Our Local Heroes.
I decided to set up this page to allow friend's to post a picture of a hero in their family.
I got the idea during my last look at the memorial of my home village Stonehouse Lanarkshire and noticed a DCM holder Gavin Black and a United States Congretional Medal of Honour holder Archie Mathies, both posthumous, both in my grandparents age group.
Any picture from any service period will be most welcome on this year of anniversaries of both great wars and others!
Both my grandfather's were ploughmen during the Second World War but to me they were heroes as an open tractor and a team of horses in all weather conditions were as essential as a tank.
 Francis and John Hassan.
Thanks to Lisa and her mother Barbera Hassan.
Francis Hassan was my great grandfathers brother born 2.8.1895 13 Bosnia street in the falls road area in County Antrim
He was one of 12 children and served in the Scottish rifles 9th battalion pvt 11727. and died at Flanders on the front line 3.7.1916 he is on the memorial in thiepval pier and face 4D. And the one in Edinburgh castle.
My great grandfather was John Hassan 8376 and survived then went on to marry and live in govan, centre street. He is mentioned on this pic below
If you want to know anything else please ask 👍
John served in the 1st battalion died in 1950
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 Francis and John Hassan.
Francis Hassan was my great grandfathers brother born 2.8.1895 13 Bosnia street in the falls road area in County Antrim
He was one of 12 children and served in the Scottish rifles 9th battalion pvt 11727. and died at Flanders on the front line 3.7.1916 he is on the memorial in thiepval pier and face 4D. And the one in Edinburgh castle.
My great grandfather was John Hassan 8376 and survived then went on to marry and live in govan, centre street. He is mentioned on this pic below
If you want to know anything else please ask 👍
John served in the 1st battalion died in 1950
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 William Ramsey Mitchell. William Mitchell Hookhead Cottage Strathaven.
Grandfathers 2nd oldest brother.
5th Lochiels Cameron Highlanders.
Killed 25th September 1915 Loos. |
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 Canadian Ramsey? A picture belonging to my grandpa Mitchell of an unknown cousin.
On the back is written, to Aunt Mary, my great granny. |
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 Ian Forsyth. Some of the medals awarded to my old school teacher Mr Ian Forsyth.
A Hussar and one of the first into Belsen Horror Camp. A great man who continues to do as much for so many. |
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 Peter Monaghan. A Glasgow Highlander from Ardrossan and professional footballer with Portsmouth Peter was killed in action and buried in Sittard cemetery Holland. Many thanks to his granddaughter Lorraine Galloway. |
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 Peter Monaghan. A Dutch friend Roland Dohmen maintains Peter's grave in Sittard, granddaughter Lorraine Brown Galloway. |
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 bill Charles. Left a Geordie 9th Cameronian from 1944 - 1946. |
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 Duncan Currie. Left, a Kilwinning man and part of the famous Heart of Midlothian football team who formed the nucleus of the McCrae's battalion 16th Royal Scot's. |
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 Eddie Gemmell. Eddie Gemmell Kilwinning, Cameronian's Chindit Burma Campaign. Thanks to son Jim for picture. |
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 Alexander Shankie. Alexander Shankie, RSF, thanks to Sammy Torrance grandson. |
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 Jim Torrance Frank McConnell. Uncle Frank Korea veteran at Black Watch from RSF. |
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 Whistle of Dai Davies, Kia Loos. Cpl David Davies 10775 Royal Welch. I have his whistle,damaged, that blew as his group went over.I just took this which will have a personal interest to you. Cpl David Davies 10775 Royal Welch. I have his whistle,damaged, that blew as his group went over. I |
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 Alex Graham. Alex Graham of Coalburn, Royal Scots, Korea veteran.
Courtesy big Ziggy. |
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 Rifleman Fowler, India. |
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 Evacuees thanks you scroll. a thanks you from queen Elizabeth, Queen mother to my grandparents Tam and Maggie Mitchell of Stonehouse for housing refugees in the second war. |
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 Hugh Hay. Hugh on right of Kilwinning. India, Burma, NW Europe with Cameronians. Courtesy nephew Stewart Kirkwood. |
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 Hugh Hay service record. |
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 Thom Hay, Kilwinning, Black Watch. |
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 Gordon's Glasgow 2016. |
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 Richard Anderson. |
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 McIntyre. First Para killed on Bruneval raid. From Daley Ayrshire.9th btn Cameronians. |
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 Reggie Kettles. CO of Cameronians 1960s. |
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 Thanks to Pamela Thomson for the picture of her grandads memorial at Caen. |
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 John Hewitt. Salon's. Thanks to Lynn Hewitt Rogers granddaughter. |
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