| Name |
John Watt SILVER |
| Birth |
15 Jan 1896 |
Harvieston, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK  |
- 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
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1911 |
No 37, 18 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- No 37, 18 Great Western Road, Aberdeen:
Margaret RAE, head, widow, aged 51, boarding house keeper, born Aberdeen
Alexander SILVER, boarder, aged 16, single, born Kinneff, Kincardineshire
John SILVER, boarder, aged 14, single, Kinneff, Kincardineshire
James SILVER, boarder, aged 13, born Kinneff, Kincardineshire
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| Will |
21 Jul 1916 |
Peterhead, Scotland, UK |
- Informal will. W.O. No: 9/75/4023 Domicile. Scottish. Record No. 048314. Name J.W.Silver. The enclosed document dated 21/7/16 and signed John Watt Silver 2/Lt. Regt. 4th Gordon Highlanders. Died in Litton? Date of death 26/10/18
In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to Mr James Silver, brother, of 138 Crown St, Aberdeen. Signed: John W. Silver
Private No 1474 (crossed out) 242,110. Regiment 2/4th (crossed out) 5.2 2/5th Batt Gordon Highs. Date: 21st July 1916. Signed John Watt Silver. Witnesses: Geo. T. Wilson C.S.M 2/5 Gordon Highlanders, Prison Buildings Peterhead, D.Scrope, Pte. 3616, 2/5 Gordon Highs, Hilburn, Inverugie, Peterhead, N.B.
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| _FGRAVE |
56049308 |
| Burial |
1918 |
Auberchicourt British Cemetery, France |
| Death |
26 Oct 1918 |
Douchy, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France |
- Information from Anne Park a volunteer with the Gordon Highlander Museum in Aberdeen:
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.
Alexander was a private 1611 KiA at Hooge 25-9-15 and is remembered on the Menin Gate panel 38 died age 21.
John Watt Silver 2nd Lt KiA Douchy 26-10-18 buried Auberchicourt British Cemetery Plot II Row F Grave 2.
Alexander Silver born Kinneff 14 Sep 1894 enlisted Aberdeen. Son of Alexander Silver. Educated Robert Gordon's College. Roll of Service in the Great War: page 22: Aberdeen University Book of Remembrance. City Roll of Honour: 11 Holburn Rd; Aberdeen.
The Student Soldiers (4th Gordons "U" Coy).
Son of Alexander & Helen Jane Watt Silver, Harvieston, Kinneff.
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.
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| 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.
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| Person ID |
I3073 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
| Last Modified |
26 Jul 2021 |
| 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 |
- 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
Transcript of wedding invitation sent 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
Aberdeen Journal 21 March 1894
At Mains of Hilton, Kinneff, on the 16th inst., by the Rev. James Hastings. M.A., Free Church, Alexander Silver, farmer, Harvieston, to Ellen Jane, only daughter of the late John Watt, farmer
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| Family ID |
F847 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1896 - 1918 (22 years)
