Alexander SILVER^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1894 - 1915  (21 years)

• Name	Alexander SILVER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	11 Sep 1894	Harvieston, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK   [1, 2, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Age: 6; Relationship: Son
  Census	1911	No 37, 18 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  _WLNK	http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/mem_single.php?memid=64
  Death	25 Sep 1915	Ypres, Belgium   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8]
  Burial	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 38   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I18313085231	NunnSuffolk
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander SILVER,   b. 30 May 1858, Burnside, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland d. 19 Aug 1907, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Helen Jane WATT,   b. 6 Sep 1865, Hilton, Kinneff, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 12 Jan 1905, Harvieston, Kinneff, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1894	Hilton, Kinneff, Scotland, UK   [9]
  Family ID	F355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/mem_single.php?memid=64: Name Silver, Alexander Rank Private Regiment 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Biography Son of Alexander Silver; born Harvieston Farm, Kinneff, 14 September 1894 ; educated Gordon's College ; entered Aberdeen University to study Agriculture in 1912. At the outbreak of war he went with "U" Company to Bedford where he became a great favourite not only with his fellow-students but throughout the Battalion. Cooking for a company was no "catch" in those days, but "Sandy" cheerfully accepted the job with all the drudgery it entailed. In this capacity he left with the Battalion for France in February 1915. It did not take long under active service conditions to show that there was the real fighting stuff in Silver. After repeated attempts he got relieved of the job which afforded him comparative safety. Alongside his old fellow-students in the trenches, he was supremely happy. Hardships seemed less real when Silver shared them. He took part with the company in the attack from Sanctuary Wood (Hooge) on 25 September 1915 and was subsequently posted as missing. Honours Date of Death 25 September 1915 Burial details Name recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Panel 38, Column 9. <hr>

  
  

• Sources

  [S_1470127850] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. Genera). Birth date: abt 1895 Birth place: Kinneff, Kincardineshire Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland [S_1468190399] Military-Genealogy.com, comp, UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.). Birth date: Birth place: Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, England Death date: 25 Sep 1915 Death place: France & Flanders [S_889180660] Ancestry.com, UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 380501-382000; Reference: 206. [S_890285164] Ancestry.com, International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S201614732] Ancestry.com, UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Western Front Association; London, England; WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers; Reference: 168/0841/SIG-SIM. [S_1250945890] Ancestry.com, Web: International, Find A Grave Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). . 1894 births in the parish of Kinneff & Catterline, in the county of Kincardine, Scotland No 26 Alexander Silver 1894 September 14 at 10am at Harvieston, Kinneff Father: Alexander Silver farmer Mother: Ellen Jane Silver M.S. Watt Married 1894 March 16, Kinneff. James B Calder, registrar<hr> . Information from Anne Park a volunteer with the Gordon Highlander Museum in Aberdeen:<br> Both Alexander & John Watt Silver were in "U" Coy officially "D" Coy of the 4th Bn (the lads from the Uni liked to be known as "U" Coy. <br> Alexander was a private 1611 KiA at Hooge 25-9-15 and is remembered on the Menin Gate panel 38 died age 21. <br>John Watt Silver 2nd Lt KiA Douchy 26-10-18 buried Auberchicourt British Cemetery Plot II Row F Grave 2. <br> Alexander Silver born Kinneff 14 Sep 1894 enlisted Aberdeen. Son of Alexander Silver. Educated Robert Gordon's College.<br> Roll of Service in the Great War : page 22 : Aberdeen University Book of Remembrance. City Roll of Honour: 11 Holburn Rd; Aberdeen. <br> The Student Soldiers (4th Gordons "U" Coy). <br> Son of Alexander & Helen Jane Watt Silver, Harvieston, Kinneff. <br> Alexander died along with Anne Park's great grandad's young brother William Thomson who was 17 when killed in Sanctuary Wood. The 4th Gordons were used in a diversionary attack the same day as Loos. There are still trenches at Sanctuary Wood and a museum.<hr> . 1894 marriages in the parish of Kinneff & Catterline in the county of Kincardine No 2 1894 on the sixteenth day of March at Mains of Hilton, Kinneff after publication according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland Alexander Silver farmer bachelor 35 of Harvieston, Kinneff Father: Alexander Silver farmer (deceased) Mother: Isabella Silver M.S. Falconer (deceased) AND Ellen Jane Watt farmer's daughter (spinster) 28 Mains of Hilton, Kinneff. Father: John Watt farmer (deceased) Mother: Isabella Watt M.S. Davnie Witnesses: James Hastings Free Church minister Joseph Duncan Isabella Silver <hr>Transcript of wedding invitation send to groom's brother James Silver in Australia Mrs. Watt requests the pleasure of ...... company at the marriage of her daughter , Ellen Jane, to Mr. Alexander Silver, on Friday 16th March, at half past one o'clock. An early reply will oblige. Hilton, Kinneff, Feb. 1894<hr>