Not listed on the memorial
McGregor, George Gordon
| Rank
| Private, General Service Corps |
| Service Number
| 14029651 |
| Born
| 30 April 1927 at 27 Main Street, North Queensferry. |
| Parents
| Francis McGregor, and Annie George Dick McGregor (nee Bald), of North Queensferry |
| Date of death
| 19 June 1945 (Aged 18) |
| Grave
| Centre Section Grave 231-232. Inverkeithing Cemetery |
| Other Memorials
|
Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle.) |
Other Information
His Mother was age 14 in 1911 Census and her brother Robert Bald is on the WW1 Memorial.
George’s membership of the General Service Corps implies that he was still in his first six weeks of basic training when he died.
His elder brother Francis McGregor is named on the memorial.
George became a Commercial Clerk and lived at 73 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh after his parent’s death.
He was conscripted into the army and within weeks, died in the City Hospital, Edinburgh of Meningococcal Meningitis and Purulent Pericarditis.
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle.)
Scottish National Archives. Death Certificate.
North Queensferry Free Church Baptismal Roll.
Here dead we lie, Because we did not choose
To live and shame the land, From which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, Is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is, And we were young.
[Here Dead We Lie, A.E. Housman]
When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Your Tomorrow,
We gave our Today
[Kohima, attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds]
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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