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jvmblair



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:37 am    Post subject: Found in Giffnock Orchardhill Parish Church cupboard Reply with quote

Hi there, wondered if you can help.

Our office staff were clearing out a cupboard and they found a WW I medal - think it was the 'general service' medal. The details inscribed on the rim were 103438 Piper H G Robinson RAMC.

Can we find out any details of this individual ?

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Jim Blair
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Kenneth Morrison



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jim - I've reposted this in the Q&R section so that more folks might see it.
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jvmblair



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HI Ken,

Much obliged

Jim
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stuartn



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 6:30 am    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number Reply with quote

This cenotaph is now WMR record 76145
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Mike Morley



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Location: Roberton, Lanarkshire

PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: LEED, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 209th Sqdn; and 1st/2nd Bn. Hampshire Regiment
Date of Death: 12/8/1918
Age: 20
Additional Information: formerly 10th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders. Son of Robert Leed, of 12, Tremaine Rd., Giffnock, Glasgow.
Memorial: Arras Flying Services Memorial.

Also named on Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour and Orchardhill Parish Church (Giffnock) War Memorial.
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MACGREGOR, JAMES STEWART
Initials: JS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 30282
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 4th Signal Coy
Date of Death: 6/4/1915
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Thomas Cleland Macgregor and Mary Cross Macgregor, of Overdale, Giffnock, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: III D 2
Cemetery: Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension.

Also named on Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour.
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MUNRO, FRED ROSS
Initials: FR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 7th Bn. attd. 15th Bn.
Date of Death: 18/11/1916
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 15 C.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Also named on Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour and Giffnock South Parish Church Memorial.
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: SCOTT, ROBERT SHIRLEY
Initials: RS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/25884
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 4th Bn
Date of Death: 21/3/1918
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of A. Maclean Scott, of 6, Park Rd., Giffnock, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Bay 8
Memorial: Arras Memorial.

Also named on Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour and Orchardhill Parish Church, Giffnock War Memorial.
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: COOPER, JOHN DOUGLAS LAING
Initials: JDL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 971470
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 17/9/1940
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of James D. Cooper and Robina M. Cooper of Giffnock, Renfrewshire.
Grave Reference: Row 1, Grave 5
Cemetery: Pembrey (St Illtyd) Churchyard.

Also named on the Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour.
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: KNOX, ERIC ROBERT
Initials: ER
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Cadet
Service Number: 3066210
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots attd. Royal Engineers
Date of Death: 18/9/1942
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of James Knox, and of Mary Bruce Knox (nee Taylor), of Giffnock, Renfrewshire.
Grave Reference: Sec K, Grave 175
Cemetery: Glasgow (Eastwood) New Cemetery.

Also named on Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour and the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.

My thanks to Ken Morrison who has forwarded to me an excerpt from the Daily Record (19/9/1942). "Giffnock RE Cadet Drowned. Two RE cadets were drowned while swimming the River Trent wearing overalls and boots as part of an exercise near Newark yesterday. With others, the men, Reginald King (27), Hove, Brighton, who was married only a week ago, and Eric Robert Knox (30), single, Park Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, were about three-quarters across the river where it was about 50 yards wide. An officer saved one man and another, and an instructor a third. It was then discovered that King and Knox were missing. Their bodies were recovered."
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: SCOTT, RALPH ROOKBY
Initials: RR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 41897
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 28/6/1918
Age: 25
Additional Information: Son of John and Emily Scott, of Dunyveg, Giffnock, Renfrewshire.
Grave Reference: Plot 4, Row D, Grave 7
Cemetery: Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes.

Also named on Glasgow Academy, Glasgow High School and the Royal Technical College (Strathclyde University) War Memorials.


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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2021 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MURRAY, RONALD
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 4921
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Hdrs) Bn
Date of Death: 16/7/1916
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of William Hutchison Murray and of Margaret Jenkins Murray, of 21, Penrith Avenue, Giffnock, Renfrewshire.
Grave Reference: I C 46
Cemetery: Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt.

Also named on Hillhead High School War Memorial.
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: ANDERSON, ROBERTSON TOPPING
Initials: R T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Hdrs.) Bn.
Awards: Military Cross
Date of Death: 24/10/1918
Age: 22
Additional information: Son of A. R. and Margaret Connell Anderson, of 9, Queen's Terrace, Prestwick, Ayrshire. Native of Shawlands, Glasgow.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 1.
Cemetery: Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay.

He is also named on the following memorials: Glasgow High School, Orchard Hill Parish Church, Newton Mearns Church and the Donaldson Line Memorial. There is also an individual memorial to him within Newton Mearns Parish Church.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BROWN, JOHN STEVENSON
Initials: JS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 14614
Regiment/Service: Highland LIght Infantry, 16th Bn
Date of Death: 3/4/1917
Age: 34
Additional Information: Son of William Stevenson Brown and Mary Gillies (his wife) of Viewfield, Giffnock, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: I Y 27
Cemetery: Savy British Cemetery.

Also named on Glasgow High School War Memorial and in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. A short biographical note about Cpl Brown can be seen on the University's Roll of Honour: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=1582
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: GUTHRIE, DAWYCK D
Initials: DD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 28258
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 13/11/1916
Age: 18
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Guthrie, of 8 Greenhill Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 3C
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Also named on Glasgow High School War Memorial.
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