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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BARGE, ROBERT NIGEL KENNETH
Initials: R N K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 69056
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Age: 23
Date of Death: 4/6/1940
Additional information: Son of Lt.-Col. Kenneth Barge and Debonaire Eva Ruth Barge, of Rhu, Dunbartonshire.
Grave Reference: Plot 1 Row 1 Grave 19.
Cemetery: Dunkirk Town Cemetery

Also named on Rhu War Memorial and on an individual memorial dedicated in his honour in the chapel at Glenalmond College. In addition, there is a memorial run dedicated in his honour. The Nigel Barge Memorial 10k race has been run every year since 1943 in Glasgow: https://runabc.co.uk/nigel-barge-memorial-10k
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BECKETT, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 186921
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 11/9/1943
Age: 22
Additional information: Son of William and Dorothy Mary Beckett, of South Arthurlie, Barrhead, Renfrewshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 40.
Cemetery: Salerno War Cemetery

Also named on Barrhead and Arthurlie Parish Church War Memorials.
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Name: BENNETT, GEORGE HENRY SYDNEY
Initials: GHS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 1113757
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 144 Sqdn
Date of Death: 5/11/1941
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Sydney C. Bennett and of Madge Bennett (nee Newell), of Parkstone, Dorsetshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 39
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial.

Also named on Merchiston Castle School and Currie War Memorials.
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Name: BROWN, ADAM THORBURN
Initials: AT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service Number: 87960
Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps, 1st Lothians and Border Yeomanry.
Date of Death: 5/6/1940
Age: 36
Additional Information: (Served as BROWN). Son of Adam and Agnes Thorburn Brown; husband of Ann Thorburn Brown, of Gullane, East Lothian. Chartered Accountant.
Panel Reference: Column 156 (Addenda)
Memorial: Dunkirk Memorial.
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Name: BROWN, NIGEL STUART HALLY
Initials: NSH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Service Number: 72105
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 166 Sqdn
Date of Death: 7/4/1943
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of Stuart Hally Brown and Helen Frances Brown, of Perth. B.A., Hons. (Cantab.).
Panel Reference: Panel 119
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial.
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Name: CLARK, FRANCIS WILLIAM
Initials: FW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Service Number: 50979
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd Bn, and No. 9 Commando
Date of Death: Between 3/2/1944 and 6/2/1944
Age: 32
Additional Information: Son of Francis William Clark and of Caroline Clark (nee Hutton), of Ulva, Argyllshire; husband of Cecilia Clark (nee Murray Buchanan), of Callander, Perthshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 11
Memorial: Cassino Memorial.
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Name: COTTERILL, COLIN WYNNE
Initials: CW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 904427
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 500 Sqdn
Date of Death: 14/1/1942
Age: 30
Additional Information: Son of Denis and Emily Isobel Cotterill; husband of Margaret Emmeline Cotterill, of Bodenham, Wiltshire. B.A. (Cantab.).
Grave Reference: Plot 1. Row 2. Grave 7
Cemetery: Great Bircham (St Mary) Churchyard.

Also named on Callander War Memorial.
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Name: COWAN, MICHAEL HENRY TENNANT
Initials: MHT
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Major
Service Number: EC/2347
Regiment/Service: 6th Gurkha Rifles, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 6/3/1945
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of Major-General David Tennant Cowan, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., and Anne Elliot Tennant Cowan, of Bovey Tracey, Devon.
Grave Reference: 18 A 17
Cemetery: Taukkyan War Cemetery.
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Name: CRAIG, ROBERT WILLIAM
Initials: RW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 66397
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 54 (9th Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). Lt. A.A. Regt.
Date of Death: 29/5/1940
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of John W. L. and Eleanor M. Craig; husband of Lorna Marjorie Hunter Craig, of Darlington, Co. Durham.
Grave Reference: Plot 2. Row A. Grave 5.
Cemetery: De Panne Communal Cemetery.

Also named on Fettes College War Memorial and in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.
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Name: DAVIDSON, DUNCAN GUILLEMARD GORDON
Initials: DGG
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 331619
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, attd. 9th Bn. Border Regiment
Date of Death: 2/3/1945
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Duncan Gordon and Eleanor Frances Davidson, of Gollanfield, Inverness-shire.
Grave Reference: 20 A 24
Cemetery: Taukkyan War Cemetery.

Also named on Culloden War Memorial.
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Name: DUXBURY, GORDON HINSHELWOOD
Initials: GH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 76561
Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers, posted to 1st Bn. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: Between 13/11/1943 and 16/11/1943
Age: 34
Additional Information: Son of Percival Duxbury and of Florence Annie Duxbury (nee Hinshelwood), of Headington, Oxford. B.A. (Cantab.).
Grave Reference: 4 A 5
Cemetery: Leros War Cemetery.
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Name: STEWART, RONALD GEORGE FALCONAR
Initials: R G F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot)
Service No: 145856
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 156 Sqdn.
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross
Date of Death: 2/1/1944
Age: 23
Additional information: Son of Maj. Falconar Stewart and Mrs. Stewart; husband of Betty Margaret Stewart, of Thorrington, Essex.
Grave Reference: 4. D. 17.
Cemetery: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.

Also commemorated on a memorial plaque dedicated in his honour in Ardoch Parish Church: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5547&highlight=falconar
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Name: FRASER, SIMON KEITH
Initials: SK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Service Number: 30436
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 4th Bn
Awards: Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 4/6/1940
Age: 42
Additional Information: Son of James Wilson Fraser and Edith Knowles Fraser; husband of Margaret Fraser (nee Moubray), of Leckmelm, Ross and Cromarty.
Grave Reference: Plot 2. Row C. Grave 1.
Cemetery: Mareuil-Caubert (Mareuil) Communal Cemetery.
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Name: FRASER, PATRICK CONSTABLE
Initials: PC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: 41839
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 92 Sqdn
Date of Death: 12/12/1939
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Gordon Scott Fraser and Margaret Ellen Fraser, of Arbroath.
Grave Reference: Compt H, Grave 476
Cemetery: Arbroath Western Cemetery.

Also named on Arbroath War Memorial.
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Name: GIBSON, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 117362
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1st Bn
Date of Death: 24/7/1942
Age: 28
Additional Information: Son of Capt. Gideon James Gibson, Royal Artillery, and of Margaret Merry Gibson (nee Forrester), of Edinburgh. B.A. (Cantab.). His brothers, William Henry and Edgar Ballantyne Scott Gibson, also died on service.
Grave Reference: 3 B 6
Cemetery: Gauhati War Cemetery.

And his brother:

Name: GIBSON, WILLIAM HENRY
Initials: WH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service Number: 117363
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 8/6/1940
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of Capt. Gideon James Gibson, R.A., and of Margaret Merry Gibson (nee Forrester), of Edinburgh. His brothers, Alexander and Edgar Ballantyne Scott Gibson, also died on service.
Panel Reference: Column 55
Memorial: Dunkirk Memorial.

The third brother, who is not named on the Cargilfield memorial was:

Name: GIBSON, EDGAR BALLANTYNE SCOTT
Initials: EBS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 71864
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 17 Field Regt
Date of Death: 9/8/1943
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of Capt. Gideon James Gibson, R.A., and of Margaret Merry Gibson (nee Forrester), of Edinburgh. B.A. (Cantab.). His brothers Alexander and William Henry also died on service.
Grave Reference: II J 40
Cemetery: Catania War Cemetery, Sicily.
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