The Scottish War Graves Project

spoons · Last edited by spoons on Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:24 pm; edited 2 times in total

OS Map Ref: NX 085 534

The cemetery is a quarter of a mile west of the parish churchyard.

Number of CWGC burials 17 plus 1 unknown

All the CWGC graves are in a single row in date order starting from the right in the following picture.

spidge · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: RAAF burials in Wigtownshire

Hi Spoons,

This is the info I have on the five here.

CROTTY, RAYMOND JOHN
Flight Sergeant
410957
4 AFU Observers
RAF
21/07/1944
21
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Sec. C. Grave 122.
STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

NORTHMORE, DARIUS BEDE
Sergeant
432683
4 AFS (O)
RAF
21/07/1944
25
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Sec. C. Grave 121.
STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

RADCLIFFE, HARRY MARTYN
Pilot Officer
407876
4 AFU Observers
RAF
2/06/1944
26
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Sec. C. Grave 125.
STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

SMITH, PETER
Warrant Officer
407993
4 AFU Observers
RAF
21/07/1944
26
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Sec. C. Grave 123.
STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

WAUCHOPE, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM
Flight Sergeant
429879
Stn West Freugh
RAF
12/06/1944
27
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Sec. C. Grave 124.
STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

Cheers

Geoff
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Spidge

Looking to catalogue photos of all RAAF Headstones and Memorials around the world. I will be placing them on a website so they will be available free of charge to all who want them.

Deaths, 11,091, Cemeteries 1085 in 67 countries.

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject:

Name: BALHAM, JAMES FREDERICK
Initials: J F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 27/04/1944
Service No: 1466272
Additional information: Son of James and Harriet Balham, of Stepney, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 127.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject:

Name: BECKER, BERTRAM ERNEST WILLIAM
Initials: B E W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Bomber)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 24
Date of Death: 21/07/1944
Service No: 1603389
Additional information: Husband of Verna Phyllis Becker, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 120.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:34 pm Post subject:

Name: BELL, LEONARD ALAN
Initials: L A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Nav. U/T)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 20
Date of Death: 17/08/1943
Service No: 1487603
Additional information: Son of E. Bell and Ann M. Bell, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 132.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:34 pm Post subject:

Name: BLAIR, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 30
Date of Death: 28/05/1944
Service No: R/119545
Additional information: Son of Robert and Mary Blair, of Meadows, Manitoba, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 126.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject:

Name: CANNON, EDWARD DENNIS
Initials: E D
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: 504 (R.A.F.). Sqdn
Date of Death: 09/02/1942
Service No: 403424
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 134.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:36 pm Post subject:

Name: COUMBIS, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 25
Date of Death: 18/01/1944
Service No: 160071
Additional information: Son of George and Margaret Coumbis; husband of Margaret Coumbis, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 129.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:36 pm Post subject:

Name: CROTTY, RAYMOND JOHN
Initials: R J
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 21/07/1944
Service No: 410957
Additional information: Son of Cornelius John and Annie Crotty, of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 122.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject:

Name: ERRINGTON, RICHARD ALLAN
Initials: R A
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 20
Date of Death: 01/12/1941
Service No: R/81422
Additional information: Son of Richard Allen Errington and Charlotte Lucy Errington, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 135.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject:

Name: HALEY, JAMES FRANCIS
Initials: J F
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death: 21/07/1942
Service No: J/15272
Additional information: Son of John Thomas Haley and Violet Beatrice Haley, of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 133.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:38 pm Post subject:

Name: NORTHMORE, DARIUS BEDE
Initials: D B
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 25
Date of Death: 21/07/1944
Service No: 432683
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Eleanor Northmore, of Bondi, New South Wales, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 121.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:39 pm Post subject:

Name: O'GRADY, EDWARD
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Obs. U/T)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Date of Death: 10/10/1941
Service No: 656935
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 136.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject:

Name: PATTEN, GUY
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Airman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Peregrine.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 28/03/1940
Service No: FX77508
Additional information: Son of Cecil George and Rhoda Patten, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 137.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY

spoons · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject:

Name: POTTINGER, ERIC THOMAS ALSTON
Initials: E T A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 21
Date of Death: 18/01/1944
Service No: 1437341
Additional information: Son of Thomas Charles Alston Pottinger and of Kathleen Mary Pottinger (nee Moore), of New Malden, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 128.
Cemetery: STONEYKIRK CEMETERY