Mosen, Frederick
Sadly, I cannot find portraits for all the people listed on the war memorial, but this book was written by a crew member who survived the incident where Hugh was killed. I have referred to him as Hugh because I have found several newspaper clippings where he is referred to by that name and in…
Read MorePage, Michael
Many people have helped me with this profile. Taking Michael’s life chronologically, thanks to Kirsty Farrow at St Thomas’s Church, Southborough; to Sarah Earl of Hilden Oaks Preparatory School and Nursery; to Marlborough College but especially Grainne Lenehan; and to Tonbridge School, especially Beverley Matthews. Thanks for permission to use photos to Mark Hickman of the…
Read MorePlane crashes: Peter McDonald, Colin Guttridge, Robert Smith
Peter Gordon McDonald Peter Gordon McDonald was born on 26th November 1924 at 1065 Maryhill Road. Maryhill Road runs from top left to bottom right, red circle shows 1065. His father, Peter, was a glazier and had married Margaret Murdoch Breckenridge in Kilmarnock in 1915. His link to Bearsden is not certain but Mrs Margaret M…
Read MoreSmith, Robert Forsyth
Robert Forsyth Smith was born on 25th October 1922 at 5 Doune Terrace. This is now 183 Wilton Street in Kelvinside. His parents were Robert and Jessie Mina Brook – they had been married in 1906 in the Gorbals district. Robert senior’s job was manager of a factory making “aerated water”. By 1935, Robert’s parents…
Read MorePonsford, James
James Cecil Spencer Ponsford was born on 19th October 1900 at Newlands, near Cape Town, South Africa: He was the son of Spencer Gooch Ponsford and Lilian Constance Thompson, who had married in 1898 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Spencer was a company secretary. The social standing of the family was such that he was baptised in…
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