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BUCHANAN, DAVID MITCHELL
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 1569082
Date of Death: 01/05/1945
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference: 3. C. 6.
Cemetery: RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of David and Lily Maud Buchanan, of Glasgow. |
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jrah60
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BUCHER, F.R.R. Major General CB OBE MC (1895-1980)
Educated at the Edinburgh Academy, Bucher served in World War 1 with 1st Bn Cameronians in France from 1914 to 1915 when he joined the 55th Cokes Rifles in India. Confirmed as a second lieutenant in the Indian Army on 5 September 1915, he was promoted to lieutenant on 15 November 1916 (back-dated to 1 September 1915 on 17 August 1917)
He transferred to the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers in 1916, and was promoted to acting captain on 23 May 1917, again receiving the rank from 16 October 1917.
After the War he served in Afghanistan and Waziristan, for which he was awarded a Military Cross (MC) on 1 January 1920 and then went to the Staff College, Camberley in 1926. He was made Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for the Deccan District in India in 1930. He was promoted to major on 15 August 1932, and brevetted lieutenant-colonel on 1 July 1937.
Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 November 1939, Bucher served in World War 2, initially as Commandant of Sam Browne's Cavalry and then as Assistant Adjutant General at GHQ India from 1941. He was made Assistant Quartermaster General in Iraq later that year and was put in charge of Administration at Southern Command in India on 21 March 1942, with the acting rank of major-general. He was promoted to colonel on 1 August (with seniority from 1 July 1940), and advanced to temporary major-general on 21 March 1943. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1945 New Year Honours, Bucher was promoted to major-general on 6 April 1945 (with seniority from 5 June 1944).
After the War he was appointed General Officer Commanding Bengal and Assam Area in India. Promoted to acting lieutenant-general on 4 August 1946, he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command in India and in 1948 he was made Commander-in-Chief, India. Appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Military Division (KBE) in the 1948 King's Birthday Honours, he retired on 9 October 1949 with the honorary rank of general and was promoted to major-general on the reserve list on 26 September 1950, retaining the honorary rank of general. |
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jrah60
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CAIRNEY, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: D/27094
Date of Death: 05/06/1940
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 14th (H.D.) Bn.
Grave Reference: Compt. 216. Grave 531.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Mary Cairney, of Paisley |
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jrah60
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CAMERON, JOHN GLEN
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: W. Op.
Service No: 976415
Date of Death: 10/04/1941
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 82 Sqdn.
Grave Reference: Compt. 10. Grave 49.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Robert John and Jean Glen Cameron, of Paisley. |
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jrah60
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CAMPBELL, JAMES DONNETT
Rank: Private
Service No: 2120
Date of Death: 14/07/1918
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal)
Grave Reference: 8. 167.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Margaret Campbell, of 6, Orr St., Paisley. Born at Glasgow. |
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jrah60
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CLARK, PETER
Rank: Guardsman
Service No: 15427
Date of Death: 02/08/1921
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 31. 228.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
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jrah60
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CLARK, WILLIAM MAURICE
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service No: 138547
Date of Death: 04/06/1941
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) 11th Bn.
Grave Reference: Compt. 13. Grave 297.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs Robert Hendry Clark, of Langside, Glasgow. |
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jrah60
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COCHRANE, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: M/340391
Date of Death: 17/11/1918
Age: 39
Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps 1019 M.T. Coy.
Panel Reference: Panel 42.
Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Husband of Jeanie Hutchison Cochrane, of Ardyne, Thornby Park Avenue, Paisley, Renfrewshire |
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jrah60
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COLQUHOUN, GEORGE
Rank: Lieut-Commander (E)
Date of Death: 01/07/1940
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. Dunnottar Castle
Grave Reference: Compt. 16. Grave 112-113.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
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jrah60
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CONNELL, GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 2983589
Date of Death: 13/07/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Grave Reference: Compt. 3. Grave 260.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Dorothea V. Connell of Paisley. |
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jrah60
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CORRIGAN, T
Rank: Private
Service No: 202658
Date of Death: 30/04/1918
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 5th Bn.
Grave Reference: 37. 494.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
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jrah60
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CRAIG, ARCHIBALD MC
8th A&SH and Tank Corps
Died 13th May 1933 Age 49
CRAIG, ARCHIBALD MC
Died 23rd Jan 1967 Age 81 |
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jrah60
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CRAIG, HENRY GIBSON
Rank: Private
Service No: 315084
Date of Death: 05/11/1918
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 13th Bn.
Grave Reference: 38. 129.
Cemetery: PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Henrietta Gibson Craig, of 18, West Campbell St., Paisley and the late Allan Craig. |
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jrah60
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CRAIG, JOHN
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 251250
Date of Death: 23/05/1917
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders "D" Coy. 1st/6th Bn.
Awards: M M
Grave Reference: I. C. 7.
Cemetery: ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James and Margaret Dunlop Craig, of 21, Underwood Lane, Paisley. |
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jrah60
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CRAWFORD, J
Rank: Private
Service No: 15119
Date of Death: 18/11/1916
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn.
Awards: M M
Grave Reference: C. 25.
Cemetery: WAGGON ROAD CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Additional Information: Son of Robert Crawford, of 25, Love St., Paisley |
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