ALLOA
WAR MEMORIAL
WORLD
WAR 2 - SURNAMES - M
World War
1 and 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright Martin Edwards 2007
| MACDONALD |
Alexander
Simpson |
[Listed
as McDONALD on memorial] Able Seaman P/JX 324306, H.M.S. Penelope,
Royal Navy. As his ship was leaving Naples to return to the Anzio
area she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-410, he died at
sea 18 February 1944. Aged 23. Born 13 November 1920 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Son of John and Agnes Sharp Macdonald, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Panel 82, Column 3. |
| MACFARLANE |
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1550897, 149 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Flying out of Methwold, Norfolk, in a Short Stirling
III, serial number LJ621, he was killed when his aircraft crashed
at Marcelet just west of Caen during a special duties sortie in
support of the airborne landings at Normandy 6 June 1944. Aged 23.
Son of Andrew and Helen Macfarlane, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Buried in ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX, Calvados, France. Plot
IV. Row G. Collective grave 1-5. |
| MACK |
James |
Gunner
1550559, 61 Battery, 31 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died on service in United Kingdom 13 July 1941. Aged 36. Born and
resident Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of John and Agnes McCormack
Mack, of Alloa; husband of Mary Mack, of Alloa. Buried in ALLOA
(SUNNYSIDE) CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire. Section 10. Grave 249. |
| MASTERTON |
John
Hodge |
Aircraftman
1st Class 974468, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action
at sea when he was lost in the troopship H.M.T. Anselm which was
torpedoed by the U-Boat U-96 300 miles north of the Azores while
en route to Freetown 5 July 1941. Native of Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
57. |
| MAUDE |
Albert |
Leading
Signalman D/J 50295, H.M.S. Bramble, Royal Navy. Died at sea when
his ship was sunk with all hands by the destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt
31 December 1942. Aged 42. Born 31 January 1900 in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.
Husband of J. Maude, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. First enlisted
31 January 1918 for 12 years at which time he was a Stock Moulder,
re-enlisted 20 September 1921 for 5 years, height 5 feet 4¼
inches, chest 35½ inches,fair hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion,
joined R.F.R. 21 February 1927. In the 1901 census he was aged 1,
born Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, son of Albert and Annie Maude,
resident Windsor Cottages, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. No
known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel
67, Column 3. |
| MAUDE |
James
[Wotherspoon] |
Bombardier
1556164, 61 Battery, 31 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died from Coronary Thrombosis in Yugoslavia 22 October 1944. Aged
35. Born and resident Alloa, Clackmannshire. Husband of Margaret
Maude, of Sauchie, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in BELGRADE WAR
CEMETERY, Serbia. Plot 9. Row D. Grave 5. |
| McALLISTER |
Alexander
[Galloway] |
Gunner
1599571, 98 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Discharged
16 December 1941 under King's
Regulations Para 390 (XVI), having been found medically unfit
for further service (as per attestaion book); subsequently died
23 June 1946. Aged 31. Son of Alexander and Margaret McAllister;
husband of Georgina Saunders McAllister, of Alloa. Buried in ALLOA
(SUNNYSIDE) CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire. Section 3. Grave 243. |
| McALLISTER |
J |
Sergeant,
Royal Air Force |
| McAULAY |
George
Mitchell |
Corporal
2986675, 5th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed
in action in North-West Europe 12 June 1944. Aged 27. Son of Alexander
and Margaret McAulay, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in RANVILLE
WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 2. |
| McCALLUM |
Christopher
[Finlayson] aka Christie |
Guardsman
2701213, Scots Guards. Killed in action in Italy 25 April 1944.
Aged 20. Son of James and Margaret McCallum, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot V. Row D. Grave
32. |
| McCALLUM |
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 965300, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
In a Halifax II, serial number W7913, flying out of Pocklington,
Yorkshire, he was killed in action when his aircraft was shot down
by a night fighter between Grupont and Resteigne south of Rochefort
during a raid on Frankfurt 3 December 1942. Aged 22. Native of Inverness.
Son of David and Julia McCallum; husband of Doris Maude McCallum,
of Inverness. Buried in FLORENNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Namur, Belgium.
Row 1. Grave 4. |
| McCRUM |
John |
Private
2982292, 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died
as a German Prisoner of War 23 June 1943. Aged 22. Buried in BERLIN
1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, gemany. Plot 14. Row E. Grave 7. |
| McEWAN |
Alexander
Aitken aka Alex |
Lance
Sergeant 2986707, 8th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders). Wounded in Italy 17 May 1944, died of those
wounds in Italy 18 April 1945. Aged 28. Born and resident Clackmannanshire.
Son of William Summers McEwan and Mary Aitken McEwan, of Alloa,
Clackmannanshire. Buried in RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II.
