AULD, ROBERT YEUDALL, Bombardier, No. 145013, 221st Siege Battery, R.G.A., 2nd s. of the late David Auld, by his wife, Martha (Parkend, Galston), dau. of Robert Yeudall, Joiner; b. Galston, co. Ayr, 18 April, 1878; educ. Galston Public School; was employed as Head Cutter in the Tailoring Department of the Civil Service Stores at Edinburgh; enlisted 12 March, 1917; trained with the 385th Siege Battery at Fort Standon, Horsham, Lydd and Codford; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 10 July, when he served with the 385th, 27th, 7th and 221st Batteries; was wounded in the shoulder 1 Aug., being in hospital for ten days, and was killed in action 18 Sept. 1917. Buried in Kliene Vierstraat Cemetery, Kemmel, south-west of Ypres. A comrade wrote: “Although only a short period with our battery, your husband had won the respect and affection of everyone.” He was a keen athlete, and won the Double Event 220 and 440 yards races at the Glasgow Exhibition in 1901. He m. at Glasgow, 13 Nov. 1906, Agnes (40, Braid Road, Edinburgh), dau. of William Woods, of Catrine, co. Ayr, and had four children: David, b. 18 Sept. 1907; William Woods, b. 22 Dec. 1908; Robert Yeudall, b. 12 Oct. 1912, and Margaret Seaton Woods, b. 16 Feb. 1914.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5