The Scottish War Graves Project

spoons · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject:

Name: KERR, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Petty Officer Air Mechanic (L)
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Heron
Age: 26
Date of Death: 29/06/1943
Service No: F/XJ68
Additional information: Son of David John and Williamina Kerr, of Dumfries.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. D. Extn. 1. Grave 83.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:

Name: KIRKPATRICK, ROBERT A.
Initials: R A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 01/10/1945
Service No: 2983506
Additional information: Son of James Kirkpatrick, and of Mary Gillon Higgins Kirkpatrick (nee Varney), of Nithside, Dumfries.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. D. Extn. 1. Grave 70.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

Name: LOPPE, ERWIN ALBERT
Initials: E A
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant (Air Bomber)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 19
Date of Death: 09/08/1943
Service No: R/176010
Additional information: Son of Bert H. Loppe and Hertha Loppe.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. I. Extn. 2. Grave 112.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject:

Name: MacDONALD, LOUIS JOHN
Initials: L J
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant (Air Obs.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/09/1942
Service No: R/95565
Additional information: Son of John James MacDonald and of Susan MacDonald (nee Lloyd), of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 111.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject:

Name: MORAN, GEORGE WILLIAM
Initials: G W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Trooper
Regiment/Service: Reconnaissance Corps
Unit Text: 3rd (8th Bn. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Regt.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 27/05/1943
Service No: 6914682
Additional information: Son of John Robert and Florence Moran; husband of Elsie May Moran, of Manor Park, Essex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 27.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject:

Name: NICHOLSON, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Trooper
Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps
Date of Death: 12/11/1945
Service No: 733228
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. F. Extn. 2. Grave 23.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject:

Name: PEDERSEN, WALTER RENDELL
Initials: W R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 674 Artisan Works Coy.
Age: 40
Date of Death: 11/02/1943
Service No: 1943531
Additional information: Son of Conrad Parneyman Pedersen and of Pauline Pedersen (nee Carolin); husband of Caroline Margaret May Pedersen (nee Hartley), of Carnforth, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 29.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject:

Name: PENNY, VICTOR GEORGE
Initials: V G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 03/11/1943
Service No: 1390352
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 233.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject:

Name: REED
Initials: S P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Air Transport Auxiliary
Date of Death: 23/09/1940
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 116.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

This is a private stone on a CWGC grave

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

Name: SIMON, KAREL
Initials: K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 6 O.T.U.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 24/04/1943
Service No: 787411
Additional information: Of Czechoslovakia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 26.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject:

Name: SIMPSON, MERVYN CHARLES
Initials: M C
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 19
Date of Death: 22/02/1944
Service No: 425903
Additional information: Son of Claude Charles and Heather Jessie Simpson, of Darwin, Northern Territory.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 17.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

Name: SMITH, RICHARD STUART
Initials: R S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Reconnaissance Corps
Unit Text: 4th Regt.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 17/07/1942
Service No: 129638
Additional information: Son of Stuart Fitzroy Smith and Frances Ruth Smith, of Leicester. Runner-up, Light-Heavy Weight Boxing Championship, Aldershot, 1941.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 33.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

This is a private stone on a CWGC grave

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject:

Name: SWANSON, NORMAN CHARLES
Initials: N C
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Engineers
Unit Text: A.I.F. 1 Forestry Coy.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 21/03/1942
Service No: QX23201
Additional information: Son of Charles John and Jane Swanson, of Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 119.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

Name: TABOR, CEDRIC GORDON ALLEN
Initials: C G A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 22
Date of Death: 28/11/1941
Service No: 1051995
Additional information: Son of Alfred Arthur and Miriam Grace Tabor, of Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Extn. 2. Grave 35.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND

spoons · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject:

Name: THOMSON, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 56
Date of Death: 28/03/1915
Service No: 20081
Additional information: Husband of Elizabeth Thomson, of 18, St. David St., Dumfries.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 9.
Cemetery: TROQUEER NEW BURIAL GROUND