The Scottish War Graves Project

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Helensburgh Cemetery, Old Luss Road, Helensburgh G84 7BS

Name: ABBEY, HENRY RICHARD GOODWIN
Initials: H R G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Pioneer Corps
Age: 29
Date of Death: 30/10/1942
Service No: 13058879
Additional information: Son of William Goodwin Abbey and Pauline Abbey; husband of Lilian Kate Abbey, of Deptford, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Walk 7. Grave 1.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: ADAM, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 2802 Sqdn. R.A.F. Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 20/02/1943
Service No: 1374242
Additional information: Son of James and Annie Adam, of Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Walk 5B. Grave 51.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: AITKEN, WILLIAM JAMES LIGHTBODY
Initials: W J L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: H.M.S. "Colleen"
Date of Death: 16/04/1917
Additional information: Husband of Mrs. Aitken, of Carrowbeg, South Newport. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Newport Presbyterian Churchyard, Co. Mayo.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2 (Screen Wall).
Memorial: GRANGEGORMAN MEMORIAL, IRELAND.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: ALEXANDER, JOHN COLLINSON
Initials: J C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Date of Death: 21/10/1941
Service No: 33456
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Walk 7. Grave 3.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: BALDWIN, HERBERT
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 26/04/1943
Service No: 6294865
Additional information: Son of Herbert and Mary Ann Baldwin; husband of Martha Baldwin, of Marylebone, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 10. A. 16.
Cemetery: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, TUNISIA.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: BIDIE, GEORGE MAXWELL VEREKER
Initials: G M V
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps
Secondary Regiment: Royal Scots
Secondary Unit Text: and 1st Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 08/07/1916
Additional information: Son of Lt.-Col. George Bidie, I.M.S.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. 19.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: BLERKOM, FRANCIS ALFRED WILLIAM
Initials: F A W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 101 Sqdn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 13/09/1944
Service No: 1869923
Additional information: Son of Francis T. Blerkom and Violet Blerkom, of Goodmayes, Essex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Walk 7. Grave 5.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: BONNAR, JAMES CRAWFORD
Initials: J C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 22/05/1915
Additional information: Son of James Dick Bonnar and Isabel Crawford Bonnar, of Cairnsmore, Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. 29.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: BULLOCKE, RAYMOND THEODOR MOORCROFT
Initials: R T M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 19
Date of Death: 21/10/1941
Service No: 932161
Additional information: Son of Charles Raymond Bullocke and Rosina Emily Bullocke, of Sanderstead, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Walk 7. Grave 15.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

CHAPPELL CHARLES E., ERA 3, D/MX 60537, HMS HARTLAND POINT, 22/06/1951, Aged 31.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: DRUMMOND, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: "A" Coy. 9th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 18/01/1915
Service No: 1678
Additional information: Son of David and Catherine Drummond, of 29, East Clyde St., Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 11.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: ELRICK, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 08/11/1918
Service No: 203722
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Elrick, of Stroul Lodge, Clynder, Glasgow. Born at Newhills, Aberdeenshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: R. 35.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: FEE, MARTHA MARY
Initials: M M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Auxiliary Territorial Service
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/07/1945
Service No: W/217758
Additional information: Daughter of James and Martha Hutchison Fee, of Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. N. Walk 7. Grave 1.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: GALLOWAY, PATRICK JAMES
Initials: P J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Trooper
Regiment/Service: Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Unit Text: 10th
Date of Death: 29/05/1941
Service No: 7926217
Additional information: Son of Henry and Mary Galloway; husband of Jeanie McDonald Galloway, of Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. N. Walk 4. Grave 1.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: GIANELLA, WILLIAM SIDNEY EMILIO
Initials: W S E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Age: 22
Date of Death: 21/10/1941
Service No: 630560
Additional information: Son of William Emilio and Lily Rose Gianella; husband of Joyce Grace Gianella, of Ashley Vale, Bristol.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Walk 7. Grave 21.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: GRAHAM, LACHLAN SEYMOUR
Initials: L S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 29/08/1917
Additional information: Son of Duncan Graham, of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVIII. C. 16.
Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM

Name: KIDSTON, ADRIAN ALAN OLIPHANT
Initials: A A O
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 452 Bty. 1 Mountain Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 01/11/1944
Service No: 304038
Additional information: Son of Brevet Colonel R. A. P. R. Kidston and Mrs. Kidston, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 1.
Memorial: GROESBEEK MEMORIAL, NETHERLANDS.

