This page is a record of family members that have fought and served in the military and various historical battles and campaigns, mainly to help me organise my research in these areas further. Not everyone is included due to lack of information on some branches, and many, who almost certainly fought in World War I, are not listed as I have no information yet on their service history. They are listed in chronological order (by campaign).

UNKNOWN SERVICE
HIGSON, Thomas	A soldier at Waterside, Colne in Lancashire c.1800.
PRITCHARD, Thomas	Photograph, possibly c.1880s shows Thomas (?) as a corporal, unknown regiment, Lucknow (studio W D Holmes).
NAPOLEONIC
CAMPBELL, Donald	A sergeant in the 42nd Foot (The Black Watch).
2ND AFGHAN WAR (1878-1880) and EGYPT (1882)
CAMERON, Alexander	Colour sergeant in the 72nd Foot in Afghanistan. Sergeant in Egypt (72nd now Seaforth Highlanders). Afghan War Medal with clasps for Charasiab, Kabul and Kandahar, Bronze Star, Egyptian Medal (Tel-el-Kebir) and the Khedives Bronze Star.
CAMERON, Donald	In India with the 72nd Foot from 1871 and regimental piper during part of the 2nd Afghan Campaign (see photo below). Also in Egypt 1882. Afghan War Medal with clasps for Peiwar Kotal, Charasiab, Kabul and Kandahar, Bronze Star, Egyptian Medal (Tel-el-Kebir) and the Khedives Bronze Star.
Piper Donald Cameron stands at the far left of this group of Seaforth Highlanders at Parkhurst in 1883, a picture of General Roberts, who led them on the march to Kandahar 3 years earlier, hangs from the barrack wall.
Other 19th Century
HODGKINS, Henry	Enlisted in the 95th Foot in Dec 1870 after coming out of prison (seven month sentence for robbery), previously in the 1st Derbyshire Militia. Deserted Aug 1873; rejoined Jun 1883, tried; discharged medicaly unfit Aug 1883.
HORSBURGH, William Bremner	Enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borderers from Apr 1888 - Feb 1896, recalled Dec 1899 but discharged as medically unfit. Served in Egypt, Sudan and India, took part in battle of Suakin (Gemaizah) 20 Dec 1888.
HORSBURGH, Andrew Birrell	Enlisted as a gunner with 5/5 Royal Artillery Jan 1886, serving at Newcastle upon Tyne. Discharged by purchase Feb 1889.
NIELD, Arthur	Enlisted Derbyshire Regiment May 1890. Discharged Sep 1890 for giving a false answer on attestation - service forfeited.
WORLD WAR I (1914-1918) visit family war memorial
BAGNALL, Sidney	Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
CAMERON, David Horsburgh	1918: corporal Motor Transit Army Service Corps.
CAMERON, Mark William	Seaman from 1899 on a variety of ships, aboard HMS Excellent by 1913, officer gunner aboard HMS Invincible during Great War. Battles included Heliogoland Bight (28 Aug 1914), Falklands (8 Dec 1914) and Jutland (31 May 1916) where he was killed when the Invincible sank.
CAMERON, Peter McDougall	Driver with Army Service Corps (Motor Transit). Served in France (abroad July 1918 - Aug 1919), but postcards also from Belgium (Coutrai 1918-19) Germany (the Rhein), served with the XIX Corps - a letter includes the shield with three question marks, I believe this is a badge of Sir Herbert Watts’s 19th Corps. Victory medal.
CAMERON, Robert Leishman	Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps (T.F), 1/3rd (Reserve) Highland Field Ambulance. Prisoner of War at Stammlager Parchim and then Stammlager Friestrichsfield (1918).
CAMERON, Walter	Private in the Scots Guards. Wounded in action on 10 Sep 1916 (France), probably at Ginchy. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Silver War Badge.
DENNETT, Perrin	Private 3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters. Served at home Jan-Jun 1918. Discharged medically unfit at Lichfield.
DRUMMOND, James Horsburgh	Enlisted Seaforth Highlanders Nov 1914, transferred to North Staffordshire Regiment, then Labour Corps - discharged Nov 1918. Served in France May-Aug 1915, hospital in UK with a sprained ankle Aug-Sep 1915, back in France May 1916-Nov 1918.
ECCLESTONE, Edward	Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Served in France, prisoner of War in Germany Apr-Nov 1918. Discharged 1920.
ECCLESTONE, Robert Henry	Served with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards in France. Killed in action 8 Oct 1915.
