The Scottish War Graves Project

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: ANDERSON, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Signalman
Regiment/Service: Royal Corps of Signals
Age: 22
Date of Death: 29/06/1942
Service No: 2335176
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Mary Anderson, of Longriggend; husband of Margaret A. Anderson.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row D. Grave 368.
Cemetery: NEW MONKLAND (LANDWARD) CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: FERGUSON, WILLIAM BRISBANE
Initials: W B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 19
Date of Death: 22/10/1944
Service No: 1826294
Additional information: Son of Isaiah Ferguson, and stepson of Jemima Ferguson, of Caldercruix.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row D. Grave 239.
Cemetery: NEW MONKLAND (LANDWARD) CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: SCOUGALL, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Guardsman
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Age: 31
Date of Death: 30/12/1940
Service No: 2699227
Additional information: Son of Peter Scougall and of Annie Scougall (nee Clark).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row D. Grave 77.
Cemetery: NEW MONKLAND (LANDWARD) CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: YOUNG, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Age: 29
Date of Death: 13/07/1945
Service No: 3322757
Additional information: Son of Robert and Jeanie Young; husband of Margaret Young, of Caldercruix.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row D. Grave 305.
Cemetery: NEW MONKLAND (LANDWARD) CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

The following posts are all Non-CWGC burials and are of stones in all three cemeteries which make up New Monkland as a whole.

(The separate cemeteries are: Landward, Ryden Mains and New Monkland 'the Joint')

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: ADAMS, JOHN BELL (JACKIE)
Initials: J B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 1 Bomb Disposal Sec.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 03/07/1945
Service No: 2890317
Additional Information: Son of William and Isabella Adams (nee Harper)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 20. D. 15-20.
Cemetery: PHALERON WAR CEMETERY

SNWM:
Surname ADAMS
Firstname John B
Service number 2890317
Date of death 03/07/1945
Place of birth Airdrie
SNWM roll ROYAL ENGINEERS
Rank Spr
Theatre of death Balkans & Greece Campaign, 1944-45

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: ADAMS, JOSEPH
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: "M" Coy. 10th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Service No: S/5407
Additional information: Son of Robert and Margaret Adams (nee Gemmell). Brother of Elizabeth Macaulay, of Shawlands, Greenfoot, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 115 to 119.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: ADAMSON, HUGH
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 17/06/1915
Service No: S/3536
Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Christina Adamson. SNWM lists birthplace as New Monkland, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 38.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: AIKEN, WILLIAM RITCHIE
Initials: W R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit Text: Details
Secondary Unit Text: (E.E.F.).
Age: 30
Date of Death: 31/12/1917
Service No: 182947
Additional information: Son of William Aiken and Jane [Jean] Aiken (nee Ritchie), of Airdrie, Lanarkshire. SNWM lists birthplace as New Monkland, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 134.
Cemetery: ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: AITKEN, ANDREW
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 4th Bn.
Secondary Unit Text: (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles)
Age: 26
Date of Death: 19/06/1915
Service No: 1027
Additional Information: Son of John Fleming and Margaret Burns Aitken (nee Tudhope)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 26 to 30.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: AITKEN, ANDREW DANSKINE
Initials: A D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 2nd/2nd (Lowland) Field Coy.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 04/08/1916
Additional Information: Son John Aitken (ex-Baillie of Airdrie) and Janet Aitken (nee Danskine)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 124.
Cemetery: KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: AITKEN, IAN
Initials: I
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 26
Date of Death: 12/04/1941
Service No: 192665
Additional information: Son of John and Mary Aitken (nee Livingstone), of Airdrie, Lanarkshire; husband of Margaret H. B. Aitken (nee Montgomery), of Airdrie. SNWM lists birthplace as Derbyshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: L. 17.
Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

And his brother

Name: AITKEN, ALAN HENDERSON
Initials: A H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 161 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 23/03/1945
Service No: 175821
Additional Information: Son of John and Mary Aitken (nee Livingstone), of Airdrie, Lanarkshire. SNWM lists birthplace as Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot E. Row 4. Grave 5.
Cemetery: HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: AITKEN, JAMES MAHON
Initials: J M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Service No: 4535
Additional information: Son of George and Martha Aitken, of "Glenton," Carlisle Rd., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. SNWM lists birthplace as New Monkland, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 78 to 83.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: AITKEN, JOHN ALEXANDER (JACK)
Initials: J A
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Secondary Regiment: Gordon Highlanders
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 2nd Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 27/08/1944
Service No: CDN/599
Additional information: Son of John and Catherine Sanders Aitken. Husband of Josephine Margaret Aitken (nee Munro), of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVIII. F. 4.
Cemetery: BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

apanderson · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6909 Location: Stirlingshire

Name: ALSTON, JOHN DOUGLAS
Initials: J D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 10/03/1915
Additional information: Son of Andrew Thomson and Georgina Watts Alston (nee Cowie), of Thornhill, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Born 24/10/1890. SNWM lists birthplace as Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. J. 1.
Cemetery: BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT

And his nephew

Name: STRICKLAND, DENYS DOUGLAS
Initials: D D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 37 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 29/05/1941
Service No: 741321
Additional information: Grandson of Andrew Thomson and Georgine Watts Alston (nee Cowie)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 3. A. 4-9.
Cemetery: RHODES WAR CEMETERY