The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:39 pm Post subject:

Name: ELDER, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 3056657
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 8th Bn
Date of Death: 16/7/1944
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of William and Margaret Elder; husband of Jane Hunter Elder, of Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
Grave Reference: XII B 12
Cemetery: Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:44 pm Post subject:

Name: FINLAYSON, PETER
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: 2129702
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 3 Field Sqdn
Date of Death: 2/3/1942
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of Walter and Elizabeth Finlayson; husband of Agnes E. Finlayson, of Peebles.
Grave Reference: 8 C 9
Cemetery: Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:53 pm Post subject:

Name: FORRESTER, DAVID MARSHALL
Initials: DM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 132465
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) seconded to 8th Bn, 6th Rajputana Rifles
Date of Death: 16/3/1943
Additional Information: Son of James and Janet Forrester, of Muirkirk, Ayrshire.
Panel Reference: Face 10
Memorial: Rangoon Memorial

Also named on Broughton War Memorial

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:31 pm Post subject:

Name: GALBRAITH, GEORGE ERIC SCOTT
Initials: GES
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: 14741568
Regiment/Service: Royal Ulster Rifles, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 30/10/1946
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of George Scott Galbraith and Sarah Ann Galbraith, of Peebles.
Grave Reference: 9 B 19
Cemetery: Ramleh War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:05 pm Post subject:

Name: GEDDES, JOHN ELLIS WATT
Initials: JEW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: 14768889
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 7th Bn
Date of Death: 4/4/1945
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of Robert Watt Geddes and of Grace Betsy Geddes (nee Ellis); husband of Christina Geddes (nee Arbuthnot), of Arbroath Angus.
Grave Reference: 49 D 13
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

Also named on Newlands War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:08 pm Post subject:

Name: GILCHRIST, JAMES FAIRGRIEVE
Initials: JF
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3052268
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 7th Bn
Date of Death: 23/10/1944
Grave Reference: I C 9
Cemetery: Nederweert War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:11 pm Post subject:

Name: GILMOUR, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: 2938534
Regiment/Service: Pioneer Corps, 147 Coy
Date of Death: 9/12/1944
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of Archibald and Jane Wilkie Gilmour, of Peebles; husband of Mary Margaret Gilmour, of Peebles.
Grave Reference: Plot 9, Row 8, Grave 4
Cemetery: Oostende New Communal Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:16 pm Post subject:

Name: GOGGINS, ARCHIBALD JOSEPH
Initials: AJ
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: P/JX331839
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMLCT 7036
Date of Death: 30/7/1944
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Edward and Ellen Goggins, of South Queensferry, West Lothian.
Grave Reference: II E 10
Cemetery: Bayeux War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:37 pm Post subject:

Name: GOSKIRK, JOHN DOHERTY
Initials: JD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gunner)
Service Number: 1822442
Regiment/Service: Royal Air ForceVolunteer Reservce, 51 Sqdn
Date of Death: 31/3/1944
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Bryce and Eleanor P. H. Goskirk, of Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
Grave Reference: Joint Grave 4 H 9-10
Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery

Also named on Innerleithen War Memorial

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:43 pm Post subject:

Name: GRAY, ADAM HENDERSON
Initials: AH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: P/JX141891
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMS Whitshed
Date of Death: 16/5/1940
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of David Turnbull Gray and Mary Rodger Gray, of Skirling, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: Row F, Grave 31B
Cemetery: Velsen (Driehuis-Westerveld) Private Cemetery

Also named on Skirling War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:49 pm Post subject:

Name: HARROWER, CHARLES MALCOLM
Initials: CM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Wireless Op/Air Gunner)
Service Number: 1377395
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,106 Sqdn
Date of Death: 1/5/1943
Age: 31
Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Isabella Harrower; husband of Mary A. Harrower, of Coldstream, Berwickshire.
Grave Reference: 17 B 14
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:57 pm Post subject:

Name: HAY, PETER
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 2129722
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 209 Field Coy
Date of Death: 2/4/1943
Age: 35
Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Mary Morrison Hay; husband of Margaret Stoddart Hay, of Peebles.
Grave Reference: 7 A 17
Cemetery: Benghazi War Cemetery

Also named on Peebles Old Parish Church Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:59 pm Post subject:

Name: HUGHES, DAVID THOMSON
Initials: DT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Warrant Officer
Service Number: 526346
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 199 Sqdn
Date of Death: 16/9/1944
Age: 28
Additional Information: Son of Robert McFarlane Hughes and Helen Thomson Hughes, of West Linton, Peeblesshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 214
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial

Also named on West Linton War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:04 pm Post subject:

Name: HUSH, WILLIAM MATHER
Initials: WM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 2982601
Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 8th Bn
Date of Death: 1/1/1945
Age: 23
Additional Information: Son of William M. Hush and of Agnes Hush (nee Reid), of West Linton, Peeblesshire.
Grave Reference: II E 4
Cemetery: Santerno Valley War Cemetery

Also named on Newlands War Memorial

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:09 pm Post subject:

Name: INGLIS, GEORGE LUNN
Initials: GL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 3193306
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers, 6th Bn
Date of Death: 9/2/1945
Age: 28
Additional Information:Son of John and Allison D. M. Inglis, of Walkerburn, Peeblesshire.
Grave Reference: 58 G 13
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

Also named on Walkerburn War Memorial.