Category Archives: Scotland

Remembering James Campbell (Stevens)

James rests in a familial lair in Bannockburn Cemetery. He died aged twenty-two of complications from influenza including lobar pneumonia and cardiac failure on the 26th of October 1918. He contracted Spanish flu whilst on leave from the war. His grave is cared for the by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. James was born outContinue reading “Remembering James Campbell (Stevens)”

Remembering Julia Rintoul Campbell

Julia succumbed to influenza and bronchitis on the 23rd of December 1918 at Ravenswood, Causewayhead, Stirling aged thirty-three. Her grave is located in the nearby Churchyard of Logie Old Kirk. She rests in a familial lair which includes her paternal grandparents, parents and some of her siblings. Julia was born in Stirling on the 29thContinue reading “Remembering Julia Rintoul Campbell”

Remembering Annie Paton Izett Barr

Annie died on the 1st of November 1918 of influenza and pneumonia aged thirty-three at Ella House in Haggs, Denny, near Falkirk. She lies in Bannockburn Cemetery in a lair shared with her in-laws and infant son. The headstone credits her as “Nellie Seamans Barr” for an unknown reason. The age provided on the headstoneContinue reading “Remembering Annie Paton Izett Barr”

Remembering Agnes and Christina (Christian) Keron

Agnes and Christina rest in graves exactly fifty miles apart; the former in Woodbank Cemetery, Armadale, West Lothian; the latter in the picturesque Fowlis Wester Churchyard near Crieff. Both succumbed to Spanish flu a mere seventeen days part from each other; Angus dying on the 6th of December aged thirty-fife; Christina on 23rd of DecemberContinue reading “Remembering Agnes and Christina (Christian) Keron”

Remembering Katherine Elsie Miller Graham

On Tuesday the 23rd of July 1918 the Stirling Observer acknowledged A “Mrs A.G Graham” as “the first in Stirling to succumb to Spanish influenza”. Although the initials are different, I figured out that this is Katherine. According to the Glasgow Herald she died “suddenly” at her home 3 Gladstone Place on the 3rd ofContinue reading “Remembering Katherine Elsie Miller Graham”

Remembering Archibald (Archie) Jenkins

Archibald rests in Stirling Old Town Cemetery. He is the first Spanish flu victim I have encountered whose headstone is an actual broken column. The headstone is cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is in excellent condition. Whereas the second wave of the Spanish flu pandemic between October and January was theContinue reading “Remembering Archibald (Archie) Jenkins”

Remembering Margaret Clark and Jean McKinlay McAree

The Stirling Old Town Cemetery has been a burial site for centuries. Soldiers, clergymen, even slavers rest here, overshadowed by the muscular tower of the Church of the Holy Rude, it’s walls peppered with dimples from cannon balls from the many conflicts it has survived. Spanish flu victims also rest in this cemetery. Margaret ClarkContinue reading “Remembering Margaret Clark and Jean McKinlay McAree”

Remembering Peter McArthur

This morning I attended the Remembrance Sunday service at Comrie War Memorial. Erected in 1921, the memorial sits in a quite garden at the head of Dalginross, the main southern thoroughfare through Comrie. Private Peter McArthur is commemorated on the war memorial. He lies in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Boulogne Sur Mer, France. Besides theContinue reading “Remembering Peter McArthur”