THE LOYAL TAY FENCIBLES

Name When Made Age Where Born Discharged etc

Thomas Balfour 16.11.1794 30 Cupar 10.2.1796

David Brown 7.2.1795 24 Ceres

James Cormie 14.2.1795 32 Kettle

James Gavine 20.11.1794 18 St. Andrews 28.12.1798

William Lawson 4.4.1795 23 Largo

James Melville 16.11.1794 26 Dairsie

David Robertson 1.1.1794 24 Cult

James Stevenson 2.4.1795 25 Dunfermline 13.7.1799

James Taylor 11.11.1794 20 Cult 13.5.1795

James Turpie 19.11.1794 25 Largo

William Walker 16.11.1794 17 St. Andrews

Michael White 25.1.1795 38 Cupar

Alexander Gibb 26.6.1795 36 Mills of Forth 24.12.1795

Alexander Aitken 20.2.1796 18 Fife

Andrew Alexander 21.1.1796 24 Falkland

George Murdoch 3.6.1796 31 Carnbee 30.9.1798

William Parkie 3.1.1797 19 St. Andrews

Archibald Beveridge 29.1.1797 21 Dalgety 7.7.1800

David Ness 20.7.1797 21 Kennoway

Jobn Brodie 29.12.1798 35 Auchterderran

James Miller 1.10.1798 25 St. Monance

James Wilson 1.7.1798 20 Dunino

David Smith 1.12.1799 22 Flisk

CORPORALS

Name When Made Age Where Born Discharged, etc.

Alexander Aitken 9.12.1794 17 Fife

Andrew Alexander 8.4.1795 23 Falkland

John Bell 26.11.1794 24 Kingsbarns 30.6.1798

Archibald Beveridge 3.12.1794 18 Dalgety 24.12.1795

James Dalrymple 23.6.1795 23 Ceres

Robert Grieve 25.11.1794 20 Cupar 24.12.1795

William Lamb 28.11.1794 36 Ceres 24.12.1795

James Mills 16.11.1794 37 Kingsbarns

John Morris 26.11.1794 20 Monimeal

George Murdoch 5.1.1795 30 Carnbee

Robert Moir 28.2.1795 17 Kettle 30.11.1798

Jas Miller 10.3.1795 22 St. Monans 24.12.1795

David Ness 30.1.1795 19 Kennoway

William Parkie 2.12.1794 17 St. Andrews

John Woodcock 27.12.1794 40 Crail

James Wilson 29.3.1795 18 Dunino

Alexander Beveridge 3.2.1796 19 Dalgety

James Miller 12.5.1796 23 St. Monance

William Lamb 29.7.1796 37 Ceres

Robert Grieve 1.11.1796 22 Cupar

John Brodie 1.11.1796 33 Auchterderran

John Band . 20.8.1797 39 St. Andrews

Henry Grant 1.12.1798 30 Kettle

John Garland 1.12.1799 17 Collessie

NOTE: Some of the above appear on both the Sergeants and Corporals lists and some, such as William Lamb from Ceres, appear more than once on the list, as they are reduced and promoted.

DRUMMERS

Name When Made Age Where Born Discharged, etc.

William Black 14.11.1794 15 Cupar 24.12.1795

John Grieve 19.11.1794 14 Cupar 31.10.1796

William Williamson 10.11.1794 12 Cupar

Dudingston Woodcock 9.12.1794 12 Cupar

John White 2.1.1795 14 Monimeal 24.11.1795

Ebenezer Marshall 25.12.1795 - Auchtermuchty

David Grant 9.1.1797 - Kettle

John White 13.1.1799 10 Cupar

John Grant 1.10.1794 13 Kettle

There are 48 Drummers listed, all between the ages of 10 and 15, except for one John Pierre (Sic), born in Paris who is aged 20 in 1800.

This ends the list of Fife names extracted from the Description Book of the Loyal Tay Fencibles in the writer's possession. There are many other names listed from other Counties in Scotland and in England, and the writer will be pleased to check the lists for names from other areas should any reader so desire.