The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:23 pm Post subject:

Name: FLETCHER, BASIL STEVEN
Initials: BS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 1672376
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 14/6/1946
Grave Reference: Sec K Grave 334
Cemetery: Glasgow (Eastwood) New Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:27 pm Post subject:

Name: FYFE, ALAN MACARTHUR
Initials: AM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Service Number: 189568
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Date of Death: 7/8/1944
Age: 31
Additional Information: Son of William and Mary A MacArthur Fyfe; husband of Helen Muriel Fyfe of Killearn, Stirlingshire. M.A., Hons. (Oxon President of the Union, 1937.
Grave Reference: AA D 14
Cemetery: Bayeux War Cemetery.

Also named in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:38 am Post subject:

Name: GRANT, IAN CAMPBELL
Initials: IC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 64885
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 199 Field Regt
Date of Death: 19/1/1944
Age: 29
Panel Reference: Column 1
Cemetery: Glasgow Crematorium.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:41 am Post subject:

Name: GRANT, THEODORE FORBES
Initials: TF
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 1478432
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 130 Field Regt
Date of Death: 5/4/1943
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of Charles Bruce and Margaret Grant, of Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Face 2
Memorial: Rangoon Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:46 am Post subject:

Name: GILCHRIST, HUBERT HAMISH
Initials: HH
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Service Number: C/1619
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death: 15/7/1942
Age: 29
Additional Information: Son of John M. Gilchrist and Hilda Gilchrist, of Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Grave Reference: Sec. G.943. Grave 347.
Cemetery: Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery.

Former pupil of Loretto School.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:50 am Post subject:

Name: GORDON, OSWALD BUCHAN
Initials: GO
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 65799
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Date of Death: 26/03/1945
Age: 28
Additional Information: Son of Robert Buchan Gordon and Agnes Robertson Gordon; husband of Iris Joy Gordon.
Grave Reference: 58. E. 14.
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

There is also a memorial to Lt Gordon in Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic7413.html

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:53 am Post subject:

Name: HEDDERWICK, GERALD
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Service Number: 9043
Regiment/Service: Royal Tank Regiment, RAC, 7th
Awards: Military Cross
Date of Death: 21/5/1940
Age: 47
Additional Information: Son of Edwin Charles and Mary Hedderwick; husband of Ruth Mary Hedderwick, of Edinburgh. B.A. (Cantab): Clare College. Vice President of Loretto School, Musselburgh, 1934-39.
Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. Row C. Grave 3.
Cemetery: Beaurains Communal Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:57 am Post subject:

Name: JACK, DAVID HILL
Initials: DH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 87775
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Date of Death: 20/6/1944
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of William Hill Jack and Catherine Jack; husband of Elizabeth Waddell Jack, of Bearsden.
Grave Reference: Sec D Grave 883
Cemetery: New Kilpatrick (or Hillfoot) Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:02 pm Post subject:

Name: HODGE, WILLIAM LAURENCE
Initials: WL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 100473
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 54 Heavy Regt
Date of Death: 13/4/1942
Age: 27
Additional Information: Son of William C. Hodge and Gordon Hodge, of Glasgow. M.A., Hons (Glasgow).
Grave Reference: Row B4, Grave 93
Cemetery: Bournemouth North Cemetery.

Also named in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:03 pm Post subject:

Colonel G H Huang, Chinese Air Force is topic of a discussion thread: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=10432

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:16 pm Post subject:

Name: HUGHES, JOHN GEORGE LAWRENCE
Initials: JGL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 948182
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 26 Sqdn
Date of Death: 22/7/1944
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of George James Hughes and Frances Mary Hughes, of East Hazeldean.
Cemetery: Blackwood (Our Lady and St John) Roman Catholic Cemetery.

Information about the circumstances of Flt Sgt Hughes' death can be seen at: http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA850

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:20 pm Post subject:

Name: JARVIS, JAMES ERNEST
Initials: JE
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: EC/6352
Regiment/Service: 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 18/2/1944
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of Ernest David and Clara Lois Jarvis, of Glasgow.
Grave Reference: V C 36
Cemetery: Sangro River War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:25 pm Post subject:

Name: KENNEDY, RONALD
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Midshipman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMS Latona
Date of Death: 25/10/1941
Age: 18
Additional Information: Son of Archibald Arrol Kennedy and Marjorie Ashby Kennedy, of St. Andrews, Fife.
Panel Reference: Panel 45, Column 2
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Also named on St Andrews War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:31 pm Post subject:

Name: LUKE, ARTHUR RONALD VIVIAN
Initials: ARV
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 51904
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 4 AA Regt
Date of Death: 8/7/1940
Age: 27
Additional Information: Son of George Bingley Luke and Violet Edgell Luke; husband of Peggy Joanna Eileen Luke (nee Heaton), of Edgbaston, Birmingham. Imperial Services and Scottish Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
Grave Reference: Sec D, Grave 624
Cemetery: New Kilpatrick (or Hillfoot) Cemetery.

Also named on Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:39 pm Post subject:

Name: LYLE, HEDLEY ROBERT
Initials: HR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: 185144
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 6 Sqdn
Award: Distinguished Flying Medal
Date of Death: 8/11/1944
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Maj. Norman Yates Lyle and Marian Robertson Lyle, of Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Grave Reference: XII D 16
Cemetery: Moro River Canadian War Cemetery.

Also named on Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church War Memorial.

Note: In 1988 the Hedley Lyle Memorial Prize was founded in PO Lyle's memory at the University of Glasgow. It is awarded annually in the form of books to the student with the best overall performance in the second or third year of the degree course in Aeronautical Engineering.