The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:08 pm Post subject:

Ben Shelton Wallis

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Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:13 pm Post subject:

Name: PIERONI, LEONARD
Initials: L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Galley Boy
Regiment/ Service: Merchant Navy, MV Pelayo (Liverpool)
Date of Death: 15/6/1942
Age: 16
Additional Information: Son of Pearl Pieroni, of Selkirk.
Panel Reference: Panel 80
Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

Note: MV Pelayo was sunk by a U-boat while en route from Gibraltar to Swansea with the loss of 16 crew.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:16 pm Post subject:

Name: REEKIE, FREDERICK
Initials: F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3193080
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, 5th Bn
Date of Death: 18/6/1940
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Andrew and Beatrice W. Reekie, of Selkirk.
Panel Reference: Column 54
Memorial: Dunkirk Memorial

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:21 pm Post subject:

Name: MACDONALD, CHARLES EDWARD STUART
Initials: CES
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 14498432
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Cameronian Highlanders, 5th Bn
Date of Death: 18/11/1944
Age: 18
Additional Information: Son of David and Annie MacDonald, of Selkirk.
Grave Reference: VI C 12
Cemetery: Mierlo War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:26 pm Post subject:

Name: MURRAY, ALEXANDER DONALD MILLES
Initials: ADM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 311345
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, 7th (Airborne) Bn
Date of Death: 18/9/1944
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of Brigadier Cyril Alexander Murray, formerly of The King's Own Scottish Borderers, and Marjorie Lilias Murray (nee Milles), of Selkirk. Prefect and Head of House (Bramston's), Winchester College, 1943.
Grave Reference: 16 C 18
Cemetery: Arnhewm Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:30 pm Post subject:

Name: SCOTT-PLUMMER, WALTER
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Royal Horse Artillery
Awards: MBE, MC and Bar
Date of Death: 21/3/1945
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Muriel Grace Scott Plummer, of Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
Grave Reference: 17 D 6
Cemetery: Taukkyan War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:36 pm Post subject:

Name: STRANG STEEL, JAMES MALCOLM
Initials: JM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 176736
Regiment/Service: Grenadier Guards, 6th Bn
Date of Death: 17/3/1943
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of Maj. Sir Samuel Strang Steel, 1st Bt., and the Hon. Lady Strang Steel, of Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire.
Grave Reference: III AA 19
Cemetery: Sfax War Cemetery