Nearly-Midnight The genealogy website relating to the family. A tangled web of people all related to one another, explore!
Robert Clark The Father of Henry Martyn-Clark - A missionary out in the North-West Frontier of India. One of the first Europeans to set foot in Afganistan
Affetside Census
A small village north of Bury, Lancashire, I can trace many of my immediate ancestors from there. On the Roman Road, Watling Street
Andrew Martyn-Clark My Father and his part in my World. Also my mother and his parents too.
Henry Martyn-Clark My Great Grandfather, his roots and his achievements. Discusses malaria but also his confrontations with Islam.

Update!


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Friday 15 March 2013

Thomas Arthur Leonard

This was a surprise!
On the ascent of Catbells in the Lake District is a memorial to Thomas Arthur Leonard. This is my photo below.

Thomas Arthur Leonard
Memorial showing a little more of the surrounding landscape than many pictures.

Althoutgh there is a very well defined track up Catbells this is to the right and if you have your head down you could miss it. There is a bit of knee and hand work here!

There is some information on Thomas Arthur Leonard here.

This is another photo from above the memorial:
Right at the top of Catbells
Derwentwater is in the distance
We are past the memorial at this stage.
Skiddaw in the distance

Monday 11 March 2013

Haddington

 I visited Haddington at the same time as North Berwick. I have ancestors on my father's side at both places. Here are the photos of the memorial and the inscription.
Haddington Church - The memorial is to the right

The memorial at the gate's entrance









 The inscription is below:

IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS


NON-COMMISIONED OFFICERS & MEN


BELONGING TO THE BURGH & PARISH OF


HADDINGTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES


IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-8





ROYAL NAVY


LT G. J. MCLAUGHLIN N.T.


S. LT. CHAS. P.A. CHALLIS. R.N.R.





ROYAL ARTILLERY


CPL. JOHN ADAMS T.M.B.


BOMB. J. SMITH. R.F.A.


GUNR. R.W.GRAY. R.G.A.


GUNR. T.O'DONNELL. R.G.A.


GUNR.W.WHITE R.F.A.


DVR. P. MCCARTAN R.A.





ROYAL ENGINEERS


SERGT. ALEXANDER CRANSTON


SAPR W. BEATTIE


SAPR. J. B. CRANSTON





SCOTS GUARDS


L.CPL. M. JOHNSTONE


L.CPL. JAMES RENWICK


THOMAS CAMPBELL


WILLIAM DICK





CAMERON HIGHLANDERS


COY. SGT. MAJOR. JOHN B. CRANSTON D.C.M.


CPL. ROBERT ALEXANDER


JAMES D. YORKSTON





A & S HIGHLANDERS


SERGT. JOHN RICHARD CHAPPELL D.C.M.


WILLIAM ALLAN





MACHINE GUN CORPS


JOHN DOWER


WILLIAM KERR





ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS


JOHN BLACK


WILLIAM FAICHEN


MICHAEL GAFFNEY


DAVID RITCHIE





CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS


CPL. JAMES STEWART


JAMES LEES





OTHER UNITS


CAPT. CHRISTOPHER E.G. DAVIDSON. THE BUFFS


L. CPLS. SAMUEL M'GUIRE. NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS


TOM PEACOCK. SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY


WILLIAM B. RAMAGE. YORKSHIRES


WILLIAM THOMPSON. YORKSHIRES


JOHN FITZGERALD. ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS


DAVID PETTIGREW. ROYAL TANK CORPS


DAVID KERR. EMPLOYMENT COMPANY


PATRICK COURTNEY. ROYAL DEFENCE CORPS


SERGT. G.T. HOGG. CANADA 2ND DIVISION


CPL. ROBERT RITCHIE. AUSTRALIAN INPERIAL FORCES


JAMES COUPER. CANADIAN MOUNTED RIFLES


CAPT. FRANCIS C. DAVIDSON. SOUTH WAZIRISTAN. M.





KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS


JOHN ANDERSON.


ADAM BALD


WALTER BELL


WILLIAM HENDERSON


DAVID MATHIESON


ALEXANDER MCCABE


GEORGE ORR





SCOTTISH RIFLES – CAMERONIANS


L. CPL. JOHN COCKBURN


L. CPL. W RAEBURN


ROBERT DICKSON





BLACK WATCH R.H.


2ND. LIEUT. JAMES DAWSON


JOHN COLGAN


FRANCIS CROALLY


MURDOCH FRASER


WILLIAM HORSBURGH


MICHAEL KELLY


HUGH MUNRO


FRANCIS RENNIE





HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY


SERGT. J.H.V. SUFFILL M.M.