Name: KIDSTON, WILLIAM HAMILTON CAMPBELL
Initials: W H C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st/9th Bn. attd. 1st/8th Bn.
Age: 38
Date of Death: 08/08/1917
Additional information: Son of William Hamilton Kidston and Jessie Cecilia Brownlie Kidston, of Rosebank, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVII. B. 25.
Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: KING, DOUGLAS REID
Initials: D R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Unit Text: 74th Field Amb.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 07/06/1917
Awards: M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Additional information: Son of John and Isabella Macfarlane Colville King, of Auchengower, Helensburgh and Cove, Lochlongside. M.B., Ch.B. of Glasgow University.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 9.
Cemetery: OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY, BELGIUM.

Name: BONAR LAW, CHARLES JOHN
Initials: C J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 3rd Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 19/04/1917
Additional information: Second son of the Right Hon. A. Bonar Law.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. A. 9.
Cemetery: GAZA WAR CEMETERY

Name: LAW, JAMES KIDSTON
Initials: J K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps
Unit Text: 60th Sqdn.
Secondary Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Secondary Unit Text: and
Age: 24
Date of Death: 21/09/1917
Additional information: Eldest son of the Right Hon. A. Bonar Law.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, FRANCE.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: KELLY
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Age: 37
Date of Death: 17/09/1920
Service No: 17389
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: N. 8. 20.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: MACKENZIE
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: ALIAS
Date of Death: 11/06/1919
Service No: 28919
Additional information: See BRABENDER, the true family name.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: BRABENDER, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 14th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 11/06/1919
Service No: 28919
Additional information: (Served as MACKENZIE).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: N. 8. 20.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND

Name: MacLELLAN, ARCHIBALD
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 90 Field Regt.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 14/02/1944
Service No: 1943534
Additional information: Son of Donald and Annie Ross MacLellan, of Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Walk 1. Grave 90.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: McCONNELL, ALEXANDER KANE
Initials: A K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 23
Date of Death: 02/08/1941
Service No: T/104573
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Jane McConnell, of Helensburgh; husband of Annie McConnell, of Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. L. North. Grave 1.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: McCORMACK
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Secondary Regiment: Labour Corps
Secondary Unit Text: transf. to (565600, Pte.) 91st P.O.W. Coy.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 07/03/1919
Service No: 6157
Additional information: Son of Bernard and Sarah Fisher McCormack.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: N. 8. 22.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: McLAUGHLIN, WILLIAM DESMOND JOHN
Initials: W D J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 24
Date of Death: 21/10/1941
Service No: 1007719
Additional information: Son of William and Margaret McLaughlin, of Glasgow; husband of Elizabeth M. McLaughlin, of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Walk 7. Grave 9.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: NEIL
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Age: 25
Date of Death: 19/01/1919
Service No: S/4361
Additional information: Son of Margaret Neil, of 10, Glenfinlas St., Helensburgh, and the late Claud Neil.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: L. 5. 3. 35.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: NICHOLL, ALAN HOPE SMITH
Initials: A H S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: 24th Bde.
Date of Death: 21/03/1918
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 1.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.

Name: POLMONT, JOHN ERNEST
Initials: J E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: H.M.S. Spartiate.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 03/10/1942
Additional information: Son of William and Janet Polmont, of Helensburgh; husband of Lucretia Jane Polmont.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Walk 5B. Grave 14.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: SMITH, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Pioneer Corps
Date of Death: 24/07/1942
Service No: 2937602
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. N. Walk N.B. Grave 17.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

Name: SORLEY, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 24/12/1919
Service No: 20755
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sorley, of 35, East King St., Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: M. 7. 23.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

Name: SPEIRS
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
Secondary Regiment: Labour Corps
Secondary Unit Text: transf. to (4425)
Age: 40
Date of Death: 11/03/1920
Service No: S/24040
Additional information: Husband of Annie Speirs, of 37, Grant St., Helensburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 9.
Cemetery: HELENSBURGH CEMETERY, SCOTLAND.

TAYLOR MBE MM T.O. Major, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Died 03/03/1957

WALKER MC, NORMAN CAPTAIN who died 22nd Dec. 1984 aged 87 Years.

Name: YOUNG, GEORGE WILLIAM
Initials: G W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 4th Bn.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 08/04/1918
Additional information: Son of James and Laticia Lillah Young, of Rockmount, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 9.
Cemetery: HAUTMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE.

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