The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:47 pm Post subject: Cambuslang (Westburn) Cemetery

Location: Old Mill Road, Cambuslang, G72 7LP.

Number of identified CWGC burials: 59

Photographs kindly supplied by John Kennedy

Names of those buried or commemorated here:

ALLARDICE, A
ARNOTT, ALLEN O W.
BAIN, JAMES FORTUNE
BAKER, ROBERT CAMPBELL
BELL, THOMAS
BLACK, JOHN MONTGOMERY
BLACK, JONATHAN HAY
BLACK, THOMAS LLOYD
BOSLAM, WILLIAM W.
BOYD, NIVEN
BUNYAN, T
BURNS, HUGH JOSEPH
BURNS, WILLIAM
CHAMBERS, JOHN MCDONALD
CLARK, W B
COOK, MURDOCH
CRAWFORD, ROBERT MILLIGAN
DORAN, ROBERT
ERSKINE, WILLIAM
FANNING, JAMES
FERGUSON, DOUGLAS
GOWANS, JEAN ROBERTSON
GRANT, WILLIAM
HALL, GEORGE HERBERT
HAMILTON, WILLIAM NEWLANDS
HAMMOND, BERNARD
INGLIS, THOMAS
JOB, DOMINIC
LAIRD, J
MARGETSON, FREDERICK ARTHUR
McEWAN, GEORGE NEIL
McGREGOR, A
McGREGOR, J
McINTYRE, JAMES
McINTYRE, JOHN
McKENNA, JOSEPH
McLAUCHLAN, THOMAS
McLAY, GEORGE ARCHIBALD
McLEARY, ROBERT
McLELLAN, ALEXANDER
McNAUGHT, CHARLES
McSWAN, ROBERT
MITCHELL, R
MITCHELL, ROBERT
MUIR, JOHN
MUNN, WILLIAM ROSS
NAIRN, R
PEARCE, HARRY
POLLOCK, JOHN
RIMMER, R
SCOTT, R B
SERVICE, JAMES
SIMPSON, JOHN
TAIT, SAMUEL
TANNAHILL, AGNES
TAYLOR, JOHN
TOTTEN, JOSEPH
WATKINS, THOMAS
WATTIE, JOHN RITCHIE
WHITE, WILLIAM
YOUNG, ANDREW COULD
YOUNG, ROBERT FAIRLIE

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:47 pm Post subject:

Name: ALLARDICE
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Date of Death: 12/05/1920
Service No: S/2299
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3744.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

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David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:48 pm Post subject:

Name: ARNOTT, ALLEN O W.
Initials: A O W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: 159th Bde.
Date of Death: 15/09/1918
Service No: L/6806
Additional information: Son of Mr. T. Arnott, of Monkton Hall, Musselburgh, Midlothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 592.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

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David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:48 pm Post subject:

Name: BAIN, JAMES FORTUNE
Initials: J F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/03/1943
Service No: 654077
Awards: C G M
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Jeanie Curtis Bain, of Rutherglen.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 5059.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:48 pm Post subject:

Name: BAKER, ROBERT CAMPBELL
Initials: R C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 410 Bty., 53 (5th Bn. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Searchlight Regt.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 02/06/1944
Service No: 1520612
Additional information: Son of George and Marion C. Baker, of Newton, Cambuslang.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 4791.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:50 pm Post subject:

Name: BELL, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Stoker 2nd Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Victory II
Age: 23
Date of Death: 20/09/1939
Service No: P/KX96786
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Hannah Storey Bell, of Burnside, Rutherglen.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 4703.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:51 pm Post subject:

Name: BLACK, JONATHAN HAY
Initials: J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 5th Field Coy.
Date of Death: 03/04/1915
Service No: 15055
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 130.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:51 pm Post subject:

BLACK, JOHN MONTGOMERY
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps
Unit Text: Area 36 (Newcastle)
Date of Death: 05/02/1918
Service No: 36
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4505.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

Additional information: (Youngest) Son of David John and Pattie Black nee Lloyd.

His brother:

BLACK, THOMAS LLOYD
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 171st Field Coy.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 02/06/1915
Additional information: (Eldest) Son of David John and Pattie Black nee Lloyd, of "Rannoch," Cambuslang, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 17.
Cemetery: VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:52 pm Post subject:

Name: BOSLAM, WILLIAM W.
Initials: W W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 23
Date of Death: 08/02/1943
Service No: T/3248907
Additional information: Son of Robert and Margaret W. Boslam, of Cambuslang; husband of Jessie D.H. Boslam, of Cambuslang.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 4907.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

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David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:52 pm Post subject:

Name: BOYD, NIVEN
Initials: N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 70th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 27/04/1941
Service No: 2936219
Additional information: Son of William and Elizabeth Boyd, of Halfway.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 3560.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:53 pm Post subject:

Name: BUNYAN
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Date of Death: 20/07/1916
Service No: S/10389
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4810.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:55 pm Post subject:

Name: BURNS, HUGH JOSEPH
Initials: H J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Marine
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines
Unit Text: H.M.S. Dinosaur.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 27/09/1942
Service No: CH/X106133
Additional information: Son of Patrick and Ellen Burns, of Halfway.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 3902.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:55 pm Post subject:

Name: BURNS, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Date of Death: 12/10/1943
Service No: S/98481
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 5231.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

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David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:56 pm Post subject:

Name: CHAMBERS, JOHN MCDONALD
Initials: J M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 24
Date of Death: 17/06/1944
Service No: 1125452
Additional information: Son of Joseph Chambers and of Annie Chambers (nee Foster), of Cambuslang.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 3521.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

David McNay · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:56 pm Post subject:

Name: CLARK
Initials: W B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 07/05/1917
Service No: 40370
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark, of 46, Main St., Cambuslang.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1545.
Cemetery: CAMBUSLANG (WESTBURN) CEMETERY

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