ROYAL NAVY
Writer
Born1916 at Botriphnie, Banffshire.
AddressStation House, Lossie.
ParentsA R Birnie,
Stationmaster, and Mary Helen Lamb
MarriedNo.
OccupationCivilian employed by Air Ministry.
Where diedHM Cruiser Hermione,
torpedoed 25 Mar 1941 in East Med.
OtherFather informed in July
1942 son missing, presumed killed.
Seaman RNRP/X 20994A
Bye-nameNicky.
Born1918.
AddressSeafield,
Union Street, Lossie.
ParentsJohn Campbell and Mary
Slater.
MarriedNo.
OccupationFisherman on the Covesea.
Where diedHMS Cape Howe, 4443t, on 21 June 1940, torpedoed off the South-West
Approaches. Thirteen men survived on a raft, picked up on 27th June 150 miles
off Ushant.
Able Seaman
RNR D/JX 344751
Born1924
Address52, Queen St, Lossie.
ParentsJohn J Cordiner and Mary
Wilson.
MarriedNo.
Occupation4th year apprentice painter with A Stewart,
Argyle Street.
Where died HMS Maharatta
25 Feb 1944. Sunk by U956 in Barents Sea,escorting a convoy to Russia, 17
survivors.
Seaman RNRTP/X 19660A
Bye-nameBenjie.
Born1919.
Address19, Queen Street, Lossie.
ParentsEdward Crockett and Margaret
Ann Stewart.
MarriedNo.
OccupationFisherman on the Kia-Ora.
Where diedHMS Blackburn Rovers, on 2 June 1940, at Dunkirk. She was
sunk, the crew got away in a small boat, but
were killed by an exploding depth-charge.
Engineman
RNR LT/X 2002ES
Bye-nameDoddie.
Born1916.
Address62Dunbar Street.
ParentsWm Crockett and Elizabeth
Stewart (Leeb).
MarriedNo.
OccupationFisherman on the Verbena.
Where diedHMT River Clyde, 5 August 1940, by a mine off Aldeburgh.
Chief
Skipper RNR
Bye-nameAndra.
Born1898.
AddressGlenelg,
Queen St.
ParentsJohn Flett
and Mary MacIntosh.
Marriedto Isabella Murray.
ChildrenIan, Joseph, Alec, and Isobel.
OccupationFisherman, Skipper of the Plough.
Where diedOn the armed troop-carrier Lisbon Maru,
with 2000 Japanese troops, crossing
from HK to Japan when she was hit 100 miles off Ningpo,
Shanghai, by the US submarine Grouper on 2 Oct
1942. The troops were taken off by a destroyer,but the prisoners were kept confined in the
hold even afterthe ship settled on a sandbank, so
that approx 846 were lost. A few escaped, and about 970 continued as POW.
OtherTaken prisoner at the fall
of Hong Kong, on boom defence.
L TelD/JX 18646
Bye-nameDougie
Born1921.
AddressElgin House, King Street,
Lossie.
ParentsRobert J Sim,
Postmaster, and xxxxxxxx yyyyy
Marriedto Margaret Maclaren.
Children
Derrick
OccupationPost Office.
Where diedDied of TB after the war, in
Liverpool, in 1946.
StokerRNPS
LT/KX 104790
Bye-nameJoe.
Born1920.
AddressGlencairn,
Kimberley Street, Lossie and 13 Union St.
Parents
Raised by his Aunt and Uncle, Margaret Ann Smith and William Stewart,
after the death of his Father.
OccupationFisherman on the Ray of Hope.
Where diedOff Harwich onboard HMT Fleming, 24
July 1940.
SeamanRN Patrol ServiceLT/JX 280042
Bye-nameNunca.
Born1921.
Address32, Kinneddar Street.
ParentsGeorge Souter and Elsie
Campbell.
Married?No
OccupationFisherman, cook on the Planet.
Where diedHMT Tervani,
7 Feb 1943, sailed from Algiers did not return.
Leading
Seaman RNRLT/X
9371B
Bye-nameSoupies.
Born1911.
AddressKing Street, Lossie.
ParentsGeorge Souter (Soupies) and Elizabeth Smith, 2 Seatown.
Marriedto Catherine Ralph, 27 King
Street.
ChildrenBetty and William.
OccupationFisherman on the Gracie.
Where diedHMT Myrtle, hoisting a magnetic mine onboard from their sweep
in Thames Estuary on 14 June 1940 when it exploded.
Sea/G
Where died
OtherNot in Scottish National
War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle.
Seaman,
RNPS LT/JX 241906
Bye-nameAlec.
Born1906.
Address82, Menzies
Road Torry, Aberdeen.
ParentsJohn Stewart and Isabella
Farquhar 7, Grampian Road Torry,Aberdeen.
MarriedTo Ann McLeod Smith, 20, High
Street, Lossie.
Children
Ian.
OccupationLine Fisherman.
