The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project
(Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Southdean Church - Sgt T ROBSON-SCOTT

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Borders - Individual Memorials
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
DerekR
Moderator


Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 3013
Location: Hawick, Scotland

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:56 pm    Post subject: Southdean Church - Sgt T ROBSON-SCOTT Reply with quote

Bronze memorial plaque within Southdean Church (Chesters) dedicated to SGT T ROBSON-SCOTT.

UKNIWM Ref No. 44210
O/S Map Ref: NT624109


_________________

Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
DerekR
Moderator


Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 3013
Location: Hawick, Scotland

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: ROBSON-SCOTT
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 106 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 12/12/1941
Service No: 1371161
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. E. 14.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
_________________

Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

from lostbombers.co.uk

Hampden bomber of 106 squadron Airborne 1040 from Coningsby. Cause of loss not established. Crashed between Oberhausen and Osterfeld, Germany. All are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. F/L H.D.Webber KIA Sgt S.V.Crowhurst RNZAF KIA Sgt F.Norman KIA Sgt T.Robson-Scott KIA
_________________
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
stuartn



Joined: 13 Dec 2016
Posts: 2551

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:58 pm    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) report Reply with quote

WMR 81060
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thomas Robson-Scott – age 19 – Sergeant/Air Gunner (1371161) 106 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Thomas had been the Laird of Lethem since his father's death in 1937. He joined the RAF in 1940 and his Hampden bomber had taken off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire for a raid on Gelsenkirchen but the aircraft crashed near Oberhausen. He was buried in Dusseldorf North Cemetery but was re-interred at Reichswald in November 1946.
Born 1922 in Southdean. Son of the late Thomas William Robson-Scott (died 1937) and of his second wife Violet (Cunningham) Robson-Scott of Lethem, Southdean who he had married in 1918 in Jedburgh.
Killed in Action on 12 December 1941 and buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
His elder brother John, Private (1563) 1/1st Lothian and Borders Horse died in 1915 from an illness contracted while in training and they are both named on the Southdean Parish War Memorial.
_________________
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Tony H



Joined: 27 Oct 2019
Posts: 17
Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Further info on Sgt A.T. Robson Scott

Sgt T. Robson-Scott was the Rear Gunner of 106 Sqn Hampden AE391 ZN-? that had departed RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire at 1040 for Ops Gelsenkirchen on 12/12/41

The cause of the loss is not known - however as this was a daylight Op, it may have been down to Flak or Day Fighters

The aircraft crashed between Oberhausen and Oberfeld, Germany with the loss of all four crew
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Borders - Individual Memorials All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com