Ewen Kennedy Mckercher 1914 1942

Date of Birth - 4 November 1914
Father - John McKerchar, railway stationmaster
Mother - Christina Kennedy
Address - Railway Cottages, Taynuilt

Scotlandspeople -
MCKERCHAR EWEN KENNEDY M 1914 529/ 33 Muckairn - (APA-OR-SRB 1914 Matheson McColl McKerchar Muckairn_529_00_0011Z.jpg)
MCKERCHER EWEN KENNEDY 27 1942 150/AF 32 Service Returns (6 credits - not downloaded yet)

Military records

Roll of Honour
Name: Ewen McKercher
Given Initials: E K
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Death Date: 5 Feb 1942
Number: 7591412
Birth Place: Argyll
Residence: Angus
Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Branch at Enlistment: Other Corps
Theatre of War: Malaya
Regiment at Death: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Branch at Death: Other Corps
Original data: England. The National Archives. “War Office: Roll of Honour, Second World War.” Database. Army Roll of Honour 1939-45. Soldiers Died in World War Two. (WO304). CD Rom. Naval & Military Press.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission
Rank:Warrant Officer Class II
Trade:Armt. Q.M.S.
Service No:7591412
Date of Death:05/02/1942
Age:27
Regiment/Service:Royal Army Ordnance Corps 18 Divisional Workshop
Panel Reference: Column 107.
Memorial:SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. McKercher

Burial :
Singapore Memorial : Kranji, North West, Singapore
PLOT Final resting place unknown. Name listed on Column 107.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56224682

First name(s) Ewen Kennedy
Last name McKercher
Age 27
Birth year 1915
Service number 7591412
Rank Warrant Officer Class Ii
Regiment Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Unit or regiment 18 Divisional Workshop
Year 1942
Death year 1942
Death date 05 Feb 1942
Country Singapore
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=WW2%2F07022949

World War 2 Allies Collection https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=WW2%2F00137569
E K McKercher
Regimental & service records Record
Great Britain
Year of service: 1943
First name(s) Ewen K
Last name McKercher
Birth place Argyllshire, Argyllshire, Scotland
Service number 7591412
Rank Warrant Officer, Class Ii
Regiment Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Year 1942
Death year 1942
Country Great Britain
View the original source
View the record's source
Original source Army Roll Of Honour 1939-1945
Record set World War 2 Allies Collection
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Second World War

Prisoners Of War 1715-1945 https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FPOW-FAREAST%2F00555433
Ewen Kennedy McKercher
Second World War Record
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Year of service: 1942
Ewen Kennedy McKercher
Second World War Record
Americas
Year of service: 1942
Ewen K McKercher
Second World War Record
Americas
Year of service: 1942
First name(s) E K
Last name McKercher
Year -
Service number 7591412
Rank Aqms
Regiment -
Ship name Raoc
Country of imprisonment -
Ship or corps RAOC
Prison camp or ship -
Conflict World War 2
Archive
The National Archives
Archive reference WO 361/1623
Document details Far East: death index; soldiers' names entered from files in the series SS/330/141;

http://www.empressofasia.com/casualties.htm

Also remembered on the gravestone at Achnaba
Inscription
AND THEIR SON/AQMS EWEN MCKERCHER/KILLED IN ACTION/AT SINGAPORE/5TH FEB 1942 AGED 27 YEARS/..

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