The Scottish War Graves Project

garry finlayson · Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 14

can any one gve me any detail on barry campbell hay from edinburgh he was my mums first cousin.she was from west preston street causewayside and ithink barry stayed close by.she told me about barry and this is the first time i have found anything.my mums name was kathleen hay she had a sister margaret hay a sister patricia hay and a brother charlie hay.she also had a step brother who was taken away very young. i never saw margaret or the step brother can anyone help .her step brother was born in a house in whitburn.

Adam Brown · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh

Garry

Did Barry Campbell Hay or any of the people you listed in your post die on active service or during a war? There's no indication that they did in your post.

Thanks

Adam

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:58 am Post subject:

Barry Campbell Hay is listed in Liberton cemetery, Edinburgh. I don't think we have a photo yet.

garry finlayson · Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 14

my mums cousin was killed in action ido not have any info other than what was on the gravestone. my mother passed away 2 years ago so i have no way of finding out any more . i mentioned these names to hopefully jog someones memory. my wish is to find some of barrys history and hopefully find some relatives
i live up isle of lewis

kenmorrison · Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 747

From Commonwealth War Graves site:

BARRY CAMPBELL HAY - Aircraftsman 2nd Class (Air Gnr. U/T) Age 19
Service No. 1823249 Royal Air Force Reserve Died 6 January 1945 and buried in Edinburgh (Liberton) Cemetery.
Son of William and Rebecca Hay of Edinburgh.

FromScottish National War Memorial site:
Born Edinburgh

I can't seem to find his birth (1925/6) on scotlandspeople nor his death either there or on FreeBMD - Could be his first given name was different?

Ken

kenmorrison · Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 747

Found his birth - as BARRIE CAMPBELL HAY, his birth was registered in 1925 at St. Giles, Edinburgh.

Ken

garry finlayson · Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 14

i would just like to say a thanks to everyone who is giving me info on barry.i appreciate the effort from everyone.

garry finlayson · Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 14

ken thanks for that info did it tell you the parents residence on barrys birth certificate, can anyone post any official documents on to this site for me to print please.

David McNay · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject:

We do not allow reproduction of official documents on this site. They are crown copyright and cannot be reproduced.

Can I suggest visiting ScotlandsPeople? It's a fairly easy to use site, and you'll hopefully be able to find a lot of the information you are looking for.