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GlescaPals tribute to 'oor forces'
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GlescaPal Carlin, Fife ......
....This is my big
brother Robert Dow, taken in 1948 when he was doing his National
Service in the REME. He spent a lot of his service time in Cowglen
Military Hospital as he contracted pneumonia. He worked as a caulker in
John Brown's Shipyard, then in UCS etc. He was very active in his Union
and had a special presentation for 50 years service. He latterly lived in
Clydebank, but he and his wife Jeannie used to live in Beechgrove Street.
They met at Riverside School, (Jeannie lived in Lily
Street when we were in
Sunnybank Street.) Sadly, he passed on in 2004.
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GlescaPal Caltoncuddy, Australia....
.... a photo of my much loved Dad James Gall born 1920 in
the Black Isles. His family moved to Glasgow & lived in Whitevale
Street.
He joined Gordon Highlanders in 1939 and spent most of the
war in Burma attached to the Royal Tank corps. as a tank driver before
coming home late 1945.
He lived with Great Grannie Kate Coyle in Shettleston.
Married Cathy Keays from Shettleston and they had four children, Rod, James,
Margaret and Jane. Lived at 45 London Rd and Dad worked for Singers
and I.C.I. paints division before emigrating to Australia 1959.
He died in 1978 leaving behind a wife, four children, eleven grandchildren,
and nine great grand children and lots of great memories I miss him
still,
oor wee Scottish soldier.....love you Dad. Rod Gall (Caltoncuddy)
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Malaya
1949
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..........photograph of my faither, Jimmy McArthur
(front row right)
taken in Malaya 1949 with some of his Royal
Artillery army pals.
He was born in Ingram St. moved to Bridgeton & married Nessie
Evans in 1952.
Webmaister
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GlescaPal, Greta, Canada .......
.... Just finished reading this lovely tribute to
our Scottish forces of today's and bygone times. Just found this one of my
dad, David Watson in Italy. I fixed up a few of the old scratches on it.
I'm not sure of the branch but he was in the 8th Army in the Middle
East and then stationed throughout Italy.
This must've been around 1943/44 and he looks as though he's got a
terrific tan. He was one of those strange creatures who joined up when he
didn't have to. I figured out he had to be around 32 or 33 years of age in
this photo...
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King's
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GlescaPal
Jasdell
at RAF Cardington in 1954, age 17
Jim Waddell
was born at 65 Mollinsburn St. Springburn in 1937. The schools he went
to whilst there were, Mollinsburn St Primary, Gourlay St, Colston Rd and
Elmvale St. He then moved to 3 Glebe St in the Townhead where he went to
Townhead Primary and then on to the City Public.
Jim joined the
RAF in 1954 and served three years as a cook.
After a spell
working in Sheffield he returned to Glasgow (his parents had now moved
to 14 Morrin Square) where he became a tram driver until just before
they were made redundant.
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Jim got
married and moved to Lesmahagow. The marriage didn't last so he went
back into the RAF, in 1965, as a Dental Technician. After demob he went
to work in Germany, circa 1970, having learned the language. In Germany
he was offered a job with NAAFI and he became a shop manager. He
returned to England, still with NAAFI in 1983 and lived in Chippenham in
Wiltshire, then his wife, who he had met whilst in Germany, moved to
their present location. Ramsey Forty Foot near Huntingdon Cambridge. Jim
has two children from his first marriage and they both live in Gosport,
England.
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