The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:41 pm Post subject:

Name: MCMILLAN, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 2187861
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Date of Death: 25/5/1946
Age: 35
Additional Information: Son of James Crumbles McMillan and Winifred McMillan; husband of Elizabeth Jane Martha (Jean) McMillan (nee Neil), of Wigtown.
Grave Reference: II E 6
Cemetery: Padua War Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:41 pm Post subject:

Name: NIMMO, FRASER
Initials: F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftsman 1st Class
Service Number: 552519
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Date of Death: 28/9/1940
Age: 18
Additional Information: Son of John S. Nimmo and Jeanie C. Nimmo, of Wigtown.
Grave Reference: Grave 843
Cemetery: Wigtown Cemetery

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:42 pm Post subject:

Name: SALVONA, JAMES GRIFFEN
Initials: JG
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Service Number: 70503
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps, 1 Div Ammunition Coy
Date of Death: 29/5/1940
Additional Information: Son of James and Margaret Davis Salvona; husband of Mary Ann Salvona, of Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
Panel Reference: Column 138
Memorial: Dunkirk Memorial

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:42 pm Post subject:

Name: THOMSON, ROBERT DOUGLAS
Initials: RD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Signalman
Service Number: 3190226
Regiment/Service: Royal Corps of Signals
Date of Death: 21/10/1943
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of Ernest and Agnes Thomson, of Wigtown
Grave Reference: B3 Y 13
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

Family gravestone inscription in Wigtown High Cemetery states that he died on the Burma Siam Railway http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic913-0-asc-15.html

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:43 pm Post subject:

Name: WATSON, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Service Number: P/MX 78778
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMS Penelope
Date of Death: 18/2/1944
Age: 41
Additional Information: Son of John and Robina Watson; husband of Kathleen Iris Watson, of Ilford, Essex.
Panel Reference: Panel 85, Column 1
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:55 pm Post subject:

From:http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3190.html

At 06.58 hours on 18 Feb 1944 the unescorted HMS Penelope (97) (Capt G.D. Belben, DSO, DSC, AM, RN) was hit in the after engine room by one torpedo from U-410 while en route at 26 knots 35 miles west of Naples. The cruiser sank immediately after being hit in the after boiler room by a coup de grâce at 07.16 hours. The commander, 24 officers, 368 ratings and 24 Marines were lost. The survivors were picked up by HMS LST-165 and HMS LST-430.

HMS Penelope (97) was returning from bombarding enemy positions during Operation Shingle, the landings at Anzio, in which she was part of the Gunfire Support Group TG 81.8, comprising of USS Brooklyn (CL 40), USS Woolsey (DD 437), USS Mayo (DD 422), USS Trippe (DD 403), USS Ludlow (DD 438) and USS Edison (DD 439).
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Ken