{"product_id":"cameronians-scottish-rifles-kia-somme-1916-ww1-british-war-medal-bwm-hamilton","title":"Cameronians Scottish Rifles KIA Somme 1916 WW1 British War Medal BWM Hamilton","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFirst World War British War Medal – Private Daniel Gardiner, 6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) – KIA Somme 1916\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBritish War Medal – \u003cb\u003e3281 PTE. D. GARDINER. SCO. RIF.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ePrivate Daniel Gardiner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e was born in \u003cb\u003e1897 at New Monkland, Lanarkshire\u003c\/b\u003e, and was raised in the industrial community of Flemington, near Motherwell. He was the son of \u003cb\u003eJames Gardiner\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJeanie Gardiner\u003c\/b\u003e, later of \u003cb\u003eNewlands Place, Craignell Street, Wishaw\u003c\/b\u003e. His father predeceased him. Prior to enlistment he worked as a \u003cb\u003ecoal miner\u003c\/b\u003e, a common but dangerous occupation in Lanarkshire’s heavy industrial belt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe enlisted at \u003cb\u003eHamilton in 1915\u003c\/b\u003e, joining the \u003cb\u003e6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)\u003c\/b\u003e, a Territorial battalion that had already seen extensive service on the Western Front. He was allotted the regimental number \u003cb\u003e3281\u003c\/b\u003e and posted to \u003cb\u003e“B” Company\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBy the summer of 1916 the 6th Cameronians were heavily engaged on the Somme. During operations in early August, Daniel was \u003cb\u003eattached to the 16th Royal Scots (McCrae’s Battalion)\u003c\/b\u003e, who were holding positions north of Bazentin-le-Petit near \u003cb\u003eIntermediate Trench\u003c\/b\u003e, close to High Wood — one of the most fiercely contested areas of the Somme battlefield.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eA contemporary letter written in June 1935 by William B. Robertson (included in the research) describes the severe difficulties experienced during the opening days of August 1916. Telephone lines were repeatedly cut, the single communication trench was narrow and exposed, and the “top” was being swept by enemy machine-gun fire. On the night of 2nd\/3rd August a bombing attack was successfully carried out, but the subsequent frontal attack on the 3rd was ordered to proceed without artillery preparation. The assault, carried out “with considerable dash,” ended in disaster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ePrivate Daniel Gardiner was killed in action on 3rd August 1916, aged 19.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis death was officially recorded as occurring during the attack on Intermediate Trench, north of Bazentin-le-Petit. His body was not recovered or identified.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eA moving family notice published in the \u003ci\u003eMotherwell Times\u003c\/i\u003e of 18 August 1916 read:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e“Our home is so lonely, our hearts are so sad,\u003cbr\u003eHis mother is calling for her soldier lad;\u003cbr\u003eHe fought in the battle, for his country he fell,\u003cbr\u003eDefending his home he was struck by a shell.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe is commemorated on the \u003cb\u003eThiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePier and Face 4D\u003c\/b\u003e, which bears the names of over 72,000 officers and men who died in the Somme sector and have no known grave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe is also recorded in the Scottish Rolls of Honour and in the UK Soldiers Died in the Great War registers as:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ePrivate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eService No. 3281\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eKilled in Action\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eTheatre: France \u0026amp; Flanders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHis photograph appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGlasgow Evening Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a copy of which accompanies the research. It shows a very young Highland soldier in service dress — a poignant reminder of the youth of so many Somme casualties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eDaniel Gardiner was one of the many Lanarkshire miners who exchanged the coal face for the trenches, and whose names now survive only on memorial stone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ePLEASE NOTE: All research will be sent to the buyer via email. 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