MACGOWAN, Sydney James Watt
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Stirlingshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Black Watch
Service:
Army
Number:
14317303
Died :
Wednesday, March 15, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
27
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private Sydney Macgowan, 2 Troop, was killed in action during operations at Maungdaw, Burma. Son of James and Elizabeth MacGowan; husband of Jessie MacGowan (nee Robertson), of Stirling.
Sydney was a Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos joining in October 1942 as part of a Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry. He joined the Stirling Burgh Police Force in 1935 and is named on the Stirlingshire Constabulary WW2 Roll of Honour.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/74.
His granddaughter Susan Christopher.
Linked Content below.
Stirlingshire Constabulary WW2 Memorial at the Stirling Police Office, (Randolphfield House) St Ninian's Road, Stirling.
IWM Memorials Register ref. 94194.
His granddaughter Susan Christopher.
Linked Content below.
Stirlingshire Constabulary WW2 Memorial at the Stirling Police Office, (Randolphfield House) St Ninian's Road, Stirling.
IWM Memorials Register ref. 94194.
Article in the Dundee Evening Telegraph 05 April 1944 below.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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