Where diedHMT Uberty,
7 May 1941, bombed on way back from patrol off
Lowestoft.
OtherBrother of Joseph Stewart,
RN, nephew of James Stewart MN.
Seaman RNR
Bye-namePossibly a repeat of A Stewart
RNPS who was also RNR.
CPOLT/JX 738SB
Bye-name
Born24 Sept 1900.
Address49, Seatown,
Lossie.
ParentsGeorge Stewart and Christina(Teenie) Stewart, 27, Seatown.
Marriedto Jessie(Janet) Imlach,
Buckie.
ChildrenTwins, Janet and Christina.
OccupationSkipper of the Daisy.
Where diedHMS Europa
(shore base) Lowestoft 12 May 1943.
2nd HandLT/JX 167014
RNPS
Bye-nameGeordie Pencils.
Born1913.
Address23, Union St, LossiePossibly Aberdeen
ParentsWilliam Stewart(Maisie) and Catherine Stewart.
MarriedNo
ChildrenNo
OccupationLine fisherman in Aberdeen.
Where diedHMT Burke, Dover 19 August 1940Shot by German aircraft while playing football
at Dover Castle.
CPO
Bye-name
Born1915.
AddressShamrock House, Brander Street,
Lossie.
ParentsGeorge Stewart (Dogger) and Jane Crockett.
MarriedNo.
OccupationFisherman on the Reaper.
Where diedHMT Recoil, at sea, 28 Sept 1940,
buried Parkstone Cemetery, Poole.
CPO
Born
Address
Parents
Where died
OtherNot in Scottish National
War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle
SeamanRNR
LT/X 9385
Bye-nameJimmie Robbie.
Born1911.
Address33, Seatown.
ParentsRobert Stewart and Mary
Stewart.
MarriedNo.
OccupationFisherman on the Salvia.
Where diedHMS Firefly 3 Feb 1940 aged 28, hoisting a mine aboard,
when a destroyer passed at speed.
Acting Leading
Aircraftman (Ty)
RN FAA/FX 7310
Bye-nameJohnnie.
Born1920.
Address11, Union Street.
ParentsJames Stewart and Elizabeth
(Betsy) Thain.
MarriedNo.
OccupationChemist's Assistant with J Murray, Queen
St, Lossie.
Where diedHMS Victorious, aircraft carrier 12 August 1942. Shipsurvived the war to be scrapped at Faslane '69.
OtherHe had survived when the
Ark Royal was torpedoed in 1940.
Ordinary
Seaman C/JX 408 971
Bye-nameJohnny.
Born1925.
Address12, Union St Lossie.
ParentsJohn Stewart and Annie
McLeod.
MarriedNo.
OccupationConstruction work at the aerodrome.
Where diedHMMTB 621, 25 Feb 1944, off Yarmouth.
Other
After a battle, accidentally killed when another Allied ship (?US)
discharged a gun during cleaning.
Skipper RNR
Bye-nameSkipper.
Born1914.
Address195, Victoria Road Torry, Aberdeen.
ParentsJohn Stewart and Isabella
Farquhar, Aberdeen and 20,Union Street,
Lossie.
Marriedto Nellie Stewart, 30 Union
St, Lossie.
ChildrenJoseph.
OccupationLine Fisherman.
Where diedHMS Kindred Star, 9 April 1944. Died in Portland Naval Hospital
following a road accident.
OtherBrother of Alexander
Stewart RN, nephew of Jas Stewart MN.
Able Seaman
RNR PX/67593
Bye-nameBochel.
Born1904.
Address4, Union Street, Lossie.
ParentsGeorge Stewart (died 8 June
1941) and Jessie Scott
39, Commerce
Street.
Marriedto Elspeth
McLeod (Cloudie).
OccupationFisherman on the Daisy.
Where died HMS Fiji, an 8000t
cruiser, sunk by German and Italian bombs off the island of Antikithera,
Crete during the evacuation, on 23 May 1941. A total of 231 men were lost,but 534 picked
up by destroyers Kandahar and Kingston.
OtherHis sister Anna Bella was
killed when the SS Athenia was torpedoed, 3 Sept
1939.
MERCHANT
NAVY AND FISHING FLEET
Chief
Electrician
Bye-nameSandy.
Born
1914.
Address Dunearn,
James St, Lossie.
Parents William
Christie, Builder, and Barbara Cormack.
OccupationElectrician at the Electricity Station
Lossie.
Where diedMV Melbourne Star, 12000t, on 2 April 1943. Torpedoed 600m
SE of Bermuda, 4 survivors. 31 passengers and 82 crew lost
Other Brother
of Robert G M Christie, RAF.
Radio Operator
Bye-nameDonnie.
Born1921.
AddressBaptist Manse, King Street,
Lossie.
ParentsDonald Fletcher, Baptist
Minister and Ellen Gee.
OccupationMN.
Where diedSS Empire Purcel, a 7040t steamship,
bombed 27 May 1942, on trip from Middlesborough
to N Russia via Reykjavik.
