There were five other Langholmite deaths in 1915 in the Gallipoli campaign.
Died
| Date | Surname | Forenames | Event | Location | Unit | Rank/No. | Age | Address | Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th June | Maxwell | William | Died of wounds | Hospital ship, Greece | 1st KOSB | Private 9480 | 29 | Father: Drove Road | East Mudros, Greece |
| 6th June | Dalgliesh | James | Killed in action | Gallipoli | 1st KOSB | Lance Corp 6878 | 36 | (Army) | Helles, Türkiye |
| 23rd Aug | Bell | Robert | Died of illness | Hospital ship, Dardanelles | 1st/5th KOSB | Corporal 834 | 21 | Formerly Charles Street Old | Helles, Türkiye |
| 24th Aug | Grant | Hardy | Killed in action | Gallipoli | 1st/5th KOSB | Private 1987 | 22 | Buck Hotel | Redoubt Cemetery, Türkiye |
| 22nd Oct | Burnett | Herbert | Died of illness | St George’s Hospital, Malta | 1st/5th KOSB | Private 1762 | 36 | Eskdaill Place | Pieta, Malta |
William Maxwell joined 1st KOSB in Egypt in November 1914, relocating with it to the UK and then the Dardanelles. After being wounded, he was evacuated to the hospital ship Ascania at the island of Lemnos, Greece, where he died. His father Thomas was a wool scourer (cleaner) and his mother Mary Barclay died the year after he was born. His father remarried and had several more children including Matthew who was killed in action in the Battle of Arras in 1917. His father was initially told officially that William had been killed on around 11th May 1915, but then received a letter from William dated 1st June, raising hopes. These were soon dashed by a second official letter stating that the date of 11th May was an error and that William had died on 5th June.
James Dalgliesh was the son of the late William Dalgliesh, carter, Langholm. He was a tailor before enlisting with 1st KOSB in 1899 and served in South Africa, India (twice), Burma, Aden and Egypt, before landing in Gallipoli in April 1915. He was wounded twice in May 1915 and was killed in a Turkish counterattack after the Third Battle of Krithia.
Robert Bell died of enteric fever (typhoid) on board the hospital ship Dongola, near the Dardanelles. He was a plumber, working for Alex Stewart in Market Place, and was the son of John Bell, a distinguished former soldier and janitor at the Langholm Academy.
Hardy Grant was the elder son of Annie Grant nee Hardy who ran the Buck Hotel. He died instantaneously when shot in the head by a sniper and was buried by a small group of fellow 1st/5th KOSB Langholmites, including his younger brother John. He was a property painter working in Arthuret, Cumbria, and had served his apprentice with John Goodfellow, town councillor.
Piper Herbert Burnett of 1st/5th KOSB was wounded in the side in June while on stretcher duty on the Gallipoli peninsula. He recovered in Malta and became a hospital orderly at St George’s Hospital there. However, he contracted blood poisoning and died, leaving a wife Harriet and two children. He worked at Ford mill before the war.
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