| Preface- The United Collieries Limited | |
| The Directors have compiled a Roll of all Employees in the Company who served in the Navy or Army during the European War 1914 -1919. When the War broke out it was decided that every encouragement should be given to the employees to enlist, house accommodation and financial relief being provided wherever necessary, and the Directors were impressed with the large numbers who responded to the Nation's call and volunteered for service in 1914 and 1915. The number of Employees with the Company in August 1914 was 7,866 and the Directors record with pride and satisfaction that altogether 2,264 men took part in the active defence of their Country. Of these 289 were killed in action or died of wounds, and to the parents, widows, and relatives, the Directors desire to express their profound sympathy. A copy of this book is being supplied to all who were on service, and also to the representatives of those who were killed. It is hoped that it may be looked upon as a remembrance of their having taken part in the greatest struggle for freedom and liberty in the history of theworld, and that it will be handed down to posterity as a record of good service rendered to the Nation. |
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M F Maclean, Chairman 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, December 1919 |
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The United Collieries Limited Roll of Employees On Active Service, 1914 – 1919 Names N to R |
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| Surname | First Name | Colliery | Regiment | Rank | Remarks |
| Neally | James | Armadale | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action |
| Neilson | William | Armadale | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Nugent | Thos. | Calderbank | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Nisbet | Andrew | Calderbank | Seaforth Highlanders | Sergeant | |
| Nugent | Dennis | Calderbank | Dublin Fusiliers | Private | |
| Northcote | Rich. | Calderbank | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Private | Killed in action – Cambrai, -/9/18 |
| Nisbet | John | Clydeside | Royal Engineers | Sapper | |
| Nicol | Robert | Clydeside | Seaforth Highlanders | Private | |
| Nicol | Francis | Clydeside | Royal Engineers | Sapper | |
| Naismith | John | Clydeside | Royal Engineers | Sapper | |
| Naismith | Alex. | Clydeside | Gordon Highlanders | Private | |
| Napier | James | Foulshiels | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Lce-Corporal | Military Medal |
| Neilson | Arch. | Greenrigg | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Nimmo | Thos. | Greenrigg | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Nimmo | Wm. | Greenrigg | Royal Army Medical Corps | Sergeant | |
| Nelson | John | Woodmuir | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action |
| Notman | Alex. G. | Etna and Atlas Brickworks | The Royal Scots | Lce-Corporal | |
| Nelson | Robert | Bredisholm | Royal Engineers | Corporal | |
| Neilson | Simeon | Loganlea 2 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Nisbet | Alex. | Brownieside & Craighead Quarries | Royal Garrison Artillery | Private | |
| Nisbet | Wilson | Brownieside & Craighead Quarries | Royal Engineers | Pioneer | Died of wounds, 23/11/16 |
| Nelson | Adam | Blackrigg 3 | Black Watch | Private | |
| Nimmo | Wm. | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action – Gallipoli, 28/5/15 |
| Nutt | Richard | Quarter | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Neil | James | Quarter | Scots Guards | Private | |
| Nicol | Alex. | Quarter | Scots Guards | Private | |
| Nairn | Robert | Quarter | Gordon Highlanders | Private | Killed in action – Romeries, 23/10/18 |
| Nicol | Robert | Quarter | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Nicol | John | Quarter | Private | ||
| Nicol | George | Quarter | Private | ||
| Neilson | John | Southrigg | The Royal Scots | ||
| Nish | Benjamin | Southrigg | The Royal Scots | ||
| Nimmo | John | Southrigg | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Ogilvie | Peter | Bathville | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action |
| O'Rourke | John | Calderbank | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Private | |
| O'Rourke | John | Calderbank | Royal Garrison Artillery | Private | Killed in action – Hulloch, 9/11/15 |
| Oliver | John | Clydeside | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Private | Killed in action |
