Dowie, William
| Rank |
Private, 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
| Service Number |
S/12648 |
| Born |
21 January 1891 at North Queensferry |
| Parents |
James Dowie, quarryman and Jane McKenzie, Back Lane, North Queensferry. |
| Date of death |
30 June 1916 (Aged 25) |
| Grave |
ll.H.9 Maroeuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| Other Memorials |
Inverkeithing Memorial.
Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle.) |
Other Information
Brother of Robert Dowie.
Census 1891 at Back Lane, (2 months) born Dunfermline, son of James (39) quarryman and Jane (40)
Census 1901 at The Lane (10) born North Queensferry, Scholar, son of James (49) Whinstone Quarryman [mother not mentioned]
Census 1911 at School Brae (20) born North Queensferry, Labourer in Whinstone Quarry, brother in law of John Brown (34) Machine Rock Driller in Whinstone Quarry.
He enlisted early in 1916 and was posted to the same Battalion as his brother. He had been at the front for only a few weeks when he was killed.
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle)
Scottish War Memorials Project
National Archives. Medal Card WO372/6/77850.
Scottish National Archives. Will. Marriage Certificate
Census 1891, 1901, 1911.
Soldiers Died in Great War
Robert Dowie (Great grandson of brother)
Dunfermline Press, 3 February 1917
Black Watch Regimental Association
Ancestry.com
Alex Morris
Here dead we lie, Because we did not choose
To live and shame the land, From which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, Is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is, And we were young.
[Here Dead We Lie, A.E. Housman]
When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Your Tomorrow,
We gave our Today
[Kohima, attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds]
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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