Category Archives: Fife

St. Drostan’s Cemetery is located on a picturesque hillside with beautiful views of the surrounding countryside. To the east, you can see the Firth of Forth and the distant East Lothian coastline. To the west, you can enjoy views of the charming village of Markinch, the sprawling new town of Glenrothes, and the distant LomondContinue reading “Remembering Lavinia Cunningham”

I visited Lochgelly Cemetery on a rainy June afternoon. Situated between the B981 and the railway line, the cemetery is outside the town amid farmland. It is the final resting place of Alexander Laird. Alexander passed away at 25 David Street, Lochgelly, on December 19th, 1918, at the age of twenty-six, due to heart failureContinue reading “Remembering Alexander Laird”

Dysart is an eastern suburb of Kirkcaldy. The municipal cemetery is on a hillside, offering spectacular views of the Firth of Forth towards Edinburgh, East Lothian, the Berwick Law, and the Bass Rock. Every so often, the peace is disrupted by the sound of trains headed to Edinburgh along the nearby East Coast Railway Line.Continue reading “Remembering William Johnston”

The Haggart brothers, Robert and John, are over 3800 miles apart, one in Canada and the other in Scotland. Both fell victim to the Spanish influenza within just over three months of each other. The widespread impact of the Spanish flu led to numerous losses within families, demonstrating that distance and geography were largely immaterial.Continue reading “Remembering Robert Haggart”

Vicarsford Cemetery is located a short distance from the Tay Road Bridge in the parish of Forgan, an attractive area in North-East Fife. The cemetery was established in 1894 to replace the nearby Forgan Kirkyard and serve as the new burial ground for Forgan, Wormit, Newport, and other nearby communities. It is situated on aContinue reading “Remembering John Wood Haggart”

ABLE Seaman John Walker RNVR is buried in Abbotshall Churchyard in Kirkcaldy. He passed away from pneumonia following influenza in Ramsgate on November 12, 1918, at the age of thirty-one. His grave is distinguished by an official CWGC headstone. John was born on May 5th, 1887, in Kirkcaldy to linoleum printer John Sr. and MargaretContinue reading “Remembering John Walker”

John, who was on leave from France, was suddenly taken from us on November 15th 1918. His headstone bears witness to this fact. His death registration confirmed that his pneumonia was a result of ‘acute influenza’. He passed away at his familial home at 20 Forth Avenue, Kirkcaldy, at the tender age of twenty-five. JohnContinue reading “Remembering Pioneer John Gourlay Graham”

Henry lies in Tulliallan Cemetery on the eastern edge of Kincardine. The familial headstone is propped against the base due to instability. Henry died on October 15th 1918, at his home in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, aged thirty-nine, of influenza and pneumonia. Henry was born in Kincardine in 1878, the eldest son of Blacksmith Henry (Sr) andContinue reading “Remembering Henry Kinloch”