The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:34 am Post subject:

HAROLD EWEN, L.CPL. K.O.S.B.
Harold Ewen – age 26 – Lance Corporal (3189524) 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Harry was employed by a builder in Moniaive and, as a member of the Territorial 5th KOSB, he was mobilised at the outbreak of war. The battalion landed at Ostend in Belgium in October 1944 and fought in the battle of the Scheldt Estuary in Belgium and the Netherlands. He was one of six casualties suffered by “C Company” when they were hit by a “moaning minnies” nebelwerfer rocket strike while taking Broederbosch Wood near Afferden. (See also Robert Keaning below)
Born 1919 in Portobello, Edinburgh. Son of the late Martha (Dobson) Ewen (died 1943) and of George Ewen of Dardarroch Cottage, Dunscore.
Killed in Action on 16 February 1945 and buried in Milsbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands.
Also named on the Glencairn Parish War Memorial in Moniaive, Dumfriesshire.

and his brother

WILLIAM EWEN, PTE. A.&.S.H.
William James Ewen – age 23 – Private (3132866) 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
William enlisted in the beginning of 1940 and served with the A&SH until February 1942, when he was reported missing after the fall of Singapore. The 2nd A&SH who were in Malaya when war broke out, fought the Japanese down the length of Malaya and held the Causeway into Singapore. After the final battles of Singapore the survivors became Prisoners of War of the Japanese.
Born 1918 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of the late Martha (Dobson) Ewen (died 1943) and of George Ewen of Dardarroch Cottage, Dunscore.
Died on Service on 16 March 1942 and buried in Kuala Lumpur (Cheras Road) Civil Cemetery. Malaysia.
Also named on the Glencairn Parish War Memorial in Moniaive, Dumfriesshire.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:38 am Post subject:

ROBERT J. KEANING, PTE. K.O.S.B.
Robert James Keaning – age 23 – Private (3197466) 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
The 5th KOSB landed at Ostend in Belgium in October 1944 and fought in the battle of the Scheldt Estuary in Belgium and the Netherlands. Robert was one of six casualties suffered by “C Company” when they were hit by a “moaning minnies” nebelwerfer rocket strike while taking Broederbosch Wood near Afferden. (See also Harold Ewen, above)
Born 1921 in New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of William and Jeanie or Jane (Wilson) Keaning of Lochanlea, Dunscore.
Killed in Action on 16 February 1945 and buried in Milsbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands.

JAMES H. LAURIE, FL.SGT. R.A.F.
James Hunter Laurie – age 30 – Sergeant (1062864) 218 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
James was employed in the County Clerk's office in Dumfries, and had been the secretary and treasurer of the Dunscore Farmers Union for some years, when he enlisted in August 1940. He was a wireless operator and air-gunner on a Stirling bomber at RAF Marham in Norfolk when he was killed in the Eagle Hotel in King's Lynn, Norfolk during a German air raid.
Born 1912 in Dunscore. Son of the late Rosie Ann Welsh (Hunter) Laurie (died 1935) and of Andrew Laurie of Brockhillstone, Dunscore.
Killed by Enemy Action on 12 June 1942 and buried in Dunscore Cemetery. (CWG)

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:47 am Post subject:

DAVID K. MILLIGAN, MAJOR. BURMA FRONTIER FORCE.
David Kennedy Milligan – age 26 – Major (189612) General List, attached to the Indian Army.
David was educated at Sedbergh School, Yorkshire (now in Cumbria) before attending St John’s College, Oxford, and it was soon after graduating B.A. there in 1939 that he went out to Burma to take up a position with the Indian Forestry Service. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the General List from an Officer Cadet Training Unit in April 1941. He became involved in the fighting and underwent many hazardous experiences in Burma during patrol work in the north and in the course of the retreat. When he ultimately got through to Assam in India he had practically nothing but the much worn uniform in which he stood.
Born 1917 in Dunscore. Son of Fergus James Duncan Milligan of Merkland, Auldgirth, Dunscore (died 1944) and of Mary (Kennedy) Milligan of Redland, Bristol.
Missing in Action on 9 November 1943 and named on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar. (Burma)
Also named on the Sedburgh School memorial on the Maxwellton West Church memorial in Dumfries.

THOMAS McBRIDE, PTE. K.O.S.B.
Not listed by CWGC.
Thomas McBride – age 26 – Private (?) King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas died of tuberculosis at the family home in Main Street, Dunscore.
Born 1920 in Dunscore. Son of James and Mary Ann (Duffy) McBride.
Died on 27 August 1946 and buried in Dunscore Cemetery.

THOMAS McQUEEN, STOKER. R.N.
Thomas McQueen – age 22 – Stoker 1st Class (D/KX 101346) H.M.S. Gloucester, Royal Navy.
After German paratroopers landed on Crete on 20 May, the light cruiser “Gloucester” was assigned to interdicting any efforts to reinforce the German forces on the island. On 22 May, while in the Kythira Strait, north of Crete, she was attacked by "Stuka" dive-bombers and was hit but not seriously damaged. The “Gloucester” was attacked again, sustained three more hits and sank.
Born 1918 in Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Thomas Seaton McQueen and Jane (Aitken) McQueen of Dunscore.
Killed in Action/Lost at Sea on 22 May 1941 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
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Ken

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

The school in Yorkshire, now Cumbria, is Sedbergh School. It is odd as you do often see it called Sedburgh School in military documents, but that spelling never seems to have been the case. I think it's just a case of military clerks spelling phoenetically.
I have now added this information to the relevant name entry on WMR records.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:29 pm Post subject:

Stuart - I knew that Embarassed

Mis-typing. I have corrected the entry.
Thanks for pointing it out.
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