The following men, from Kerse Parish Church, are serving their King and Country in the Navy or the Regular or Territorial Forces of the Crown:NAVY. John Murray Anderson, Carpenter’s Crew, H.M.S Adventure. David Palmer. Robert Peddie, Naval Brigade. John Porteous, Royal Marine Gunner, H.M.S. Conqueror. ARMY. Private Ronald M. Anderson, 6th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Private John C. Baird, 6th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Private W.A. Bayne, 1st Battalion, 1st Australian Imperial Force. Private James Bell, 90th Winnipeg Rifles, Canadian Contingent. Private James Bell, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots. Private William R. Black, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Private George Black, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private John Blake, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Lance-Corporal Henry Brock, 3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Private William Carmichael, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Private Henry Cartner, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Driver Henry Copeman, Army Service Corps. Private William M. Dollar, Royal Army Medical Corps. Sergeant John Dougall, 3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Private Andrew Dougall, 3rd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Driver James Dougall, Army Service Corps. Driver Peter Fisken, Army Service Corps. Private Duncan Fisken, 9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Staff Quarter-Master Sergeant George W. Gardner, Army Service Corps. Driver Alexander W. Gardner, Army Service Corps. Lance-Corporal Alexander R. Graham, 8th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Lance-Corporal William Graham, Army Service Corps. Private Andrew Graham, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Driver David S. Hamilton, Army Service Corps. Private David J.C. Hopkin, Royal Army Medical Corps. Lance-Corporal George Jamieson, 10th Battalion, Black Watch. Private Thomas Jamieson, 3rd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private James Jenkins, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private Andrew Laing, 10th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private James Laing, 11th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Private David Laing, 9th Battalion Royal Scots. Lance-Corporal Alexander Laird, 9th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Lance-Corporal Daniel B. Laird, Army Service Corps. Private James Laird, 10th Battalion, Black Watch Private Thomas Lapsley, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Lance-Corporal Robert Leckie, Army Service Corps. Private William Leckie, 12th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Captain Lindsay Mackay, Army Service Corps.
Corporal Alexander Marshall, Army Service Corps. Private Robert McIntosh, 3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Piper Peter McLean, 8th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Gunner James McNab, Royal Field Artillery. Private William McNair, 10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Driver William Milne, Royal Field Artillery. Private Edward Milne, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Driver David Milne, Army Service Corps. Private James K. Mitchell, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Private James Munn, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private William Nicolson, Officers’ Training Corps. Private David Oliphant, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private George Palmer, 12th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private Thomas Palmer, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Private William Porteous, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots. Private Robert Porteous, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots. Private Andrew Rae, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private John G. Ralph, 13th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private Robert Robertson, 3rd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private William M. Rowand, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots. Gunner Robert Russell, 25th Battalion, Royal Field Artillery. Private Fred Scott, Army Service Corps. Private John Grieve Scott, 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards. Private Robert Scott, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Corporal Joseph Sharp, 3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Lance-Corporal James Sharp, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Lance-Corporal Edward Smith, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Driver Thomas Stewart, Army Service Corps. Private George Stewart, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private John O. Stewart, 3rd. Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Driver J. Strang, Army Service Corps. Private A. Strang, 3rd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private John Tait, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Private Thomas Taylor, Cameron Highlanders (Prisoner of War) Private Alexander Thomson, 13th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Driver Robert M. Thomson, Army Service Corps. Driver Hugh A. Veitch, Army Service Corps. Private David Wilson, 12th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
Part of the Falkirk War Memorials Project, Archaeological Services, Falkirk Museum This document is now held by Falkirk Archives at Callendar House (ref. no. a804.01).