The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:53 am Post subject: Paisley (Woodside) Crematorium

Location: 46 Broomlands Street, Paisley

Both the Cemetery and Woodside Crematorium are owned and managed by The Paisley Cemetery Company Ltd.

Currently awaiting photos

Number of CWGC casualties: 17

Names commemorated here:

ALLAN, HERBERT PHILIP
ANDERSON, JEAN MCVICAR
ASPIN, JEAN
BLACKETT, HAROLD ELLIOTT
BOYCE, JAMES MARTIN
CASE, HERBERT KERR
COLLINS, CECIL VICTOR
COOK, BASIL MARTIN
DREW, NORMAN
FORD, GEORGE WILLIAM RANSOM
FORREST, JOHN GORDON SCOTT
FOWLER, JOHN ANTHONY LAMOND
HENDERSON, IAN DAVID
HOUSTON, ROBERT WILLIAM
MEGSON, GEORGE ARTHUR
O'DONNELL, WILLIAM DONALDSON
WALLACE, WILLIAM

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:54 am Post subject:

ALLAN, HERBERT PHILIP

Rank:Lieutenant
Date of Death:12/10/1946
Age:46
Regiment/Service:Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. President
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of Charles Joseph and Bessie Maud Allan; husband of Clara A. Allan, of Roker, Sunderland.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:54 am Post subject:

ANDERSON, JEAN MCVICAR

Rank:Nursing Sister
Service No:209694
Date of Death:24/09/1946
Age:47
Regiment/Service:Territorial Army Nursing Service
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:55 am Post subject:

ASPIN, JEAN

Rank:Wren
Service No:17897
Date of Death:28/11/1943
Regiment/Service:Women's Royal Naval Service H.M.S. Orlando
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:57 am Post subject:

BLACKETT, HAROLD ELLIOTT

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:Pilot
Service No:1367659
Date of Death:23/02/1944
Age:23
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of William E. Blackett and Janet McK. Blackett, of Paisley.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:57 am Post subject:

BOYCE, JAMES MARTIN

Rank:Private
Service No:2981996
Date of Death:24/10/1945
Regiment/Service:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Husband of Elizabeth Moffat Boyce, of Largs, Ayrshire.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:58 am Post subject:

CASE, HERBERT KERR

Rank:Commander
Date of Death:12/03/1944
Age:57
Regiment/Service:Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. Orlando
Awards:D S C, R D
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of Henry William and Ellen C. Case; husband of Martha Evelyn May Case, of Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:58 am Post subject:

COLLINS, CECIL VICTOR

Rank:Lieutenant (E)
Date of Death:06/08/1943
Age:55
Regiment/Service:Royal Navy H.M.S. President
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:59 am Post subject:

COOK, BASIL MARTIN

Rank:Flying Officer
Service No:76195
Date of Death:10/12/1940
Age:36
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 968 Balloon Sqdn
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:00 am Post subject:

DREW, NORMAN

Rank:Lance Corporal
Service No:2697714
Date of Death:04/10/1942
Age:27
Regiment/Service:Scots Guards 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Panel 1.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of John and Mary Ann Drew, of Paisley; husband of Helen Burns Drew, of Paisley.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:00 am Post subject:

FORD, GEORGE WILLIAM RANSOM

Rank:Flying Officer
Trade:Pilot
Service No:173343
Date of Death:13/04/1945
Age:24
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference: Panel 2.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of George William and Joan Andrews Ford, of Dennistoun, Glasgow.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:01 am Post subject:

FORREST, JOHN GORDON SCOTT

Rank:Lieutenant (A)
Date of Death:14/09/1942
Age:25
Regiment/Service:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.M.S. "Blackcap"
Grave Reference: Panel 2.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of Alexander T. Forrest and Constance N. Forrest, of Giffnock. B.A. (Cantab.); Rugby Football Blue; Scottish Rugby Football International.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:01 am Post subject:

FOWLER, JOHN ANTHONY LAMOND

Rank:Squadron Leader
Service No:39186
Date of Death:24/05/1942
Age:25
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force 21 Sqdn.
Grave Reference: Panel 2.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of Herbert Henry and Gladys Annabella Fowler, of Bedford.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:02 am Post subject:

HENDERSON, IAN DAVID

Rank:Able Seaman
Service No:D/JX 649286
Date of Death:26/02/1947
Age:21
Regiment/Service:Royal Navy H.M. S
Grave Reference: Panel 2.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of Andrew John and Margaret Henderson, of Paisley.

David McNay · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:05 am Post subject:

HOUSTON, ROBERT WILLIAM

Rank:Second Lieutenant
Service No:102660
Date of Death:11/02/1940
Age:35
Regiment/Service:Seaforth Highlanders 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Panel 2.
Cemetery:PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:Son of William and Margaret Houston; husband of Wilson Wright Houston, M.A., of Paisley. M.A. (Glasgow).

Listed on the Glasgow University WW2 Roll of Honour:

Robert William Houston
Born 20 May 1905, Kilbirnie, Scotland.
Died 11 February 1940.
University Link: Graduate
GU Degree: MA, 1925;
Father's Details: William Houston; Sailor