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Merseman



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:52 pm    Post subject: Gordon - WWII Reply with quote

Another parish where names weren't added to the Great War memorial, a very striking memorial tablet being placed in the parish church instead.




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Merseman



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF

Pte Thomas Begbie RS
Sgt/Obsr John Bell RAF
LAC Adam V Bryce RAF
Pte John Crosby KOSB
Pte John Davidson DLI
Flt/Lt Archibald G Douglas RAF

Cpl George Ford RS
L/Cpl Richard Gibson RS
Sgt Andrew W Stumbles RAF
Senr 3rd Engr Richard F Vert MN
Pte George Yule KOSB

1939 - 1945
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2018 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BEGBIE, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3188417
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 8/11/1940
Age: 20
Additional Information: Husband of Davina Sinclair Begbie, of Bo'ness, West Lothian.
Grave Reference: Sec 16D 9957
Cemetery: Hong Kong Cemetery
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2018 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BRYCE, ADAM VEITCH
Initials: AV
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: 1069192
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 526 Squadron
Date of Death: 22/3/1945
Age: 36
Additional Information: Son of James and Marion Hunter Bryce; husband of Allison Little Bryce, of Gordon.
Grave Reference: Grave 34
Cemetery: Gordon Cemetery, Berwickshire
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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2018 6:56 am    Post subject: WMR Report Reply with quote

WMR 76260.
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Kenneth Morrison



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1939-1945


Pte. THOMAS BEGBIE, R.S.
Thomas Begbie – age 22 – Private (3188417) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots.
Thomas was a regular soldier based at Aldershot when he married in June 1939. He joined the his battalion in Hong Kong but he died there of illness.
Born 1918 in Gordon. Son of Thomas and Jane (Cochrane) Begbie of Station Road, Gordon. Husband of Davina (Sinclair) Begbie of Bo'ness, West Lothian who he married in 1939 in Edinburgh.
Died on Service on 8 November 1940 and buried in Hong Kong Cemetery, China.


Sgt/Obsr. JOHN BELL, R.A.F.
John Bell – age 20 – Sergeant (657296) 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
John's Wellington Bomber had taken off from RAF Luqa on Malta for a raid on Sfax in Tunisia but the aircraft was shot down.
Born 1922 in Stichill, Roxburghshire. Son of the late William Bell and of Isabella Mitchell (Bain) Bell of Byrewalls, Gordon.
Missing in Action on 31 December 1942 and named on the Malta Memorial, Malta.


Lac. ADAM V. BRYCE, R.A.F.
Adam Veitch Bryce – age 36 – Leading Aircraftman (1069192) 526 Squadron, Fighter Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Adam was educated at the Berwickshire High School in Duns.
526 Squadron was a radar calibration squadron which was formed at Inverness in June 1943 and used the Bristol Blenheim as its main aircraft to fly along pre-arranged flight plans to allow radar operators to calibrate their radar sets. John was a passenger on a Blenheim which had taken off from RAF Digby in Lincolnshire bound for Inverness but the aircraft crashed on Braeriach on the Aberdeenshire/Inverness-shire border.
Born 1909 in Prestonpans, East Lothian. Son of the late James Bryce (died 1910) and of Marion (Hunter) Bryce of Morham, Gordon. Husband of Allison Little (Beattie) Bryce of Gordon who he married in 1941 in Selkirk.
Died on Active Service on 22 March 1945 and buried in Gordon Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pte. JOHN CROSBY, K.O.S.B.
John Henry Crosby – age 20 – Private (3189125) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots.
John enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borderers but he was posted to the Royal Scots and in the autumn of 1944 the 2nd Royal Scots were fighting in the foothills of the Appenines near Florence.
Born 1924 in Westruther, Berwickshire. Son of Alfred H. Crosby and of Isabella Mary (Cessford) Crosby of Upper Huntlywood, Gordon/Earlston, Berwickshire.
Died of Wounds on 21 September 1944 and buried in Florence War Cemetery, Italy


Pte. JOHN DAVIDSON, D.L.I.
John Davidson – age 21 – Private (3191143) Durham Light Infantry attached to H.Q. 151st Infantry Brigade.
Jack enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borderers in July 1939. He was transferred to the DLI and went to France with the 151st Brigade in January 1940. He was buried in Rosendael New Military Cemetery near Dunkirk and was re-interred in the Town Cemetery in July 1948.
Born 1918 in Kelso, Roxburghshire.
Son of Mr & Mrs John Davidson of Kames East Mains, Gordon.
Died of Wounds on 6 June 1940 and buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France.


