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MCNEILL, Robert

Personal Information
Rank Cpl
Forename(s) Robert Montgomery
Surname McNeill
Gender M
Age 37
Decorations
Date of death 07-08-1942
Next of kin Son of John McNeill, and of Agnes McNeill (Nee Montgomery), of Glasgow. Husband of Edith Louisa McNeill (Nee Masson), of Glasgow.
Aircraft Information
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Serial Number
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Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Glasgow (Sandymount) Cemetery
Grave Reference Compt. B. Grave 323..
Epitaph BERTIE, DEARLY LOVED SECOND SON OF JOHN AND AGNES McNEILL, BELOVED HUSBAND OF EDITH
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 72
Enlistment information
Service Number 1367419
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 92
Squadron 24 OTU
Trade Ground staff
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station Honeybourne
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss Evening Despatch of August 13th 1942: NIGHT CRASH. Airman cyclist killed. erdict of accidental death was recorded at a Stratford-on-Avon inquest on Corporal Robert Montgomery McNeill, aged 36, who was killed in a road accident. Evidence was given that McNeill was riding a cycle without lights down Rumer Hill, Welford-on-Avon, when he grazed another cyclist, lost control, and crashed. It was a dark night and witnesses sadi that McNeill was travelling very fast down the hill. P.C. Lomasney said the cycle had no lamps, no front brake and a rear brake that was "hopelessly out of order."