3rd Electrician
Bye-nameWillie.
Born1919.
Address21, Union Street, Lossie.
ParentsAlexander Reid Flett and Jessie Stewart.
OccupationPlumber and electrician with Morrison,
Lossie.
Where diedSS Orama, a 19840t steamship on
8 June 1940. Sunk by gunfire from the
cruiser Admiral Hipper, evacuating troops from Norway. 280 men were saved,
with nineteen men lost.
Second Hand
Born1894.
Address7 Grampian Road,Torry,
Aberdeen.
ParentsWilliam Gault and Jane Ann
Smith, Granville, James Street.
Marriedto Isabella Flett.
ChildrenWilliam and Mary.
OccupationLine Fisherman.
Where diedFV Kinclaven, (A 17) Aberdeen steam
trawler of 178t, lost with all ten
of the crew off the Faroes ca 27th March 1941.
Ordinary Seaman
Bye-nameDiddy.
Born1903.
Address7, Abbey Place, Torry, Aberdeen.
ParentsWilliam Main and Jane
Stewart, 44 Commerce Street
Marriedto Nellie King.
ChildrenJohn and Marlene.
OccupationLine Fisherman.
Where diedFV Nisus,A 318 a trawler on 15 March 1941, in Faroese waters.
Engineer
Bye-nameWillie.
Born1908
Address72, Queen St, Lossie.
ParentsJames McLeod (Fiddler) and
Margaret (Maisie) McKenzie.
Marriedto the then late Isobel Main
ChildrenWilliam
OccupationFisherman on the Atalanta
Where diedAccidentally drowned at Lyness, Orkney
OtherBuried at Lyness Naval Cemetery
Able Seaman
Bye-nameSye
Potts.
Born1924.
Address13C, High Street Lossie.
ParentsAlexander Souter and Annie
Stewart, 13C High Street.
MarriedNo.
OccupationFisherman on the Freda May.
Where diedSS Empire Gilbert, 6640t on 2 Nov 1942, Iceland, between
Spitzbergen and Jan Mayen Island
in a convoy from the Tyne to Archangel.
OtherThree survivors were taken
POW by the U-boat after 3 hrs in the water.
Skipper
Bye-nameJamie Stiff.
Born1896.
AddressVictoria Road, Torry, Aberdeen
ParentsAlexander Stewart and
Catherine McKenzie
Marriedto Elspeth
Stewart (Loll)
ChildrenKatherine and William
OccupationLine fisherman.
Where diedFV Fern Bank, a steam trawler, bombed on 17 Nov 1941 12m
NW of Myggenaes Light, Faroes.
He survived but was machine-gunned in the lifeboat and died later. In the
attack 4 men died. Uncle of Alexander and Joseph Stewart RN andof William Stewart MN.
Sailor
Bye-name
Paper John. (A corruption of Potato Jones, a popular
blockade-runner during the Spanish Civil War.)
Born1923.
Address
Dalmeny, High Street, Lossie.
ParentsJohn Stewart (Mysie) and Catherine C Murray.
MarriedNo.
OccupationFisherman on the Lydia Ann.
Where diedSS Empire Gilbert, 2 November 1942,
see A Souter above.
OtherThree survivors were taken
POW by the U-boat.
ABNo entry in the
Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
Pte 2817381Territorial Army
Bye-nameJimmy.
Born1914-1916.
Address49, Church Streeet.
ParentsJames Allan and Edith
Alexander.
Married?Yes.
Children Johnny Allan, Vancouver, BC
OccupationPlasterer with Johnny Wilson, Father
of James Wilson, REME.
Where diedFrance21 May 1940. Possibly at St Valery.
Other
His Mother was killed in the Church Street air crash on20th May 1945, along with his adopted sister
Vera.
Buried in Bus
House Cemetery, Near Ypres, Belgium.
Pte 2820182Territorial Army
Bye-name
Born1918.
Address1, Dee Street, Lossie.
ParentsJames Andrews and Louisa Whyte.
MarriedNo
OccupationFarm servant at Midtown Findrassie, then construction work at the aerodrome.
Where diedFrance, on or after 24 May 1940,
possibly at Dunkirk.
OtherBuried in Bus House
Cemetery, Near Ypres, Belgium.
Pte 2822367Territorial Army
Born1922.
Address41, Clifton Road.
ParentsAndrew Christie and Jessie
Scott.
MarriedNo.
Other Buried in Diego Suarez War
Cemetery.
Sergeant 2813279Territorial Army
Address 4, Allan Lane Lossie.
Marriedto Elizabeth (Bessie) Stewart.
ChildrenJean, Stewart (Sonny), and Robert.
OccupationEstate worker with Pitgaveny Estates.
Where diedIn the battle for Dunkirk on or after
12 June 1940.
OtherBuried at Bailleul.
Pte2821470 Territorial Army
Address1, Rose Lane.
