The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

[David McNay]

Originally posted on the Scottish War Graves Project by David McNay

Number of CWGC burials: 28.

Contact information for this cemetery:

Cemetery Admin Assistant
Grounds Maintenance, Burial Grounds and Cemeteries
Old Edinburgh Road, Bellshill, ML4 3JS
01698 506300
cscemeteriesservices@northlan.gov.uk



Names of those buried or commemorated here:

BANKS, JAMES
CONNELLY, JAMES
CREANEY, JOHN
CURRAN, JOHN
CURRAN, THOMAS
DEVINE, ROBERT
DEVLIN, EDWARD
DONNELLY, HUGH MCLAUGLIN
DOYLE, DENIS
FURRIE, FRANCIS ANDREW
GALLACHER, JOSEPH PATRICK
GRANT, DANIEL
HENDERSON, HENRY
HENDERSON, SAMUEL
KELLY, THOMAS
LAFFERTY, JAMES
LUNNY, CHARLES
McEWAN, JOHN
McHAFFIE, CHARLES
McKENNA, JOHN
McKEOWN, FELIX
McLOUGHLIN, OWEN
McMILLAN, JOHN SPENCER
McSHANE, WILLIAM
McVITTIE, JOHN
MORONEY, TIMOTHY J.
NASH, THOMAS
QUINN, FRANCIS
ROBINSON, JOSEPH
SANDERS, JOHN
SMYTH, PETER
WHYTE, ROBERT

[David McNay]

Name: BANKS, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 424 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 22
Date of Death: 25/02/1943
Service No: 1073681
Additional information: Son of John and Nora M. Banks, of Mossend.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 3013.

[David McNay]

Name: CONNELLY, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Stoker 2nd Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Lynx
Age: 38
Date of Death: 01/03/1940
Service No: C/JX76450
Additional information: Son of James and Bridget Connelly, of Motherwell; husband of Mary Dorman Connelly, of Motherwell.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 1858.

[David McNay]

Name: CREANEY, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 28
Date of Death: 03/06/1943
Service No: 1785258
Additional information: Son of Patrick and Mary Creaney, of Mossend j husband of Mary Creaney, of Mossend.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 261.

[David McNay]

Name: CURRAN, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Date of Death: 15/03/1940
Service No: 3245403
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 2547.

[David McNay]

Name: CURRAN, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 11/02/1941
Service No: 3251775
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Sarah Curran, of Newarthill.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 2620.

[David McNay]

Name: DEVINE, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 10th (H.D.) Bn.
Age: 46
Date of Death: 08/04/1940
Service No: D/22722
Additional information: Son of Henry and Elizabeth Devine; husband of Eliza Jane Devine, of Bellshill. Also served in the 1918-14 War.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 2371.

[David McNay]

Name: DEVLIN, EDWARD
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Guardsman
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Age: 28
Date of Death: 06/09/1946
Service No: 2699460
Additional information: Son of Edward and Bridget Devlin, of Airdrie; husband of Mary Devlin, of Airdrie.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 1503.

[David McNay]

Name: DOYLE, DENIS
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 31/12/1940
Service No: 3252900
Additional information: Son of John and Mary Doyle, of Wishaw.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 4554.

[David McNay]

Name: FURRIE, FRANCIS ANDREW
Initials: F A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 103 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 16/12/1943
Service No: 980286
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 4969.

[David McNay]

Name: GALLACHER, JOSEPH PATRICK
Initials: J P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Date of Death: 07/02/1947
Service No: 3252799
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 916.

[David McNay]

Name: GRANT, DANIEL
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 15/05/1947
Service No: 1694550
Additional information: Son of William and Sarah Grant; husband of Catherine Ann Grant, of New Stevenston.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 1022.

[David McNay]

Name: HENDERSON, HENRY
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Age: 34
Date of Death: 07/11/1945
Service No: 3253742
Additional information: Son of Henry and Mary Henderson, of Motherwell; husband of Sarah Morrison Henderson, of Motherwell.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 4677.

[David McNay]

Name: LAFFERTY, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Quebec
Age: 20
Date of Death: 06/02/1943
Service No: P/JX324307
Additional information: Son of Cornelius and Catherine Lafferty, of Airdrie.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 2764.

[David McNay]

Name: LUNNY, CHARLES
Initials: C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 22
Date of Death: 23/10/1942
Service No: 1021650
Additional information: Son of Charles Lunny and of Margaret Lunny (nee Nolan), of Wishaw.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. Grave 2821.