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War Memorial - Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland


The men behind the names


David Scott Adams
David S. Adams

An extract taken from the report "Newly discovered diaries reveal horror of forgotten Scots WW1 hero". Found on "Daily Record.co.uk" and was edited on 14 October 2008.

. . . Another poignant section of Len's diary features a 'death notice' for one of his friends in the 7th London Regiment, who came from Perth and Kinross and was killed in action against heavily defended German positions. The notice marking the death of Lance Sgt David S. Adams, from Aberfeldy, was made on a piece of a ration box after he was killed while trying to force German soldiers off two huge coal waste heaps. His body was never found, but his name appears on the panel at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at the Loos Memorial in France. . . .

Lance-Sergeant David S. Adams, "A" Company, 7th Battalion London Regiment, son of David and Jane Ann Adams, Annesley Cottage, Aberfeldy, who was killed in action in France on 20th October 1915.


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Malcolm Colquhoun MacLaren

Malcolm C. MacLaren

Captain Malcolm Colquhoun MacLaren, Leicestershire Regiment, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John MacLaren, West Croft, Aberfeldy, killed in action. He enlisted in August, 1914, and obtained his commission in the Leicestershire Regiment in October, 1916. His only brother, Corporal John D. MacLaren, Black Watch, was also killed in action.
Captain MacLaren felt on 23 October 1918 and is buried in the Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extension, France.


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Robert A. Campbell

Robert A. Campbell

Sergeant Robert A. Campbell was from Aberfeldy, Scotland, the home of the famous Black Watch Regiment. He was the son of Kenneth and Annie Campbell and was the youngest of 6 siblings. 3 brothers served in the armed forces; Robert and James lost their lives. A merry lad, who loved being a scout. This may have made him a wireless operator when he joined the RAF on 1 January 1940.
Robert A. Campbell belonged to the crew of a Lancaster from the 625 Sqn. Bomber Command and was on the way to Berlin. Over the peninsula Jylland, at a height of 5200 metres, the Lancaster was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed near Avne north east of Haderslev on 15 February 1944. The plane exploded in low altitude. Only one soldier survived.
The fallen are buried in the cemetery of Aabenraa, Denmark.

Robert A. Campbell1366029    Sergeant
R. A. Campbell
Wireless Operator
Royal Air Force
15th February 1944, aged 21


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