In St.Mary’s Burial Ground is a headstone which reads:
In loving memory of
Elsie Caird Hogg
died 5th February 1916
aged 22 years.
also
Robin Cavers Hogg
killed in action in France
2nd October 1916, aged 19 years
buried at Maroeuil.
Margaret Dickson Hogg
died 9th July 1932 aged 45 years.Their father
Andrew White Hogg
died 31st July 1937 in his 83rd year,
And his wife
Annie A.G. Hogg
died 28th Novr. 1928, aged 83 years,Also their son
Francis Caird Hogg
who died at Mooi River, Natal
3rd August 1942, aged 65 years.
Richard Waters has provided the following:
An unnamed newspaper reports: Death: " At a Nursing Home, Edinburgh on 6th February 1916 after a short illness, Elsie Caird (Hogg) aged 22, younger daughter of Andrew W Hogg, Ravensdowne, Wooler, late of Cumnock"
Robin Cavers Hogg was killed on 2nd October 1916, (clearly a highly traumatic time for the family, although it appears that there was at least another daughter.)
Their father Mr A.W. Hogg appears to have been a Banker by trade and at that time was working in the Far East.
The house known as Ravensdowne, which was off Wooler High Street, burnt down on Christmas Day 1964, killing the occupants Mr and Miss Bone, brother and sister, Mr Bone being a survivor of WW1.
"Hogg, Robin Cavers: Private, No. 4545, Machine Gun Section, 2/14th Battn. (London Scottish), 3rd and youngest son of Andrew White Hogg, of Ravensdowne, Wooler, by his wife, Annie Amelia, daughter of the late Francis Garden Caird, of Edinburgh; born Old Cumnock, county Ayr, 2 Sept. 1897; educated at Old Cumnock Higher Grade School, and George Watson College, Edinburgh; enlisted 30 March 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 21 June 1916 and was killed in action 2 Oct. following. Buried in the British Cemetery, Marœull. His commanding officer wrote: "It is with the utmost regret I have to report the death of your son through wounds sustained yesterday at duty. He died at 7 p.m. His funeral, which I shall attend, takes place tomorrow. He will be buried by our regimental Chaplain in the Military Cemetery at Marœull, with his comrades who have fallen in the same cause . . .Believe me, it has come as a very great and personal blow to me. For eight months he was with me in the transport section, but seemed to get dissatisfied, and applied to get back to the Lewis Gun Section. I did all I could to persuade him from giving up his safe job, but in vain. He insisted that if I would not have him back in the safe job he would not get himself returned to his company, although he would very much prefer to come back to the section. So he came back, and has always surprised and delighted me by his cheerfulness under fire, and his cheeriness under the most trying conditions . . .I sympathise with you very deeply in your sorrow, and, in a similar measure, his death is a great blow to me, as it will be even greater to you. All I can say is, he was a fine chap, liked by the whole Lewis Gun Section, and they all join with me in offering their deepest sympathy in this your sorrow. If I can be of any assistance to you in any way, please let me know," and another officer: "By the time this reaches you, you will have heard that your boy was killed yesterday. He formed one of a working party which had to go up to carry out trench repairs, during the time that the battalion is in support to the front line, and it was while engaged on this duty that he met his death from a trench-mortar bomb, which fell in our trench close to him, and besides wounding him terribly, also mortally wounded another man who was working with him. It may comfort you to know that he could not have suffered much. His wounds were in the arms and right side, and from the start there was little or no hope that he could recover. He was at once bound up and placed on a stretcher and got back to the Aid Post, but passed away there while the Medical Officer was doing what he could for him. I passed him on his way down, and he was then unconscious, and not suffering I think. I took a great liking to your son, as indeed everyone did. His sturdy, manly courage endeared him to all who knew him, and he was one whom we were all proud of." Unmarried.
De Ruvigny Roll of Honour
Robin Cavers Hogg is remembered at Alnwick in Alnwick Gazette Almanack and at Wooler on W68.01, W68.02, W68.05 and W68.07
