The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

David McNay · Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 11:41 pm Post subject:

BRUCE, DONALD C. Sergeant, London Scottish. Served in Iraq, North Africa and Sicily. Killed by a shell, Sicily, 25/7/43

BRUCE, DONALD CAMERON

Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 288260
Date of Death: 26/07/1943
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st Bn. The London Scottish
Grave Reference I. A. 28.
Cemetery CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 31 Kersland Street, Glasgow, W2.

David McNay · Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 11:52 pm Post subject:

BRUCE, WILLIAM. Second Engineer, Merchant Navy. Killed in action, June 1942.

No exact matches found on CWGC. Closest is:

BRUCE, WILLIAM

Rank: Third Engineer Officer
Date of Death: 11/06/1941
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy, S.S. Baron Carnegie (Ardrossan)
Panel Reference Panel 14.
Memorial TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour has him as Third Engineer, address 74 Old Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, C3.

David McNay · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:21 pm Post subject:

BURTON, JAMES C. Merchant Navy, Marine Engineer on a troop carrier. Ship torpedoed off West African Coast, 24/12/43. Missing, presumed drown. Age 33.

BURTON, JAMES CHALMERS

Rank: Second Engineer Officer
Date of Death: 24/12/1943
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy, M.V. Dumana (Glasgow)
Panel Reference Panel 36.
Memorial TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of Robert and Minto Chalmers Burton.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 7 Palmer Avenue, Glasgow, W3

David McNay · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:24 pm Post subject:

BURTON, WILLIAM C. Marine Engineer, Merchant Navy. Ship carrying ammunition torpedoed in Atlantic in March 1942; no survivors. Age 40.

Brother of the above James C Burton.

BURTON, WILLIAM CHALMERS

Rank: Chief Engineer Officer
Date of Death: 16/03/1942
Age: 40
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy, S.S. Stangarth (London)
Panel Reference Panel 101.
Memorial TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of William and Minto Burton; husband of Sylvia Mary Burton, of St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 7 Palmer Avenue, Glasgow, W3

David McNay · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:27 pm Post subject:

COUTTS, CAMPBELL. Lieutenant, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Three years service in Middle East. Killed in action, Northern France, 18/8/44.

COUTTS, CAMPBELL ERSKINE

Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 257357
Date of Death: 18/08/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 5th Bn.
Grave Reference III. B. 4.
Cemetery BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

Additional Information: Son of William and Annabella Coutts, of Glasgow.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 2 Carnarvon Street, Glasgow, C3.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:31 pm Post subject:

CUMMINGS, CLIFFORD. Cadet (FLight Engineer), ATC. Killed in a flying accident during training, 13/8/42.

CUMMINGS, CLIFFORD

Rank: Cadet
Date of Death: 13/08/1942
Age: 16
Regiment/Service: Air Training Corps, 772 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Sec. N. Grave 2995.
Cemetery GLASGOW WESTERN NECROPOLIS

Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Elizebeth Cummings, of Knightswood, Glasgow.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 2 Cowdenhill Circus, Glasgow, W3

Clifford Cummings grave:

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:18 am Post subject:

DIXON, ALBERT H. FLight Sergeant, RAF Navigator, No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron. Missing, presumed killed, in Mosquito bomber raid over Berlin, 18/8/43.

Both CWGC and the Glasgow Roll of Honour show his name as David Albert Henry Dixon.

DIXON, DAVID ALBERT HENRY

Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 1340494
Date of Death: 18/08/1943
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 139 Sqdn.
Panel Reference Panel 147.
Memorial RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of Archibald and Jeanie Dixon, of Glasgow.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 11 Dalnair Street, Glasgow, C3

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:25 am Post subject:

DUFF, ROBERT E. Lieutenant (Engineer), RN. On board HMS Scotstoun (Anchor liner Caledonia) when she was torpedoed, 13/6/40. Subsequently on HMS Mooltan and HMS Manistee, in the latter of which he lost his life when she was sunk by enemy action, 24/2/41.

DUFF, ROBERT EWING

Rank: Lieutenant (E)
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Age: 38
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Manistee
Panel Reference Panel 2, Column 1.
Memorial LIVERPOOL NAVAL MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of John and Annie Taylor Duff.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 43 Gibson Street, Glasgow, W2

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:30 am Post subject:

DUNLOP, DEREK. Sergeant, RAF. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron. Missing, presumed killed, during flying operations over enemy territory, September 1941.

