The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:47 pm Post subject:

Name: KEEFE, JOHN RYDER
Initials: J R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 06/04/1943
Service No: 2824130
Additional information: Son of Frank and Alice Pemberton Ryder Keefe.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 9.
Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY, TUNISIA.

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:48 pm Post subject:

Name: LAIRD, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Master
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Turakina (Plymouth)
Age: 45
Date of Death: 20/08/1940
Additional information: Son of John and Elizabeth Boyd Laird; husband of Gwyneth Laird, of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 112.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, ENGLAND.

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:49 pm Post subject:

Name: McEWAN, WILLIAM FREDERICK
Initials: W F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 247 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/02/1941
Service No: 745691
Additional information: Son of Peter and Effie McEwan, of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. (New Part). Grave 751.
Cemetery: GLASGOW (EASTWOOD) CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:49 pm Post subject:

Name: PETTIGREW, CHARLES FRANCIS HOWARD
Initials: C F H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Trooper
Regiment/Service: Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Unit Text: 9th
Age: 20
Date of Death: 28/06/1944
Service No: 7948576
Additional information: Son of Charles and Lilian R. Pettigrew, of Newlands, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. B. 15.
Cemetery: HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY, FRANCE.

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:06 pm Post subject:

Name: BIGG, DUDLEY JAMES HENRY
Initials: D J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant (E)
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Unit Text: H.M.S. Jervis Bay
Age: 43
Date of Death: 05/11/1940
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2, Column 1.
Memorial: LIVERPOOL NAVAL MEMORIAL, ENGLAND.

In 2006 the town of Wick erected a plaque to the Caithness members who died in the sinking of the Jervis Bay. The ship was crewed extensively from Caithness, and Wick in particular.

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:07 pm Post subject:

Name: McCAUGHEY, PETER SKINNER
Initials: P S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Air Bomber)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 15 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 11/04/1943
Service No: 126826
Additional information: Son of Patrick and Helen McCaughey, of Giffnock, Renfrewshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row GG. Grave 8.
Cemetery: MONTCORNET MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE.

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject:

Surname OGDEN
First name Fred
Service number
Date of death 18/12/1944
Decoration
Place of birth Glasgow
Other S.S. "FORT ST. ANTOINE"
SNWM roll MERCHANT NAVY & FISHING FLEETS (Part 2)
Rank Apprentice
Theatre of death

(No record on CWGC)

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:10 pm Post subject:

Name: TOMKINS, JOHN RICHARD MOORE
Initials: J R M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Norfolk Regiment
Unit Text: 4th Bn.
Date of Death: 23/09/1943
Service No: 148870
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. G. 76.
Cemetery: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, THAILAND

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:11 pm Post subject:

Name: STIVEY, JOHN CUTHBERT
Initials: J C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Third Officer
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: Cable Ship Alert (United Kingdom)
Age: 35
Date of Death: 24/02/1945
Additional information: Son of Comdr. J. Stivey, R.N.R., and Mrs. Stivey, of Towyn, Merionethshire; husband of Evelyn Stivey, of Cathcart, Glasgow. Master Mariner, Merchant Navy.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 5.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, ENGLAND.

jrah60 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:12 pm Post subject:

Name: CLULEE, LEIGH WALTER DENIS
Initials: L W D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 14/12/1942
Service No: 63882
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 5.
Cemetery: YOKOHAMA CREMATION MEMORIAL, JAPAN.

Many thanks to May Livingstone, Administrator, for allowing me access to the church.

John