Ultimate sacrifice made by Angus war heroes to be marked

The ultimate sacrifice made by three Arbroath men in wartime has finally been recognised.

Historian Patrick Anderson from Letham discovered they were not listed in the memorial index at Edinburgh Castle and set out to change that.

Mr Anderson’s research led to the keeper of the rolls at the Scottish National War Memorial adding the names of First World War casualties William Stormont and Lewis Sim, and David Millar, who died during the Second World War.

Second Lieutenant William Lundie Stormont of the Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery, 5th Army Brigade, was killed in action on August 31 1918.

He had come from the ranks after working with Keith and Blackman in the town and his body is buried in a war grave in France. He was only 21. Sapper Lewis Hodge Sim of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers, died of wounds on September 24 1917.

He was only 24 years old and is buried in a war grave in Belgium.

Captain David Johnston Miller, Indian Army (Madras Regiment) was killed in action on March 23 1944 in Burma.

He was the son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Miller, then living in San Francisco but formerly of Culloden Terrace, Arbroath.

He is buried in a war grave in India.

Mr Anderson thanked the keeper of the rolls for his assistance in having these three names added.

Mr Anderson started to research each of the named casualties on two memorial lists in St Mary’s Episcopal Church in Arbroath when he made his discovery.