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DelBoy
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 Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:18 pm Post subject: Another Italin name |
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| dhubthaigh wrote: | | A Bevento Piacentini commemorated - no sign SNWM/CWGC, Italian Forces ? |
Similarly of Jiulio Marchetti
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DelBoy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:44 pm Post subject: 2 Pllu brothers (& cousin?) who died in WW2 |
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Brothers Andrew and Cochrane Pllu.
Name: PLLU, ANDREW
Rank: Private
Service No: 7942336
Date of Death: 31/01/1945
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Welch Regiment and No. 1 Commando
Grave Reference: 10. D. 10.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Cochrane and Mary Pllu, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
Name: PLLU, COCHRANE
Rank: Able Seaman
Date of Death: 19/12/1940
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy S.S. Amicus (Cardiff)
Panel Reference: Panel 7.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Cochrane and Mary Pllu, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
Possibly a cousin of the two Pllu brothers?
Name: PLLU, JOHN BRANNON
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Service No: C/KX 99266
Date of Death: 10/11/1942
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Ibis
Panel Reference: 62, 2.
Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Edward and Margaret B. Pllu, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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2 brothers and a cousin?
PLLU, ANDREW
Rank:Private
Service No:7942336
Date of Death:31/01/1945
Age:22
Regiment/Service:Welch Regiment
and No. 1 Commando
Grave Reference10. D. 10.
CemeteryTAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Cochrane and Mary Pllu, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
PLLU, COCHRANE
Rank:Able Seaman
Date of Death:19/12/1940
Age:20
Regiment/Service:Merchant Navy
S.S. Amicus (Cardiff)
Panel ReferencePanel 7.
MemorialTOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Cochrane and Mary Pllu, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
PLLU, JOHN BRANNON
Rank:Stoker 1st Class
Service No:C/KX 99266
Date of Death:10/11/1942
Age:23
Regiment/Service:Royal Navy
H.M.S. Ibis
Panel Reference62, 2.
MemorialCHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Edward and Margaret B. Pllu, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire
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David McNay
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I think you both posted that simultaneously! |
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DelBoy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Ha ha! an eye catching surname indeed. Welsh?
Derek. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Another Italin name |
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| DelBoy wrote: | | dhubthaigh wrote: | | A Bevento Piacentini commemorated - no sign SNWM/CWGC, Italian Forces ? |
Similarly of Jiulio Marchetti
Derek. |
and CARLO CAVANI
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DelBoy
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Location: Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:17 am Post subject: Ch.Stk. Robert Smith |
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WW1
Robert Smith
(Glasgow Herald 19th March 1915)
"Mrs Robert Smith, Saltcoats, has received an intimation from the Admiralty that her son Robert Smith has died of pneumonia at South Queensferry. He was Chief Stoker of H.M.S. Indefatigable , and had served for almost 22 years in the Navy."
CWGC
SMITH, R
Rank: Chief Stoker
Service No: 279220
Date of Death: 17/03/1915
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. "Indefatigable."
Grave Reference: M. C. 268.
Cemetery: ARDROSSAN CEMETERY
SNWM
Surname: SMITH
Firstname: Robert
Service Number: 279220
Date Death: 17/03/1915
SNWM roll: THE ROYAL NAVY
Rank: Chief Stoker |
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DelBoy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:52 pm Post subject: old postcard |
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The octagonal base surround for the garden has been removed most likely to make room for the ww2 addition to the memorial.
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