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apanderson Administrator
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2571 Location: Stirlingshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: Chapelhall Church, Chapelhall, Airdrie, WW2 |
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Location: Russell Street, Chapelhall, Airdrie.
Map Reference: NS782626
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apanderson Administrator
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2571 Location: Stirlingshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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Chapelhall Church of Scotland.
This Plaque is erected in Remembrance of the Service given by the Members, Adherents and Friends of
Chapelhall Church of Scotland in defence of Freedom during the period 1939/45 and in particular the
Following who died on active service.
BEVERIDGE, Andrew, Lance Corporal, Royal Engineers
CROSSAN, James, Staff Sergeant, Royal Artillery
GRAY, Thomas M.G., Sergeant (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
HAMILTON, Andrew G., Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps
JARDINE, William, Lance Corporal, Gordon Highlanders
LOUDON, Arthur, Sergeant (Flight Engineer), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
LOVE, Peter B., Engineer Officer, Merchant Navy
MCARTHUR, Harry G., Sergeant (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
MCEWAN, Gavin, Private, Gordon Highlanders
MCPHERSON, William, Private, Pioneer Corps
ORRICK, William, Private, London Scottish (Gordon Highlanders)
SHAW, Robert L., Sergeant, Royal Engineers
SNEDDON, John K., Private, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
SOMERVILLE, William, Lance Corporal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
SWANSON, David, Gunner, Royal Artillery (Raiding Support)
WATCHMAN, William Q., Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
This Plaque is almost identical to the Chapelhall Civic Memorial with the exception of the following men:
DONNELLY, Henry, Able Seaman, Royal Navy
MCCUSKER, James, Able Seaman, Royal Navy
MCMAHON, Patrick, Private, Royal Artillery
MCVITTIE, John, Private, Royal Artillery
MURPHY, Hugh, Able Seaman, Royal Navy
MURPHY, Neil, Merchant Navy
SMITHSON, Philip, Trooper, Reconnaissance Corps
TIMMONS, Patrick, Sergeant (Wireless Operator), Royal Air Force
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DelBoy
Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 4858 Location: The County of Angus
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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I thought that middle name Quaile/Quayle and surname Watchman looked familiar in this neck of the woods. I didn't know about this guy but he's a distant relation, my grandads cousin.
From the Minor Record it tells that he died on an Air Operation in Char Muhammadpur, India and is buried in Maynamati war cemetery, Bangladesh.
Name: WATCHMAN, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 99 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 21/01/1945
Service No: 1691748
Additional information: Son of Paul Quayle Watchman and Mary Dalziel Watchman; husband of Elizabeth Watchman, of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 3. D. 19.
Cemetery: MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY |
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