The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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GOLDIE, THOMAS
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: W.Op./Air Gnr.
Service No: 631889
Date of Death: 07/12/1940
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force49 Sqdn
Grave Reference: Plot I. Grave 63.
Cemetery: LESMAHAGOW (OR ABBEY GREEN) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Julia Goldie, of Coalburn.

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LAWRENCE, FRANCIS/FRANK
Rank: Bombardier
Service No: 1511581
Date of Death: 23/11/1942
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery 64 (The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-tank Regt.
Grave Reference: VII. F. 15.
Cemetery: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Additional Information: Son of Walter and Florence Lawrence;
Husband of Janet P.Lawrence, of Coalburn, Lanarkshire. They met and married when he was billetted at lesmahagow.

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MUNRO, DANIEL
Rank: Guardsman
Service No: 2697746
Date of Death: 01/02/1944
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: III, D, 2.
Cemetery: ANZIO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Elizabeth Munro, of Coalburn, Lanarkshire.

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McGOWAN, THOMAS
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 2886458
Date of Death: 28/10/1942
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: V. B. 17.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Isabella McGowan, of Coalburn, Lanarkshire

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McINNES, JAMES
Rank: Able Seaman
Service No: D/SSX 16845
Date of Death: 22/05/1941
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Gloucester
Panel Reference: Panel 47, Column 3.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Mary McInnes, of Coalburn, Lanarkshire.

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FOTHERINGHAM, JAMES
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 3250939
Date of Death: 07/09/1944
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. D. 18.
Cemetery: LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Robert Lumsden Fotheringham and Agnes Hamilton Fotheringham, of Coalburn, Lanarkshire. Husband of Robina Allan Fotheringham, Coalburn.

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SMITH, HUGH CAMERON
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 318093
Date of Death: 23/08/1943
Age: 37
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery 155 (The Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Grave Reference: V. B. 10.
Cemetery: SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Gilbert Leitch Smith and Helen McCartney Smith.
Husband of Helen McCartney Smith, Coalburn, Lanarkshire.
He was a P.O.W. on Island of Formosa (now Taiwan) when he died.

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SMITH, PETER SURGEON
Rank: Private
Service No: 3311783
Date of Death: 05/06/1942
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 70.
Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Samuel Walsh Smith and Janet Hamilton Smith, of Coalburn, Lanarkshire.

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SMITH, ROBERT
Rank: Rifleman
Service No: 3248107
Date of Death: 09/01/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 7th Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot A. Grave 157.
Cemetery: LESMAHAGOW (OR ABBEY GREEN) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Margaret Brown Smith, of Lesmahagow.
Husband of Annie Smith of Coalburn.

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STRANG, ALEXANDER
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Service No: 2135279
Date of Death: 13/11/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers 183 Field Coy.
Grave Reference: Plot KK. Grave 215.
Cemetery: EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Marrion Strang, of Coalburn, Lanarkshire.
Husband of Ellen Strang of Coalburn.

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RAE, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 14205471
Date of Death: 25/10/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 8th Bn. (44th Infantry Brigade 15th Scottish Division)
Grave Reference: Plot KK. Grave 177
Cemetery: EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Born Glasgow.
He is interred in the same plot as fellow villager (Coalburn, Lanarkshire) Alexander Strang.

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BAILLIE, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 241852
Date of Death: 26/04/1917
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Bn.
Panel Reference: Bay 6.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Native of Kirkmuirhill, Lanarkshire. Lived in Coalburn, Lanarkshire.
Son of Mrs. Jane M. Baillie, Lowgallow Hill, Lenzie, Glasgow.

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BELL, T
Rank: Private
Service No: 13299
Date of Death: 04/04/1917
Age: 42
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. D. 28.
Cemetery: HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Additional Information: Born Coalburn, Lanarkshire
Father of Miss M. A. Bell, of 30, West Coats Rd., Cambuslang, Glasgow.

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LITTLE, JAMES WATSON
Rank: Private
Service No: 53086
Date of Death: 13/10/1918
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 3rd Bn.
Grave Reference: V. G. 5A.
Cemetery: LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE
Additional Information: Son of John and Lillias Little, Pretoria Terrace, Coalburn, Lanarkshire.

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McGHEE, J ( The correct spelling is McGhie and not McGhee as shown on CWGC and SNWM)
Rank: Private
Service No: 22494
Date of Death: 28/04/1915
Regiment/Service: Welsh Regiment 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 37.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Lived in Coalburn, Lanarkshire.
Enlisted with Welsh regiment whilst working in Merthyr Tydfil.