DORNOCH ROLL OF HONOUR

GIFFEN, James Craig

Military Cross.

Rank: Captain Unit: 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders Born: 18 February 1880 Strathhaven, Lanarkshire Parents: John & Margaret Giffen (nee Craig) Spouse: Robina (nee Birkens) Died: 22.12.16 Buried: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension IV. F. 5.

Further information received from Katherine Knight in Australia 19 May 2010 about her great grandfather, enabling completion of all detail in the table above:

"James Craig Giffen (Reg No. 3883) was my great-grandfather, he was born 18/02/1880 in Strathaven, Lanarkshire to John & Margaret Giffen (nee Craig). He enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders in 1897. He married Robina Birkens in Inverness in 1904. They subsequently had six children (three born in Inverness - one my grandfather William, one born in Aldershot and two born in India ). After his death his widow emigrated to Vancouver , Canada in 1919.

The WWI timeline I have for him (as sketchy as it is):

20/12/14 - Disembarked Le Havre
25/02/15 - Received Commission - Promoted to 2nd Lt.
29/06/15 - Awarded Military Cross
03/02/16 - Promoted to Lt.
22/09/16 - Promoted to Captain

22/12/16 - Died of Wounds"

Memorials:
Dornoch War Memorial
Congregation Roll of Honour, Dornoch Cathedral
Congregation Memorial Window, Dornoch Cathedral

Last updated: 10 March, 2011