This project is made possible thanks to the grant awarded to the research team, working in conjunction with the Bo'ness Town Trust, by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The research team consists of Richard Hannah Robert Jardine and Peter Lunger. Feel free to contact any of the research team if you have information on any of the men from World War 1 who are on the Bo'ness War Memorial.
Name on Memorial: MORRISON, THOMAS Name: Thomas Morrison Age: 22 Service No: 2775 Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 5th Btn. Awards: Died: 17/12/1915 Theatre of Death: Home Cause of Death: Illness (Tuberculosis) Cemetery/Memorial: Bo’ness Cemetery Grave/Panel Ref: B. 239. Additional Info: Discharged 1st October, 1915 – cause Phthisis (Tuberculosis). Died 17th…
Name on Memorial: RICKARD, MOSES Name: Moses Rickard Age: 52 Service No: 122748 Rank: Petty Officer Stoker Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMS President II Awards: Awarded British War Medal (Service Location Europe) Died: 26/05/1917 Theatre of Death: Home – Royal Navy Hospital, Chatham Cause of Death: Died from disease (Malignant disease…
Name on Memorial: POTTER, ROBERT Name: Robert Potter Age: 26 Service No: 2893 Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Scots (Queen’s Edninburgh Rifles) 5th Bn. Awards: – Died: 01/05/1915 Theatre of Death: Home Cause of Death: Died of Pneumonia Cemetery / Memorial: BO’NESS CEMETERY Grave / Panel Ref: B. 274. Additional Information:Son…
Name on Memorial: MALRINE, THOMAS JOSEPH Name: Thomas Joseph Mulrine Age: 21 Service No: Clyde Z/8260 Rank: Signalman Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Mechanician Awards: n/a Died: 20/01/1918 Theatre of Death: English Channel (torpedoed) Cause of Death: Drowned/killed Cemetery / Memorial: BO’NESS CEMETERY Grave / Panel Ref F. 2008…