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Kenneth Morrison
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1939 - 1945
JAMES D. BLACK
James Desmond Black - Lieutenant (262193) 2 Special Air Service, Army Air Corps. Age 19.
James was educated at Kirkcudbright Academy. He was commissioned in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in February 1943 and transferred to the SAS in April 1944.
Born 1924 in Chorlton, Manchester. Son of John Mayes Black (Major, Indian Army) and of Mai Florence (Cowley) Black of Ellerslie, Tongland.
Killed in action on 20/21 September 1944 and re-interred in Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany.
2 SAS mounted Operation Loyton behind enemy lines in the Vosges in eastern France to prepare the way for an U.S. Army attack. James was wounded in one of the actions and was captured. He was executed by the Gestapo. After the war his grave was traced and he was re-interred in Durnbach War Cemetery.
DAVID COCHRANE
I believe this to be the brother of Walter (see next entry)
He was born in 1919 and died in Castle Douglas Cottage Hospital on 30 June 1948 aged 29, so would have been elligible for military service, but there is no reference to this on his death cert. or on the family grave.
WR. J. COCHRANE
Walter John Cochrane, Private (14209017) 5th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Age 23.
Walter was working at Hightae Farm, Castle Douglas when he enlisted in the Seaforth Highlander. He transferred to the Black Watch and served in Tunisia and Sicily.
Born 1920 at Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Walter Hunter Cochrane and of Thomasina Agnes McCulloch Leitch (Patterson) Cochrane of Chapel Cottage, Ringford, Tongland Parish.
Killed in action on 12 June 1944 and buried in Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
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Kenneth Morrison
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ROBERT GRAHAM
Robert Nicholson Graham, Battery Quarter Master Sergeant (913322) Royal Artillery. Age 22.
Born 1920 in Tongland. Son of Janet (Nicholson) Graham and step-son of James Graham. Husband of Dilys May (Wood) Graham of Rhyl who he married in 1942 at St. Aseph, Denbighshire, North Wales.
Died on Active Service on 16 November 1942 at Kinmell Isolation Hospital, Aled, Denbighshire and buried in Rhyl Church Cemetery. (CWG)
ALEXANDER HERON
Alexander Halliday Heron, Gunner (14378528) 133 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Age 32.
Born 1912 in Twynholm. Son of William and Sarah (Garmory) Heron. Husband of Janet Shortridge (Herries) Heron of Tarff, Tongland who he married in 1941 in Dumfries.
Killed in action on 26 July 1944 near Caen and buried in Brouay War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Also named on Twynholm War Memorial together with an older brother, William, who died in WW1.
WM. J. LITTLE M.M.
William John Little, Military Medal, Sergeant (3134048) 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Age 29.
Born 1915 in Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire. Son of Robert and Sarh Little. Husband of Annie (McLellan) Little of Ringford who he married in 1938. Awarded M.M. in February 1945.
Died of wounds on 10 March 1945 and buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegan, Netherlands.
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Kenneth Morrison
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ALASTAIR M. MACLAY
Alastair Mowat Maclay, Flying Officer (1061185) 16 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age 28.
Born 1914 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Son of David Mowat and Ethel Margaret (Cowell) Maclay of Castle Douglas.
Missing in action on 29 November 1942 and listed on the Runnymede Memorial, Windsor.
Throughout 1942 16 Squadron operated out of RAF Weston Zoyland in Somerset flying P-51 Mustangs on patrols over France and also intercepting enemy fighter-bombers mounting 'hit and run' raids along the South Coast.
JAMES McGARVA
James McGarva, Private (866949) 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Age 30.
Born 1917 in Kelton Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Ellen (McGaw) McGarva and step-son of John McGarva of Ringford.
Died on service on 18 October 1947 at Brunswick Military Hospital as the result of an accident and buried in Munster Heath War Cemetery, Germany.
NATHAN McLEAN
Nathan McLean, Corporal (3192334) 6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Age 25.
Born 1919 in Tongland. Son of Margaret (McLean) McKie and step-son of James McKie of Rhonehouse, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Killed in action on 17 June 1944 and buried in Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Also named on the Rhonehouse War Memorial.