EWING, Alexander	Private with the Black Watch (14th Battalion), died 4 Dec 1917. Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel. Think he was previously in the Fife & Forfar Yeomanry.
EWING, David	Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps with the 3rd Highland Field Ambulance. Enlisted with brother John, May 1915, discharged July 1917.
EWING, James	Still a bit of research needed to sort out some confusion here... a service record states served Black Watch and 5th Sco. Prov. Bttn. A death also matches this James - 2 Mar 1917, buried at Burntisland, served with Seaforth Highlanders...
EWING, John Bruce	Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps, enlisted with brother David, May 1915, discharged May 1919.
GRIFFIN, Horace	Lance Corporal in 53rd (YS) Bn. T. R. Notts & Derby Rgt; also papers for Royal Flying Corps. First joined for duty 1 Dec 1917, RFC Sep 1918. Not sure if went abroad at all.
HODGKINS, Charles	Private 4th North Staffordshire Regiment, transferred to 7th Batallion at Gallipoli (Aug 1915), trenches at Sulajik. Medals: 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal and Silver War Badge. Retired from service due to pleurisy and pneumonia (1916). Hospital in Malta, then Whittington at Lichfield.
HODGKINS, Edward	North Staffordshire Regiment, probably Lance Corporal (see photo below).
HOLLAND, Henry	Territorial service with 5th Notts & Derby (from 1912). Expeditionary Force to France Feb 1915 5th Leicestershire Rgt. Wounded back and abdomen (field hospital 16 May 1915), home Jun 1915. Discharged as unfit Jun 1916. Died from wounds 29 Aug 1918.
HORSBURGH, David Bremner	Private in the 31st Highland Cycle Corps.
PHILLIP, Alexander	Signaller gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery (61st Battery).
PHILLIP, Alexander	Sapper in the 205th Field Co. Royal Engineers. Killed France 17 Dec 1917.
PHILLIP, James	Driver in the 7th Division Ammunition Column of the Royal Field Artillery, served in France and Italy.
PHILLIP, William	Private in the Black Watch with the 8th Battalion. Killed 19 Jul 1918.
PHILLIP, William	Lance Corporal in 205th Field Co. Royal Engineers. Wounded from gas poisoning, France, 9 April 1918.
PRITCHARD, Thomas Page	Sapper in the Australian Army, 16th Light Rail Operating Company.
SHERRIFF, Ernest	Private in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Aug-Nov 1914), then in the Royal Garrison Artillery (Nov 1914-Mar 1916).
SHERRIFF, Horace	Private in the Durham Light Infantry Aug 1914 - Feb 1915.
SHERRIFF, Hope	3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters c.1900.
SHERRIFF, Thomas	Private in the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, age 24, killed 1 July 1916 (Somme). c.1900 was a private in the 3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
SHERRIFF, Uriah	Private in Notts & Derby Regiment and Corporal in Royal Defence Corps. Victory Medal, British War Medal, 1915 Star, SWB (family story says wounded in France). Theatre served in: Balkans, date of entry: 2 Aug 1915.
STEWART, Henry (Harry)	Lance Corporal in 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry. Served at Gallipoli, killed 14 July 1915.
STEWART, Andrew Phillip	Lieutenant in 9th Kings Own Scottish Borderers (previously in 5th Scottish Rifles, enlisted 1913). Posthumously awarded Military Cross for action at Combles 24 Mar 1918, wounded and invalided home, proceeded to Ireland where he accidentally drowned in Loch Corrib 2 June 1918. Memorial Glasgow Western Necropolis.
VEEVERS, James	East Lancashire Rgt, 4th Scottish Rifles, 18th Battalion Middlesex Rgt.
VEEVERS, Walter	Sergeant in the Machine Gun Corps (192 Coy). Wounded in the back/lung at Loos 28 Jun 1917.
This photo shows 'Platoon 14' of the North Staffordshires. Edward Hodgkins sits in the exact centre, arms folded.
WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)
HIGSON, Benjamin Walter	Enlisted West Yorkshire Regiment 1931. Transferred to Royal Army Pay Corps (later a Major). Served in the UK during the war (stationed in Scotland) and abroad afterwards (West Africa, Egypt, Malta, Cyprus, Tripoli, Trieste).
PRITCHARD, Gilbert Henry	Australian Army Special Unit.

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Links of interest:
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Gallipoli
World War One.com
The March to Kandahar

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