McNeill, Robert Montgomery
Personal Information
Rank | Cpl |
Forename(s) | Robert Montgomery |
Surname | McNeill |
Gender | M |
Age | 37 |
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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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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 | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Honeybourne |
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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." |