The Scottish War Graves Project

FortyTwa · Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 382 Location: Arbroath

Locality:Kincardineshire
Identified Casualties:19

Located alongside the road leading from Fettercairn to Edzell, about half a mile outside the village.
The gateway houses the Fettercairn war memorials for WW1 & WW2

Some very Germanic surnames amongst the many Canadian airmen buried here and a WW1 casualty who died of his wounds in 1940
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CWGC record

BEAUMONT, HAROLD

Rank:Flight Sergeant
Trade:W.Op./Air Gnr.
Service No:1111883
Date of Death:17/08/1943
Age:23
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 15.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Ralph and Selina Beaumont, of Overthorpe, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
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CWGC record

COLLIE, ROBERT WISHART

Rank:Sick Berth Attendant
Service No:D/MX64695
Date of Death:19/02/1941
Regiment/Service:Royal Navy H.M.S. Drake
Grave Reference:Sec. A. Grave 204.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Christina Duncan, of Luthermuir.

SNWM record

Surname COLLIE
Firstname Robert Wishart
Service number D/MX64695
Date of death 19/02/1941
Decoration
Place of birth Maykirk
Other Plymouth.
SNWM roll ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES
Rank S B A
Theatre of death R.N. Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth.
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CWGC record

COOK, RAYMOND KEITH

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:W.Op./Air Gnr.
Service No:798509
Date of Death:17/12/1941
Age:21
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 25.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Claude and Tryphena Cook, of Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
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CWGC record

CROFT, PHILLIP

Rank:Sergeant
Service No:542772
Date of Death:16/10/1943
Age:24
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 16.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Gilbert Clarence and Lilian Joan Croft; husband of Beatrice Mabel Croft, of New Malden, Surrey.
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CWGC record

DOBESCH, BURGHARDT HANS

Rank:Flying Officer
Trade:Nav.
Service No:J/36379
Date of Death:26/05/1944
Age:22
Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 23.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Richard and Mary Dobesch, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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CWGC record

DONNELLY, THOMAS EDWARD RAMSAY

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:Air Gnr.
Service No:R/200407
Date of Death:25/05/1944
Age:18
Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 10.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Patrick and Agnes Ramsay Donnelly, of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada.
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CWGC record

EDWARDS, RAYMOND FRASER

Rank:Flying Officer
Trade:Pilot
Service No:J/21997
Date of Death:26/05/1944
Age:26
Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 29.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of John Raymond Edwards and of Grace Edwards (nee Fraser); husband of Dorothy Jean Edwards (nee Browne) of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
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CWGC record

FORBES, FRANK

Rank:Private
Service No:2882893
Date of Death:24/11/1940
Age:18
Regiment/Service:Gordon Highlanders 10th Bn.
Grave Reference:Sec. C. Grave 68.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of David T. Forbes and Jane Hill Forbes, of Fettercairn.

SNWM record

Surname FORBES
Firstname Frank
Service number 2881893
Date of death 24/11/1940
Place of birth Kincardineshire
SNWM roll THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS and THE LONDON SCOTTISH
Rank Pte
Theatre of death United Kingdom

NB The date of death and age for Frank on the relatively recent family stone are considerably at odds with the CWGC headstone and CWGC & SNWM records...
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CWGC record

FRIESEN, VICTOR ERWIN

Rank:Pilot Officer
Trade:Air Obs.
Service No:J/7026
Date of Death:17/12/1941
Age:23
Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 28.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Jacob V. Friesen and Sarah M. Friesen, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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CWGC record

GRAY, JAMES EUGENE

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:Air Gnr.
Service No:R/205856
Date of Death:26/05/1944
Age:19
Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 13.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of James M. Gray and Lyla B. Gray, of Wyoming, Ontario, Canada.
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CWGC record

HILL, PHILIP JAMES

Rank:Flying Officer
Trade:Pilot
Service No:122499
Date of Death:11/01/1943
Age:22
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 455 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
Awards:Mentioned in Despatches
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 20.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of James Alfred and Sarah Elizabeth Hill, of Almondsbury, Gloucestershire.
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CWGC record

HUMPHRYS, LESLIE FRANK

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:W.Op./Air Gnr.
Service No:1189555
Date of Death:08/03/1942
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 217 Sqdn.
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 21.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY

NB Surname spelling conflict between CWGC record and headstone
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CWGC record

JENSEN, OSCAR KNUD LERCHE

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:W.Op./Air Gnr.
Service No:R/95369
Date of Death:09/08/1942
Age:26
Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 14.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Einar Bay Jensen and Anna Christine Jensen, of Carman, Manitoba, Canada.
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CWGC record

KEENE, ARTHUR GEORGE WILSON

Rank:Flight Sergeant
Trade:Pilot
Service No:R/90459
Date of Death:09/08/1942
Age:23
Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force
Grave Reference:Sec. D. Grave 20.
Cemetery:FETTERCAIRN CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Frederick and Rose Emily Keene, of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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