Showing posts with label royal artillery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label royal artillery. Show all posts

John Campbell, Sandwick Park, Stornoway

Gunner JOHN CAMPBELL
Kyler
Last address in Lewis: 10 Sandwick Park, Stornoway
Son of Malcolm and Marion Campbell, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Ross Mountain Battery, 203 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 852171
Date of death: between 10 and 12 June 1940 at the age of 21
Killed in action at St Valery
Memorial: Dunkirk, column 11
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

Atholl Maclean, Westview Terrace, Stornoway

Lieutenant ATHOLL MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 7 Westview Terrace, Stornoway
Son of Hector Henry and Daisy Miriam McLean, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Service: Royal Artillery, 84 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 145580
Date of death: 5 November 1942 at the age of 22
Interred: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, grave 4. B. 11
Killed in action at El Alamein

Neil Donald Macaulay, Nicolson Road, Stornoway

Leading Bombardier NEIL DONALD MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 68 Nicolson Road, Stornoway
Son of Angus and Mary MacAulay, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Ross Mountain Battery, 203 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 1464639
Date of death: 10 June 1940 at the age of 22
Killed in action at St Valery
Interred: Veulettes-sur-Mer churchyard, grave 16
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

Norman Maclean, Keith Street, Stornoway

Gunner NORMAN MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 60 Keith Street, Stornoway
Service: Royal Artillery, 83 Bty., 16 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Service number: 1019810
Date of death: 19 March 1942 at the age of 48
Died in hospital in Baghdad
Interred: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, grave 23. H. 4.

Iain O'Brien Macgregor, Sandwick

Lieutenant Colonel IAIN O'BRIEN MACGREGOR
Last address in Lewis: 13 North Street, Sandwick
Son of Colonel John MacGregor, Indian Army, and Mabel MacGregor;
Husband of Diana Evelyn MacGregor, of Camberley, Surrey.
Service unit: Royal Artillery, 154 (The Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Service number: 18220
Date of death: 16 June 1944 at the age of 45
Died of wounds at Monte Cassino. Was a doctor
Interred: Cassino War Cemetery, grave XVIII. D. 10

John Hepburn, Holm

Leading Bombardier JOHN HEPBURN
Last address in Lewis: 9 Holm
Service unit: Ross Mountain Battery, 203 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 820666
Date of death: 20 March 1945 at the age of 33
Died at Nuremberg on march home.
Was POW after St Valery in Stalag VIIIB
Interred: Durnbach War Cemetery, grave 5. F. 7
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Charles Kemble, Holm

Gunner CHARLES KEMBLE
Last address in Lewis: 9 Holm
Son of Charles and Margaret Kemble;
Husband of Phyllis Joan Kemble, of Tooting, Surrey.
Service unit: Royal Artillery, 268 Bty., 67 (2/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 1461706
Date of death: 13 August 1940 at the age of 21
Died when his base was bombed
Interred: Maidstone Cemetery, plot CC1, grave 74
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John Roderick Fraser, Sand Street, Coulregrein

Gunner JOHN RODERICK FRASER
Fatty
Last address in Lewis: 12 Sand Street Coulregrein
Service unit: Royal Artillery, 39 Bty., 14 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Service number: 2815818
Date of death: 15 December 1943 at the age of 35
Killed in Italy
Interred: Bari War Cemetery, grave X. E. 8
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