The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

dhubthaigh · Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:30 am Post subject: Ferryhill North, WW2

A memorial to the adherents of Ferryhill North Church formerly Ferryhill Parish Church;

anne park · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 11:40 am Post subject: Christopher Albert Collins

b Nigg, Kincardineshire 1908 Died Aberdeen ARI 3 July 1945
Son of William Henry Collins and Annie Elizabeth Hurst.
1901 Census: 28 Walker Road. Fa Occ: Fisherman.
1911 Census:Age 3. Nigg: 266/10/5
Husband of Ethel Creighton. Married 1930 St Nicholas.
Skipper named on Navy List. AWJ 12 Jul 1945 P4
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anne park · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:44 pm Post subject: Alex Bruce Cowie

Sergeant (Air Gunner)
COWIE, ALEXANDER BRUCE
Service Number 1553773
Died 08/03/1943
Aged 20
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Alexander and Annie Guyan Cowie, 12 Fonthill Road, Aberdeen.
Buried at ABERDEEN (ALLENVALE) CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. C. Grave 1959.
A P&J 13-3-1943 P4 AP&J 22-03-1943 P3
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anne park · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 1:18 pm Post subject: ROBERT NORMAN DRENNAN

Sub-Lieutenant (A)
DRENNAN, ROBERT NORMAN
Died 03/04/1944
Aged 23
F.A.A. 830 Sqdn. H.M.S. Furious
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Son of Robert Edward and Alice Isobel Drennan, of Aberdeen.
Son of the late Robert Edward Drennan, veterinary surgeon and Alice Isobel Drennan, Aberdeen ; born Aberdeen, 1921 ; educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He went for a year to Robert Gordon's Technical College and then to the University to study engineering. In the second year of his course he volunteered for the Fleet Air Arm, was trained as a Navigator and attached to H.M.S. Furious. He was reported missing after the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz on 3 April 1944, and is presumed to have lost his life on that date. Tromso Cemetery NN.D.6 AP&J 06-01-1945 P4: Photo
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stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

WMR 78680

anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:13 pm Post subject: George Walker Main

Chief Engineer Officer
MAIN, GEORGE WALKER
Died 29/01/1940
Aged 43
S.S. Stanburn (London)
Merchant Navy
Son of John and Mary Main; husband of Helen Main. of Aberdeen.
Towerhill Memorial Panel 101
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:26 pm Post subject: Eric William Trail

Flight Sergeant
TRAIL, ERIC WILLIAM
Service Number 1566944
Died 06/09/1945
117 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of George B. and Jessie I. Trail, of Aberdeen.
AP&J 24 Apr 1946 46 Springbank Terrace.
Singapore Memorial Column 451.
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:36 pm Post subject: John Robert Woods

Master WOODS, JOHN ROBERT
Died 17/12/1940
Aged 63
S.S. Inver (Belfast)
Merchant Navy
Husband of E. Woods, of Aberdeen. Elizabeth Downing, 28 Deemount Rd;
Son of the late Captaim & Mrs William Woods, Cardiff
AWJ 2 Jan 1941 P5
Towerhill Memorial Panel 58.
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:04 pm Post subject: George Leash Gibb

Sergeant (Air Gunner)
GIBB, GEORGE LEASH
Service Number 1559476
Died 25/07/1943
214 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Becklingen War Cemetery 20.A.12.
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:15 pm Post subject: Robert Annand Milne

Ordinary Seaman
MILNE, ROBERT ARMAND b 30 Oct 1925 St Machar
Service Number D/JX 570915
Died 11/08/1944
Aged 19
H.M.S. Albatross
Royal Navy
Son of William and Williamina Milne, of Aberdeen.
Plymouth Panel 88 Col 1
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:20 pm Post subject: William Annand Milne

Name: William Milne
Given Initials: W A
Rank: Private
Death Date: 24 Apr 1943
Number: 14213158
Birth Place: Aberdeen
Residence: Aberdeen
Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
Theatre of War: North Africa
Regiment at Death: Gordon Highlanders
Branch at Death: Infantry
Private
MILNE, WILLIAM ARMOND
Service Number 14213158
Died 24/04/1943
Aged 20
6th Bn.
Gordon Highlanders
Son of William and Williamina Milne, of Ferryhill, Aberdeen.
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:29 pm Post subject: JOHN GEORGE PETRIE

Marine PETRIE, JOHN GEORGE
Service Number PLY/X 106586
Died 17/08/1944
Aged 21
H.M.L.C.F. 1.
Royal Marines
Son of James Cushnie Petrie and Elizabeth Petrie, of Aberdeen.
Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 92, Column 3.
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:59 pm Post subject: W W Linklater

LINKLATER
W W
1944
032/MR 274
Marine Return
Canteen Manager William Wright Linklater b 2 Feb 1908 Aberdeen
Death Date: 1 Sep 1944
Cemetery: Chatham Naval Memorial
Burial or Cremation Place: Chatham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England
Service No: C/NX 704010
Age: 36
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Canteen Service, H.M.S. Hurst Castle.
Son of William Wright Linklater and Annie Ross Linklater; husband of Emma Linklater, of Aberdeen. His name is on Clydesdale Bank Memorial Union St at St Nicholas.
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:09 pm Post subject: James Alexander Shand

Warrant Officer
SHAND, JAMES ALEXANDER
Service Number 328793
Died 24/11/1943
Aged 40
Royal Air Force
Son of Andrew and Annie Shand; husband of Winifred Shand, of Aberdeen.
Married 1929 Rubislaw Winifred Milne.
Halton (St Michael) Churchyard Plot 5 Row B Grave 148.
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anne park · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:22 pm Post subject: Gordon Hill

Constable
HILL, GORDON
Service Number 3545
Died 10/10/1945
Aged 22
Palestine Police Force
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hill, of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.
Haifa (Sharon) British Civil Cemtery Plot 6. Grave 13.
AP&J 11 Oct 1945 P1 11 Forbesfield Road, Aberdeen.
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