| Orr | Robert | Clydeside | Scottish Rifles | Private | Killed in action – Gallipoli, 15/11/15 |
| Owens | Dan. | Ellismuir | Black Watch | Private | |
| Owens | Henry | Ellismuir | Black Watch | Private | |
| O'Hara | James | Ellismuir | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Ovens | Hugh | Foulshiels | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Orr | John | Foulshiels | Cameron Highlanders | Private | Killed in action |
| Orr | John | Foulshiels | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Orr | James | Foulshiels | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Orr | William | Foulshiels | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| O'Driscoll | Thos. | Greenrigg | Gordon Highlanders | Private | |
| Ostler | Albert | Greenrigg | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Oxley | Arch. | Kirkwood | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| O'Donnell | Hugh | Kirkwood | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| O'Donnell | Ed. | Manuelrigg | Cameron Highlanders | Private | |
| Orr | Robert | Woodmuir | Black Watch | Sergeant | |
| O'Neil | Patrick | Bredisholm | Irish Fusiliers | Private | |
| O'Brien | Joseph | Bredisholm | Scottish Horse | Private | Killed in action – Loos, 25/9/15 |
| O'Rorke | Pat. | Loganlea 2 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Ovens | Hugh | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| O'Rorke | John | Loganlea 2 | Irish Fusiliers | Private | |
| O'Hare | Thos. | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| O'Hare | John | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Owens | John | Brownieside & Craighead Quarries | Royal Engineers | Sapper | |
| O'Neil | Mick. | Greenhill | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| O'Neil | Frank | Greenhill | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| O'Donnell | Mich. | Knownoblehill | Royal Dublin Fusiliers | Private | |
| O'Rourke | Wm. | Carfin | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| O'Donnell | Hugh | Carfin | Gordon Highlanders | Private | |
| O'Donnell | Jas. | Carfin | Gordon Highlanders | Private | |
| O'Brien | Thos. | Townhead | Royal Irish Rifles | Private | |
| O'Brien | John | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| O'Donnell | Patrick | Quarter | Royal Engineers | Driver | |
| Ogg | James | Quarter | Private | ||
| O'Raw | Bernard | Southrigg | Munster Fusiliers | Private | |
| O'Raw | Felix | Southrigg | The Royal Scots | ||
| Plant | Joseph | Armadale | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action, 11/5/16 |
| Penman | Neil | Armadale | Lanarkshire Yeomanry | Trooper | |
| Paterson | Wm. | Armadale | Royal Garrison Artillery | Corporal | |
| Pearson | John | Bathville | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Pollock | John | Bathville | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Prentice | John | Bathville | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Porteous | David | Calderbank | The Scots Guards | Private | |
| Porter | Wm. | Calderbank | Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers | Private | |
| Parker | Robert | Calderbank | Royal Field Artillery | S.S. Corporal | |
| Potter | Alex. | Calderbank | Black Watch | Private | Killed in action – Arras, -/4/17 |
| Potter | Thos. | Calderbank | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Potter | Wm. | Calderbank | Royal Scottish Fusiliers | Private | |
| Parker | Thos. | Calderbank | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Page | John | Calderbank | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Paterson | Wm. | Clydeside | Black Watch | Private | Died of wounds, 4/11/18 |
| Paterson | Andrew | Clydeside | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Polland | Hugh | Clydeside | Private | ||
| Park | Robert | Clydeside | Cameron Highlanders | Lce-Corporal | |
| Petrie | Andrew | Clydeside | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Park | Hugh | Clydeside | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Park | William | Clydeside | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Purdie | Donald | Ellismuir | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Preston | Thos. | Ellismuir | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Porter | David | Ellismuir | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | Killed in action – Somme, 1/7/16 |
| Pryce | Richard | Ellismuir | Royal Scottish Fusiliers | Private | |
