jim Davidson, William Mackie and John Rogers. Jim commenced this research and was followed up by William Mackie who checked it and organised the re-dedication ceremony and many individual service records were compiled by John roger. As research continues we know that more will be added.

If you find your way to our site and have any details no matter how small, photographs or any other information of those who are on our Roll of Honour or list of enlistees we would like to hear from you.

Please Contact the group by email at info@stonehouseheritage.co.uk If you come across any errors or have additional information. It is imperative that we try and keep the information as up to date as possible and that you recognise that all information has been researched by local volunteers.

STONEHOUSE WAR MEMORIAL 1914-1918-FALLEN

SURNAMEFORENAME RANKREGIMENTUNITCEMETERYCOUNTRY GRAVE / MEMORIAL AWARD
AllanGeorgeCorporalMachine Gun Corps215th
Company (Infantry)
Grevillers British CemeteryFranceIV.A.12
AlstonHughPrivateArmy Service CorpsStonehouse CemeteryScotlandA492
BarrJamesPrivateGordon Highlanders10th BattalionVermelles British Cemetery FranceIII.G.22
BarrWilliamLance CorporalArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)11th BattalionLoos British CemeteryFranceXV.E.6
BennettJamesPrivateRoyal Scots11th BattalionHedge Row Trench CemeteryBelgiumSP.Mem.A.3
BrownArchie SapperRoyal Engineers173rd
Tunneling
Company
Bard Cottage CemeteryBelgiumII.H.12
BrownJamesPrivateSeaforth Highlanders2nd BattalionLoos MemorialFrancePanel 112-115
BrownJohnPrivateKing's Own Scottish Borderers1st/5th BattalionSoissons MemorialFrancePanel 15A
BrownlieRobertPrivateHighland Light Infantry16th Battalion
(Service)
Thiepval MemorialFrancePier & Face 15C
BurnsJohnPrivateRoyal Scots13th BattalionArras MemorialFranceBay 1 & 2
CallanderJohnPrivateMachine Gun Corps212th
Company (Infantry)
Arras MemorialFranceBay 10
CochraneJames BrownliePrivateNorthumberland Fusiliers24th BattalionArras MemorialFranceBay 2-3
CooperJamesPrivateRoyal Scots5th/6th BattalionCabaret-Rouge, British Cemetery SouchezBelgiumVIII.M.1
CooperWilliamPrivateRoyal Scots9th BattalionTyne Cot MemorialFrancePanel 11-14 & 162Military Medal
CouchThomasPrivateKing's Own Scottish Borderers6th BattalionDaours, Com, Cem, Ext.FranceI.A.4
CraigRobertSergeantMachine Gun Corps99th Company (Infantry)Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension FranceIII.G.35
CraigWilliamPrivateSeaforth Highlanders9th BattalionTincourt New British CemeteryFranceIV.B.11
CrossFredrickPrivateHighland Light Infantry8th BattalionWhite City Cemetery Bois-Grenier FranceE10
Cuthbertson Robert CPrivateHighland Light Infantry9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion (Territorial)Vis-En-Artois Memorial FrancePANEL 9 & 10
DavidsonAlexanderPrivateEast Yorkshire Regiment1st BattalionCojeul Cem,St Martin-Sur-Cojeul B 58FranceB58
Dunsmore/DunsmuirDavidLance CorporalKing's Own Scottish Borderers6th BattalionArras MemorialFranceBay 6
FallowWilliamPrivateNorthumberland Fusiliers1st/4th Battalion (Territorials)Niederzwehren Cemetery GermanyI.L.2.
FeelieRobertPrivateKing's Own Scottish Borderers1st BattalionThiepval MemorialFrancePier & Face 4A & 4D
FergusonWilliamPrivateCameronians (Scottish Rifles)5th/6th BattalionCharmes Military Cemetery Essengney VosgesFranceI.H.6
FlemingGeorgeCorporalCameronians (Scottish Rifles)9th BattalionHaringhe Military Cemetery Belgium III.C.62
ForsythSamuelPrivateCameronians (Scottish Rifles)2nd BattalionMerville Communal Cemetery FranceIII.O.11
