The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:47 pm Post subject: Tarbert Burial Ground

Photos originally posted on the Scottish War Graves Project by fionabee.

Number of identified CWGC casualties: 7

Names of those buried or commemorated here:

BLAIR, COLIN CAMPBELL
DONALD, ANDREW
HODGKISS, THEOPHILUS
LAW, JOHN
LIVINGSTONE, J
MacGILP, WILLIAM GRAHAM
MacINNES, WILLIAM GILLIES
MACINTYRE, HUGH
MacMILLAN, DONALD
McALPINE, ARCHIBALD
McDOUGALL, JAMES
McDOUGALL, JOHN
McFARLANE, DUGAL
McFARLANE, HUGH
McINTYRE, CALUM MARTIN
McLEAN, A
McMILLAN, WILLIAM
McNEILL, DONALD
MITCHELL, JOHN INNES
MURRAY, WILLIAM COLQUHOUN
PRINGLE, JOHN
SMITH, DUGALD
SMITH, DUNCAN
SMITH, N
WOTHERSPOON, JOHN
WRIGHT, ARTHUR JOHN
WRIGHT, ARTHUR JOHN

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:47 pm Post subject:

MITCHELL, JOHN INNES

Rank:Lieutenant
Date of Death:09/07/1918
Age:36
Regiment/Service:Royal Garrison Artillery
Grave Reference: At East end, against South wall.
Cemetery:TARBERT BURIAL GROUND
Additional Information:Son of Lt. Col. N. Mitchell and Mary Mitchell, of Maryville, Tarbert.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:48 pm Post subject:

HODGKISS, THEOPHILUS

Rank:Lieutenant
Service No:105833
Date of Death:03/01/1941
Age:39
Regiment/Service:Royal Artillery 202 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Grave Reference: Sec. B. Grave 82.
Cemetery:TARBERT BURIAL GROUND
Additional Information:Son of Simeon and Elizabeth Hodgkiss; husband of Alice Louise Hodgkiss, of Amport, Hampshire.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:48 pm Post subject:

LAW, JOHN

Rank:Gunner
Service No:1246
Date of Death:19/05/1915
Regiment/Service:Royal Garrison Artillery 4th Highland Mountain Brigade
Grave Reference: Right of main entrance.
Cemetery:TARBERT BURIAL GROUND
Additional Information:Son of John and Henrietta Law, of Tarbert.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:49 pm Post subject:

LIVINGSTONE, J

Rank:Trimmer
Service No:1739/TS(CH)
Date of Death:07/10/1916
Regiment/Service:Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Quercia."
Grave Reference: 285.
Cemetery:TARBERT BURIAL GROUND

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:49 pm Post subject:

MACINTYRE, HUGH

Rank:Chief Engineer Officer
Date of Death:24/12/1942
Regiment/Service:Merchant Navy S.S. Pasteur (Liverpool)
Awards:O B E
Grave Reference: Sec. T. Grave 664.
Cemetery:TARBERT BURIAL GROUND

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:52 pm Post subject:

McLEAN, A

Rank:Private
Service No:S/23594
Date of Death:20/11/1916
Age:35
Regiment/Service:Cameron Highlanders 9th Bn.
Grave Reference: Near South-East corner.
Cemetery:TARBERT BURIAL GROUND
Additional Information:Son of Peter and Helen McLean. Born at Tarbert.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:52 pm Post subject:

SMITH, N

Rank:Corporal
Service No:1227
Date of Death:01/03/1916
Age:33
Regiment/Service:Royal Garrison Artillery Argyll Mountain Bty.
Grave Reference: At South end.
Cemetery:TARBERT BURIAL GROUND
Additional Information:Son of John and Margaret Campbell Smith, of Tarbert, Lochfyne.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:55 pm Post subject:

McDOUGALL, JAMES

Rank:Purser
Date of Death:02/03/1940
Age:33
Regiment/Service:Merchant Navy M.V. Domala (Glasgow)
Panel Reference: Panel 35.
Memorial:TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of Peter McDougall, and of Mary McDougall, of Tarbert, Argyllshire; husband of Barbara McDougall, of Notting Hill, London.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:56 pm Post subject:

McMILLAN, WILLIAM

Rank:Gunner
Service No:1470972
Date of Death:29/10/1944
Age:24
Regiment/Service:Royal Artillery 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Grave Reference: 11. G. 19.
Cemetery:BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Joseph and Susan McMillan, of Tarbert, Argyllshire.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:07 pm Post subject:

DONALD, ANDREW

Rank:Private
Service No:70314
Date of Death:Between 15/09/1916 and 17/09/1916
Age:44
Regiment/Service:Canadian Infantry 26th Bn.
Panel Reference:
Memorial:VIMY MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of the late James Donald, of Brighton Place, Copland Rd., Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; husband of Jeanie Sinclair Donald. An employee of the Glasgow Corporation Tramways. Born at Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:14 pm Post subject:

Note the date of death on CWGC differs to that on the grave by a year.

WOTHERSPOON, JOHN

Rank:Boatswain
Trade:Bosun
Date of Death:25/12/1914
Age:47
Regiment/Service:Mercantile Marine S.S. "Gem" (Glasgow)
Panel Reference:
Memorial:TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Husband of Isabella Wotherspoon (nee Murray Stewart), of Shearers Land, Tarbert, Lochfyne, Argyllshire. Born in Argyll.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:16 pm Post subject:

BLAIR, COLIN CAMPBELL

Rank:Flying Officer
Service No:77781
Date of Death:01/09/1941
Age:26
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Photographic Reconnaissance Unit. Sqdn
Panel Reference: Panel 29.
Memorial:RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of the Revd. Duncan Blair, M.C., D.D., and Ada Jane Blair, of Bearsden, Dunbartonshire. Honours History and Economics, Glasgow University; Barrister-at-Law.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:23 pm Post subject:

MURRAY, WILLIAM COLQUHOUN

Rank:Able Seaman
Date of Death:15/05/1941
Age:29
Regiment/Service:Merchant Navy M.V. British Petrol (London)
Grave Reference: 1. A. 9.
Cemetery:MALBORK COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of John and Bessie Murray, of Tarbert, Argyllshire.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 2:17 pm Post subject:

McDOUGALL, JOHN

Rank:Gunner
Service No:1477015
Date of Death:16/06/1944
Age:26
Regiment/Service:Royal Artillery 61 Anti-Tank Regt.
Grave Reference: X. B. 9.
Cemetery:BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of John and Maria McDougall, of Tarbert, Argyllshire.