| Parker | Jno. | Greenrigg | Royal Scottish Fusiliers | Private | |
| Preston | James | Kirkwood | Scottish Rifles | Captain | Promoted from 2nd Lieut to acting Captain, D.S.O. |
| Pender | James | Manuelrigg | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | Killed in action |
| Porteous | John | Woodmuir | Royal Army Medical Corps | Sergeant-Major | |
| Pate | James | Woodmuir | Gordon Highlanders | Private | |
| Potter | Edward | Bathville Brickworks | Labour Corps | Private | |
| Pollard | Wm. | Bathville Brickworks | The Royal Scots and R.G.A. | Private | |
| Purcell | John | Bredisholm | Labour Battalion | Private | |
| Penman | Robt. | Bredisholm | Scots Guards | Private | |
| Pilkington | Jos. | Bredisholm | Royal Irish Rifles | Private | Killed in action |
| Pettigrew | John | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Pyper | Robt. | Loganlea 2 | Royal Scottish Fusiliers | Private | |
| Purcell | Jas. | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Porter | David | Loganlea 2 | Lowland Bor. Horse | Private | Killed in action |
| Porter | Benjamin | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Pate | Robt. | Foulshiels | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Porter | Frank | Foulshiels | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Prentice | Martin | Westrigg | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action, -/6/17 |
| Pirie | John | Brownieside & Craighead Quarries | |||
| Purdie | Henry | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Park | Alexander | Blackrigg 3 | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Private | |
| Park | Andrew | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Parkhill | John | Blackrigg 3 | Royal Army Medical Corps | Private | |
| Penman | Donald | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Penman | Thos. | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Park | James | Belhaven | Cameron Highlanders | Private | |
| Park | James, Jr. | Belhaven | Black Watch | Private | |
| Paton | Wm. | Belhaven | Durham Light Infantry | Lce-Corporal | |
| Phillips | Thos. | Belhaven | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Paterson | Wm. | Carfin | Gordon Highlanders | Private | Died of wounds, 12/4/18 |
| Paterson | John | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Prentice | Wm. | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Lance-Corporal | Military Medal |
| Prentice | Alex. | Blackrigg I | |||
| Purdie | James | Blackrigg I | |||
| Peden | Thos. | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Paterson | William | Quarter | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Park | George | Quarter | Private | ||
| Park | Hugh | Quarter | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Paterson | James | Quarter | Cameron Highlanders | Private | |
| Paxton | William | Quarter | Lanarkshire Yeomanry | Private | |
| Paterson | William | Quarter | Royal Engineers | Private | |
| Parker | Robert | Quarter | Private | ||
| Prosar | Andrew | Quarter | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Parker | Robt. | Quarter | Private | ||
| Paterson | David C. | Quarter | Private | ||
| Pollock | John | Quarter | Private | ||
| Penman | Donald | Southrigg | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Paxton | Wm. | Woodmuir | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action – Arras, 18/1/17 |
| Paxton | Albert | Woodmuir | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Quinn | Wm. | Bathville | |||
| Quigley | Adam | Calderbank | Royal Field Artillery | ||
| Queen | Thomas | Ellismuir | Cameronians | Private | Killed in action |
| Queen | William | Ellismuir | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Queen | Bernard, Jr. | Ellismuir | Royal Field Artillery | Driver | |
| Queen | Bernard, Sr. | Ellismuir | Connaught Rangers | Private | |
| Quinn | Dan. | Greenrigg | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Quay | Robert | Kirkwood | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Queen | Thomas | Loganlea 2 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Quinn | Owen | Brownieside & Craighead Quarries | Cameron Highlanders | Private | |
| Quinn | John | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Corporal | |
| Reid | J.R. | Head Office | Royal Engineers | Sapper | |
| Ross | Angus | Armadale | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Reid | Geo. | Armadale | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Ramsay | Hy. | Armadale | The Royal Scots | Corporal | |
