Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Roxburgh
Town
Hawick
County
Borders
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44276

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Current location

reference SBA/512
Scottish Borders Archives
Kirkstile
Hawick
Roxburgh
Borders
TD9 0AE
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 50218 14391
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Inside the works canteen
    Peter Scott and Company
    Buccleuch Road
    Hawick
    Roxburgh
    Borders
    TD9 0HW
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: NT 50064 14431
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Elaborately framed Roll of Honour with inscription, above which is a depiction of a Royal Horse Artillery limber advancing under fire and below is a scene of the Battle Fleet under way. The ranks are represented by illustrations, and include a French infantryman with the rank of Brancardier (which translates as stretcher bearer).
Inscription
FOR KING & COUNTRY/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ OF THE EMPLOYEES OF PETER SCOTT & COMPANY LTD WHO AT THE CALL/ OF DUTY TOOK ARMS FOR BRITAIN IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 18/ (names in 3 columns) [with an elaborate coding system to indicate rank, wounded, gassed, invalided, drowned, died, killed, and died of wounds)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adamson, Alexander
Campbell, Robert
Domingo, Richard
Hislop, Richard
Howden, William
Jamieson, Hugh
Johnstone, George
Johnstone, James T
Law, John
Lawson, Joseph
See details for all 24 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 127
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, additional
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood, Glass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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