Hamilton, John Brown b. August 26, 1896 d. July 18, 1973 World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, he served as a Lance Corporal in the 1/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, British Army. During the Battle of Passchendaele at the Ypres, Belgium, on September 26, 1917, front line British troops were have difficulty being supplied with small arm ammunition, due to intense German artillery fire. When the supply had reached a seriously low level, Lance Corporal Hamilton on his own initiative, carried bandoliers of ammunition...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Daldowie Crematorium, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland
McRae, Colin b. August 5, 1968 d. September 15, 2007 World Rally Championship Driver. Born in Scotland, he began his racing career in 1986 and won the British Rally Championship in 1991 and 1992. McRae won the world driver's title in 1995, helped Subaru to the Manufacturers' title in 1995, 1996 and 1997, and Citroën in 2003. In 2006 McRae and co-driver Nicky Grist competed for Subaru in the first live televised American rally in Los Angeles as part of the X-Games. Queen Elizabeth II named him a Member of the Order of British Empire in 1996. He...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Daldowie Crematorium, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland
b. August 26, 1896 d. July 18, 1973