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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Dunbartonshire => Topic started by: daval57 on Sunday 15 March 09 13:35 GMT (UK)
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Thought this would be of interest to some.
It is a link to BBC news website - an article on new memorial.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7941641.stm
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Is there a list of the names anywhere?
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hi aghadowey
is there a name you are looking for on memorial? I can check it out tomorrow for you, memorial is in old dalnottar cemetery which is about a mile from me.
lindy-lou
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Thanks for the offer but I don't have the name handy at present and I'm not even sure if the woman was married or not when she died (it would be her maiden name that I have) so I thought if there was a list online I could look through the list for clues (I think her Christian name was fairly uncommon but have to find the file with the note in it to be sure).
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Hi everyone,
I've just discovered three relatives who were killed on the night of the Clydebank blitz. They were in Earl Street, Scotstoun. Would they be listed on the new plaque at Clydebank, or do I have to search elsewhere. ???
Many thanks
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http://www.tommckendrick.com/code/list1.htm
The above link is about the Clydebank Blitz, and at the bottom of the page there is a link to a list of casualties. My family are not listed, so I guess I look elsewhere.
Klasinda
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Thanks for that link- have bookmarked the page and will have a better look later when I get out my notes.
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My great uncle Henry Kane is not in the list either!
Kooky
Nor are the 2 people on the same page of deaths.
Page 63, deaths in the district of Tradeston in the Burgh of Glasgow.
187 Henry Kane age 47
188 Allan Caldwell age 33
189 Rhona Walker age 18
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Our family was extremely lucky in that we didn't lose anyone that night, but I vividly remember my mum's description of the absolute terror she felt, as my Grandad dragged her along Dumbarton Road , trying to get to their home in Blawarthill Street, Scotstoun.
My mum was only 15 at the time. She described the sound as the bombs fell. Being dragged into close's every few yards as the shrapnel flew around them. She never forgot their horror when, finally arriving home, they discovered that the street had been hit, and she had lost friends and neighbours.
Though it sometimes seems like something that happened in a whole different world, I have to remind myself that it wasn't all that long ago. Tuesday will be the 4th anniversary of my mum's death. She was only 78 when she died from Altzheimers. It wasn't all that long ago, but the world has changed SO MUCH since then. I wish I could say for the better but.................
Christine. :-\
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Is there a list of the names anywhere?
I haven't managed to find an online link to a full list of names.
If you listen to the STV link, a gentleman, talking about his wee brother that died, mentions where one could find names prior to now.
Yes, it would be great to have lists of names.
My point though, in posting the link, was just to bring the memorial to people's attention.
Isn't it nice to have such a memorial after so many years!
Dave
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Dave
Thanks for that link. We lost some folks in that blitz so have squirreled the site away til I can get at me notes - at work at the moment and everything at home!
Cheers
Ann :)
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When I'm on my travels looking for war graves, if I find any cilivian casualties, I include them, so .........
Glasgow Western Necropolis:
Ewing. Kinloch, Buick, Isbister, Jamieson, McQueen & MacDonald
St. Kentigern's:
McGregor, Tuthill, Cleary & McEachan
Sandymount:
Aitken
Riddrie Park:
Cross, Gillies & Watson
Grandsable: (between Grangemouth & Polmont)
Carmichael & Wyse
Cadder:
Clelland
Lambhill:
Archibald, Fraser, Greer, Mitchell, Wallace & Wilson
Maryhill Crematorium:
Hutton & Richmond
If any of the above names ring a bell with anyone, PM me for the full MI from whichever stone. Some stones list a single person, while others list entire families.
Anne
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Hi Kooky!
Don't know what information you have on your Henry Kane but will this help?
Henry Kane, aged 47 of 54 Waverley Streey, husband of Lena Kane.
Died March 13th, 1941 at Morrison Street.
This is an entry from the WW11 casualty listof 'Blitz' victims for the Glasgow area.
Hope it helps.
Regards
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Thanks Laura, and welcome to Rootschat!
I did have this info. It was on the death cert.
I was just wondering where he might be buried, in the hope that I might find other members of the family.
Kooky
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I grew up adjacent to the "Tanks" at Dalnottar & both my parents lived through the Blitz as children.I have heard many tales of those nights.
My Mum's family were evacuated as their home was bombed but luckily they did return to the same one after the War & I was born there several years later.
My Granny lived in Burns St at the time & told me many tales of what happened.
My Mother's eldest brother was 14 at the time & would on occasions help his Father with his APW with his duties including removing an incendiary device which had landed on a neighbour's bed.
My Grandfather had went out to view the destruction with strict orders that everybody was to remain in the shelter until his return.
Uncle Tommy being a boy took no heed & headed to have a look.
He returned shortly after looking pale & sick.It was many months before he told my Mother of the horrible sights he had seen-bodies laid out on the street,body parts etc.
Yet my Mother says her parents made them feel so secure that she was never afraid & that her Father managed to guide them through Dalmuir to the evacuation point without seeing anything too traumatic apart from the bombed buildings.
I am going to take a wee trip up to Scotland later this month & as Dalnottar is a hop & a skip from Mum's I will be happy to take photos of the Memorial if anybody wants.
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Hi All,
I need help on my search, my great-grandad/mother were Andrew & Catherine Archibald they lived @ Stanley Street....my grandmother Jessie lived in Fife and when she got word of the Blitz had a nervous breakdown and was never the same....does anybody have any info on family or area
Thanks
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Hi
I have a book called 'The Clydebank Blitz' that lists the offical casualties of the Blitz and has a wealth of other information.
There is no mention of Andrew or Catherine Archibald in the causalty list.
A full list of casualties and where they died can be accessed via the link below
http://www.clydebankrestoration.com/history/blitz.php
Regards
Stevgal