*(Birth Year Calculated).
Age: 40 years old.
(Cenotaph Memorial - but temp linked to wife until actual burial is proven by CWGC Records).
GRIERSON WM. R. PTE. SR.
1877: Born Dumfries, (1 Gordon Street), Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Son of John and Agnes (McQueen) Grierson.
Husband of Maggie Isa Robson (Stewart) Grierson of Twynholm who he married in 1900 at Twynholm.
Home Address: 'The Shamba', Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Civil Occupation: Inspector of Poor and Registrar.
1917: Maggie Isa Stewart or Grierson's residential address noted as: 'Braeside', Twynholm, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
*(Note: Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 for Robert William Grierson, 1917) ROBERT WILLIAM; Braeside & Shamba noted).?
Family MEMORIALS linked to Pvt William Grierson:
1. This Memorial is the family of William Stewart of Twynholm. Memorial Ref: 71197030.
His daughter Maggie Stewart is wife of Pvt William Grierson).
2. Grierson Family Memorial - Cenotaph Here
3. Pte Wm Grierson - Actual Burial Here
MILITARY
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Unit: 9th Battalion.
Service No: 41169.
Rank: Private.
Birth Place: Dumfries
Residence: Twynholm
Enlistment Place: Dumfries.
Date: June 1916.
Rank: Private
Formerly: Volunteer Training Corps (Sergeant).
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion: 9th Battalion
Regimental Number: 41169
*
Death Date: Thursday, 26th April 1917.
Death Place: France and Flanders.
Died: Dannes Camiers, France. at No.22 General Hospital
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
(Source: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919).
Burial: Etaples Military Cemetery
Etaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot Ref: SXVIII. A. 1.
_____
Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
Name: William Robert Grierson
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Birth Date: abt 1877
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Cemetery: Cemetery Etaples Part III U K Graves Coston To Havis
Burial Country: France
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Regimental Number: 41169
Region or Memorial: France
(Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918)
PRIVATE
WILLIAM ROBERT GRIERSON
Service Number: 41169
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: Died 26 April 1917
Age: 40 years old
Buried or commemorated at: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Ref: XVIII. A. 1., France
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Husband of Mrs. Grierson, of "The Shamba," Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Personal Inscription:
HE DOES NOT NEED OUR TEARS WE NEED HIS FAITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
______
"GRIERSON, Pte. William Robert, 41169. 9th
Bn. The Cameronians (Sco. Rif.). 26th April,
1917. Age 40. Husband of Mrs. Grierson, of
" The Shamba," Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
XVIII. A. I."
(Source: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 for William Robert Grierson, 1914-1921, France, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, France Part 3). (As attached photo) .
______
World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Name: William R Grierson
Service Number: 41169
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Scottish Rifles
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Reference Number: 1/APW/5766
Next of Kin & Relation to Soldier: Maggie Isa Grierson Widow.
____
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: William Robert Grierson
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Death Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Probate Date: 29 Nov 1917
Probate Registry: London, England
_____
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 - as attached photo.
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Death Place: France
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Regimental Number: 41169
(Source: National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 514001-515500; Reference: 295)
WAR MEMORIAL
Twynholm Parish War Memorial
Twynholm Parish Church
ROLL OF HONOUR
Dumfries Academy
Twynholm Parish Church.
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
Age: 40 years old.
(Cenotaph Memorial - but temp linked to wife until actual burial is proven by CWGC Records).
GRIERSON WM. R. PTE. SR.
1877: Born Dumfries, (1 Gordon Street), Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Son of John and Agnes (McQueen) Grierson.
Husband of Maggie Isa Robson (Stewart) Grierson of Twynholm who he married in 1900 at Twynholm.
Home Address: 'The Shamba', Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Civil Occupation: Inspector of Poor and Registrar.
1917: Maggie Isa Stewart or Grierson's residential address noted as: 'Braeside', Twynholm, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
*(Note: Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 for Robert William Grierson, 1917) ROBERT WILLIAM; Braeside & Shamba noted).?
Family MEMORIALS linked to Pvt William Grierson:
1. This Memorial is the family of William Stewart of Twynholm. Memorial Ref: 71197030.
His daughter Maggie Stewart is wife of Pvt William Grierson).
2. Grierson Family Memorial - Cenotaph Here
3. Pte Wm Grierson - Actual Burial Here
MILITARY
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Unit: 9th Battalion.
Service No: 41169.
Rank: Private.
Birth Place: Dumfries
Residence: Twynholm
Enlistment Place: Dumfries.
Date: June 1916.
Rank: Private
Formerly: Volunteer Training Corps (Sergeant).
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion: 9th Battalion
Regimental Number: 41169
*
Death Date: Thursday, 26th April 1917.
Death Place: France and Flanders.
Died: Dannes Camiers, France. at No.22 General Hospital
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
(Source: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919).
