I just got confirmation today from Terry Denham, who was submitting my application for commemoration, that Robert T Greenlees (my great grandfather) has now been commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commision. It is now expected that a gravestone will be made and put in place within a year.
Link to the site:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_det ... y=75200156
Robert T Greenlees was the son of Andrew and Sarah Greenlees. He was born in 1889 (signed up as being born in 1890) in Prestonpans, East Lothian. Robert married Sarah O'Neil in 1915 in Edinburgh and Robert signed up to the RNR in January 1916. He only lasted 8 months before being discharged due to Tuberculosis which was caught on board the HMS Attentive III. He died a year later in April of 1917 aged 27 in Livingston, Linlithgowshire. He and his wife had a son, Andrew being Roberts only son in 1916 who served in the second world war with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a driver. Sarah later remarried in 1919 and had three more kids.
Robert had two other brothers who served in the war, they were William and John. Both of who served on the front line and were Killed in Action.
I thought I would post the final results in here of what happened rather than the original thread as it is such a big success. The link to the original thread on here:
http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... sc&start=0
Also the thread on the Great War Forum:
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forum ... opic=72370
Finally Commemorated
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Finally Commemorated
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Thanks. 
LesleyB wrote:Hi Andy
What a satisfying outcome to all your work on that. Well done. =D>
Best wishes
Lesley
Andy
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I recently heard of another soldier being commemorated and it was on the news or in the papers. Is it worth contacting papers about my Robert, if so how do i go about it and is it worth it?
Andy
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[b]Johnston, Whitson, Whitecross, Runciman [/b] (Haddingtonshire)
[b]Rutherford [/b](Dumbartonshire, Airth & Larbert)
[b]Ross, Stevenson & Robb[/b](Falkirk)[/size]
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[b]Greenlees & Fairnie[/b] (Musselburgh area)
[b]Johnston, Whitson, Whitecross, Runciman [/b] (Haddingtonshire)
[b]Rutherford [/b](Dumbartonshire, Airth & Larbert)
[b]Ross, Stevenson & Robb[/b](Falkirk)[/size]