CPL. A.L.F. SYMINGTON


PETER COWE


RICHARD REID


EDWARD REYNOLDS


BGLR. WILLIAM WHARTON





SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS


CO. SGT. MAJOR ARCHIBALD DRUMMOND
SGT WILLIAM BOYD


HENRY BRADFORD


NEIL KANE DONAGHAN


JAMES MCKAY


CLEMENT MESSER





GORDON HIGHLANDERS


SERGT. M. WILLIAM GRAY


SERGT. DAVID ANDERSON


L. CPL. ROBERT RAMAGE


W.W. AITKEN


VICTOR R.T. PITCHER


JOHN B.S. RAMAGE


SIMON ROSS





ROYAL SCOTS


LIEUT. COL. ALEXANDER BROOK


CAPT. THOMAS TODRICK


LIEUT. FRANK A. BURNET


LIEUT. JOHN B. DODS


LIEUT. HARRY M. JARDINE


LIEUT. GEORGE REID


SEC. LIEUT. JOHN W. HUTCHINSON


SEC. LIEUT. JOHN WATSON


COY. SGT. MAJOR GEORGE BURNS


QR. MS. WILLIAM C. PITCHER


SGT. EDWARD GULLAND


SGT. ALEXANDER RUNCIMAN


SGT. GEORGE SOUNESS


SGT. DAVID S. SYMINGTON


CPL. MALCOLM MCDONALD


L. CPL. ARTHUR HEPBURN


L. CPL. JOHN YOUNG


JOHN BURNS


LEO JOHN BUTLER


M. DANE


JAMES DICKSON


ALEXANDER FAUNT


JOHN FITZPATRICKANDREW D. FULTON


THOMAS GAFFNEY


ROBERT GOODALL


JOHN GRAY


WILLIAM GRAY


ROBERT HODGSON


WILLIAM LESLIE


JOHN MACK


JOHN P. NEILL


JAMES C. ORMISTON


R. PATERSON


ALEXANDER L. PLENDERLEITH


GEORGE PURVES


DAVID REILLY]JAMES REYNOLDS


THOMAS RITCHIE


WILLIAM RODGIE


JOHN ROSS


JAMES SCOTT


JOHN SOUNESS


GEORGE WHITE


HUGH WHITECROSS


ROBERT YOUNG





ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS


CAPT. G.C. BRIGGS


L. CPL. A. L. CLEGHORN


ROBERT ADAMSOM


A.L. CRANSTON


J. S. OGILVIE





AND OF THOSE WHO FELL


IN THE WORLD WAR


1939 – 1945





ROYAL NAVY


C. P/O. G.R. ANTELL D.S.M.


STOKER P/O. T.P. BAILLIE


SCHOOLMASTER J.R. CUTHBERT


TELEGRAPHIST T.M. ROSS


ACTING A.B. JOHN WHITE





ROYAL SCOTS


LIEUT. JAMES B. CRANSTON


C.Q.M.S. A. TAYLOR


SERGT. CHARLES BLATTNER


SERGT. O. MCALPINE


L/CPL. A. MOFFAT


L/CPL. M. STANTON


C. C. DOCKER


H. GILLIES


JOHN GRANT





R.I.A. SERVICE CORPS


SEC. LIEUT. F.T. MCLEOD





CAMERON HIGHLANDERS


A. P. SLIGO





R.E.& M. ENGINEERS


SERGT. A. J. MACDONALD





HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY


L/CPL. GEORGE MCKENZIE





ROYAL AIR FORCE


SQD. LDR. ALFRED SUDDEN D.F.M.


F/LT. G.A. G.A. SPARK D.F.C.


F/O. ANGUS D. BELL


F/O. JAMES H. CRAIG


P/O. ANDREW J.E.BROWN


F/SERGT. WILLIAM H.S.BRASH


SERGT. PILOT D.J. BLAIR


SERGT. PILOT R.K. R.K. DAVIDSON


SERGT. (E) R.J. GRACEY


SERGT. (E) R. MCLAREN


SERGT. THOMAS VEITCH





ROYAL SCOTS


WILLIAM B. HOGG


A. G. TROY





SCOTS GUARDS


SERGT. H. BRADFORD


L/SERGT. D. YOUNG





ROYAL ARTILLERY


GUNR. ALEXANDER KENNEDY


GUNR. A. STEWART WARING A.A.





A & S HIGHLANDERS


SERGT. THOMAS PURVES M.M.





KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS


SERGT. C. GALLAGHER





ROYAL TANK REGIMENT


TR. A.J. BAILLIE


TR. D. REILLY





GURKHA RIFLES


MAJOR J. D. ARNOTT