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Roll of Honour
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| 2nd Lieut | Basil Thomas | HOLLAND | 10/03/1915 | |||
| Capt | Alexander Lyle | WATT | 5th Bn. (T.). | 10/03/1915 | ||
| 1819 | Pte | David | BALFOUR | 5th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 753 | Pte | Patrick | BRADY | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 2631 | Pte | Alexander | BROWN | 4th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 3/4178 | Pte | John | BROWN | 1st Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 2080 | Pte | William | CLARK | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 1295 | Pte | James | DALGLEISH | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 2229 | Pte | John | DUNDAS | 5th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 1379 | Pte | William | EADIE | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 1889 | Pte | Robert | GRAY | 4th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 1568 | Pte | Arthur | HOWIE | 5th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 1564 | Pte | James | HOWIE | 4th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 3/2765 | Pte | Thomas | McDONALD | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 3103 | Pte | Robert | McGREGOR | 4th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 3/3591 | Pte | Alexander | McLAUCHLAN | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 1499 | Pte | William | MELVILLE | 5th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 583 | Pte | Daniel | MOORE | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 2276 | Pte | William | RATTRAY | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 1493 | Pte | Alexander | ROBERTSON | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 2275 | Pte | Thomas | SCOTT | 4th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 3/2558 | Pte | John | SHORT | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 2063 | Pte | Andrew | STRACHAN | 4th Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 3/3244 | A/Sgt | Andrew | SUTHERLAND | 2nd Bn. | 10/03/1915 | |
| 2138 | Pte | William | WILLIAMSON | 4th Bn. | 10/03/1915 |
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1564/1569 Howie, James and Arthur – brothers? Does their almost consecutive numbers indicate they enlisted at the same time? If there is a proven relationship, interesting to note they were drafted into 4th and 5th battalions and not into the same battalion. Was this a standard regimental procedure at the time?
Roger, you are correct that so many on one day generally indicates a significant action. 10-12 March 1915 was the battle of Neuve Chapelle. Unfortunately we do not have the capacity at the moment to go through each post and include the action but we will try to respond to queries as we can.
It is quite likely that James and Arthur were related; they’re numbers tell us they did indeed enlist at the same time. They would have trained together with the other men who enlisted at the same time as them but then would have been put in whatever battalion needed reinforcements. It is possible that, if they were brothers, they made a request to be in separate battalions; this was sometimes done as a precaution against two brothers being killed in the same action. Alas, in this case, the 4th and 5th Battalions both fought at Neuve Chapelle.
When we see such significant numbers of casualties on the same date, I assume this indicates a significant raid or offensive. In cases such as 10.3.(19)15 is it possible to indicate the battle /offensive as a reference point? Thanks for all of your work on these postings Em. Very interesting.