Lieutenant Hobkirk 1st Bn Cameronians
As a result of the Lt Money photograph albums being available on the Historylinks Image Library website, the museum received personal details relating to Lieut Ernest Hobkirk from Jeremy Stone, resident in Hong Kong. To accompany the digital document an extract from a group photograph of Cameronians officers when in billets in Septmonts in September 1914 (picture #6415) shows Lieut Hobkirk highlighted seated second from the right. Additional images including Lieut Hobkirk are at picture #6445 and picture #6466. He also appears in the 1913 Battalion group photograph at picture #11960 and at page 7 'The Signallers' of the 2013 Cameronians Booklet picture #6820. In summary, from information provided by Jeremy Stone: "The officer pictured is my 1st cousin (3 x removed), Lieutenant (later Major) Ernest William James Hobkirk (1890–1969) of the 1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Born on Broadhaugh Farm at Teviothead, near Hawick in Roxburghshire, Scotland; educated at the Edinburgh Academy (1905 – 08) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1908 – 09), Ernest was commissioned into the Cameronians in 1910. He served with the 1st Battalion in Bloemfontein, South Africa (1910 – 12) before returning with his regiment to Maryhill Barracks in Glasgow in 1912. Ernest transferred to the Royal Signals in 1920, was promoted to Major in 1925 and completed a tour of duty in India from 1926 – 28. He, together with his wife, Dora and infant daughter Mary, returned to England in 1928. For his final posting, Ernest was based at Bulford on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, from 1929 – 32. Ernest retired on half-pay in 1932 and on retired pay in 1937. He lived the remainder of his life in the Salisbury area until his death in 1969, leaving his wife, Doris and two daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Vivienne Ann."
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