The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:41 pm Post subject:

Name: SLATER, ALEXANDER
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2766974
Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Bn.
Age: 29
Died: 24/07/1944
Buried at BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Grave XV. K. 1.
Named on the City of Glasgow WW2 RoH and Thornliebank (Woodlands) Church WW2 Memorial.

Name: STEVENSON, WILLIAM
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 1369435
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 426 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 22
Died: 27/03/1943
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 165.
Additional Information: Son of James and Margaret Stevenson, of Thornliebank, Renfrewshire.
Named on the Thornliebank (Woodlands) Church WW2 Memorial.

Aircraft: Vickers Wellington III
Serial No: X3696
Markings: OW-T
Start Date: 26/03/1943
Takeoff Station: Dishforth, Night Raid.
Operation: Duisburg. 455 Aircraft, 6 losses (1.3%). This raid was a failure because 5 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes were forced to return to base due to technical difficulties, so no sky marking had been possible. As a result bombing was scattered.
Last heard on w/t at 0205 at which time it was approximately 60 miles east of Withernsea.

Fellow Servicemen: HALL E. (Sgt), READE J.J. (Sgt), REED C.D. (Sgt), SIMPSON F. (Sgt).

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:56 pm Post subject:

Name: THOMSON, ALLAN STEWART
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: 3245798
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Bn.
Age: 26
Died: 30/03/1942
Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Face 10.
Additional Information: (Served as SMITH, ROBERT). Son of Thomas and Janet Thomson, of Thornliebank, Renfrewshire.
Commemorated on the Thornliebank (Woodlands) Church WW2 Memorial.

Name: TORRANCE, ROBERT FERGUSON
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 1371239
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 38 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Died: 03/07/1944
Buried at LEROS WAR CEMETERY Coll. Grave 2. C. 4-6.
Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Sarah Torrance, of Glasgow.
Named on the City of Glasgow WW2 RoH and Thornliebank (Woodlands) Church WW2 Memorial.

Aircraft: Wellington Mk XIII
Serial No: HZ633
Aircraft was shot down by flak near Leros while on a mine laying operation.
Fellow Servicemen: KNOX C.D. (P/O), MODERWELL K.J.A. (F/O), McMASTER J.McC. (F/Sgt), SAUNDERS S.J. (Sgt), STOREY J.H. (F/Sgt)
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=HZ633

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:58 pm Post subject:

Name: TURNER, WILLIAM CHARLES
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 918007
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died: 06/12/1942
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 76.
Named on the City of Glasgow WW2 RoH and Thornliebank (Woodlands) Church WW2 Memorial.

Name: VOKINS, CHARLES HENRI
Rank: Leading Stoker
Service Number: P/KX 85119
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Navy H.M. Submarine P.311
Age: 28
Died: 08/01/1943
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 78, Column 1.
Additional Information: Son of William Charles H. and Grace Vokins; husband of Margret Vokins, of Thornliebank, Renfrewshire.
Named on the City of Glasgow WW2 RoH and Thornliebank (Woodlands) Church WW2 Memorial.

HMS P-311 left home waters to join the 10th Submarine Flotilla at Malta in November 1942. On the 28th December the submarine left Malta to take part in Operation Principle - the attack, by chariots on Maddalena Harbour, Sardinia. P-311 failed to make the rendezvous; her chariots were never launched and took no part in the attack. Wireless messages were received on 30th December but no further news was heard. The submarine should have returned to Malta on 8th January 1943. It is assumed that the submarine struck a mine and sank.
P311 was the only unnamed T-class boat, she was due to have been named Tutenkhamen but lost before she could be renamed. She was fitted to carry 2 Chariot human torpedoes.

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:59 pm Post subject:

Name: WALKER, ALEXANDER
Rank: Lance Bombardier
Service Number: 1625265
Regiment: Royal Artillery 71 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 28
Died: 29/07/1943
Buried at ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Grave II. E. 3.
Additional Information: Son of Jonathan and Jean Gilmour Walker; husband of Helen C. Walker, of Thornliebank, Renfrewshire.
Named on the City of Glasgow WW2 RoH.

Name: WATSON, JAMES
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 2937048
Regiment: Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders 5th Bn.
Age: 24
Died: 23/06/1944
Buried at RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Grave I. D. 6.
Named on the City of Glasgow WW2 RoH.

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:00 pm Post subject:

Name: WEIR, ALLAN MACKAY
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 1567144
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 116 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Died: 28/04/1944
Buried at VEVEY (ST. MARTIN’S) CEMETERY, Grave 113.
Additional Information: Son of William and Anne Weir, of Thornliebank, Glasgow.
Named on the City of Glasgow WW2 RoH and Thornliebank (Woodlands) Church WW2 Memorial

Aircraft: Avro Lancaster I
Serial No: ME720
Markings: AS-X
Start Date: 27/04/1944
Takeoff Station: Kirmington, Night Raid
Operation: Friedrichshafen. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0240 at Hitzkirch-Hamikon in Switzerland.

Fellow Servicemen: CLARK R.L. (Sgt), COTTON L. (Sgt), EATON J.J. (Sgt), RIDLEY R.B. (P/O).