Other Information
Was residing at Garthill (which seems to have been in use as an Officer’s Mess – Paton had also been resident there at the time of his death).
Killed when a grenade exploded during training.
First World War local fatalities.
In addition to all the above, during the First World War, North Queensferry was the scene of the death of two soldiers in separate, although broadly similar training accidents.
Stewart, Henry Ernest
Born Henry Ernest Pinfold
| Rank | 55 Training Reserve Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers. |
| Service Number | not allocated |
| Born | 10 Sept 1895 at Islington. |
| Parents | Frederick Pinfold (Cinema Proprietor) and Lily (Knight) Pinfold, of Cliftonville, Belfast. |
| Date of death | 19 November 1917 at Cruicks, North Queensferry (Aged 22) |
| Grave | Hope Street, Inverkeithing. |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle) Queens University, Belfast War Memorial |
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle.)
Scottish War Graves Project.
Scottish National Archives. Death Certificate.
Ancestry.com
Queens University, Belfast.
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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