We found this photo of Uncle Archie and citation in a box of Armstrong family artefacts that had been passed to my mum, from her cousin Dave Armstrong.

Uncle Archie is mum's uncle Archie, so he is my great Uncle.

As a child, I had misunderstood what i was told about Archie, that he had drowned in the Aegean.  It sounds like a tragic swimming accident.

It turns out that he volunteered for the first world war and was on the troop ship The Royal Edward when it was sunk by a German submarine.  There is more information here.

Malcolm has also provided some extracts from press cuttings.

The Imperial War Museum in London have an audio recording of an account of the sinking by one of the survivors.

To find him in military records, his full details are LCpl Archibald Armstrong SvcNo. 14828 Kings Own Scottish Borderers.

Archie is remembered on the War Memorial in the grounds of the Corrie and Hutton Parish Church (located near Boreland).

He is also remembered at the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission have a memorial at Helles in Galipoli.

The Imperial War Museum have a web site livesofthefirstworldwar.