GEORGE OVENS
George Ovens, Third Engineering Officer, S.S. Empire Leopard, Merchant Navy. Age 28.
George was educated at Kirkcudbright Academy and he was a Civil Engineer in Dumfries, Glasgow and Newcastle before he joined the Merchant Service in the summer of 1941.
Born 1914 in Tongland. Son of George Weir Ovens and of Margaret Agnes Henderson (Emrey) Ovens of Barncrosh Farm, Ringford, Tongland Parish. Husband of Helene Theresa (Brannan) Ovens of Glencoe, Beechgrove, Whickham, Gateshead who he married in 1941 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Killed by enemy action/Lost at sea on 2 November 1942 when his ship was torpedoed by the German submarine U-402 in the North Atlantic.
Named on the Tower Hill Memorial, London, on the Kirkcudbright Academy memorial and on the St. Ninian's Church Memorial in Castle Douglas.
ARTHUR RADLEY
Arthur Radley, Sergeant/Air Bomber (1564682) 58 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age 29.
Arthur was employed by United Dairies at Tarff Creamery when he enlisted. His Halifax bomber took off from RAF Lissett near Bridlington, Yorkshire for a raid on Berlin but crashed at Wentorf, Bergedorf. The crew were originally buried there but were re-interred in Hamburg in November 1946.
Born 1914 at Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire. Son of Mary (Radley) Donaldson and step-son of David Donaldson of Creamery Cottage Twynholm and later of Ringford, Tongland Parish.
Killed in action on 20 January 1944 and buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany.
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| Adam Byers Hastings was commemorated within the family - his brother's son (b. mid-1918) was named Adam Byers Hastings. He joined the RAFVR in WW2 and was lost on the 5th of September 1942 when his Lancaster was shot down in the Netherlands returning from a raid. He is buried in Lemsterland Cemetery. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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| pr1066 wrote: | | Adam Byers Hastings was commemorated within the family - his brother's son (b. mid-1918) was named Adam Byers Hastings. He joined the RAFVR in WW2 and was lost on the 5th of September 1942 when his Lancaster was shot down in the Netherlands returning from a raid. He is buried in Lemsterland Cemetery. |
It's so sad to see these kind of links but thank you for posting it.
Name: HASTINGS, ADAM BYERS
Initials: A B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Obs.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 207 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 05/09/1942
Service No: 120038
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot C. Row 9. Grave 247.
Cemetery: LEMSTERLAND (LEMMER) GENERAL CEMETERY
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Samuel Dempster Pte S/13449 8th/10th Gordon Highlanders b Tongueland,Kircudbrightshire eEdinburgh Age 21 Killed in Action F & F 03/08/1917 Son of Thomas and Jessie Dempster, of Tongueland, Kirkcudbrightshire. BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY II G 16
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Kenneth Morrison
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| pr1066 wrote: | | Adam Byers Hastings was commemorated within the family - his brother's son (b. mid-1918) was named Adam Byers Hastings. He joined the RAFVR in WW2 and was lost on the 5th of September 1942 when his Lancaster was shot down in the Netherlands returning from a raid. He is buried in Lemsterland Cemetery. |
I have just updated my notes on Adam Byers Hastings (see page 1) having discovered that Adam and his brother David were working as drapers at 30 Hanover Square, Manningham Lane in Bradford when Adam enlisted in January 1916. He was mobilised as Private (4522) in the West Yorkshire Regiment in April and went to France on 26 June 1916.
Just before he left, he was a witness at his brother David's marriage to Mary Jane Sharpe of Longbank, Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire on 9 June in Kirkmahoe.
Adam was killed in September 1917 and his name-sake was born in Bradford less than a year later.
He was educated at Belle Vue High School, Bradford and, in 1939 he graduated M.A. at Aberdeen University with Honours in English and then spent a year at the Training Centre. He joined the Army, but later volunteered for the Royal Air Force and was commissioned in 1942. He began operational flying in August 1942.
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/roll-of-honour/443/
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| This WMR/UKNIWM record has now been significantly updated so should now be correct |
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