Hi Eileen

Patrick and Alex were both employed by The Great North of Scotland Railway and are commemorated on that Company's War Memorial at Aberdeen Railway station. I will be at this site on 11th to lay a wreath for all the employees of the GNSR.

All three brothers also appear on the New Elgin and Ashgrove Memorial in Elgin.

Military details of the brothers appear below and I was in France a few weeks go and visited Alexander’s grave at Roclincourt. Photographs of Alex and Patrick’s headstones are on CWGC site. The information that follows comes from The Scots at War Trust site.

• Calder, James Robert. b. 1877. Private. No. 424641. 78th Bn, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Scottish. Died of wounds received in Belgium during WWI on 1st November 1917, age 33, and is commemorated at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Husband of Florence Helen Calder of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (added 13/09/01)

• Calder, Alexander. b. 1895. Private. No. 266465. 6th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Scottish. Born in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. Enlisted at Ripon, Yorkshire, England. He was killed in action on Monday 9th April 1917 and is buried at Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt, Pas de Calais, France. (added 06/09/01)

• Calder, Patrick. b. 1898. Corporal. No. S/18794. 2nd Bn, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Scottish. Born in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. Enlisted at Aberdeen. He was killed in action on Thursday 8th August 1918, aged 20 years and is buried at Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France. (added 06/09/01)

They were all sons of George and Margaret Calder, 1 Ashgrove, Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

All the best

John Ross