The Scottish War Graves Project

spoons · Last edited by spoons on Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:36 pm; edited 1 time in total

OS Map Ref NX 808 598

To the left of the road from Dalbeattie to Castle Douglas opposite Buittle Church which is signposted from the road.

Number of CWGC burials 1

spoons · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject:

Name: McQUAKER, HELEN ADAIR
Initials: H A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Wren
Regiment/Service: Women's Royal Naval Service
Unit Text: H.M.S. Cochrane II.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 31/12/1945
Service No: 78304
Additional information: Daughter of James A. McQuaker and Janet McQuaker, of Dalbeattie.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Grave 20.
Cemetery: BUITTLE CEMETERY

This is a private stone on a CWGC listed grave

spoons · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject:

Name: BRYDSON
Initials: G D B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn.
Date of Death: 02/09/1918
Service No: 56404
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. H. 5.
Cemetery: BOYELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

and his brother who was lost in the following war

Name: BRYDSON, WILLIAM CANDLISH
Initials: W C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Master
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: M.V. Silver Maple (London).
Age: 38
Date of Death: 27/02/1944
Additional information: Son of James and Jane Ellen Brydson; husband of Mildred Jean Brydson, of West Derby, Liverpool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 62.
Cemetery: TAKORADI EUROPEAN PUBLIC CEMETERY

kenmorrison · Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 747

MODS: I'm not sure I should have posted this here. It's in a cemetery but it's not a grave. I have posted it as a "individual" memorial at

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=41441&mforum=warmemscot#41441

The bench in the overview photo of the cemetery has a small plaque on the rear.

Name: COUPLAND, LORENZO DIAZ
Initials: L D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Age: 22
Date of Death: 03/11/1942
Service No: 49802
Additional information: Son of Robert and Jane Coupland, of Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. N. Lot 93. Grave 5.
Cemetery: MONTGOMERY (OAKWOOD) CEMETERY ANNEXE

His CWG is on findagrave

Montgomery (Oakwood) Cemetery Annexe contains 78 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, all airmen who died while training in Alabama under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. (CWGC)