The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Adam Brown · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject:

I hadn't noticed this before. Carrick copied the Killin memorial for the South African Scottish yet when he was asked to do a copy of Dornoch for Forres he refused.

I take it the difference was Killin / Pretoria were stone and Dornoch / Forres were bronze.

Adam

DerekR · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject:

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Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.

DerekR · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject:

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Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.

DerekR · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject:

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Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.

Adam Brown · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:28 pm Post subject:

I can't work out the order of the Second World War dead. The first three seem to be in date order, I can't identify the fourth name and the next wo are not in date order.

HAMILTON, WILLIAM FINDLAY
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 33
Date of Death: 10/11/1944
Service No: 1366502
Additional information: Son of John Mackay Hamilton and Mary Aldie Hamilton; husband of Mary Roddie Hamilton. of Killin.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. O. Grave 46.
Cemetery: KILLIN CEMETERY

MARQUIS, ARCHIBALD
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 145 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 15/12/1944
Service No: 1558890
Additional information: Son of Archibald and Christina Campbell Marquis, of Killin, Perthshire. B. Com. (Lond.).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 7.
Cemetery: RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY

MORRIS, ALFRED DAYRELL
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 29/04/1945
Service No: 157339
Additional information: Son of Alfred and Emma Morris, of Edinburgh; husband of Mina W. Morris, of Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2A. H. 6.
Cemetery: HAMBURG CEMETERY

MACFARLANE W.F.
BLACK WATCH
LANCE CORPORAL

NICHOLSON, JOHN
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 19/07/1943
Service No: 2758277
Additional information: Son of John and Christina Nicholson, of Killin, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 4.
Cemetery: CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

STEWART, PETER JAMES
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Secondary Unit Text: attd. H.Q. 154th Bde.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 27/10/1942
Service No: 2757680
Additional information: Son of James and Alexina Stewart, of Killin, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. C. 1.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

jamiemcginlay · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 930 Location: Glasgow

CWGC ENTRY:
Name: MARQUIS, DUNCAN
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: 1st (Royal) Dragoons
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/01/1916
Service No: 11878
Additional information: Son of Catherine Marquis, of Greenbank, Killin, Perthshire, Argyll, and the late Archibald Marquis.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 1.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Name: MARQUIS, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit Text: 116th Heavy Bty.
Date of Death: 04/09/1918
Service No: 184797
Additional information: Son of Mrs. Catherine Marquis, of Green Bank, Killin, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Q. IV. G. 10.
Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

Link to family headstone in Glenorchy Parish Churchyard, Dalmally:
http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=535&start=15&mforum=scottishwargraves

anne park · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:14 pm Post subject: Pte J Ferguson GH

John Ferguson Pte 3/7734 9th Gordon Highlanders b Killin, Perthshire 15/12/1884 e Glasgow Age 34 Died of Wounds F&F 18/05/1918 Son of John and Betsy Ferguson, of Killin, Perthshire; Husband of May S. Ferguson, of Low Overton, Kilbarchan, Johnstone, Renfrewshire. Roll of Honour: Monemore, Killin. Soldiers Will 4 Pages. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension Fr 0095 Plot IV Row K Grave 20 Killin RoH
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Researching WWI info from Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire & Morayshire.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 3:17 pm Post subject:

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 3:29 pm Post subject:

From: http://www.killinnews.co.uk/issues/issue119.pdf

The village war memorial has twenty names of service men who died in the First World War and six in the 1939-1945 war. They all belong to families who lived in the village during the two wars. L.A.C. Hamilton, Lance Corporal Forbes MacFarlane and Sergeant P.J. Stewart, three of the six who died during the second world war, have been the subject of previous articles. Some of their relatives still live in the village. The remaining three, Flight Sergeant Archie Marquis RAF, Capt A. D. Morris S.A.S and Sergeant J. Nicholson Black Watch, had families who are remembered by some in Killin but there are no family members remaining in the village.
Archie Marquis was a pilot with the RAF and spent much of the war flying between Canada and the UK. He died while taking part in operations in Italy and is buried in Ravenna War Cemetery. The family lived in Alpine Cottage just behind the present Breadalbane House. At that time the house was home to two families, the Muirheads and the Marquis family. One family on the top floor, the other on the ground floor. Archie's mother Christina (Chrissie) was a Muirhead before she was married so the two families were related. Archie's father, also Archie, was remembered as the driver of the horse and cart which collected ashes daily from all houses in the village.
Captain Alfred Dayrell Morris SAS sadly died on the last day of the war in Germany. He is buried in the Commonwealth Section of Hamburg Cemetery. While many families must have thought they could look forward to seeing their loved ones coming home, that was not to be for the parents of Dayrell Morris. The village celebrated the end of the war, like most others, by hanging flags out to mark the occasion. Dayrell's parents, Alfred and Emma, owners of the Killin Hotel, joined in hanging out flags even though they knew their son would not be among those returning home. He was married to Mina.
Sergeant John Nicholson Black Watch (known as Ian) died aged 24 on 19th July 1943 in Sicily and is buried at Catania War Cemetery. He was the son of John and Christina Nicholson and served in the North African campaign with the Desert Rats. The family lived at No 8 Monemore. Although the numbers who died in the Second World War were fewer than those lost in the first world war, Monemore lost three young men, the other two being Forbes MacFarlane from No 1 and Peter Stewart from No 10.
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Ken