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<\/td>\n<\/a>Sidney Kearon Coleman<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born:<\/td>\n2 July 1915 in Arbour, Ireland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Died:<\/td>\n14 June 1942, aged 27.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service:<\/td>\nAble Seaman in the Royal Navy. Serving on the S.S. Tarimbar.
\nService number C\/JX 241141.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Details:<\/td>\nSydney’s parents were Edwin Gillard, who was an engineer,\u00a0and Letitie Coleman of Ardrossan.
\nHe attended Ardrossan Academy then went on to study for an Arts degree at the University of Glasgow, 1933-37.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cemetery:<\/td>\nChatham Naval Memorial, England.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memorials:<\/td>\nCommonwealth War Graves Commission<\/a>.
\nArdrossan World War 2 Garden Of Remembrance<\/a>.
\nArdrossan Academy War Memorial<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/a>Thomas Graham<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born:<\/td>\n1916.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Died:<\/td>\n3 August\u00a0 1944, aged 28.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service:<\/td>\nAble Seaman in the Royal Navy. Serving on the H.M.S Quorn.
\nService number P\/JX 236799.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Details:<\/td>\nThomas was married to Ruby Taylor and they lived at Lawfield Avenue in West Kilbride.
\nHis parents were Henry and Elizabeth Graham.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cemetery:<\/td>\nPortsmouth Naval Memorial, England.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memorials:<\/td>\nCommonwealth War Graves Commission entry<\/a>.
\nArdrossan World War 2 Garden Of Remembrance<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/a>Martin Jenkins<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born:<\/td>\nSaltcoats, Ayrshire.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Died:<\/td>\n22 March 1944.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service:<\/td>\nFlight Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 97th Squadron..
\nService number 144925.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Details:<\/td>\nMartin attended Ardrossan Academy. His parents were William Job and Kate Mary Louise Jenkins, of Bridge of Weir.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cemetery:<\/td>\nRunnymede Memorial, England.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memorials:<\/td>\nCommonwealth War Graves Commission.<\/a>
\nArdrossan Academy War Memorial<\/a>.
\nStevenston War Memorial<\/a>.
\nScottish National War Memorial<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/a>John George Mellor<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born:<\/td>\n6 January 1922. Franklin Roads, Saltcoats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Died:<\/td>\n28 August 1942, aged 20.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service:<\/td>\nSergeant in the Royal Air Force, 78th Squadron.
\nService number 1008176.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Details:<\/td>\nParents were Stanley Mellor and Eileen May Mellor of Ardrossan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cemetery:<\/td>\nOverijse (Tombeek) Churchyard, Belgium.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memorials:<\/td>\nCommonwealth War Graves Commission.<\/a>
\nArdrossan World War 2 Garden Of Remembrance<\/a>.
\nArdrossan Academy War Memorial<\/a>.
\nScottish National War Memorial<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/a>Hugh McCulloch Montgomerie<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born:<\/td>\n1917.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Died:<\/td>\n11 August 1943, aged 26.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service:<\/td>\nCorporal in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – Servicing Commando Unit 3226.
\nService number 1107082.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Details:<\/td>\nSon of Hugh and Mary Montgomerie of Saltcoats. Sibling of Alexander (married to Bessie), David, Margaret, Mary (married to Wallace Adcock), Stanley (married to Nancy) and William<\/a>.
\nHe attended Ardrossan Academy and before the war it is believed that he was a postman.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cemetery:<\/td>\nCatania War Cemetery, Sicily<\/a>. Hughs entry<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memorials:<\/td>\nCommonwealth War Graves Commission.<\/a>
\nArdrossan Academy War Memorial<\/a>.
\nSaltcoats War Memorial<\/a>.
\nScottish National War Memorial<\/a>.
\nAllied Special Forces Roll Of Honour<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/a>William Alexander Livingston Montgomerie<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born:<\/td>\n1915.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Died:<\/td>\n8 April 1943, aged 28.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service:<\/td>\nBombardier in the Royal Artillery, 130 Field Regiment.
\nService number 914550.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Details:<\/td>\nSon of Hugh and Mary Montgomerie of Saltcoats. Sibling of Alexander (married to Bessie), David, Hugh<\/a>, Margaret, Mary (married to Wallace Adcock) and Stanley (married to Nancy).
\nHe attended Ardrossan Academy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cemetery:<\/td>\nRangoon Memorial<\/a>. Williams entry<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memorials:<\/td>\nCommonwealth War Graves Commission.<\/a>
\nArdrossan Academy War Memorial.<\/a>
\nSaltcoats War Memorial.<\/a>
\nScottish National War Memorial.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Sidney Kearon Coleman Born: 2 July 1915 in Arbour, Ireland. Died: 14 June 1942, aged 27. Service: Able Seaman in the Royal Navy. Serving on the S.S. Tarimbar. Service number C\/JX 241141. Details: Sydney’s parents were Edwin Gillard, who was an engineer,\u00a0and Letitie Coleman of Ardrossan. He attended Ardrossan Academy then went on to study […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.standrews-stpeters.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.standrews-stpeters.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.standrews-stpeters.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.standrews-stpeters.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.standrews-stpeters.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.standrews-stpeters.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/www.standrews-stpeters.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.standrews-stpeters.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}