ParentsWm Jenkins and Elizabeth
McRae.
MarriedNo.
OccupationPlasterer with John Wilson, King St.
Where diedAt Sea, near Sicily, 10-12 July 1945.
Pte2820501
5th BatallionTerritorial Army
Bye-nameJackie.
Born7 June 1920.
Address39, Church St, Lossie.
ParentsMary Matthews.
Marriedto Isobel ?????
OccupationLabourer.
Where diedWestern Europe, 18 Nov 1944, near Arnhem in Holland.
Pte2818152
2nd Btn Seaforths.Territorial Army
Bye-nameBill.
Bornin Orkney Islands.
AddressCoral Peel, Inchbroom
Road, Lossie.
ParentsJames Russell Rosie and
Elizabeth Jane XXX.
Lance CorporalTerritorial Army
Bye-nameJohnny Bunnack.
Born29 December, 1918.
Address6, Seatown
Lossie.
ParentsWilliam Stewart and Jane
Souter.
Marriedto Jessie Hay.
ChildrenWilliam.
OccupationPlasterer.
Where diedFrance, 10 June 1940. Posted missing
from then until 1943.
OtherBuried in Artes village Cemetery, Near Dieppe.
OTHER SERVICES
Pte5th BatallionKOSB
14717769
Bye-nameJocky.
Born1928.
Address39 Church St Lossie.
ParentsJohn Cameron and Mary
Mathews.
MarriedNo.
OccupationLabourer.
Where diedW Europe, 2 April 1945, aged 17.
OtherLied about his age to
enlist.
Half-brother of
J Matthews, Seaforths.
DriverRASC
1069060
Bye-nameDod.
Born1903.
AddressBay View, Clifton Road Lossie.
ParentsRobert Cordiner and Margaret
Mitchell, 15 Victoria Street.
Marriedto Jean Anderson.
ChildrenBertie, Jean,
Margaret, John, George and Reggie.
OccupationFish Merchant.
Where diedWoking, Surrey on 27 Jan 1942.
SapperSAE
Born
Address
Parents
Where died
Other
Senior Fireman,
Canadian Fire Services.
Bye-nameJohnnie.
Born1907
Address48, Seatown,
Lossie.
ParentsJames Coull
and Maggie Jane Stewart.
Marriedto Enna
Tongeson, Muskoga
Apartments, Winnipeg, Canada
Children
One daughter, Joyce.
OccupationFireman.
Where diedEnemy action at Wimbledon, London, 3
July 1944.
Other
A fireman, returned from Canada at outbreak of war. Two of his cousins
also died, Jack Long and John C Cowie, RAF.
GunnerRoyal Artillery934334
Bye-name
Born1919.
Address
ParentsRobert and Mary Dean.
Marriedto Gladys Laing.
OccupationLabourer at the Aerodrome.
Where diedNorth Africa 21 April 1943.
Alexander Grant Gilbert DCM
CaptainKings African Rifle Corps
Bye-name
Born
Address
ParentsYoungest son of Wm and Elspet Gilbert, Rowan Brae, Stotfield.
Married?
Children
Occupation
Where diedMilitary Hospital, Nairobi in May
1944.
OtherNot in Scottish National
War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle.
SapperDock Operating Company
Bye-nameRhuie.
Born10 Dec 1913
Address17, Quarry Court Lossie.
ParentsWilliam Grant and Maggie
Reid.
MarriedNo.
OccupationFarmworker,
then unloading cargo boats at Lossie Harbour.
Where diedAt Sea, missing, believed drowned, 17
June 1943.
F/Sgt NZAF
Bye-nameJack.
Born 1919.
AddressNew Zealand.
ParentsDavid Long, Nairn and Christine(Teenie)
Campbell.
Married?No.
OccupationPossibly an electrician.
Where diedRear-gunner in a Wellington, returned
from being an instructor
for a raid on which his plane was shot down.
OtherNot in NZ records, nor in
RAF at Edinburgh Castle.
Lieutenant, 1st Batallion, Manchester Regiment
Born
AddressBraeriach,
James St, Lossie.
ParentsJimmy Low, Net Manufacturer,
and May Sinclair
MarriedTo Jos
é
Waldeck of
Mayfield Ave Finchley, London. ?child.
OccupationStudent, probably joined up straight
from Gordonstoun.
Where died Malaya, 18 Feb 1942. Died of wounds.
Other POW?
Lance
Corporal 2325601RC Sigs
Bye-name
Born 1920.
AddressSeatown
ParentsAlexander McLeod (Fee) and
Jean Stewart.
Married
OccupationRegular soldier from age of 16.
Where died29 Nov 1944, in Thailand, in air raid. Captured at Singapore.
Sergeant57446
RASC
Bye-nameRobbie.
Born1914.
Address19 Pitgaveny
St, Lossie.
Parents William
Mearns and Jessie Dawson.
MarriedYes.
ChildrenNo.
OccupationShop assistant in Carries, Queen St,
Lossie.
