Braemar War Memorial
To the Glory of God and in Memory of the Men of Braemar who gave their Lives in the two wars 1915 - 1918 1939 - 1945 |
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| William Anderson | |
| Charles Bonner | |
| Robert H Bonner | |
| Robert J Cumming | |
| Ross S Eggo | |
| Willoiam G Geddes | |
| Jack Grant | |
| James Innes | |
| Alex Lamont | |
| Alex Mollinson | |
| Alex MacDonald | |
| William MacDonald | |
| Peter MacHardy | |
| James MacKintosh | |
| Donald MacKenzie | |
| Charles A MacLaren | |
| Robert Pratt | |
| Andrew Smith | |
| William Summers | |
| Patrick Thornton | |
1939 - 1945 |
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| Russell Bell | |
| John Ewan | |
| James Ferguson | |
| Charles Grant | |
| William Jolly | |
| Alistair Lamont | |
| Andrew Lamont | |
| Ian MacHardy | |
| John Scott | |
| Robert Stewart | |
| Charles Thom | |
Their name liveth for Evermore |
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1939 In Memoriam 1945 Vickers Wellington R12646 On 19 January 1942, during a routine training flight, this aircraft crashed on high ground near Braemar due to poor weather conditions. All eight crewmen based at 20 Operational Training Unit, RAF Lossiemouth, lost their lives. Six crew members lie at rest within the Commonwealth Graves Commission Reservation, Dyce Old Churchyard, Aberdeen and two in their home cemeteries in England. The two Bristol Pegasus XViii engines were removed from the crash site in 1999 and one is preserved here as a permanent memorial to those named below and all other aircrew who lost their lives in the Cairngorm Mountains |
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| Sgt B C Dickson, RAAF, W Op Air Gunner aged 22 of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | Beaumont Churchill Dickson served as 404634 and was the son of Mervyn and Esther Elizabeth Dickson of Rockhampton, Queensland. He rests in Dyce Old Churchyard |
| Sgt W M Greenbank, RAFVR, Air Gunner aged 19 of Windermere, Westmoreland, England | William Morphet Greenbank served as 1029811and was the son of Fred and Elizabeth of Windermere. He rests in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Windermere |
| Sgt R J Jackson, RCAF, Pilot aged 21 of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Robert James Jackson served as R/83904 and was the son of James and Ella Maud Jackson of Toronto. He rests in Dyce Old Churchyard |
| Flt Sgt H J Kelley, RCAF, Air Obs aged 23 of Sidney, Nova Scotia, Canada | Harry Joseph Kelley served as R/76125 and was the son of Harry J and Helen V Kelly of Westmount, Quebec, Canada and he too rests in Dyce Old Churchyard |
| Sgt M H J Kilburn, RAFVR, Pilot aged 19 of Farnham, Surrey, England | Michael Henry John Kilburn served as 1380631 and was the son of Frank and Gladys May Kilburn of Farnham, Surrey. He rests in Green Lane Cemetery, Farnham, Surrey |
| Sgt R A Milliken, RAAF, W Op Air Gunner aged 22 of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | Roy Alistair Milliken served as 404637 and was the son of Robert Anderson and Anne Brown Milliken and husband of Mary Patricia Donahoe Milliken of Des Plaines, Illinois, U S A. He also rests in Dyce Old Churchyard |
| Sgt J B Riley, RAFVR, W Op Air Gunner aged 23 of Askern, Yorkshire, England | John Bernard Riley served as 995062 and was the son of Edgar and Edith Marie Riley and husband of Joyce of Askern, Yorkshire. John also rests in Dyce Old Churchyard |
| Flg Off J W Thomson, DFC, RNZAF, Pilot aged 25 of Oamard, Otago, New Zealand | James Williamson Thomson served as 40067 was the son of James and Laura Jean Thomson of Omaru, Otago, New Zealand and he too rests in Dyce Old Churchyard |
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