Walter Reid - Supreme Sacrifice: A Small Village and the Great War

Walter Reid is the author of a number of acclaimed works on military and political history, with a focus on British imperial policy. His last book, Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: Britains Betrayal of India, was published in May 2016. He was educated at Oxford and Edinburgh universities. He lives in Scotland but spends several months each year in France.

Gordon Masterton is Professor of Future Infrastructure at the University of Edinburgh and a former president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was also a member of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland for 12 years.

Paul Birch is a retired chartered surveyor and professional arbitrator. He is originally from Leeds but has lived in Bridge of Weir since 1982.

OTHER BOOKS BY WALTER REID

A Volunteers Odyssey: Arras 1917 (second edition, Arras 1917: The Journey to Railway Triangle)

Architect of Victory, Douglas Haig

Churchill 19401945: Under Friendly Fire

Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East

Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India

First published in 2016 by
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Copyright Walter Reid, Gordon Masterton and Paul Birch 2016

The moral right of Walter Reid, Gordon Masterton and Paul Birch to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form without the express written permission of the publisher.

ISBN 978 1 78027 350 1
eISBN 978 1 78027 448 5

Any profits received by the authors will be donated to local charities.

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Typeset by Edderston Book Design

Printed and bound by Grafica Veneta, Italy

This book is dedicated to the memory of the men of Bridge of Weir who died in the Great War, and to the memory of the families who bore their loss.

This book owes much to research carried out by members of the Bridge of Weir Memorial Society, which was formed to renew and preserve the memories of the men whose names are engraved on the village war memorials.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Birthplaces of the Bridge of Weir Fallen

Graves and Memorials of the Bridge of Weir Fallen

Army structure

The Men of Bridge of Weir in the order in which they died