| Ramsay | Wm. | Armadale | The Royal Scots | Sergeant | |
| Ramsay | Wm. | Armadale | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Reeves | Wm. | Bathville | Royal Garrison Artillery | Killed in action | |
| Robertson | Jas. | Bathville | King's Own Scottish Borderers | ||
| Rennox | Wm. | Bathville | Highland Light Infantry | Lance-Corporal | |
| Riddell | John | Bathville | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action |
| Rodger | Wm. | Bathville | 1st Garr. Battalion Northamptons | Private | |
| Reilly | Charles | Calderbank | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Rowland | John | Calderbank | Suffolks | Q.-M.-Sergeant | |
| Roddie | Wm. | Calderbank | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Private | |
| Reilly | Jas. | Calderbank | Scottish Rifles | Killed in action – Military Medal | |
| Robertson | David | Calderbank | Cameron Highlanders | ||
| Ross | John Wm. H. | Clydeside | Royal Engineers | Lieutenant | Military Cross |
| Ross | Gordon Wm. | Clydeside | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Private | |
| Robertson | Jas. | Clydeside | Private | Killed in action – Festubert, 16/5/15 | |
| Ross | Wm. B. | Clydeside | Royal Field Artillery | Private | Mentioned in Despatches after Battle of Loos, 1915; awarded D.C.M., June, 1916; M.M., Sept, 1916; Bar to M.M., October 1917 |
| Russell | Jas. | Clydeside | Private | ||
| Richardson | Thos. | Clydeside | Private | ||
| Robertson | Shanks | Ellismuir | Seaforth Highlanders | Private | |
| Robertson | John | Ellismuir | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Reynolds | Wm. | Ellismuir | Seaforth Highlanders | Private | |
| Robertson | Geo. | Ellismuir | Seaforth Highlanders | Private | |
| Robson | Wm. | Ellismuir | Northumberland Fusiliers | Private | |
| Ralston | Wm. | Ellismuir | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Reilly | Phillip | Ellismuir | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Reid | Richard | Ellismuir | Gordon Highlanders | Private | Killed in training, 7/18 |
| Reid | Wm. | Ellismuir | Gordon Highlanders | Private | |
| Russell | Geo. | Foulshiels | Royal Field Artillery | Private | |
| Robertson | Wm. | Foulshiels | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Robertson | John | Foulshiels | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Roberts | John | Foulshiels | Royal Welsh | Lance-Corporal | Military Medal |
| Roberts | David | Foulshiels | Lancers | Private | |
| Rowley | Mich. | Foulshiels | Royal Garrison Artillery | Bombardier | |
| Rowley | And. | Foulshiels | Yorks. & Lancs. | Private | |
| Rutherford | Geo. | Foulshiels | Royal Field Artillery | Gunner | |
| Reid | Wm. | Greenrigg | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Lance-Corporal | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| Rennie | Wm. | Greenrigg | Royal Horse Artillery | Private | |
| Robertson | Sam | Greenrigg | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action |
| Roy | John | Greenhill | The Royal Scots | Lance-Corporal | |
| Reid | Wm. | Kirkwood | Royal Dublin Fusiliers | Private | |
| Rae | Henry | Manuelrigg | Scots Guards | Private | |
| Russell | Jas. | Woodmuir | Seaforth Highlanders | Private | |
| Ritchie | Jas. | Bredisholm | Royal Engineers | Sapper | |
| Reid | Robt. | Bredisholm | Machine Gun Corps | Private | |
| Reid | Robt. | Bredisholm | Highland Light Infantry | Sergeant | |
| Reynolds | Wm. | Bredisholm | Machine Gun Corps | Private | |
| Ross | Wm. | Bredisholm | Royal Engineers | Lieutenant | |
| Reilly | Jas. | Bredisholm | Highland Light Infantry | Private | Killed in action |
| Robertson | Geo. | Bredisholm | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Private | |
| Ray | James | Bredisholm | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Robertson | Hugh | Bredisholm | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Regan | Thos. | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | Killed in action |
| Redpath | Robt. | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Reilley | Wm. | Loganlea 2 | Munster Fusiliers | Private | |
| Regan | Mich. | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Regan | Pat. | Loganlea 2 | Irish Fusiliers | Private | |
