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James Wyllie - Whithorn Church

 
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:07 pm    Post subject: James Wyllie - Whithorn Church Reply with quote

The font in Whithorn Church is dedicated to James Wyllie who is buried in the cemetry there.

Name: WYLLIE, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Airforce Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 296 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 06/12/1943
Service No: 139322
Additional Information: Son of John Taylor Wyllie and Dorothea Stark Wyllie of Whithorn.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 39. Grave14.
Cemetery: Whithorn Cemetery

FO Wyllie is also named on Whithorn's War Memorial.



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hadn't come across 296 Squadron before, an Airborne Forces Squadron responsible for towing troop gliders.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

James Wyllie, Flying Officer/Pilot (139322) 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age 21.
James was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and worked in Wyllie and Sons grain merchant business in Garlieston, Wigtownshire before he joined the RAF in 1941. After flight training in Canada, he served in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. James was killed in a flying accident and his death was registered at Christchurch, Hampshire.
Born 1922 in Garlieston, Sorbie, Wigtownshire. Son of John Taylor Wyllie and Dorothea Stark (Henry) Wyllie of Whithorn.
Killed on active service on 6 December 1943 and buried in Whithorn Cemetery. (CWG)
[No. 296 Squadron RAF was an airborne forces squadron. With sister squadrons 295 and 297 it formed 38 Wing and in December 1943 were flying Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle aircraft]
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is now WMR, ex UKNIWM, memorial 72036
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wigtownshire Free Press ((/12/1943): Mr and Mrs John T Wyllie, St Ninians, Whithorn, have received intimation of the death on active service of their elder son, Flying Officer James Wyllie. A former pupil of Merchiston Castle School he joined the RAF three years ago. After preliminary training in Canada he was on active service in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. He had recently visited Whithorn while on leave. Flying Officer Wyllie, who was 21, was a young man of promising abilities and of a very likeable disposition and his death will occasion deep regret.
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