Burial: Etaples Military Cemetery
Etaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot Ref: SXVIII. A. 1.
_____
Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
Name: William Robert Grierson
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Birth Date: abt 1877
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Cemetery: Cemetery Etaples Part III U K Graves Coston To Havis
Burial Country: France
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Regimental Number: 41169
Region or Memorial: France
(Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918)
PRIVATE
WILLIAM ROBERT GRIERSON
Service Number: 41169
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: Died 26 April 1917
Age: 40 years old
Buried or commemorated at: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Ref: XVIII. A. 1., France
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Husband of Mrs. Grierson, of "The Shamba," Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Personal Inscription:
HE DOES NOT NEED OUR TEARS WE NEED HIS FAITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
______
"GRIERSON, Pte. William Robert, 41169. 9th
Bn. The Cameronians (Sco. Rif.). 26th April,
1917. Age 40. Husband of Mrs. Grierson, of
" The Shamba," Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
XVIII. A. I."
(Source: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 for William Robert Grierson, 1914-1921, France, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, France Part 3). (As attached photo) .
______
World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Name: William R Grierson
Service Number: 41169
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Scottish Rifles
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Reference Number: 1/APW/5766
Next of Kin & Relation to Soldier: Maggie Isa Grierson Widow.
____
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: William Robert Grierson
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Death Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Probate Date: 29 Nov 1917
Probate Registry: London, England
_____
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 - as attached photo.
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Death Place: France
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Regimental Number: 41169
(Source: National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 514001-515500; Reference: 295)
WAR MEMORIAL
Twynholm Parish War Memorial
Twynholm Parish Church
ROLL OF HONOUR
Dumfries Academy
Twynholm Parish Church.
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
*(Birth Year Calculated).
Age: 40 years old.
(Cenotaph Memorial - but temp linked to wife until actual burial is proven by CWGC Records).
GRIERSON WM. R. PTE. SR.
1877: Born Dumfries, (1 Gordon Street), Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Son of John and Agnes (McQueen) Grierson.
Husband of Maggie Isa Robson (Stewart) Grierson of Twynholm who he married in 1900 at Twynholm.
Home Address: 'The Shamba', Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Civil Occupation: Inspector of Poor and Registrar.
1917: Maggie Isa Stewart or Grierson's residential address noted as: 'Braeside', Twynholm, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
*(Note: Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 for Robert William Grierson, 1917) ROBERT WILLIAM; Braeside & Shamba noted).?
Family MEMORIALS linked to Pvt William Grierson:
1. This Memorial is the family of William Stewart of Twynholm. Memorial Ref: 71197030.
His daughter Maggie Stewart is wife of Pvt William Grierson).
2. Grierson Family Memorial - Cenotaph Here
3. Pte Wm Grierson - Actual Burial Here
MILITARY
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Unit: 9th Battalion.
Service No: 41169.
Rank: Private.
Birth Place: Dumfries
Residence: Twynholm
Enlistment Place: Dumfries.
Date: June 1916.
Rank: Private
Formerly: Volunteer Training Corps (Sergeant).
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion: 9th Battalion
Regimental Number: 41169
*
Death Date: Thursday, 26th April 1917.
Death Place: France and Flanders.
Died: Dannes Camiers, France. at No.22 General Hospital
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
(Source: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919).
Burial: Etaples Military Cemetery
Etaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot Ref: SXVIII. A. 1.
_____
Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
Name: William Robert Grierson
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Birth Date: abt 1877
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Cemetery: Cemetery Etaples Part III U K Graves Coston To Havis
Burial Country: France
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Regimental Number: 41169
Region or Memorial: France
(Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918)
PRIVATE
WILLIAM ROBERT GRIERSON
Service Number: 41169
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: Died 26 April 1917
Age: 40 years old
Buried or commemorated at: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Ref: XVIII. A. 1., France
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Husband of Mrs. Grierson, of "The Shamba," Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Personal Inscription:
HE DOES NOT NEED OUR TEARS WE NEED HIS FAITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
______
"GRIERSON, Pte. William Robert, 41169. 9th
Bn. The Cameronians (Sco. Rif.). 26th April,
1917. Age 40. Husband of Mrs. Grierson, of
" The Shamba," Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
XVIII. A. I."
(Source: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 for William Robert Grierson, 1914-1921, France, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, France Part 3). (As attached photo) .
______
World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Name: William R Grierson
Service Number: 41169
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Scottish Rifles
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Reference Number: 1/APW/5766
Next of Kin & Relation to Soldier: Maggie Isa Grierson Widow.
____
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: William Robert Grierson
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Death Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Probate Date: 29 Nov 1917
Probate Registry: London, England
_____
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 - as attached photo.
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Death Place: France
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Regimental Number: 41169
(Source: National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 514001-515500; Reference: 295)
WAR MEMORIAL
Twynholm Parish War Memorial
Twynholm Parish Church
ROLL OF HONOUR
Dumfries Academy
Twynholm Parish Church.
