The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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Listings for both WW1 & WW2, Bonnybridge.

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Name: HANSON, GEORGE IRVINE
Initials: G I
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftsman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Age: 20
Date of Death: 21/01/1942
Service No: 1345200
Additional Information: Son of George and Helen Hanson of High Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial reference: RAF Plot Grave 2
Cemetery: TERRELL (OAKLAND) MEMORIAL PARK

See: Terrell (Oakland) Memorial Park, Texas, USA.

http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=947&highlight=&mforum=scottishwargraves

[apanderson]

Name: MACLACHLAN, MALCOLM
Initials: M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pipe-Major
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 7/10th Bn.
Age: 38
Date of Death: 24/10/1942
Service No: 2971793
Additional information: Son of Malcolm & Mary MacLachlan (nee Currie), of Haggs, Stirlingshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. F. 18.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Malcolm is also listed on Bonnybridge WW2 Memorial, see:
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=37494#37494

And his brother, serving in the same Regiment killed on the same day.

Name: MACLACHLAN, IAN
Initials: I
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Piper
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 7/10th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 24/10/1942
Service No: 2984005
Additional information: Son of Malcolm & Mary MacLachlan (nee Currie), of Haggs, Stirlingshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 18.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Both brothers are listed on a Family Gravestone in Denny Cemetery, see: (Page 5)
http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?p=1397&mforum=scottishwargraves#1397