The Scottish War Graves Project

spoons · Last edited by spoons on Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:53 am; edited 2 times in total

OS Map Ref: NX 422 513

A short distance along a minor road to the west of Kirkinner

Number of CWGC burials 23

A plot in the south-western part of the burial ground was acquired by the Royal Air Force, which had a station at Wigtown during the 1939-1945 War. The 24 war burials comprise 1 man of the Royal Navy; 12 men of the Royal Air Force, one of whom is not identified, 8 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force and 3 members of the Royal Australian Air Force.

The above from the CWGC site - the cemetery is the nearest to the wartime Baldoon airfield.

The gates to this cemetery themselves are a memorial and I will be posting this separately on the war memorials project.

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject:

Name: BETTS, IVAN HAROLD
Initials: I H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 31
Date of Death: 14/09/1942
Service No: 109064
Additional information: Son of Comdr. Ernest Edward Alexander Betts, C.B.E., R.N., and Grace Emily Betts, of Radipole, Dorsetshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 607.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

Name: BRADLEY, ROY HARRIS
Initials: R H
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 24
Date of Death: 21/08/1942
Service No: R/83115
Additional information: Son of Ernest Garfield Bradley and Charlotte Josephine Bradley, of Jeannette's Creek, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 573.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

Name: CALDER, GEORGE DOUGLAS
Initials: G D
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/09/1942
Service No: 401366
Additional information: Son of Alexander George and Mary Calder, of St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 609.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject:

Name: CAMPBELL, HUGH COLIN
Initials: H C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 31
Date of Death: 02/08/1942
Service No: 109907
Additional information: Son of Dougal John Campbell and of Florence Mary Campbell (nee Hitchcock); husband of Joan Mary Campbell (nee Coppin), of Streatham, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 572.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject:

Name: CARLEY, EDWARD CLAREMONT
Initials: E C
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Leading Aircraftman (W.Op./Air Gnr. U/T)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 36
Date of Death: 13/01/1942
Service No: R/80290
Additional information: Son of Florence Carley, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 569.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject:

Name: ELLIS, JAMES ROWLAND
Initials: J R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 21
Date of Death: 18/06/1943
Service No: 1294738
Additional information: Son of James and Elizabeth Ellis; husband of Edna Ellis, of Blackburn, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 644.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

Name: FREESTONE, JOHN CHURLEY
Initials: J C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Obs.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 29
Date of Death: 14/09/1942
Service No: 1311904
Additional information: Son of John and Flora Freestone; husband of Winifred Mabel Freestone, of Stanmore, Winchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 642.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

Name: HINTON, REGINALD RICHARD
Initials: R R
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 02/08/1942
Service No: 412613
Additional information: Son of Sydney Jack and Winifred Mary Hinton, of Gogeldrie, New South Wales, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 575.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

Name: HORNE, GEORGE ALBERT
Initials: G A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman (Obs. U/T)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 20
Date of Death: 22/09/1942
Service No: 1576609
Additional information: Son of George Fairhurst Horne and Florence Horne, of Thornton, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 647.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject:

Name: HUTCHINGS, MERVYN WALTER
Initials: M W
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 20
Date of Death: 18/06/1943
Service No: 414688
Additional information: Son of Walter and Gladys Ione Hutchings, of Kedron, Queensland, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 645.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject:

Name: JELINEK, VACLAV
Initials: V
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 29
Date of Death: 23/10/1942
Service No: 05396
Additional information: Of Czechoslovakia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 610.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject:

Name: LEWIS, GORDON RALPH
Initials: G R
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death: 02/08/1942
Service No: R/59848
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 603.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

Name: McKIE, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Tartar.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 14/09/1941
Service No: D/SSX 26058
Additional information: Son of J. McKie and Annie McKie, of Creetown.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 932.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

Name: MURPHY, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant (Obs.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 24
Date of Death: 21/08/1942
Service No: R/109934
Additional information: Son of James and Helen Murphy, of Walkerville, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 608.
Cemetery: KIRKINNER CEMETERY