DUNLOP, DEREK FREDERICK

Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 1005738
Date of Death: 12/09/1941
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 75 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Sqdn.
Panel Reference Panel 42.
Memorial RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Alexina Dunlop; husband of Isabella G. Dunlop, of Glasgow.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address shows what appears to be two entries. There is a Derek Dunlop with the address 1417 Argyle Street, Glasgow, C3. There is also an entry for Derek Frederick Dunlop at 83 Haymarket Street, Glasgow, E2. Both are shown as Sergeants in the RAF. It may be the parents and wife have submitted separate entries for the Roll of Honour. Certainly CWGC only shows one Derek Dunlop in the RAF.

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:44 am Post subject:

FERGUSON, JOHN H. Sergeant, RAF Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Bomber Command. Missing when plane failed to return to base from operational flight over Germany, 17/10/40. Seen on return flight, and feared lost in North Sea.

CWGC gives a middle name of Adam:

FERGUSON, JOHN ADAM

Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 645352
Date of Death: 17/10/1940
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 144 Sqdn.
Panel Reference Panel 14.
Memorial RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour gives name as John H Ferguson, with an address of 4 Cromwell Street, Glasgow, NW.

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:48 am Post subject:

FLETCHER, EDWIN McG. Flying Officer (Bomb Aimer), RAF. Missing on fourth operational flight, being sent out to bomb Aachen, 12/4/44. Entire crew lost. Age 21.

FLETCHER, EDWIN MCGILVARY

Rank: Flying Officer
Service No: 151988
Date of Death: 12/04/1944
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 50 Sqdn.
Panel Reference Panel 206.
Memorial RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 17 Palm Street, Glasgow, NW.

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:51 am Post subject:

FORD, ARTHUR H. Flying Officer (Pilot), RAF. Killed on operational flight over Germany, 17/5/44. Buried at Eindhoven, Holland.

FORD, ARTHUR HANLEY

Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 139587
Date of Death: 17/06/1944
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 77 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Plot KK. Coll. grave 85-88.
Cemetery EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY

Additional Information: Son of A. William and Jane Alexander Ford; husband of Elizabeth Lawrence Ford, of Tarbolton, Ayrshire.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 48 Clifford Street, Glasgow SW1.

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:55 am Post subject:

GALLACHER, CORNWALL. Ordinary Signaller, RN. Killed in action on HMS Hood, 24/5/41.

GALLACHER, CORNWALL

Rank: Ordinary Signalman
Service No: P/JX 225375
Date of Death: 24/05/1941
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, H.M.S. Hood
Panel Reference Panel 52, Column 2.
Memorial PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of Cornwall Marquis Gallacher and Gladys May Gallacher, of Glasgow.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 1417 Argyle Street, Glasgow, C3.

(This is the same as one of the addresses given for Derek Dunlop - this is a tenement block opposite Kelvingrove Art Gallery)

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:59 am Post subject:

GILMOUR, JAMES R. Sergeant, RAF. Pilot, No. 250 Squadron (Hurricane fighters). Failed to return home from an air operation, 5/12/41. Posted missing, then presumed killed.

GILMOUR, JAMES ROSS

Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 1365007
Date of Death: 05/12/1941
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 250 Sqdn.
Grave Reference 1. F. 11.
Cemetery KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 39 Caird Drive, Glasgow, W1.

David McNay · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:02 am Post subject:

GRAY, GEORGE. Sergeant, RA (Anti-Tank Regiment). Seriously wounded in surprise Japanese attack in eastern Arakan jungle, Burma, 5/12/44. Carried for two days through jungle to airstrip, whence he was evacuated by air to Trimulgerry, India, where he died, 6/7/45. Buried Allenby Cemetery, Trimulgerry.

GRAY, GEORGE

Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 3246185
Date of Death: 06/07/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 21 Anti-Tank Regt.
Grave Reference 5. A. 3.
Cemetery MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

Additional Information: Son of George and Agnes Gray, of Glasgow.

City of Glasgow Roll of Honour address: 21 Braid Street, Glasgow, C4.