Tour Scotland Video Hastings War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland travel video of Gunner, George Douglas Hastings, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry, history visit and trip to Montrose, Scotland. George served with the Royal Artillery and died aged 25, on the 23rd of September 1944. He was the son of George Henry and Ellen Martha Hastings, of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. In mid 1943 the Royal Artillery reached its peak strength, some 700,000 strong, about 26% of total British Army strength and about the same size as the Royal Navy, including about 5% officers, in some 630 regiments, 65 training regiments and six officer cadet training units. The Regiment suffered some 31,000 killed during the course of the Second World War.
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Tour Scotland Video Kelly War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland travel video of Greaser, Frederick Kelly, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Montrose. Frederick served with the Merchant Navy on S.S. Queensbury cargo ship and died aged 53, on the 6th of June 1941. He was the son of William and Emma Kelly. Convoys arriving from America or merchant ships with war supplies from the Empire bound for the major east coast ports could not risk running through the English Channel. Accordingly, they would collect in the west coast of Scotland deep water anchorages such as the Oban Roads, before moving up around the north of Scotland and starting the perilous passage down the east coast to the main ports. The SS Queensbury was sunk off Inverbervie in one convoy.
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Tour Scotland Video Sewed War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland travel video of the Private, Leonard Sewed, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Montrose, Scotland. Leonard served with the Pioneer Corps and died on the 13th of February 1941. In the early part of World War II the Pioneer Corps was apparently the only British military unit in which enemy aliens could serve. Thousands of German and Austrian nationals joined the Pioneer Corps to assist Allied war efforts and the liberation of their home countries. They typically were Jews and political opponents of the Nazi Regime who had fled to Britain, including film production designer Ken Adam, writer George Clare, and publisher Robert Maxwell.
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Tour Scotland Video David War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland travel video of the Flying Officer, Albert Edgar David, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Montrose, Scotland. Albert served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 22, on the 31st of January 1943. He was the son of Albert Edgar and Loula May David; husband of Marjorie David ( nee Waring ), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Tour Scotland Video Wyllie War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland travel video of Sergeant, Andrew Macgregor Wyllie, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Montrose, Scotland. Andrew served with the Royal Australian Air Force and died aged 30, on the 28th of December 1942. He was the son of Andrew Murray MacGregor Wyllie and Josephine Lottie Wyllie, of Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Mavis Marjorie Wyllie, of Glebe Point, New South Wales.
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