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spoons
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Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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 Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:36 am Post subject: Barr |
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Not listed on UKNIWM
Located at edge of road beside village hall, OS Map Ref NX 275 940
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spoons
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Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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| Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:46 am Post subject: |
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Name: JOHNSTONE, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 576 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 23/09/1944
Service No: 153834
Additional information: Son of James Johnstone, and of Margaret Johnstone, of Laurieston, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 30. F. 12.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
(SNWM shows he was born in Barr)
On 23/24 September 1944, Lancaster I NN711 (UL-L2) OF 576 Sqn was involved in Op Neuss. T/o 1851 Elsham Wolds. Crashed 2020 about 1 km SE of Kapellen on the southern outskirts of Moers. All are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
F/O S F Durrant
Sgt R E Pearce
F/O J Johnstone
Sgt C J Brady RCAF
F/S J R McIntyre RAAF
Sgt J G Mackey RCAF
Sgt D Spowart
Op Neuss was a mission to bomb the docks and factory areas of Neuss. |
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Adam Brown
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Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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I thought I recognised the name of one of the officers. Major Denzil H-O is also listed at Ballantrae
HUGHES-ONSLOW, DENZIL
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Dorsetshire Regiment
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 52
Date of Death: 10/07/1916
Additional information: Son of the late Henry John and Judith C. Hughes Onslow, of Balkissock, Ayrshire; husband of Marion Hughes-Onslow, of Laggan, Ballantrae, Ayrshire,.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 12.
Cemetery: MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
He's on the Ballantrae War Memorial and his wife donated the memorial in the parish church.
His brother?
HUGHES-ONSLOW, ARTHUR
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
Unit Text: (C.O. Remounts).
Age: 51
Date of Death: 17/08/1914
Additional information: Husband of Mrs. Arthur Hughes-Onslow, of Linda Vista, Abergavenny, Mon. Native of Alton Albany, Girvan, Ayrshire. Served in the Sudan and South African campaigns.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Div. 64. VI. B. 1.
Cemetery: STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE |
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spoons
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Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Denzil Hughes-Onslow is also listed on the memorial at Heronsford.
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DelBoy
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Posts: 3956
Location: Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:06 pm Post subject: Fly. Off. James Johnstone |
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| spoons wrote: | Name: JOHNSTONE, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 576 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 23/09/1944
Service No: 153834
Additional information: Son of James Johnstone, and of Margaret Johnstone, of Laurieston, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 30. F. 12.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
(SNWM shows he was born in Barr)
On 23/24 September 1944, Lancaster I NN711 (UL-L2) OF 576 Sqn was involved in Op Neuss. T/o 1851 Elsham Wolds. Crashed 2020 about 1 km SE of Kapellen on the southern outskirts of Moers. All are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
F/O S F Durrant
Sgt R E Pearce
F/O J Johnstone
Sgt C J Brady RCAF
F/S J R McIntyre RAAF
Sgt J G Mackey RCAF
Sgt D Spowart
Op Neuss was a mission to bomb the docks and factory areas of Neuss. |
(Glasgow Herald 24th September 1945)
"In ever ceaseless thought and treasured memory of our dearly beloved only son and brother. Flying Officer James Johnstone, R.A.F. V.R. who was killed in operations over Germany on 23rd-24th September, 1944.
-Inserted by father, mother and May, King's Arms Hotel, Barr, Girvan."
SNWM
Surname JOHNSTONE
Firstname James
Service number 153834
Date of death 23/09/1944
Decoration
Place of birth Barr
Other
SNWM roll ROYAL AIR FORCE and DOMINION AIR FORCES
Rank Fg Off
Cheers,
Derek. |
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