Where diedFrance, on 19 May 1940. aged 26.
Pte2824895
Black Watch
Bye-nameCharlie.
Born1915.
AddressWoodbine Cottage, Stotfield,
Lossie.
ParentsCharles Mitchell and Anabella Ross Mitchell.
Marriedto Catherine Mathieson, 10 Kinneddar Street.
ChildrenCharles.
Occupation Greenkeeper,
Moray Golf Club.
Where diedDied of wounds in Italy 30 July 1944,
aged 29.
OtherBuried in Florence
Military Cemetery.
Craftsman REME
Bye-nameWilks.
Born1910.
Address9 Victoria Crescent Elgin.
ParentsWilliam Reid and Janet or
Jessie Main 42 Seatown.
Marriedto Mary Watson, Elgin.
ChildrenLorna and Marion.
OccupationPlasterer with J Brodie,
Elgin.
Where diedKilled in action near Uden, Germany, 1 March 1945.
Driver RASC
Bye-nameWillie.
Born1914.
AddressMacduff
St, Lossie.
ParentsJimmie Riddell, Retired
Policeman and Elizabeth Paul.
MarriedNo.
OccupationAttendant at Moray Mental Hospital.
Where died5 July 1940.
OtherDied at 8, Church St
Lossie " late of the
RASC" ?TB
PrivateRC of Signals
2328420
Bye-nameBobby.
Born1921.
ParentsMr and Mrs Stewart (Beesh), Queens Lane, Lossie.
Married toFlora Munro Donaldson, 26 Elgin
Road, Lossie.
ChildrenJean.
OccupationRegular soldier for 5 Years.
Where diedIn an accident at a firing range in
England on 12 Feb 1943.
OtherBrother of Wm C Stewart, RAF.
Pte RAMC7354699
Born1918.
Address
ParentsJohn A Taylor and Mary O
Campbell, 12 St Gerardines Rd.
MarriedTo Catherine Stewart, Dunbar
Street.
ChildrenNo.
OccupationJoiner with Wm Ritchie.
Where died21 July 1944, Normandy, France.
Buried at Ranville, France.
OtherBrother of Alex
Taylor RAF.
Pte RAOC14823721
Born1926.
AddressNewlands
Farm, in the middle of the present airfield, later Inchbroom.
Parents
William Milne Wildegoose
and Isabella Herkless Andersonof The Cottage, Glenferness,
Nairn.
OccupationFarm servant.
Where diedMiddle East, 21 Sept 1945.
2/Lt REME
Bye-nameHearts.
Born1921.
Address40, King Street, Lossie.
ParentsJohn Wilson, Builder and May
Smith.
MarriedNo.
OccupationScience student at Aberdeen
University.
Where diedDied of TB at Bangour
Military Hospital, UK 12 Dec 1943.
Gunner Royal
Artillery 2816490
Bye-nameWillie.
Born1911
Address12 Church St, Lossie.
ParentsDavid Youngson
and Bella Edwards.
MarriedNo.
OccupationHairdresser.
Where diedAt Sea, ship torpedoed on 16 Mar 1942.
Other
A gunner with the 3rd Maritime Regiment, attached to the Royal Scots,
onboard a Defensively Equipped Merchantman (DEM) on his second trip, with
a convoy in the Persian Gulf.
Corporal 2359716RC Signals
Bye-nameBill.
Born 1907
AddressRose Cottage, 4 Elgin Road,
Lossie.
ParentsJohn Younie,
Janitor and Isabella Ross, 4, Elgin Rd.
MarriedYes.
ChildrenA daughter.
Where diedNormandy, France 7 June 1944, just
after D Day.
OtherBuried in Ryes British Military
Cemetery, France.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Sergeant
W/O 545658
Bye-name
Born9 July 1917.
Address41, Argyle Street, Lossie.
ParentsElizabeth Whyte
and Alexander Campbell.
Marriedto Christine Hunter of East
Mains Farm, Lossie.
ChildrenNo.
OccupationFisherman, later Bricklayer.
Where diedCoastal Command, 24 Oct 1940.
Other
Only married for three weeks, when his plane failed to return from
a reconnaisance trip to Norway from Wick.
Sergeant Obs 755497 RAFVR
Bye-nameLewie
Born1920 in Buckie.
AddressClaremont, Kimberley St,
Lossie, but he lived mostly in Buckie with an Aunt.
ParentsJohn Campbell and Helen Ann Duthie.
MarriedNo.
OccupationStudent?
Where diedPlane crashed at Hayling Island
on take-off leaving for Middle East, 27 Aug 1940. Five killed, the pilot survived.
LAC 982397 RAFVR
Bye-nameBertie.
Born1920.
AddressDunearn,
James Street, Lossie.
ParentsWilliam Christie, Builder and
Barbara Cormack.
MarriedNo.
OccupationBank Clerk.
Where diedFar East, 9 June 1943, a
prisoner-of-war in Java.
