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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:34 pm    Post subject: Terregles church WW2 Reply with quote

Not listed on UKNIWM

Located in Terregles church at OS Map Ref NX 930 770

I believe this WW2 memorial window to be by Douglas Hamilton, note the oversize hands and eyes which are typical.

I understand that it was installed in 1952 or 1953.

John A Brydson
William McL Dickson
Alexander McNeish
James Somerville
James I Trainor
Jock M Watson





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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reported to UKNIWM today.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

confirmed that the window is by Douglas Hamilton

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JOHN A. BRYDSON
John Alexander Brydson, Pilot Officer/Pilot (196890) 66 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age 23.
John was a joiner in his grandfather's business when he enlisted in 1941 and was promoted to Sergeant Pilot (1343649). He was commissioned in March 1945. He was shot down while supporting an infantry advance near Arnhem.
Born 1921 in Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of William Alexander and Annie (Hamilton) Brydson of Terregles.
Killed in action on 1 April 1945 and buried in Rheden (Velp) Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands.
Also named on the RAF Association Memorial in Dumfries.
In April 1945, 66 Squadron were flying Spitfires from RAF Schijndel and RAF Twente in southern Netherlands as part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force.


WILLIAM McL. DICKSON
William McLauchlan Dickson, Rifleman (3254497) 6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Age 23.
Born 1921 in Dumfies. Son of Robert and Elizabeth (McLachlan) Dickson of 1 Hardthorn Road, Terregles.
Killed in action on 26 October 1944 and buried in Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Netherlands.
The 6th Scottish Rifles, as part of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, were attached to the Canadian 2nd Infantry Division during the Battle of the Scheldt.


ALEXANDER McNEISH
Alexander Fraser Taylor McNeish, Driver (T/14780583) Royal Army Service Corps. Age 34.
Born 1910 in Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire. Son of Margaret Jane (Taylor) McNeish and step-son of George Little McNeish. Husband of Margaret (Polland) McNeish who he married in 1940 in Kirkmichael.
Died on active service on 20 May 1945 and buried in Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt.
Also named on the Kirkmichael War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JAMES SOMERVILLE
James Somerville, Sergeant (529867) 58 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Coastal Command. Age 26.
James worked as a potato merchant before his joined the RAF in 1935.
Born 1916 in Dumfries. Son of Charles and Mary Jane (Gordon) Somerville of Craigrossie, Terregles. Husband of Margaret Agnes Stevenson (Mitchell) Somerville of Maida Hill, London who he married in 1940 in Willesden, Middlesex.
Missing in action on 9 May 1943 and listed on the Runnymede Memorial, Windsor, Surrey.
Also named on the RAF Association Memorial in Dumfries.
At the time of his death 58 Squadron were operating Halifax aircraft out of RAF St. Eval in Cornwall, flying anti-submarine patrols over the Western Approaches.


JAMES I. TRAINOR
The middle name is sometimes spelled Irving and sometimes as Irvine.
James Irvine Trainor, Private (2756178) 5th (Scottish) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Age 20.
James was educated at Noblehill School and joined the Black Watch when he was 15 years old. He transferred to the Parachute Regiment during the war and was killed in an ambush while on a patrol.
Born 1923 in Dumfries. Son of William George Irving Trainor and of Sarah (Ross) Trainor of Mainhead Farm, Terregles. Husband of Margaret (Byers) Trainor of Dundee who he married in 1942 in St. Clement, Dundee.
Killed in action on 23 December 1943 and buried in the Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy.
Also named on the Dumfries War Memorial and in the City of Dundee Roll of Honour.
At the time of his death the 2nd Parachute Brigade were attached to the New Zealand 2nd Division as it made it's first attacks on the Gustav Line.


JOCK M. WATSON
Jock Martin Watson, Sergeant/Flight Engineer (1493014) 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Bomber Command. Age 22.
Jock had worked as a traveller in the drapery trade with his uncle William Austin of Hoole Road, Chester, for five years and he was living with the family at Kilmory Park Road, Hoole when he enlisted in 1942. He had almost completed his 45 operations when his Lancaster bomber took off from RAF Oakington, near Cambridge, to attack the flying-bomb launch site at Coubronne in France. It is thought that the aircraft was brought down by a German night-fighter.
Born 1921 in Holywood, Dumfriesshire. Son of John and Jessie Watson of Newbridge, Terregles.
Killed in action on 24 June 1944 and buried in Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.
Also named on the RAF Association Memorial in Dumfries.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This was finally entered on the WMR, ex UKNIWM, in October 2015-reference 69449, which I have edited tonight
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