FrenchJohn (Jack)SergeantKing's Own Scottish Borderers6th BattalionFins New British Cemetery, Sorrel-Le-GrandFranceIV.A.21Military Medal
GibsonWilliamPrivateCameronians (Scottish Rifles)9th BattalionThiepval MemorialFrance Pier & Face 4D
GilliesThomasPrivateCanadian Infantry49th BattalionMontreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery, QuebecCanadaN2/611W
GilmourWilliamLance CorporalGordon Highlanders7th BattalionMarfaux British Cemetery FranceVIII.B.2
GrayJohn ScottPrivateMachine Gun Corps52nd Battalion (Infantry)Bac-Du-Sud Cemetery BailleullvalFranceIII.F.23
GrayRobert JPrivateRoyal Scots Fusiliers8th BattalionLoos MemorialFrancePanel 10-13
GrimasonThomasPrivateRoyal Scots16th BattalionThiepval MemorialFrancePier & Face 6D & 7D
HamiltonAndrewGunnerRoyal Garrison Artillery Duke Of Cornwall's345 Siege BatteryVlamertinghe New
Military Cemetery
BelgiumI.B.25
HamiltonAngus HPrivateHighland Light Infantry8th Battalion
(Lanark)
Territorial
Cabaret-Rouge, Brit' Cem SouchezFranceI.V.D5
HamiltonJames DPrivateSeaforth Highlanders8th BattalionSt Sever Cem Extension RouenFranceR 11 J 16
HamiltonJames LawrieSapperRoyal Engineers218th
Field
Company
Thiepval MemorialFrance Pier & Face 8A & 8D
HamiltonPeterPrivateAustralian Army Medical Corps4th Light Horse Field AmbulanceStonehouse CemeteryScotlandA396
HamiltonRobertPrivateMachine Gun CorpsInfantryEtaples Military CemeteryFranceLXV. F.12
HamiltonWilliamPrivateHighland Light Infantry14th BattalionFins New Brit Cem, Sorel-Le-Grand FranceI.F.2
HamiltonWilliam WeirActing SergeantRoyal Fusiliers (City Of London)4th BattalionYpres (Menin Gate) MemorialBelgiumPanel 6 & 8
HarvieRobertSergeantGordon Highlanders6th BattalionYpres (Menin Gate) MemorialBelgiumPanel 38
HutchisonAlexanderPrivateCanadian Infantry38th BattalionVimy Memorial FranceFrance
KirklandPeterPrivateRoyal Scots2nd BattalionArras MemorialFranceBay 1 & 2
LeiperArchie BurnsPrivateHighland Light Infantry1st/7th BattalionCabaret-Rouge, Brit' Cem SouchezFranceVIII.N.24
LeishmanJohn McInnesSergeantCameronians (Scottish Rifles)11th BattalionDorian Military CemeteryGreece V.B.4
McCallumAlexanderPrivateCameronians (Scottish Rifles)6th BattalionThiepval MemorialFrance Pier & Face 4D
McConville PatrickPrivateRoyal ScotsDepotBellshill CemeteryScotlandB2015
McLeanHarold DanielGunnerRoyal Field ArtilleryA Battery
51st Brigade
Tyne Cot MemorialBelgiumPanel 4-6 & 162
McLellanGeorgeLance CorporalHighland Light Infantry6th BattalionLigny-St.Flochel Brit'Cem Averdoingt11.B17FranceII.B.17
MillarGavinPrivateGordon Highlanders1st BattalionYpres (Menin Gate) MemorialBelgiumPanel 38
MillarThomasPrivateGordon Highlanders1st BattalionYpres (Menin Gate) MemorialBelgiumPanel 38
MilneAlexanderPrivateArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)2nd BattalionThiepval MemorialFrancePier & Face 15A & 16C
MooreAlexanderPrivateSeaforth Highlanders2nd BattalionThiepval MemorialFrancePier & Face 15C
MuirWilliamPrivateQueen's Own Cameron Highlanders6th BattalionTyne Cot MemorialBelgiumLII.B.13
MurdochDanielLance CorporalQueen's Own Cameron Highlanders6th BattalionHoudain Lane Cem,Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines FranceG3
PatersonRobertStaff SergeantRoyal Field Artillery19th BrigadeKirechkoi-Hortakoi Military CemeteryGreece294
Plenderleith AlexanderPrivateRoyal Scots Fusiliers2nd BattalionThiepval Memorial FrancePanel & Face 3C
PrenticeJohnPrivateRoyal Scots Fusiliers1st/4th Battalion Ramleh War CemeteryIsraelE.26
ReidJohnSergeantArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)1st/5th BattalionHollybrook Memorial SouthamptonEngland
ReidRobert (Roy)PrivateWest Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wale's Own)1st BattalionRocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, ManancourtFranceIV.C.6
Richardson JohnSapperRoyal EngineersStonehouse CemeteryScotland B.4
RobertsonThomasUnknownUnknown
RobinsonThomasPrivateCameronians (Scottish Rifles)5th BattalionSt Andrews Western CemeteryScotlandH.85
RowanNicolas GibsonLance SergeantThe Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)10th BattalionCorbie Com Cem FranceFranceGRAVE 41
PLOT 1 ROW B
RussellRobertPrivateRoyal Scots16th BattalionThiepval MemorialFrancePier & Face 6D & 7D
Sievewright Allan BellLance CorporalCameronians (Scottish Rifles)Tyne Cot MemorialBelgium Panel 68-70 & 162-162AMilitary Medal
SmallJamesActing CorporalRoyal Garrison Artillery192nd Battalion
Heavy Battery
Salonika (Lembit Road Cemetery)Greece1272
SmithFrankPrivateKing's Own Scottish Borderers8th BattalionLoos MemorialFrancePanel 53-56
SmithThomasMajorGordon Highlanders6th/7th BattalionPeak Wood Cemetery FranceFranceDCM
SorbieJohnSergeantRoyal Scots16th BattalionCambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord France.FrancePANEL 10
SorbieMitchellCorporalHighland Light Infantry8th Lanark Battalion (Territorials)Boulogne Eastern CemeteryFranceVIII.A.22
StewartArchibaldPrivateHighland Light Infantry2nd BattalionArras MemorialFranceBay 8
StewartMathewPrivateHighland Light Infantry15th/1st Battalion
Glasgow
St Sever Cem Extension RouenFranceIII.B.6
TaitThomasLance CorporalArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)10th BattalionJoncourt British CemeteryFrance A.15
ThomsonRobert RPrivateRoyal Scots GreysArras MemorialFranceBay 6
ThomsonThomas TorranceLance CorporalRoyal Garrison ArtilleryBarliin Cemetery ExtensionFranceI.C.30Military Medal
ToddJamesSergeantWorcestershire Regiment1st BattalionBailleul Cemetery ExtensionFranceI.E.17
ToddRobert JohnstonPrivateArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)12th BattalionDorian Military CemeteryGreeceV.F.1
TorranceAbrahamPrivateSeaforth HighlandersAthies Communal Cemetery Extension FranceJ.6
WalkerJames SteelPrivateGordon Highlanders1st/6th BattalionRoclincourt Valley Cemetery FranceII.F.4
WardropeJohnSergeantKing's Shropshire Light Infantry7th BattalionBournmouth East Cemetery HampshireEnglandP I 153
WattWilliamPrivateRoyal Scots16th BattalionThiepval MemorialFrancePier & Face 6D & 7D
WhitelawJohnLance CorporalRoyal Scots Fusiliers1st BattalionBedford CemeteryBelgiumEnclosure No. 14 x 11 D.15
WhitelawNeil McAllisterPrivateRoyal Scots Fusiliers1st BattalionMansieres Cem Marcoing FranceII.B.6
WilsonRobertPrivateRoyal Scots Fusiliers2nd BattalionThiepval MemorialFrancePier & Face 3C
WilsonRobertRoyal Scots18th BattalionStonehouse CemeteryScotland497

In addition to the main memorial in the cemetery the local churches also commemorated the fallen of their congregation by erecting plaques inside the churches. St Ninians, Paterson UF Church and Congregational church were among those that erected palques. The following pictures show the memorials.

WWI St.Ninian Memorial

St.Ninian Organ2St.Ninian Organ1

Paterson Memorial

 

The group produced a village at war booklet from extracts from local newspapers for one of its early exhibitions. the following is a digital copy of this booklet.

Village at War Newspaper extracts