There are 73 names on the Bearsden War Memorial for the Second World War. The assumption is that the list of 73 came about as a result of nomination by a family member (and presumably meeting a set of criteria). Some people may not have been nominated and others may (possibly) not have been included. As a result, the memorial is not a definitive list of those from Bearsden who died (nor was it intended to be).
Using the CWGC register with a simple search for records with the word “Bearsden” included identifies an additional 29 people who died up to the end of the Second World War and a further four who died after the war was completed but are not on the memorial.
I did not want the 80th anniversary of VE Day to pass with these men still in the background. My compromise is to at least list their names here; I’m planning profiles of them in future. If anyone has information about any of these men, please contact me.
Bailey, Richard Harry Mellor
Binnie, Alexander Charles
Black, William Smith
Blackie, John
Blair, Colin Campbell
Boyd, William
Cairns, Howard Shaw
Dunbar, Robert Kemp
Edward, David Galloway Herbert
Gaubert, Edward Arthur
Gillies, Joseph William
Grant, Donald Cameron Kitchener
Jack, David Hill
Lyle, Hedley Robert
MacGregor, Robertson Macaulay
Matheson, David Roderick Lister Picton
McLaren, Francis Cuthbertson
McLay, Clement Porter
McLeod, John Beaton
Morrison, Douglas Lister
Muirhead, Charles Douglas Niel (sic) Arnott
Oakley, Frank Henry
Polson, Alasdair Lespie Hamilton
Ross, John
Stanford, Edwin Percy
Talman, James MacGill
White, William Murray
Winterton, Rodney Harold
Wright, John
In addition the following four men died after the end of hostilities but still qualified for the CWGC register:
Mackie, Robert Alexander Booth
MacLennan, George Gordon
Steele, Alexander Wilkin Grantham
Tanner, Frederick George