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[ambmeg]

I am tracing my family tree but I cannot find any information on my grandad, he was from Auchinleck Ayrshire.  His name was Richard Napier Fleming and was born in 1905. He lived in Stirling where he married my Granny Susan Fleming nee Cannon.  They had four children Betty, Janet, Margaret and Richard.  They used to live in Broad street.  My Grandad died in the second world war 1943.   

[Kay99]

Hello and welcome to Rootschat

Have you looked on the Scotlands People site for his marriage and birth?  It is a pay to view site but it is free to search.  On their index there is the birth of a Richard Napier Fleming in 1903 in Ayrshire in the District of Muirkirk  http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Kay   

Edit In 1929 in Stirling the index lists the marriage of a Richard Napier Fleming to Susan Cannon.  This would list his parents names

[apanderson]

Hi ambmeg,

Welcome to Rootschat!

Your grandfather is listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Database as follows:

FLEMING, RICHARD NAPIER
Rank: Lance Bombardier
Service No: 2973951
Date of Death: 06/08/1943
Age: 39
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 1 H.A.A. Regt.
Grave Reference: 7. A. 9.
Cemetery: TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY

See: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2168543/FLEMING,%20RICHARD%20NAPIER

He's also on the Scottish National War Memorial:

WW2
Surname: FLEMING
Forename: Richard Napier
Rank: Lance Bombardierr
Service number: 2973951
Place of birth: Ayr
Date of death: 6 August 1943
Theatre of death: Sicily
SNWM roll:   ROYAL ARTILLERY
Unit name:   Unknown Unit attached to ROYAL ARTILLERY

See: http://www.snwm.org/content/roll-search/?id=290317&searchid=555eb69d99f0e83c75935e6149fd2ee1&page=1

On Stirling Civic Memorial too, see:
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=59&mforum=warmemscot

Anne

[Buffalobill]

Hi ambmeg,
  Your grandads parents were
Richard Napier Fleming born 1866 Auchinleck and Janet Goldsworthy Jackson they married on the 26 Dec 1900 in Muirkirk.
 There children were
Mary Helen b 1901
Richard Napier 1903 you grandad
Arthur Jackson 1906
Joseph b1907
William Jackson b1909
Louis Goldsworthy 1910


And another generation back your great grandfathers parents were
 Joseph Fleming b 1829 Armagh Ireland married Mary R Kelly b 1835 Glasgow he died 1883 in Auchinleck.

 Bill

[ambmeg]

Hi ambmeg,
  Your grandads parents were
Richard Napier Fleming born 1866 Auchinleck and Janet Goldsworthy Jackson they married on the 26 Dec 1900 in Muirkirk.
 There children were
Mary Helen b 1901
Richard Napier 1903 you grandad
Arthur Jackson 1906
Joseph b1907

William Jackson b1909
Louis Goldsworthy 1910


And another generation back your great grandfathers parents were
 Joseph Fleming b 1829 Armagh Ireland married Mary R Kelly b 1835 Glasgow he died 1883 in Auchinleck.

 Bill

Hi Bill

Thank you for the information regarding my grandad's family it was brilliant.

Ambmeg

[Buffalobill]

If there is anything else I can help you with just let me know.

[maca]

Hello Ambmeg.  Your grandfather Richard Napier Fleming and my grandmother were cousins.  Your gr grandfather Richard Napier Fleming and my gr grandfather William Fleming were brothers.  My side of the Flemings emigrated to NZ in the mid 1920's after moving from Ayrshire to Loanhead and then to Wemyss in Fife.  I'll be visiting Scotland later in the year and looking forward to going to Stirling Castle and searching through their Military records.  Regards Moyra.  Brisbane Australia.