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FortyTwa



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:08 pm    Post subject: Isle of Tiree, Scarinish Reply with quote

Situated on a prominent high point overlooking the island 'capital' of Scarinish and Gott Bay and with spectacular views to adjacent islands across the Hebridean Sea









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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:13 am    Post subject: F.O. Ian Lamont Reply with quote

WW2
F.O. Iain Lamont

(Glasgow Herald 22nd October 1945)
"Accidentally killed on 8th October, 1945, Flying Officer Ian Lamont, Fourth son of the late Captain John Lamont, Ruaig House, Tiree, and grandson of the late Mr & Mrs A. McInnes, Lochaber, Breakish, Skye."

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Name: LAMONT, IAN
Initials: I
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 245 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 08/10/1945
Service No: 182728
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: KIRKAPOL BURIAL GROUND, ISLE OF TIREE

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Surname: LAMONT
Firstname: Ian
Service number: 182728
Date of death: 08/10/1945
Place of birth: Glasgow
SNWM roll: ROYAL AIR FORCE and DOMINION AIR FORCES
Rank: Fg Off
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MACKINNON, IAN
Initials: I
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 43rd Bn, attd Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 9th Coy
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 8/10/1916
Age: 29
Additional Information: Son of the late Capt. and Mrs. Archibald MacKinnon, of The Hall, Pinwherry, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Memorial: Vimy Memorial

Wigtownshire Free Press (26/10/1916): Official intimation has been received by Mrs MacKinnon, Hill Cottages, Pinwherry, that her son, Captain Ian MacKinnon, Canadian Camerons, was killed in action on 8th October. The deceased officer, who was 29 years of age and a native of Tiree, was conducting a mission in Canada when war was declared, and he joined the Canadian Camerons in November 1914, getting a commission as a second lieutenant. In June 1915 he came to Britain with his regiment, and landed in France in February. His gallantry and devotion to duty were soon recognised, and he was promoted to Captain, and was attached to the Machine Gun section. Previous to emigrating he graduated MA at Glasgow University, where he was studying for the ministry. For a year he assisted the Rev DH Paterson, Airdrie Parish Church. Deceased, who had a charming manner, enjoyed the same popularity in the Army as he did in civil life.
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Kenneth Morrison



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is a detailed biography of Ian MacKinnon at:
http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=3892
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