The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

[David McNay]

I took some time to decide where to post these, as strictly speaking Bishopbriggs is in East Dunbartonshire. However, "Stirling and Central Scotland" didn't seem to be the right place, so Glasgow it is. It's practically Glasgow anyway. If no-one agrees with me, then I'll move it.

IMG_1044 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

IMG_1039 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

First World War names:

IMG_1040 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

IMG_1041 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

Second World War names:

IMG_1042 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

IMG_1043 by Scottish Military Research Group, on Flickr

[Adam Brown]

David

Sorry I've moved it. As you say it is East Dunbartonshire and I'm working on the Central Scotland list just now. If we have it listed as East Dunbartonshire but posted in Glasgow it will lead to confusion.

Regards

Adam

[DelBoy]

WW2
David McN. Brown

(Glasgow Herald 11th September 1945)
"Brown-
Previously reported missing, now presumed to have lost his life on 2nd October, 1942, following the sinking of the Japanese Vessel Lisbon Maru, A.B. David McNeilage, R.N. aged 26 years, deeply loved younger son of the late Mr George Brown, Admiralty, Torrance, and of Mrs Margaret Brown, 3 Springfield Crescent, Bishopbriggs."

Browns middle name is given as McNeilage in the obituary but McNeilace in CWGC & SNWM.

The 'Lisbon Maru' was carrying 1816 British POW's from captured Hong Kong to Japan. After the ship was torpedoed by the American submarine USS Grouper it sank slowly. When the prisoners broke out of the sealed holds upon realisation they were to go down with the ship they were shot at by the Japanese on other ships when on deck and in the water. Later the survivors were picked up by other vessels or made it by swimming to an island and returned to captivity. 970 remained alive.

CWGC
Name: BROWN, DAVID MCNEILACE
Initials: D M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Tamar
Age: 23
Date of Death: 02/10/1942
Service No: D/JX 194203
Additional information: Son of George and Margaret Brown, of Bishopbriggs, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 64, Column 2.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: BROWN
Firstname: David McNeilace
Service number: D/JX194203
Date of death: 02/10/1942
Place of birth: Glasgow
SNWM roll : ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES
Rank: A B

Derek.

[DelBoy]

I this still in the same place?




Derek.

[Kenneth Morrison]

Derek - from Google streetview looks like it is still at the junction of Kenmure Rd and Kirkintilloch Rd, opposite the train station - but haven't the surroundings "improved" a lot. Er. NO.
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Ken

[DelBoy]

Gotcha. Yeah, the eh, improvements are very different.

Derek.

[Kenneth Morrison]

This man's qualifications (M.A. B.D.) caught my eye - but in checking him out it turned out to be a sad story. Note the dates of death.

GARLICK, JOHN MUNRO
Rank:Lieutenant
Date of Death:02/12/1917
Age:27
Regiment/Service:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
4th Bn.
Grave ReferenceVI. E. 17.
CemeteryROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Additional Information:
Son of William and Annie Munro Garlick; husband of Agnes Miller Wilson Garlick, of St. Margaret's, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. B.D. Glasgow University.

He is remembered on the family grave in Tillicoultry Cemetery (page 3)
http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic398-30.html
together with his son

GARLICK, JOHN MUNRO
Rank:Squadron Leader
Trade:Pilot
Service No:45425
Date of Death:02/12/1943
Age:25
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force
97 Sqdn. formerly (Lt.) Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Awards:D F C and Bar
Grave Reference4. E. 20.
CemeteryKIEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of John Munro Garlick, and of Agnes Miller Garlick, of Carnbee, Fife. M.A., Hons. (Edin.).
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Ken

[Kenneth Morrison]

[Adam Brown]

Thanks Ken. We took the decision early on to go with modern boundaries. Places like this and Kilsyth in area around the north of Glasgow have moved between different counties/ regions/ authorities over the years so it isn't always easy to know where they were.

Thanks

Adam

[anne park]

Murdoch MacQueen Stocks 2nd Lt 11th Gordon Highlanders attd 8th Bn b Glasgow, Lanarkshire Age 19 Died of Wounds F & F 10/04/1916 Son of William & Mary Stocks, 3 Arnold Ave; Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. 1901 Census:1 Broompark Drive. Officers Book page 167. Occ: Was employed Kerr Anderson & McLeod, Stockbrokers, Glasgow. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Fr 0285 Plot II Row D Grave 61 The Scotsman 15-04-16 P7
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Researching WWI info from Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire & Morayshire.

[apanderson]

John Anderson

CWGC:
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers, 21st Signal Company
No: 51705
Date of Death: 31st October 1918
Buried: Ovillers New Communal Cemetery, Solesmes
Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Janet W. Anderson, ‘Braehead’, Cadder, Bishopbriggs, Husband of Agnes McEwan Anderson. Native of Auchinloch, Lenzie.

