John Watt SILVER^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1896 - 1918  (22 years)

• Name	John Watt SILVER  [1, 3]
  Birth	15 Jan 1896	Harvieston, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Age: 4; Relationship: Son
  Census	1911	No 37, 18 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  _WLNK	http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/mem_single.php?memid=318
  Death	26 Oct 1918	Douchy, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France   [3, 5]
  Burial	Auberchicourt British Cemetery, France   [3]
  Person ID	I18313085233	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   [6]
  Family ID	F355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/mem_single.php?memid=318: Name Silver, John Watt Rank 2nd Lieutenant Regiment 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Biography Son of Alexander Silver ; born Kinneff, Kincardineshire, 15 July 1896 ; educated Gordon's College ; student in Arts, 1913-14. In May 1913 Silver joined "E" Company of the 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders and was mobilized, August 1914, as a Private, After training he proceeded to France, where he served for a year. Silver then returned home, and entered the Cadet School, Gailes, to train for a commission, and in January 1918 was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders. He crossed to France in September, but his service was brief, for after six weeks he was killed in action at Douchy, 26 October 1918. Honours Date of Death 26 October 1918 Burial details Buried at Auberchicourt British Cemetery, Plot 2, Row F, Grave 2. <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 1897 Birth place: Kinneff, Kincardineshire Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland [S211502958] Military-Genealogy.com, comp, UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [S159471254] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). . 1896 births in the parish of Kinneff & Catterline, in the county of Kincardine, Scotland No 21 John Watt Silver 1896 July 15 at 7am, Harvieston, Kinneff. Father: Alexander Silver Mother: Ellen Jane Silver M.S. Watt Married 1894 March 16th at 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>