Flt/Lt. ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, R.A.F.
Archibald Gordon Douglas – age 26 – Flight Lieutenant (130983) 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot
Archie was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns before he began his apprenticeship with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Greenlaw, Berwickshire in June 1934. He joined the RAF in September 1939, was commissioned from Corporal (658494) in December 1942 and promoted to Flying Officer in March 1943. He was the pilot of his Halifax bomber which had taken off from RAF Melbourne in Yorkshire for a raid on Munich but the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Kaufbeuren. Archie and one of his air gunners, Percy Okill, were buried there and were re-interred at Durnbach in September 1947. The rest of the crew became prisoners of war.
Born 1917 in Darlington, County Durham. Son of the late Elizabeth Sutherland (Bartleman) Douglas (died 1942 in Gordon) and George Douglas of Colville House, Gordon, who had married in 1915 in Darlington. Husband of Alexandra (Weatherhead) Douglas of Sunnyside, Gordon who he married in 1942 in Gordon.
Killed in Action on 7 September 1943 and buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial and on the RBS memorial in Edinburgh.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cpl. GEORGE FORD, R.S.
George Ford – age 29 – Private (3054539) 2nd Battalion , Royal Scots.
Born 1913 in Kelso, Roxburghshire. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Ford of Byrewalls, Gordon and of New Smailholm, Roxburghshire.
Died between 1 and 2 October 1942 and named on the Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China.

and his friend and former school mate in Gordon.


L/Cpl. RICHARD GIBSON, R.S.
Richard Gibson – age 27 – Lance Corporal (3054008) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots.
Born 1915 in Linlithgow, West Lothian. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gibson of Gordon.
Died between 1 and 2 October 1942 and named on the Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China.

The men of the 2nd Royal Scots were killed, or captured when Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong in December 1941. George and Richard were amongst 1800 prisoners of war and 800 Japanese troops onboard the cargo ship “Lisbon Maru” when she sailed from Hong Kong on 27 September 1942 en route to Shanghai and Japan. There was nothing that identified her as carrying POWs and she was torpedoed by the US submarine USS Grouper off the Chinese coast on 1 October. The ship did not sink until the following day by which time the troops had been evacuated but the prisoners had not.



Sgt. ANDREW W. STUMBLES, R.A.F.
Andrew Wright Stumbles – age 32 – Sergeant (522310) Royal Air Force.
Andrew was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns. He died of tuberculosis in the City Hospital in Edinburgh after he had been discharged from the RAF.
Born 1913 in Bridgewater, Somerset. Son of the late Isabella Beattie (Wright) Stumbles (died 1944) and of George Stumbles of Gordon. Husband of Elsie Florence (Aitken) Stumbles of Walsall, Staffordshire who he married in 1941 in Walsall.
Died on 4 December 1945. Commonwealth War Grave – Edinburgh (Warriston) Crematorium.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Senr. 3rd ENGr. RICHARD F. VERT, M.N.
Richard Fowler Vert – age 22 – Senior Third Engineer Officer, M.V. Pacific President (London) Merchant Navy.
Richard was educated at the Berwickshire High School in Duns.
The “Pacific President was sailing in convoy from Leith to New York when she was torpedoed and sunk in mid-Atlantic by the German submarine U-43.
Born 1918 in Gordon. Son of William and Joanna Frances Sharpe (Torrance) Vert of Ashley House, Gordon.
Killed by enemy action/ Lost at Sea on 2 December 1940 and named on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial.


Pte. GEORGE YULE, K.O.S.B.
George Henry Yule – age 21 – Private (3187269) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
1st KOSB embarked for France in 1939. They crossed the Belgian frontier in May 1940 but, outgunned by an enemy of overwhelming numerical superiority, they were ordered to withdraw. Fighting their way to the coast they were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk on 1 June.
George of Middlethird, Gordon was the parish's first casualty.
Born 1917 in Roxburgh. Son of Margaret Yule of Greenlaw, Berwickshire.
Killed in Action on 27 May 1940 and buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France
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