Introduction

In 2014 the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, Cumnock History Group began researching the names on the Cumnock War Memorial plus other men and women with Cumnock connections mentioned on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or in the Cumnock Chronicle of the time. The research is not limited to those who died but also to men and women who served, using family history information.

The group would like to appeal to individuals with knowledge of family members for photographs of the soldier, either in uniform or not, and photos of medals or other memorabilia eg letters sent home from the Front. If you would be prepared to share these on this site, please email the web manager info@cumnockhistorygroup.org The group is willing to share any copies of documents found with the soldier's descendants.

Monday, 14 July 2014

Edward Hogg

Edward Hogg was born about 1899 in Cumnock to William Hogg a coal miner and his wife  Elizabeth  in Townhead Street.

He was a private in the KOSB (the War Memorial has RSF)  and he was killed in action in France on 11 April 1918. He was only 19.

Name: Edward Hogg
Birth Place: Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
Residence: Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
Death Date: 11 Apr 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Ayr, Ayr
Rank: Private
Regiment: King's Own Scottish Borders
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Regimental Number: 33254
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly 5557, 53Rd T.R

His parents were living at Bankend Cottages, Ayr Road at the time of his death.



Update 21 April 2018: His nephew and namesake Edward Martin Hogg Galloway visited the Ploegsteert Memorial on the centenary of his death and has kindly sent the following photograph













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6 comments:

  1. Hogg family23 March 2018 at 20:19

    Thank you so much we have been looking for this for twenty years. My husband is called Edward Martin Hogg Galloway after his uncle Edward, whose sisterJean was my husband's mother. We are about to visit Edward's memorial south of ypres to commemorate his death 100 years on 11th April, so this information is well timed. We have never had a photo of him. Amazing, thank you.

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  2. Kay McMeekin23 March 2018 at 20:27

    I'm so pleased we have been able to help you. Please send us any photos from your visit to Ypres which we'll be happy to add. Kay, secretary Cumnock History Group

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  3. Hogg family23 March 2018 at 20:31

    Yes, we will do that thank you

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  4. Kay McMeekin24 March 2018 at 20:32

    I have added a better version of the article photographed recently by our chairman Bobby Grierson.

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  5. Hogg family21 April 2018 at 17:38

    We have now returned from visiting the East Berks Cemetery Extension (Ploegsteert Memorial), Belgium, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of my uncle, Edward Hoog, on 11th April 1918. Whilst there, we met two other families of KOSB soldiers who were also there to commemorate the death of their relation on the same day, which was very emotional. We have some photos of this, but are unsure how to put them on this blog, so if you would like us to do this, please can you let us know where to send the photos. Thank you for your help. Edward Galloway

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  6. Kay McMeekin21 April 2018 at 17:43

    That must indeed have been a moving experience. You can email me them kmcmeekin at me dot com and I will add them to the post.

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