The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:36 pm Post subject:

Name: MCQUATTERS, WILLIAM IAN
Initials: WI
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Observer/Radio Operator)
Service Number: 1324780
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 19/8/1942
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of William Alexander McQuatters and Mary McQuatters, of Rutherglen.
Grave Reference: Div S, Grave 248
Cemetery: Rutherglen Cemetery.

Also named on Stonelaw High School Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:43 pm Post subject:

Name: MCSHANE, NEAL
Initials: N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Assistant Steward
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy, MV Pecten (London)
Date of Death: 25/08/1940
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of James McShane, and of Mary B. McShane, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 80
Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.

The Pecten was a British Motor Tanker of 7,468 tons built in 1927 by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow and Hebburn-on-Tyne and was owned by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd. On the 25th August 1940 when on route from Trinidad for Clyde carrying 9,546 tons of fuel oil she was torpedoed by German submarine U-57 and sunk. 49 crew lost from a total crew 57. (Source: www.wrecksite.eu)

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:53 pm Post subject:

Name: MCTAVISH, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Trimmer
Regiment/Service: Naval Auxilliary Personnel (Merchant Navy), HMS St Briac
Date of Death: 12/03/1942
Age: 17
Additional Information: Son of James and Catherine McTavish, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: Sec C Coll grave 1239
Cemetery: Newmachar Cemetery.

ST. BRIAC was a British Passenger Vessel of 2,291 tons built in 1924 by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, for the Southern Railway Co, London. Taken into service by the navy June 1941 she served as a Fleet Air Arm target ship. Mined off Aberdeen on the 12th March 1942. (Source: www.wrecksite.eu)

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:08 pm Post subject:

Name: MENZIES, JAMES DICKSON
Initials: JD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 4038233
Regiment/Service: King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Date of Death: 11/2/1941
Age: 26
Additional Informaton: Son of James H. Menzies and Mary Colquhoun Dickson Menzies, of Perth.
Grave Reference: Sec A Parochial 2 Div Grave 160
Cemetery: Perth (Jeanfield and Wellshill) Cemetery.

Also named on Stonelaw Parish Church Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:13 pm Post subject:

Name: MILLER, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: 1143093
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 131 Field Regt
Date of Death: 20/9/1944
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of Mrs A. Miller, and stepson of Mr. R. Jarvie; husband of Jean Miller, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: I B 17
Cemetery: Geel War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:20 pm Post subject:

Name: MILLER, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3323301
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), 5th Bn
Date of Death: 27/10/1944
Age: 30
Additional Information: Son of Archibald and Catherine Miller, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Panel Reference: 8 C 6
Cemetery: Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:29 pm Post subject:

Name: MILLIKEN, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2758202
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 5th Bn
Date of Death: 19/3/1943
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of James and Alice D. Milliken; husband of Christina Ann Milliken, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Grave: VI C 11
Cemetery: Sfax War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:40 pm Post subject:

Name: MONAGHAN, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Fusilier
Service Number: 2766925
Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 9th Bn
Date of Death: 13/9/1944
Age: 32
Grave Reference: XVIII H 7
Cemetery: Coriano Ridge War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:45 pm Post subject:

Name: MONAGHAN, JAMES CARSON
Initials: JC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Navigator)
Service Number: 1568242
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 69 Sqdn
Date of Death: 24/2/1945
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of James Scott Monaghan and Margaret Carson Monaghan, of Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Grave Reference: X 27 57
Cemetery: Brussels Town Cemetery.

Also named on Stonelaw High School Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:49 pm Post subject:

Name: MOORE, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chief Steward
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy, SS Scottish Trader (London)
Date of Death: 6/12/1941
Age: 29
Additional Information: Son of John and Bridget Moore; husband of Elizabeth Moore, of Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Panel 94
Memoral: Tower Hill Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:54 pm Post subject:

Name: MOORE, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Seaman
Service Number: LT/JX 409791
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Patrol Service , H.M. Trawler Ganilly
Date of Death: 5/7/1944
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of James and Elizebeth Moore, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 14, Column 2
Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:59 pm Post subject:

Name: MUIR, GEORGE JAMES BRYCE
Initials: GJB
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 2121517
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 71 Field Coy
Date of Death: 11/11/1944
Age: 33
Additional Information: Son of George and Jessie M. Muir; husband of Helen Muir, of Burnside, Glasgow.
Grave ReferenceL Plot KK, Grave 213
Cemetery: Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:14 pm Post subject:

Name: MUIR, JAMES PATRICK
Initials: JP
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Guardsman
Service Number: 2698435
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 25/9/1943
Age: 29
Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Catherine Kelly Muir; husband of Alice Maude Muir, of Enfield, Middlesex.
Grave Reference: III F 10
Cemetery: Salerno War Cemetery.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:18 pm Post subject:

Name: MUIR, WILLIAM COOK
Initials: WC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gunner)
Service Number: 1821246
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 100 Sqdn
Date of Death: 2/1/1945
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of William Duncan Muir, and of Isabella Muir (nee Dickson), of Burnside, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Grave Reference: 4 J 22
Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery.

Also named on Stonelaw High School Memorial and Stonelaw Parish Church Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:23 pm Post subject:

Name: MULLEN, HENRY
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Service Number: 127155
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Date of Death: 14/3/1944
Age: 44
Additional Information: Son of Edward J. Mullen and Mary Agnes Mullen; husband of Elizabeth Mullen. L.R.C.P. L.R.C.S.
Grave Reference: Sec 3, Grave 534
Cemetery: Glasgow (St Peter's) Roman Catholic Cemetery.