Row B. Grave 6. |
| McFARLANE |
Robert |
Private,
Cameronians - probably
Robert MacFARLANE, Private 2993270, 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron
Highlanders. Killed in action in North-West Europe 18 July 1944.
Aged 21. Born and resident Clackmannanshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on BAYEUX MEMORIAL, Calvados, France. Panel 17, Column 3. |
| McGHEE |
Robert |
Private
2976173, 8th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action in North Africa 7 April 1943. Aged
32. Born and resident Clackmannanshire. Husband of Grace McGhee,
of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY,
Tunisia. Plot 6. Row H. Grave 3. |
| McGREGOR |
Alexander |
Private
2987637, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died on service 16
November 1944. Aged 29. Born and resident Stirling. Son of Alexander
and Rachel McGregor; husband of Janet McGregor, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Buried in BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY, Brussels - Capital Region, Belgium.
Plot X. Row 26. Grave 14. |
| McINALLY |
John |
Private
2987607, 8th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds in North Africa 6 December 1942. Aged
22. Born Fifeshire, resident Clackmannanshire. Son of Thomas McInally
and of Catherine McInally (nee Traynor), of Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 6. Row H. Grave
11. |
| McLEOD |
Campbell |
Private
T/10689679, 797 Water Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died as a result of an accident in Italy 31 May 1944. Aged 33. Born
and resident Clackmannanshire. Son of Peter Campbell McLeod and
Elizabeth McLeod, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire; husband of Elizabeth
McLeod, of Alloa. Buried in BARI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VII.
Row A. Grave 15. |
| McMAHON |
Edward |
[Listed
as Lance Corporal, Kings Own Scottish. Borderers on memorial] Rifleman
2983160, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
in Tunisia 28 April 1943. Aged 22. Born and resident Clackmannanshire.
Son of Michael and Mary McMahon, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried
in MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot IV. Row K. Grave 13. |
| McMILLAN |
James
Peter T I |
Gunner
14301417, 77 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action in
Italy 8 June 1944. Aged 29. Born Airth, Stirlingshire, resident
Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Plot IV. Row C. Grave 21. |
| McPHEE |
Harry
Surgeon |
Naval
Airman 2nd Class FX105933, Fleet Air Arm, H.M.S. Activity, Royal
Navy. Died from Asphyxiation by Accidental Drowning at sea 9 September
1944. Aged 19. Born 18 September 1924 in Alloa, Clackmannshire.
Native of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of Henry and Catherine McPhee,
of Alloa. Buried in ALLOA (SUNNYSIDE) CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire.
Section 9. Grave 15. |
| MENTIPLY |
James
Carmichael |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 178715, 216 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve (Transport Command). Flying in a Liberator CII, serial
number AL584, he was killed when the aircraft flew into high ground
at Autun during a transit flight to the UK 14 November 1944. Aged
30. Based at Cairo West, Egypt. Son of James C. Mentiply and Annie
B. Mentiply, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Buried in CHOLOY WAR
CEMETERY, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Plot 2A. Row A. Grave 11.
See also Sauchie
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:
MENTIPLY
James Carmichael of Whin Cottages Alloa died
14 November 1944 on war service Confirmation of James Carmichael
Mentiply. Sealed Llandudno 8 January.
|
| MOSMAN |
James
Kelly |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1569206, 576 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Flying out of Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire in a Lancaster I, serial
number ME585, he was killed when the aircraft crashed at Bruchhausen
during a raid on Brunswick 14 January 1944. Aged 20. Native of Alloa,
Clackmannanshire. Son of James and Mary Dewar Mosman, of Alloa,
Clackmannanshire. Buried in HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen,
Germany. Plot 16. Row D. Grave 1. |
| MULLAN,
DFC |
George
Patrick |
Flight
Lieutenant (Navigator) 132984, 128 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Flying out of R.A.F. Wyton, Huntingdonshire, in a Mosquito
BXVI, serial number PF411, he was killed when the aircraft crashed
soon after taking off from Wyton due to engine failure when setting
off on a daylight raid on railway tunnels near Coblenz 1 January
1945. Aged 33. Native of Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. Son of
Alexander John Mullan, and of Margaret Mary Mullan (nee Doyle);
husband of Catherine Todd Mullan (nee Logan), of Tillicoultry. Awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Buried in TILLICOULTRY
CEMETERY, Clackmannanshire. L (West). Grave 160. |
| MURPHY |
Frederick |
Corporal
889407, 8th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps (A.A.C.).
Killed during the advance on Lembeck 28 March 1945. Aged 29. Born
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Attested with Royal Artillery,
assigned to Army Air Corps 20 July 1944. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST
WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 33. Row D. Grave
9. |
Last
updated:
1 April, 2023
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