The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:26 pm Post subject:

Name: GIFFORD, JOHN RENSHAW
Initials: JR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Repulse
Date of Death: 10/12/1941
Age: 40
Additional Information: Son of Adam W. Gifford, W.S., and Charlotte Gifford, of Edinburgh. B.A. (Cantab.); Writer to the Signet.
Panel Reference: Panel 61, Column 2
Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:28 pm Post subject:

Name: GRANT, ALISTAIR
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Service Number: 24081
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 31/1/1942
Panel Reference: Column 69
Memorial: Alamein Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:31 pm Post subject:

Name: SMITH, RONALD MACKAY GRANT
Initials: RMG
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 143417
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 21/1/1943
Age: 29
Additional Information: Son of Lt.-Col. J. Grant Smith, D.S.O., and of Maud Grant Smith, of Colinton, Edinburgh. B.Sc. (Agriculture).
Grave Reference: 5 H 14
Cemetery: Tripoli War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:47 am Post subject:

Name: GUNN, ALASTAIR DUNN MACKINTOSH
Initials: ADM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Service Number: 60340
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Awards: Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 6/4/1944
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of James Turner Gunn, F.R.C.S., M.B., Ch.B., and Adelaide Lucy Frances Gunn, of Auchterarder, Perthshire.
Grave Reference: 8 D 7
Cemetery: Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery.

Sandy Gunn was a Supermarine Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot who was taken prisoner after his plane was shot down. Gunn took part in the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, and was one of the men re-captured and subsequently executed by the Gestapo.

Also named on Fettes College and Auchterarder War Memorials.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:52 am Post subject:

Name: HILLS, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader
Service Number: 77100
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 4/7/1945
Grave Reference: I C 30
Cemetery: Rome War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:56 am Post subject:

Name: HOOD, ALASTAIR HORSLEY
Initials: AH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Owl
Date of Death: 15/3/1945
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of Francis Campbell Hood and Mary Hood, of Durham.
Grave Reference: Sec B Garve 195
Cemetery: Rosskeen Parish Churchyard Extensions (or Burial Ground).

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:03 am Post subject:

Name: HUMBLE, RICHARD
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 295426
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 30/7/1944
Grave Reference: VIII. A. 7. Spec. Memorial.
Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:09 am Post subject:

Name: MACDONALD, HAROLD KENNEDY
Initials: HK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Service Number: 90193
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force), 603 Sqdn
Date of Death: 28/9/1940
Age: 28
Additional Information: Son of James Harold and Isa May Kennedy Macdonald, of Murrayfield, Edinburgh. B.A. (Cantab.); Writer to the Signet.
Panel Reference: Panel 3
Memorial: Edinburgh (Warriston) Crematorium.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:12 am Post subject:

Name: MCKELVIE, KENNETH JAMES
Initials: KJ
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: 61057
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 603 Sqdn
Date of Death: 24/6/1941
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of James and Agnes Mary Monica McKelvie, of Edinburgh.
Panel Reference: Panel 33
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:18 am Post subject:

Name: MACQUEEN, NORMAN CARTER
Initials: NC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Service Number: 86689
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 249 Sqdn
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross
Date of Death: 4/5/1942
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Dr. J. G. Macqueen, and Mrs. Macqueen, of Rhyl, Flintshire.
Grave Reference: Prot. Sec. (Officers'). Plot E. Coll. grave 2.
Cemetery: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery.

There is a short item about Flt Lt MacQueen on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8623165.stm.

Also named on Fettes College War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:20 am Post subject:

Name: MILLAR, JOHN ARTHUR SCOTT
Initials: JAS
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 928449
Regiment/Service: 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
Date of Death: 27/3/1944
Age: 25
Additional Information: Son of Thomas Andrew and Mary Reid Millar, of Troon, Ayrshire.
Panel Reference: Face 33
Memorial: Rangoon Memorial.

Also named on Kelvinside Academy, Royal Troon Golf Club and Troon War Memorials.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:26 am Post subject:

Name: MURDOCH, ALAN
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Service Number: 25586
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 155 (The Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Awards: Territorial Decoration, Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 7/1/1942
Panel Reference: Column 37
Memorial: Singapore Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:40 pm Post subject:

Name: MURRAY, GEORGE WINGATE
Initials: GW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy, HMS Duchess
Date of Death: 12/12/1939
Age: 26
Additional Information: Son of John Congreve Murray and Muriel Grace Murray; husband of Eleanor Dulcie Murray, of Southend, Argyllshire.
Panel Reference: 33,1
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:46 pm Post subject:

Name: NORIE, EVELYN ARUNDELL MEDOWS
Initials: EAM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Service Number: 52027
Regiment/Service: King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), Cdg. 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Awards: Distinguished Service Order
Date of Death: 24/6/1944
Age: 37
Additional Information: Son of Colonel L. W. M. Norie and Mrs. L. Norie; husband of Claude Norie, of Camberley, Surrey. B.A. (Oxon.).
Grave Reference: II C 21
Cemetery: Bayeux War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:07 pm Post subject:

Name: OGILVIE, PATRICK BRUCE BINE
Initials: PBB
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Group Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Awards: Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, Three times Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 11/12/1944
Age: 34
Additional Information: Son of Herbert and Audrey Bine Ogilvie, of Whiteparish, Wiltshire; husband of Pamela Ogilvie. M.A. (Cantab.).
Panel Reference: Panel 200
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial.

Also named in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.