OtherBrother of Alexander
Christie MN.
Sergeant 1822254 RAFVR
Bye-nameJohnny.
Born1923.
Address36, Great Western Road, Buckie.
ParentsWilliam Cowie, Buckie, and
Jane Campbell.
Marriedto Jeannie Scott.
ChildrenJoan.
OccupationFisherman, cook on the Anner(BCK), then at Scapa Flow.
Where diedBomber Command, 22 Oct 1943 on a 1000
bomber raid over Kassels.
OtherCousin of Jack Long,
RNZAF, and Alec W Campbell, RAF.
Flight Sergeant
620057
Born1918
AddressBelonged to Glasgow.
ParentsAlex. McCracken Gray, Shipwright, and Margaret McKenzie.
MarriedTo Isabella Souter Stewart, 25
Dunbar Street, Lossie.
ChildrenDuncan (McKenzie), Lynn and Alexander.
OccupationEngineer.
Where diedShot down over Essen,
on 16, Dec 1943.
Flying Officer
139722 RAFVR
Bye-nameHamish.
Born1917.
Address Dunvegan, Stotfield Road Lossie.
ParentsJames Harthill
and Ishbel Cameron.
MarriedNo.
OccupationAssistant Golf Professional with Moray
Golf Club.
Where diedFlying from North West Africa, 24 November 1943, on a raid,
shot down over Genoa, where he was buried.
Flight Sergeant
931579 RAFVR
Bye-nameIan.
Born1919.
AddressDunvegan,
Stotfield Road Lossie.
ParentsJames Harthill
and Ishbel Cameron.
MarriedNo
OccupationElectrician with the Electric
Station, Lossie.
Where diedBomber Command 24 Feb 1944, on a raid
over Sweinfurt.
Buried at Bad Tolz.
Flight
Lieutenant 83369 RAFVR
Born1903
AddressCoulardbank
Farm., Lossie.
ParentsHugh Kellas
and Martha Montgomery MacNicol.
MarriedYes.
Childrenone son.
OccupationElectrical Engineer with General
Electric, installing electrical equipment on airfields.
Where diedAccident on 3 Nov 1942, in England.
Other
Graduated BSc Eng at Edinburgh University. On research work with Coastal
Command when killed. Buried at Hexham, Northumberland.
Flight
Lieutenant 128636 RAFVR
BornIn Paris, 1921
AddressBoulah
Bembah, School Brae, and 22, Rue Pierre Curie, Paris.
ParentsRobert B Levack
and Therese Sophie Mirguet.
Married?No.
Where diedEast Asia Command, 16 May 1944, in
Madras.
Flying
Officer 129931RAFVR
Bye-nameRobbie.
Born1914.
AddressHigh Street, Lossie.
ParentsRobert Milne
, Retired Police Sergeant, and Elizabeth Shiach.
MarriedYes.
Children Two girls.
OccupationWorked in the Public Assistance
Office, Elgin.
Where diedBomber Command 22 March 1944.
Sergeant 638862 RAFVR
Bye-nameJackie.
Born1919
Address64, Dunbar St, Lossie.
ParentsJohn Munro and Jane Main.
MarriedNo.
OccupationShop assistant in Carries, Queen St,
Lossie.
Where diedAt Lania,
Greece on 7 Dec 1940.
LAC1370819
Born1913
AddressBrockweir,
Argyle Street.
ParentsProbably Aberdeenshire.
Married?Yes.
OccupationInsurance Agent with the Prudential.
Where died21 Nov 1942, EAC. West Kirby.
Flying Officer
155090 RAFVR
Bye-nameJim.
Born1914.
Address42, (now 56) Macduff Street Lossie.
ParentsWilliam Robertson and Helen Whyte.
Marriedto Agnes Stephen, 10 Forteath Street, Elgin.
Childrenone daughter, Moira.
OccupationPost Office Engineer.
Where diedBomber Command, 28 October 1944.
Other
Awarded DFC after raid on Peenemunde in 1944,
the development site for the V2 rockets. He was lead Navigator. Later killed
in UK.
Flight Sergeant
Bye-nameJohnny.
Born1920
Address9 Kinneddar Street, Lossie.
ParentsJohn Scott (Jock Dark) and
Margaret McLeod.
MarriedNo.
OccupationHairdresser in Youngsons,
then clerk in the BBC in Glasgow.
Where diedBomber Command, 30 Aug 43 missing
over Germany.
Sergeant644319
Bye-nameSpeedie.
Born1920.
Address38B, Off Commerce Street,
Lossie.
ParentsJohn Scott and Jessie Slater
(Jess Tam).
MarriedNo.
OccupationMotor Mechanic with Adam Main.
Where died6 December 1944.
Other
LAC
Possibly a
repeat of LAC John Stewart RN, who was "attached to the Fleet Air
Arm", since LAC is not a Navy rank.
