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Kenneth Morrison
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 Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:45 pm Post subject: The REV. JOHN DOUGLAS GLENNIE |
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Anyone come across this man?
He is listed on the Kirkpatrick Durham WM in Kirkcudbrightshire, where he was the Minister in 1938.
Name: GLENNIE, The Rev. JOHN DOUGLAS
Initials: J D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chaplain 4th Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Age: 43
Date of Death: 30/09/1940
Service No: 34719
Additional information: Son of Charles Emslie Glennie and Elizabeth Johnston Glennie; husband of Margaret Murison Glennie, of West Linton, Peeblesshire. M.A., B.D.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Compt. H. Grave 8.
Cemetery: STIRLING (MAR PLACE) CEMETERY
Aberdeen University have him as born in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire 16/10/1896 with his parents at the Schoolhouse, Balmedie.
He served in WW1 and I think was Pte. 1652 Gordons and Pte. 162695 MGC. In WW2 he was at Dunkirk but died "in a Military Hospital after an operation".
Given the Aberdeen and Peebles links, why is he buried in Stirling ?
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Adam Brown
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: The REV. JOHN DOUGLAS GLENNIE |
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| Kenneth Morrison wrote: | | Given the Aberdeen and Peebles links, why is he buried in Stirling ? |
Was his military hospital where he died in Stirling?
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Kenneth Morrison
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: The REV. JOHN DOUGLAS GLENNIE |
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| Adam Brown wrote: | | Kenneth Morrison wrote: | | Given the Aberdeen and Peebles links, why is he buried in Stirling ? |
Was his military hospital where he died in Stirling?
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He died in Gleneagles Hospital, Blackford, Perthshire.
(The Hotel was taken over by the Emergency Hospital Service)
I know that this is not far from Stirling but.....
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DelBoy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:01 pm Post subject: Expediency? |
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Perhaps it was just a case of wartime necessity?
I've a seen a few of "my" local mainland Britain casualties buried near to where they died instead of being transported back to their home town.
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apanderson
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apanderson
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According to the Stirling Observer Annual 'People Finder' of 1929 (Page 66), John Douglas Glennie was Minister of Stirling's West Kirk, so that probably explains why he's buried in Mar Cemetery.
If memory serves me correctly - Holy Rude Kirk was at one time 2 separate churches - one the 'East Kirk', the other obviously 'West Kirk'. Mar Cemetery sits right beside Holy Rude, so ...... makes sense!!
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Kenneth Morrison
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Thanks Anne, makes sense to me too. (but then I always believe you)
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kinnethmont
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| Quote: | Perhaps it was just a case of wartime necessity?
I've a seen a few of "my" local mainland Britain casualties buried near to where they died instead of being transported back to their home town. |
The place of burial would have been a matter for the NOK. The burial locally would have been at the expense of the military.
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