SNWM:
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers, 21st Signal Company
No: 51705
Place of Birth Calder (Cadder?), Lanarkshire
Date of Death: 31st October 1918
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action

SNWM:
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers, 21st Signal Company
No: 51705
Place of Birth Calder (Cadder?), Lanarkshire
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 31st October 1918
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action

MIC:
John Anderson, Sapper, Royal Engineers, No. 51705. Killed in Action 31st October 1918
Medal Entitlement: 1914 – 15 Star, British War & Victory Medals

Soldiers’ Effects:
John Anderson, Private/Sapper, Royal Engineers, 21st Signal Company, No. 51705.
Killed in Action in France 31st October 1818. Father Hugh, Widow Agnes.

Commemorated:
Bishopbriggs Civic Memorial, Lenzie Academy Memorial & the North British Locomotive Company Memorial (Springburn)

Kirkintilloch Herald, 20th November 1918. ‘Bishopbriggs Engineer Killed’
Mr High Anderson, headmaster of Bishopbriggs School, received word on Tuesday that his elder son, Sapper John Anderson, Royal Engineers, had been killed in France. He was engaged repairing some telephone wires, when he was killed by the bursting of a shell. He was 32 years of age, was employed as an engineers in Hydepark Works and enlisted 3½ years ago. Mr. Anderson’s younger son is also in France and saw his brother before he died.

1901 Census, Living at School House, Cadder (transcription)
Father Hugh Anderson, age 49, Teacher of Elementary School, born Sorn, Ayrshire
Mother Janet Anderson, age 43, born Neilson, Renfrewshire
Children: Maggie Cameron Anderson, age 19, Pupil Teacher, born Neilston, Renfrewshire
Agnes Tannock Anderson, age 17, Pupil Teacher, born Cadder
John Anderson, age 14, Timekeeper’s Clerk, born Cadder
Williamina Anderson, age 12, Scholar, born Cadder
William Brownlie Anderson, age 10, Scholar, born Cadder
Janet Wishart Anderson, age 6, Scholar, born Cadder

[Kenneth Morrison]

DAVID DINWOODIE and GEORGE DINWOODIE.

There is lots of detailed information on these men, researched by Anne Anderson, at http://whitehillfp.org/page187.html

The brothers are named on the Kirkmichael Parish War Memorial in Netherfield, Dumfriesshire as:

2nd LIEUT. DAVID W. DINWOODIE, S.R.
David Wallace Dinwoodie – age 23 – Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attached to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
In 1911 the family were at 133 Onslow Drive, Dennistoun in Glasgow. David was educated at Whitehill School in Dennistoun and at Glasgow High School and was engaged with a firm of chartered accountants in Glasgow when he enlisted as Private (S/12169) in the 5th Cameron Highlanders in September 1914. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915 but was wounded at Festubert in July. He was commissioned in January 1916 and died at Ronssoy but was re-interred at Templeux in August 1919.
Born 1894 at the Schoolhouse in Kirkmichael where his father was for many years the headmaster. Son of Samuel and Helen Caroline (Dougall) Dinwoodie of St. Clair, Bishopbriggs near Glasgow, of 274 Bath Street, Glasgow and of "Braerig" 16 Lindsay Drive, Kelvindale, Glasgow.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Also named on the Bishopbriggs and District War Memorial, on the Whitehill and Glasgow High School memorials and on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.

and his brother

2nd LIEUT. GEORGE S. DINWOODIE, H.L.I.
George Sinclair Dinwoodie – age 26 – Second Lieutenant, 38th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force.
In 1911 the family were at 133 Onslow Drive, Dennistoun in Glasgow and George was a drapery salesman. He had been educated at Whitehill School in Dennistoun and was in business in Glasgow when he enlisted as Private (5193) in the 1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry. He went to France in April 1916 and, as Private (332220), he was wounded at Transloy in November and at St. Vast in December after which he was evacuated to hospital in Stockport near Manchester. He was commissioned in the 7th HLI in August 1917 and at some point after April 1918 he joined the newly formed Royal Air Force. He was in training at Tadcaster when he crashed and he died in the Military Hospital in York. Born 1894 at the Schoolhouse in Kirkmichael where his father was for many years the headmaster. Son of Samuel and Helen Caroline (Dougall) Dinwoodie of St. Clair, Bishopbriggs near Glasgow, of 274 Bath Street, Glasgow and of "Braerig" 16 Lindsay Drive, Kelvindale, Glasgow.
Died on Service on 29 August 1918 and buried in Glasgow (Riddrie Park) Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Bishopbriggs and District War Memorial, on the Whitehill School memorial and on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.
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Ken