OtherNot in Scottish National
War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle
Flight Sergeant
W/Op Air Gunner 632138 RAFVR
Bye-namePatty or Patsy.
Born1921.
Address10 Union Street, Lossie.
ParentsJames Stewart and Catherine
Stewart (Katie Loll).
MarriedNo
OccupationFisherman, cook on the Briar (which was sunk on 12 Oct 1942,
run down by HMT George Cussins. All 6 crew saved.)
Where diedBomber Command, 16 Sept 1942, his
Wellington bomber shot down and all crew killed.
OtherBuried in Military
Cemetery, Rhineberg, Near Dusseldorf
AC 1794046 RAFVR
Bye-nameWillie.
Born1925
ParentsMr and Mrs W Stewart, (Beesh), 51, Clifton Road.
MarriedNo
OccupationButcher with Hutchison, Clifton Road,
Lossie.
Where diedDied in an air-crash, South East
Asia, 9 June 1945.
OtherBrother of Robert Mowat Stewart, Royal Corps of Signals.
Sergeant
Bye-name
Born
Address
Parents
Married
Occupation
Where died
OtherNot in Scottish National
War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle
Flight Sergeant
1561460 RAFVR
Bye-nameCodger.
Born1922
AddressClifton Road, later 12, St Gerardines Road.
ParentsJames A Taylor and Mary O
Campbell.
MarriedNo.
OccupationFish Buyer at Lossie Fishmarket for Alexander of Glasgow.
Where diedBomber Command, 30 May 1943, in air
operations over Belgium.
OtherBuried in Belgium.Brother John, RAMC, also killed.
Flight
Sergeant 1377207
Bye-nameChatters.
Born1913 in Lossie.
AddressLondon.
ParentsEldest son of Mrs Summers,
47, Clifton Road, Lossie.
MarriedGwen, lived in Shepherds Bush,
London.
ChildrenHamish/Henry.
OccupationPainter with K M'Gillivray,
then 8 years with McVitie and Price, in London.
Where diedKilled over Germany, Mar 1944 with the Pathfinders. Buried
in Germany with the rest of the
crew
OtherNot in Scottish National
War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle
Flight
Lieutenant 89405 RAFVR
Bye-nameRonnie.
Born1918.
AddressChilcoot,
Beach Brae, Lossie.
ParentsDavid West, Artist, and
Jessie Christie.
MarriedNo.
OccupationStudent. Joined RAF in 1939.
Where
died Air Defence of Great Britain,
24 May 1944.
OtherFighter pilot, shot down several Junker 87's, DFC in 1942, also bar in 1942.
ADDITIONAL SERVICEMEN, NOT ON THE
MEMORIAL
from Renton,
married to Edith Gillespie, of 40, Moray Street. Regular soldier for 18 years.
Family - William, and Greta.
died 6 Mar 1943
at Shipley, Yorkshire. Married to Helen Thomson, children Philip, Ellen and
George. Lived at Coulardbank Cottages Lossie. He was
born in Aberdeen, Nov 1901, was a baker
with Austins of Elgin.
born in Lossie
and emigrated to Australia with his parents, William Cordiner and Annie Smith (Wokie) of Pitgaveny, Sydney.
Married to Ellice XXX. Died 31 Oct 1945 in an accident.
His Uncle was George Cordiner RASC.
Died of wounds
in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on 5 Feb 1945, aged 28. A farm servant at Easter Covesea. Single.
Parents Robert Hay and Helen Adam, 11 Moray Street, Lossie.
Died 27 June
1940. Married to Jeannie Mowatt, Queens Lane, later
42 Clifton Road, Lossie.
Died of wounds
Sept 1944 aged 28. Husband of Jean Helen Smith,33A Queen Street. His Father lived at 34
High Street, Elgin.
From Ireland,
married to Betty Main, Argyle Street. Killed in an accident in the Middle East,
10 July 1941. Son Robert in Vancouver.
HMT Wyoming,
struck a mine off Harwich, 20 May 1944. Born
1905. Lived in Buckie after marriage to Mary Helen Pirie. Children -
Edward, George-Alec and Margaret.
Also his
brother,
On HMT James Ludford, while lifting a mine off Shields, 14 December
1939. Born 1900 in Lossie, but lived in Buckie aftermarriage to Elizabeth Jane (Lizzie) Pirie,
sister of the above. Children - Elizabeth, twins William and George, and Maggie
Jessie.
Their parents
were William Mitchell and Elizabeth Edwards.
Died following
an accident in Italy, on 15 Jan 1944. His parents lived at Little Drainie, just South of Drainie
Kirk, Lossiemouth.
Aged 32, killed
in action in Italy, Nov 1944. Husband of Nan Crockett, 1, Brander Street,
daughter Elizabeth. He was son of Alex Pirie, Linkwood
Distillery and Mother 11, Land Street, Rothes. Nan's
parents were Wm Crockett and Martha Cooper Murison.
