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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 5071 Location: Blairgowrie, Perthshire
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: MICHAEL JAMES DUFFY |
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For those in the Lanarkshire area I would be interested in finding any commemoration to another ancestor;
Name: DUFFY, MICHAEL JAMES
Initials: M J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Hampshire Regiment
Date of Death: 13/09/1942
Service No: 165755
Additional information: Son of John H. and Kathleen Duffy, of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 64.
Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
thanks,
Mark Duffy
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:41 am Post subject: |
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By twist of fate Michael's name was thrown up during a recent search on the internet. He was actually part of the L.R.D.G. and was killed during 'Operation Agreement' raid on Tobruk.
I also learned that his brother, Desmond Joseph, wrote a "superb memorial book" on the life of his brother in 1993 entitled 'One of the Many'.
This part of my family research went cold a good few years ago but I have been able to contact Desmond, now aged 88 and living in London. I hope to get a copy of the book from him. Delighted.
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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I have just received a copy of the book which is an absolutely fantastic and moving tribute. It also contains some great family history. I now know that Michael is recorded in the Book of Remembrance in Our Lady's R.C. High School War Memorial Chapel, Motherwell.
He is listed under his first regiment, the London Scottish, and as 'Michel'. This is the name by which he was fondly known, influenced by his French aunt and his mother who herself was a frequent visitor to France and fluent in the language. |
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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One of the special features of Our Lady's High School is its War Memorial Chapel, built to commemorate former staff and pupils of Our Lady's and St Joseph's High Schools who lost their lives during the Second World War.
Funds to build the original Chapel were raised by parents, staff, and pupils of the school and by the local community. The dedication of The War Memorial Chapel, on its original site in the former Our Lady's High School buildings in Airbles Street, took place on the 14th June 1949.
Each November, Right Rev. Joseph Devine, Bishop of Motherwell, celebrates a Memorial Mass in the Chapel, attended by relatives of those who are commemorated there.
The interior design of the Chapel owes much to the work of Sadie McLellan and Walter Pritchard. The Chapel's features include:
• a statue of the Virgin and Child in copper and brass
• a stained glass window behind the statue
• religious murals
• Memorial Plaque and Book of Remembrance
• military insignia, flags and regimental badges
Recent additions to the Chapel include:
• a millennium tapestry containing the signatures of the school's staff and pupils in the year 2000
• a millennium time capsule
• direct access to the school's sensory garden which is being developed with a dual role as a garden of remembrance
The Chapel continues to play an important role in the daily religious and spiritual life of Our Lady's High School. |
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