The Scottish War Memorials Project

dhubthaigh · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: ALYTH, WW2

The WW2 memorial takes the form of a wall erected behind the Great War Memorial. The names of the fallen have been inset into the wall itself;

dhubthaigh · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject:

At each end of the wall the following plaques have been erected;

dhubthaigh · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject:

Two benches sit at each side of the wall, each have the following plaques affixed thereto;

dhubthaigh · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject:

A female casualty listed;

Name: BUICK, JESSIE ADAM
Initials: J A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftwoman
Regiment: Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Age: 22
Date of Death: 08/02/1946
Service No: 2119818
Additional information: Daughter of Henry Hill Buick and Margaret Buick, of Alyth.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Grave 9 South.
Cemetery: ALYTH CEMETERY

dhubthaigh · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject:

Although listed under Alyth, WW2 - this memorial includes the name of a casualty from the Falkland Islands Campaign;

Surname EASTON
Firstname Brian
Service number D144844F
Date of death 12/06/1982
Decoration
Place of birth Alyth Perthshire
Other H.M.S. GLAMORGAN.
SNWM roll THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES
Rank Cook RN
Theatre of death Falkland Islands