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
Age: 40 years old.
(Cenotaph Memorial - but temp linked to wife until actual burial is proven by CWGC Records).
GRIERSON WM. R. PTE. SR.
1877: Born Dumfries, (1 Gordon Street), Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Son of John and Agnes (McQueen) Grierson.
Husband of Maggie Isa Robson (Stewart) Grierson of Twynholm who he married in 1900 at Twynholm.
Home Address: 'The Shamba', Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Civil Occupation: Inspector of Poor and Registrar.
1917: Maggie Isa Stewart or Grierson's residential address noted as: 'Braeside', Twynholm, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
*(Note: Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 for Robert William Grierson, 1917) ROBERT WILLIAM; Braeside & Shamba noted).?
Family MEMORIALS linked to Pvt William Grierson:
1. This Memorial is the family of William Stewart of Twynholm. Memorial Ref: 71197030.
His daughter Maggie Stewart is wife of Pvt William Grierson).
2. Grierson Family Memorial - Cenotaph Here
3. Pte Wm Grierson - Actual Burial Here
MILITARY
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Unit: 9th Battalion.
Service No: 41169.
Rank: Private.
Birth Place: Dumfries
Residence: Twynholm
Enlistment Place: Dumfries.
Date: June 1916.
Rank: Private
Formerly: Volunteer Training Corps (Sergeant).
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion: 9th Battalion
Regimental Number: 41169
*
Death Date: Thursday, 26th April 1917.
Death Place: France and Flanders.
Died: Dannes Camiers, France. at No.22 General Hospital
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
(Source: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919).
Burial: Etaples Military Cemetery
Etaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot Ref: SXVIII. A. 1.
_____
Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
Name: William Robert Grierson
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Birth Date: abt 1877
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Cemetery: Cemetery Etaples Part III U K Graves Coston To Havis
Burial Country: France
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Regimental Number: 41169
Region or Memorial: France
(Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918)
PRIVATE
WILLIAM ROBERT GRIERSON
Service Number: 41169
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit: 9th Bn.
Date of Death: Died 26 April 1917
Age: 40 years old
Buried or commemorated at: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Ref: XVIII. A. 1., France
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Husband of Mrs. Grierson, of "The Shamba," Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Personal Inscription:
HE DOES NOT NEED OUR TEARS WE NEED HIS FAITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
______
"GRIERSON, Pte. William Robert, 41169. 9th
Bn. The Cameronians (Sco. Rif.). 26th April,
1917. Age 40. Husband of Mrs. Grierson, of
" The Shamba," Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
XVIII. A. I."
(Source: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 for William Robert Grierson, 1914-1921, France, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, France Part 3). (As attached photo) .
______
World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Name: William R Grierson
Service Number: 41169
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Scottish Rifles
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Reference Number: 1/APW/5766
Next of Kin & Relation to Soldier: Maggie Isa Grierson Widow.
____
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: William Robert Grierson
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Death Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Probate Date: 29 Nov 1917
Probate Registry: London, England
_____
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 - as attached photo.
Death Date: 26 Apr 1917
Death Place: France
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Regimental Number: 41169
(Source: National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 514001-515500; Reference: 295)
WAR MEMORIAL
Twynholm Parish War Memorial
Twynholm Parish Church
ROLL OF HONOUR
Dumfries Academy
Twynholm Parish Church.
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
Inscription
Erected
By
William Stewart,
Merchant, Twynholm, in memory of
ISABELL HENRIETTA,
his daughter, who died 10th Nov'r 1869, aged 3 months.
Also
JAMES STEWART
his son, who died 31st March 1881, aged 15 years.
Also
ISABELLA McEWEW,
his wife, who died 22nd April 1881, aged 43 years.
WILLIAM CANDLISH STEWART,
born Sept 2nd 1875, died June 4th 1914.
Also
JOANNA GRIEVE
his wife who died at Braeside House, Twynholm,
April 17th 1915.
And his son-in-law, Pte., W. R. GRIERSON,
Cameronian Scottish Rifles who died from
wounds in France, 26th April 1917.
He died the noblest death a man may die,
fighting for God and Right, and Liberty,
and such a death is immortality.
Also the above WILLIAM STEWART,
who died 6th November 1919, aged 80 years.
But once I pass this way, and then - no more,
for no man travels time, the great highway,
that climbs through darkness up to light,
- through night to day.
Also JANE GRIEVE, wife of J.J. Grierson, died 24th Oct 1927,
interred at Anwoth Cemetery.
And MAGGIE ISA ROBSON, wife of the above W. R. Grierson,
died 30th Oct 1934, interred at Inverness,
daughters of William Stewart.
(Information and Photo Credit: by Stewartry Monumental Inscriptions website).
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