This project is made possible thanks to the grant awarded to the Bo'ness Town Trust Association by the Heritage Fund.
The research team consists of Richard Hannah Robert Jardine and Alan Gow. Feel free to contact us if you have information, stories, medals or photos of any of the men from World War 1 commemorated on the Bo'ness War Memorial, or who are not named and have a connection to Bo'ness.
Name on Memorial: CROSTHWAITE, ROBERT W. Name: Robert Wilson Crosthwaite Age: 39 Service No: S/22538 Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th/5th Bn Awards: Died: 16/09/1918 Theatre of Death: France & Flanders Cause of Death: Died of Wounds Cemetery/Memorial: HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY Grave/Panel Ref: III. F. 28. Additional Info:…
Name on Memorial: CRAFT, ROBERT Name: Robert Craft (often misspelled “Croft”) Age: 25 Service No: 11967 Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 1st Bn Awards: n/a Died: 09/06/1918 at Wittenberg POW Camp, Germany Theatre of Death: Germany Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever Cemetery/Memorial: BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY Grave/Panel Ref: XIV. D.…
Name on Memorial: COWAN, RICHARD Name: Richard Cowan Age: 25 Service No: 24045 Rank: Stoker 1st Class Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMS Black Prince Awards: n/a Died: 31/05/1916 Theatre of Death: North Sea, Battle of Jutland Cause of Death: Missing, Presumed Drowned Cemetery/Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Grave/Panel Ref: Panel 17 Additional…
Name on Memorial: COUPER, JOHN G. Name: John Gray CouperAge: 21Service No: 250778Rank: PrivateRegiment/Service: Royal Scots 2nd Bn (formerly 2885 5th Bn Royal Scots)Awards: –Died: 22/08/1918Theatre of Death: France & FlandersCause of Death: Missing, Presumed DeadCemetery/Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Grave/Panel Ref: Panel 3. Additional Info:Son of Matt Couper, Blacksmith, 2 Boundary St., Bo’ness,…
