The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:43 pm Post subject:

Name: LYON, PETER
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: D/JX 422399
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMS Zebra
Date of Death: 9/2/1945
Additional Information: Son of Elizabeth Sullivan, of Hamilton.
Grave Reference: Sec L Grave 139
Cemetery: Hamilton West Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:46 pm Post subject:

Name: LYON, RICHARD
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Service Number: 130633
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 61 Sqdn
Date of Death: 3/8/1943
Age: 30
Additional Information: Son of James Clarkson Lyon and Agnes Lyon, of Burnbank, Lanarkshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 125
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:49 pm Post subject:

Name: MAYES, DAVID HUGH VASS
Initials: DHV
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 761158
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 16/9/1944
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of James and Hughina Vass Mayes; husband of Agnes Mayes, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
Panel Reference: Column 437
Memorial: singapore Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:19 am Post subject:

Name: MILLAR, GAVIN
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Warrant Officer (Observer)
Service Number: 751019
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 7/6/1942
Grave Reference: Sec. B. Grave 483
Cemetery: Stonehouse Cemetery.

Also named on St John's Parish Church (Hamilton) Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:01 pm Post subject:

Name: MOORE, PATRICK
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3249564
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 7/5/1944
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of Terence and Elizabeth Moore; husband of Janet Moore, of Stirling.
Grave Reference: 3 C 8
Cemetery: Kohima War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:03 pm Post subject:

Name: MORRISON, DUNCAN
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 1573091
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 4/1/1945
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of William A. and Mary Morrison, of Burnbank, Lanarkshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 276
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:34 pm Post subject:

Name: MURRAY, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: 3247020
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 14/4/1943
Age: 23
Grave Reference: 1 D 8
Cemetery: Tripoli (Victoria) Naval Cemetery.

Also named on St Mary's Episcopal Church (Hamilton) Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:38 pm Post subject:

Name: MURRAY, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3249348
Regiment/Service: Pioneer Corps
Date of Death: 15/2/1945
Age: 35
Additional Information: Son of John and Annie Murray, of Hamilton; husband of Sarah Murray, of Burnbank, Hamilton.
Grave Reference: New Western Extn. Sec. I. Grave 267
Cemetery: Hamilton (Bent) Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:43 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCALLUM, DONALD
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner)
Service Number: 1118544
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 15 Sqdn
Date of Death: 9/3/1942
Age: 29
Additional Information: Son of Donald Imrie McCallum and Elizabeth McCallum, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: Plot 4. Joint grave 149-150
Cemetery: Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery.

Also named on Hamilton West Parish Church Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:48 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCALLUM, NEIL
Initials: N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: 3246731
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 10th Bn
Date of Death: 21/10/1940
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Marion McGrorty McCallum, of Blantyre; husband of Elizabeth McInally McCallum, of Blantyre.
Grave Reference: Sec I Grave 4
Cemetery: High Blantyre Cemetery.

Also named on High Blantyre War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:39 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCARTHY, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Assistant Steward
Service Number: 130086
Regiment/Service: Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy), HMS Dunvegan Castle
Date of Death: 28/8/1940
Additional Information: Son of Daniel and Margaret McCarthy, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 11, Column 1.
Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial.

At 21.47 hours on 27 Aug 1940, HMS Dunvegan Castle, escorting convoy SL-43, was hit aft of the bridge by one torpedo from U-46 about 120 miles southwest of Cape Clear. As the ship continued, the U-boat fired two further torpedoes at 22.12 and 22.51 hours, which hit the engine room and just before the bridge. The vessel stopped, caught fire and foundered the next day in 54°54N/11°W. Three officers and 24 ratings were lost. The commander and 249 crew members (twelve of them wounded) were picked up by HMS Harvester and HMS Primrose and landed in Scotland. (Source: Uboat.net)

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:50 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCARTNEY, PETER CORNWALL
Initials: PC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: C/JX554284
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMS Pembroke
Date of Death: 18/5/1944
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of Adam and Isobella McCartney, of Burnbank, Hamilton.
Grave Reference: Sec C Grave 14
Cemetery: Hamilton West Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:59 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCLUSKEY, MARGARET
Initials: M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sister
Service Number: 208720
Regiment/Service: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Date of Death: 10/9/1943
Age: 32
Additional Information: Daughter of William Joseph and Annie Haley McCluskey, of Hamilton.
Grave Reference: 1882 Extn. Grave 1908
Cemetery: Hamilton (Bent) Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 6:02 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCORMACK, THOMAS JAMES
Initials: TJ
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 3251601
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 18/4/1944
Age: 28
Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Mary Jane McCormack; husband of Margaret McCormack, of Burnbank, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: XII F 8
Cemetery: Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 6:05 pm Post subject:

Name: MCCRUM, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3064812
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 24/3/1943
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Isabella Sutherland McCrum, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: 5 H 13
Cemetery: Taukkyan War Cemetery.