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CATHCART CEMETERY - Renfrewshire

Name:	CARISS, Arthur Douglas Ford	view larger image
Rank:	Lance Bombardier
Age:	25
Date Of Death:	31st January 1942
Service Number:	958915
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Compt. 2.B. Linn Extn. Grave 701.
Additional information:	Son of Arthur F. Cariss and Edith T. Cariss, of Crosshill, Glasgow. Died at 4.35 p.m on 31st January 1942. Cause of death is given as "Multiple Injuries sustained in collision between express passenger train and engine stationary on railway line". His death was certified by Geo. Johnstone L.R.C.P. & S.(ED) and he died at the Royal Infirmary Glasgow.

FELIXSTOWE (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD - Suffolk

Name:	PINKNEY, William John
Rank:	Gunner
Age:	26
Date Of Death:	14th October 1944
Service Number:	898431
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Grave 68.
Additional information:	Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Pinkney; husband of Iris Vivian Pinkney, of Felixstowe.

FRIMLEY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD - Surrey

Name:	FIELD, Gordon Maurice
Rank:	Captain
Age:	27
Date Of Death:	10th February 1943
Service Number:	67043
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Grave 138.
Additional information:	Son of Cyril Durrant Field and Lilian Mary Field; husband of Marianne Rayner Field, of Camberley.

GATESHEAD EAST CEMETERY - Durham

Name:	PURDY, David	view larger image
Rank:	Gunner
Age:	24
Date Of Death:	30th January 1944
Service Number:	977775
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Div. 31. Grave 63.
Additional information:	Son of Robert and Charlotte Purdy, of Gateshead. Cause of death is given as 1.a. General Peritonitis, and b. Perforated Duodenal Ulcer. His death was certified by Cecil W. Ward, M.B. and he died at Seacroft Emergency Hospital, Leeds. My Father, Arthur Seymour joined 319 Battery on January 30th 1944 as a Driver I\C. He told me that a Gunner complained of stomach-ache in the evening but the Medical Officer said that he would be ok until the morning, but when morning came he had died. It seems possible that David Purdy was the man that my father referred to.

GLASGOW (RIDDRIE PARK) CEMETERY - Glasgow

Name:	McNULTY, John	view larger image
Rank:	Gunner
Age:	23
Date Of Death:	1st October 1943
Service Number:	898437
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Sec. D. Grave 812.
Additional information:	Son of William John and Janet Bennet McNulty, of Glasgow.

PAISLEY (HAWKHEAD) CEMETERY - Renfrewshire

Name:	STEVENSON, Archibald	view larger image
Rank:	Lance Serjeant
Age:	22
Date Of Death:	20th May 1942
Service Number:	911471
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Sec. P. Grave 86.
Additional information:	Son of Thomas and Ann Stevenson, of Gallowhill, Paisley; husband of May Stevenson. Cause of death is given as "Internal Haemorrhage caused by splinter from live grenade". No mention is made in the War diary for March, April or May with regard to training with grenades, nor is the death of Archibald Stevenson recorded. The certificate was received from the Commanding Officer R. Kidston.

SHOTTS (KIRK OF SHOTTS) CEMETERY - Lanarkshire

Name:	MACFARLANE, Scott Gibson	view larger image
Rank:	Bombardier
Age:	22
Date Of Death:	22nd August 1941
Service Number:	916395
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Sec. A. (South Part). Grave 61.
Additional information:	Cause of death is given as "shock following a fractured base of the skull and severe burns received when his motor cycle overturned on the road and caught fire and that Scott Gibson Macfarlane died by misadventure". The certificate was received from P.C.G. Hayward, Coroner for Suffolk (Eastern District) and an inquest was held on 25th August 1941. He died at Camp reception Station, Saxmundham.