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Post by Tony on Oct 28, 2011 0:57:50 GMT 12
Just found this link: Dunure Cemetery scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic491.htmlA labour of love without doubt. There are 5 New Zealand graves: Sgt A C Smart: 5 (Coastal) OTU Wt Off J E Jones: 5 (Coastal) OTU Fg Off L N Buttimore: 1 Torpedo Training Unit Fg Off M C Jolly: 5 (Coastal) OTU Fg Off S R Greer: 1 Torpedo Training Unit |
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Post by kiwitone on Oct 28, 2011 8:35:09 GMT 12
Macfire, there are some near me here in Angus also.This part of Scotland was used for training and recuperation. Many died from wounds and such rather than flying accidents although there are wrecks everywhere, paticulary on the high land.
New Zealander of the year Peter Leslie(@2006 from memory) along with a few ex pats got an A.N.Z.A.C service for the fallen (4 at Arbroath,3 Montrose sleepy hillock). This has continued on ,to where we have a crowd of over two hundred paying repects .The Arbroath Legion makes all welcome and many meet new friends and aquaintances and remmember the fallen.
Montrose approx 30 miles north of Dundee,home to one of the oldest military airbases in Britain
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Post by jonesy on Oct 28, 2011 8:59:00 GMT 12
Its great to see these memorials, I visited a few Commonwealth war graves sites around Europe in the 90's and it couldnt help but bring a tear to the eye....Fantastic effort by the locals in maintaining them. Well done.
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 28, 2011 13:22:01 GMT 12
Macfire, there are some near me here in Angus also.This part of Scotland was used for training and recuperation. Many died from wounds and such rather than flying accidents although there are wrecks everywhere, paticulary on the high land. New Zealander of the year Peter Leslie(@2006 from memory) along with a few ex pats got an A.N.Z.A.C service for the fallen (4 at Arbroath,3 Montrose sleepy hillock). This has continued on ,to where we have a crowd of over two hundred paying repects .The Arbroath Legion makes all welcome and many meet new friends and aquaintances and remmember the fallen. Montrose approx 30 miles north of Dundee,home to one of the oldest military airbases in Britain There are actually six New Zealand airmen buried in Sleepyhillock Cemetery, Montrose, not three. RNZAF: NZ42178 BURTON, B A NZ412747 SHEARER , H S NZ413875 MARTYN, F T NZ40217 ALLEN, J H NZ391343 COURTIS, J B Australian Flying Corps BURTON, E, W Frederick Thomas Martyn was an uncle of mine. He was killed in a flying accident on September 11, 1942 - my family's 9/11. Errol |
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Post by nuuumannn on Oct 28, 2011 23:39:59 GMT 12
Blenheim born Great War fighter ace and test pilot Clive Collett is buried at Comely Bank Cemetery in Edinburgh. Out in East Lothian in Dirleton and Haddington Cemeteries are Kiwis from both the RNZAF and RNVR that were stationed at RAF Drem and East Fortune during the war.
At the local aviation museum at East Fortune is a plaque dedicated to Kiwis who lost their lives in Scotland in WW2. The following is taken from an article I wrote in NZ Aviation News last year:
"To commemorate the role of New Zealand airmen and women in Scotland during World War Two, a ceremonial unveiling of a specially dedicated plaque took place at the Museum of Flight at East Fortune on 5th May 2002. In attendance was the Rt Hon Russell Marshall, New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom who unveiled the plaque and members of the New Zealand Society Scotland, plus nearly 200 New Zealanders who had read of the event. Conceived by chairman Peter Leslie and other members of the New Zealand Society Scotland, the plaque is brass, with the Coats of Arms of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Navy flanking it."
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 29, 2011 2:26:13 GMT 12
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Post by lowflyingkiwi on Nov 9, 2013 14:18:07 GMT 12
Hey guys, Interested to see these posts. I do hope to publish a small book during 2014 titled 'They Watch Over Scotia Still' about NZ Airmen who served in Scotland during WW2. There are some great recollections but as alluded by the posts all to many men were killed in advanced/operational training and while on operations from Scotlands sea and shore. I have photos of the military funeral of J Courtis buried at Montrose (including Silver Fern Wreath) who died as a result of literally picking the short straw....
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Post by nuuumannn on Nov 9, 2013 15:06:01 GMT 12
Is that you, Pete Leslie?
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Post by oggie2620 on Nov 15, 2013 1:30:37 GMT 12
That sounds like a book that I need to add to my wish list!
Dee
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Post by lowflyingkiwi on Apr 6, 2014 0:00:39 GMT 12
I managed to get a piece in the autumn RSA review on our boys in Scotland. PL
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