| Regan | Francis | Loganlea 2 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Regan | Martin | Loganlea 2 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Regan | John | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Regan | Henry | Loganlea 2 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | Killed in action |
| Rutherford | Alex. | Loganlea 2 | 10th Hussars | Private | |
| Ravie | Thos. | Loganlea 2 | Highland Light Infantry | Private | Killed in action |
| Randell | Thos. | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Russell | Hugh | Loganlea 2 | Royal Garrison Artillery | Private | |
| Russell | John | Loganlea 2 | Royal Field Artillery | Private | |
| Regan | Peter | Loganlea 2 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robertson | Wm. | Brownieside & Craighead Quarries | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Rankin | Robt. | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Lance-Corporal | |
| Ramsay | Ed. | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Ramsay | Geo. | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robertson | Alex. | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robertson | Andrew | Blackrigg 3 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Robertson | Andrew | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robertson | James | Blackrigg 3 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Private | |
| Robertson | John | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robertson | William | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robb | Joseph | Blackrigg 3 | Scottish Rifles | Private | Died of wounds, 21/6/18 |
| Roy | James | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Reid | James | Blackrigg 3 | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Rennie | William | Greenhill | Highland Light Infantry | Private | Killed in action |
| Roxburgh | Robert | Knownoblehill | Royal Army Medical Corps | Corporal | |
| Russell | Robert | Knownoblehill | Scots Guards | Private | |
| Rennie | John | Townhead | Gordon Highlanders | Private | Killed in action, -/10/18 |
| Reekie | George | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Reekie | James | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Ramsay | Robert | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | 2nd Lieutenant | Military Medal at Ypres. Bar to Medal (Arras) |
| Reid | Hugh | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robertson | Richard | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robertson | William | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Rooney | Richard | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Robertson | William | Blackrigg I | |||
| Ross | Hugh | Blackrigg I | The Royal Scots | ||
| Reid | Robert | Quarter | Private | ||
| Robertson | Robt. W. | Quarter | Royal Army Medical Corps | Private | |
| Renwick | David | Quarter | Cameron Highlanders | Private | |
| Renwick | Halbert | Quarter | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Private | Military Medal |
| Renwick | John | Quarter | Private | ||
| Ross | William | Quarter | Black Watch | Private | |
| Ross | Robert | Quarter | Royal Army Medical Corps | Private | |
| Rocks | Joseph | Quarter | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Rocks | Charles | Quarter | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Reilly | James | Quarter | Army Service Corps | Private | |
| Robson | George | Quarter | Highland Light Infantry | Private | |
| Robertson | Harry | Quarter | Highland Light Infantry | Sergeant | |
| Radigan | John | Quarter | Scottish Rifles | Private | |
| Russell | Robert | Quarter | Black Watch | Private | |
| Robson | James | Quarter | Gordon Highlanders | Private | |
| Robertson | John | Quarter | Private | ||
| Russell | John | Quarter | Black Watch | Private | |
| Robson | George | Quarter | Scottish Rifles (Bantams) | Private | Killed in action – France, 19/10/16 |
| Ramsay | Graham | Quarter | Private | ||
| Russell | William | Quarter | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Private | |
| Richmond | Hugh | Quarter | Private | ||
| Ross | James | Quarter | Royal Engineers | Sapper | |
| Rhoney | James | Quarter | Private | ||
| Renwick | John | Quarter | Private | ||
| Robertson | Richard | Southrigg | Cameron Highlanders | Private | Killed in action, 5/5/15 |
| Robertson | Richard, Jr. | Southrigg | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Rodgers | William | Southrigg | The Royal Scots | Private | |
| Ross | Thomas | Southrigg | The Royal Scots | Private |
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