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mhomac
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 Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:27 pm Post subject: 1st Coatbridge (Garturk) Boy Scouts |
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This memorial commemorates 5 members of the 1st Coatbridge Scouts who gave their lives in WW2. Originally the memorial was in the Scout Hall in Whifflet, Coatbridge which was demolished in 1960’s. A new hall was built in Bute Street, Coatbridge and the memorial was relocated there.
The 1st Coatbridge unit disbanded and 2nd Coatbridge Scouts formed and they now use the hall and care for the memorial.
My thanks to Ian R. Grant from New Zealand for the information and Mark Furmage, Scout Leader, for allowing access to the hall.
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mhomac
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HOLLAND, JOHN PENDRICH
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 7941655
Date of Death: 27/05/1942
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
Panel Reference: Column 18.
Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of John Pendrich Holland and Mary Paterson Holland, of Whifflet, Lanarkshire. |
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mhomac
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JOHNSTON, GEORGE DALGLEISH (Memorial spelt Johnstone)
Rank: Rifleman
Service No: 3254439
Date of Death: 16/05/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 6. C. 13.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Place of birth Lanarkshire |
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mhomac
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McGARRY, ROBERT
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: C.S.M.
Service No: 2759455
Date of Death: 27/06/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: V. G. 6.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Minnie McGarry, of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
Husband of Marion Gartshore McGarry, of Whifflet, Coatbridge. |
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mhomac
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Mitchell, Alexander Y.
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mhomac
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SMITH, JOHN
Rank: Able Seaman
Service No: P/JX 355376
Date of Death: 18/02/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Penelope
Panel Reference: Panel 83, Column 2.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of John and Annie Philson Collins Smith, of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. |
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Adam Brown
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| mhomac wrote: | Mitchell, Alexander Y.
No details can be found. |
There is no rank or unit listed so perhaps he was a civilian casualty?
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Kenneth Morrison
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Morag - there was an Alexander Yuill Mitchell born in Coatbridge in 1904 but that is the one and only time I can see him. Curious 
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mhomac
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On the SNWM site there is the following,
Era WW2
Surname MITCHELL
Forename Alexander
Rank Unknown
Service number
Place of birth
Date of death 10 March 1942
Theatre of death Unknown
Decoration
SNWM roll CIVILIANS KILLED IN SCOTLAND DURING WORLD WAR 1939-1945
Unit name County of Lanark. City of Glasgow.
Other detail (see FITZPATRICK, Edward John).
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Era WW2
Surname FITZPATRICK
Forename Edward John
Rank Fire Watcher
Service number
Place of birth
Date of death 10 March 1942
Theatre of death at Royal Infirmary
Decoration
SNWM roll CIVILIANS KILLED IN SCOTLAND DURING WORLD WAR 1939-1945
Unit name County of Lanark. City of Glasgow.
Other detail (otherwise MITCHELL,Alexander). 77 Gorballs Street. Injured 7 March 1942, at Whitelaw's Commerce S
Could this be him? Only possibility I can think of. |
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Adam Brown
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If it is him then the man born in 1904 can't be the same one, according to this webpage:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56461096
Edward John Fitzpatrick
Note: Civilian War Dead; a.k.a. MITCHELL, ALEXANDER. Firewatcher. Son of the late Annie Fitzpatrick; husband of Ellen Fitzpatrick, of 77 Gorbals Street. Injured 7 March 1942, at Whitelaw's, Commerce Street; died at Royal Infirmary. Age: 62
That would make this Alexander Mitchell aka Edward Fitzpatrick's date of birth around 1880 |
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mhomac
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| Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I thought it worth a try even if it was wrong!
Thanks guys for your help. |
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