Cedar Villa,
Stotfield Road. Sandy aged 37, wounded onboard HMT Rosedean
by accidental discharge of a rifle by a soldier on deck, the bullet passing
through the deck. Died on Hospital Ship Amapoora.
Parents Alex Garden Slater, and xxxxxx, Roseneath, Stotfield Road, Lossie. Married to Helen
(Nellie) Addison, children Mary, Nan and Dennis.
"Wheelies"
aged 59, of 60, Queen Street. Drowned when the tanker Ben Haan
was sunk, thought to have struck a mine off Islay.
Married to Eliz Smith (Leeb Bo). ChildrenAlec, Eleanor, and George (in Vancouver).
(Syke) 13, Union Street,and 37 Menzies Road, Torry, died in
accident at Cardiff when working in the
tiller room of his ship on 22 Oct 1942, aged 37. Married to Helen Reid,
children, Nettie, Alec and William.
Killed in Guantanamo, Cuba, 8 Mar 1942 aged 52 after his tanker was
attacked by a submarine. Because of his survival suit, it was not realised that
he was bleeding to death. He emigrated to USA some years earlier. Parents,
James Stewart and Jessie Mitchell, 16, Commerce St. Married to Mary 'Cole'
Mitchell, with two daughters, Jessie Isobel, and Hazel. Lived at 108 Oak
Street, New York.
on the FV
United, on ferrying duties at Scapa Flow, died 24 Nov
1940. Born Lossie. Mentioned in
Edinburgh Castle Memorial. Son of William Stewart andMaggie Farquhar, 22, Union St. His death in
Lossie was not war-related.
Died in Germany
on 28 Sept 1941. Married to Margaret Grant, children, Margaret, Billy and Pat.
She lived at 3, Ramsay Lane, Lossie with her sister Mrs Katie Watt, then moved
to Bradford after the war. He was from Buckie.
"Podge", 33, Elgin Road. Killed at the landing in Walcheren, Holland on 2 Nov 1943, aged 23. The Wilson
family left Lossie around the beginning of the war, possibly to Elgin, then
later to England. Both Wilsons were plasterers with
Colin Menzies. Parents, William Wilson and Jessie FS
McLeod.
THE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
Annie Bella Stewart,
daughter of Mr and Mrs George Stewart (Stanies), 39
Commerce Street, Lossie, drowned when the SS Athenia,
13,581 tons, en route from Glasgow to Montreal, was torpedoed nine hours after
war had been declared, 56 44'N 14 05'W. Of the 1418 passengers and crew, all
but 112 were saved, mainly by the Norwegian freighter Knut
Neilson and the Swedish yacht Southern Cross. Her brother William was killed 23
May 1941, and her Father died on 8 July 1941. She worked in the USA and was
returning there after a holiday in Lossie.
Robert John Wilson
, born 1906, son of Alexander Wilson and
Margaret Alexander, brother of Sophie. He was working in Canada on railroad
construction when the war started. He left his work to return to the Territorials and was never seen again. It is thought that
he had managed to board a ship which was sunk in the Atlantic in late 1939.
Hugh Wood
, formerly of 4 High Street, and his
children John and Margaret,in the Clydebank Blitz in March 1941, his son
Hugh surviving. His parents were William Wood, Boatbuilder
and Jean Wood.
The two couples
killed in the bombing on the night of 12th July 1941 all in 6 Dunbar Street.
Clarissa Leighton
, 61, nee Redman,
Joseph Hartley Leighton 61, retired
shipwright
Eliza Wilson,
68,
John Wilson
, 61, cooper.
The Leightons had come to Lossie because they had a daughter
whose husband was stationed at the Aerodrome, after their home in Portsmouth
had been destroyed by bombs, and were lodging with the Wilsons,
whose daughter was Mrs Helen Campbell, 4 James Street, Lossie, also Elizabeth,
Hugh and William.
Those killed
when a Wellington bomber crashed on their houses at 45 and 49 Church Street,
(now 65 and 69) opposite the Cross, on the morning of Sunday 20th May 1945. The
war in Europe ended on 8th May.
Mrs Johan (Joey) Flood
(nee Phimister)
37,and her five sons,
Jackie
14, James 12,Sinclair
7, George 5, David 3.
(Mr John Flood
and his only daughter Jeannie, 10, escaped through a window, having been in the
kitchen making a cup of tea.)
Mrs Edith Allan
66, widow of James Allan, and her
adopted daughter
Vera Drummond
aged 19.
Mrs Allan's son
James was killed on 21 May 1940 in the Seaforths.
She had another
son, John, who survived the war.
Eight others in
the two ground-floor flats in the block, including a baby a few weeks old,
survived.
The three crew-members
of the Wellington were also killed.
Pilot Officer RD
Rickard of Manchester
Pilot Officer DR
Cameron
Sergeant CGW Mawby of London.
A few months
earlier, a bomber crashed near the Seatown, about 200
yards away, narrowly missing the houses. The crew of 5 perished but there were
no civilian casualties.