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Radio Officer Hugh Cameron McIntosh

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Radio Officer Hugh Cameron McIntosh

Birth
York, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
10 Aug 1941 (aged 28)
Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Burial
Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland GPS-Latitude: 55.544639, Longitude: -5.1202714
Plot
Plot 7. Coll. grave 398-413.
Memorial ID
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Casualty of WWII,Hugh was a Radio Officer with Royal Air Force Ferry Command

He was 27 and the son of George and Francis Amelia McIntosh; husband of Margaret Ruth McIntosh of Markham, Ontario, Canada.
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The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) 13 Aug 1941, Wed Page 6
H. McIntosh, R. Brammer
Toronto, August 12 - - Radio operators H. C. McIntosh of Agincourt, Ont., and R. B. Brammer of Toronto, two of the 22 men killed in a flying accident in the United Kingdom, Sunday, were employed by the Department of Transport at airports before they volunteered for the Atlantic ferry service last year.
McIntosh, 28, lived near Markham, Ont., and was a graduate of Markham High School. He was stationed for a time at Porquis Junction in Northern Ontario as a Department of Transport radio operator. He joined the Atlantic service last April.
McIntosh stayed for a few weeks at 1730 Dorchester street west, Montreal. He was married less than a year ago. His wife, who was with him in Montreal, and stayed on in the city following his departure a reported 10 days ago, left for their home in Agincourt, upon receipt of the news of the crash.
**end of article**

Americans killed in the crash were:
First Officer John James Roulstone, of Long Beach, Cal.; Captain Daniel "Danny" Joseph Duggan, of Winthrop, Mass.; Flight Engineer Ernest George Reeves of Roslyn Heights, N. Y.; Captain George Thomas Harris of Kansas; Captain Hoyt Ralph Judy of Dallas, Tex.; Captain Jack Wixen of Los Angeles; Captain Watt Miller King, of Arkansas.
Canadians killed were:
Radioman J. B. Drake of New Westminster, B.C.; Radioman Wilfrid Graves Kennedy, of Tichborne, Ont.; Captain Harold Clifford Wesley Smith of Montreal; Radioman William Kenneth "Bill" Marks of Stratford, Ont.; Radioman Robert Bruce Brammer of Toronto; Radioman George Laing of Halifax; Radioman Hugh Cameron McIntosh of Agincourt, Ont.; and Captain J. J. Anderson of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Britons killed
Britons killed were:
Captain E. R. B. White of Ayr; Captain F. D. Bradbrooke of London; Radioman H. S. Green of Bristol;Radioman Herbert David Rees of Ilanelly, South Wales, Radioman G. H. Powell of Derby; and Radioman A. A. Oliver of Swinden, England.
One Australian, Captain J. E. Price of Geelong, Australia, also was killed.

Father: George McIntosh
Mother: Frances Amelia Brumwell
Brother: John Jacob "Jack" McIntosh
Brother: George Kenneth McIntosh
Sister: Olive (McIntosh) Clendenen
Brother: David L. McIntosh
Brother: Enoch E. L. McIntosh
Casualty of WWII,Hugh was a Radio Officer with Royal Air Force Ferry Command

He was 27 and the son of George and Francis Amelia McIntosh; husband of Margaret Ruth McIntosh of Markham, Ontario, Canada.
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The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) 13 Aug 1941, Wed Page 6
H. McIntosh, R. Brammer
Toronto, August 12 - - Radio operators H. C. McIntosh of Agincourt, Ont., and R. B. Brammer of Toronto, two of the 22 men killed in a flying accident in the United Kingdom, Sunday, were employed by the Department of Transport at airports before they volunteered for the Atlantic ferry service last year.
McIntosh, 28, lived near Markham, Ont., and was a graduate of Markham High School. He was stationed for a time at Porquis Junction in Northern Ontario as a Department of Transport radio operator. He joined the Atlantic service last April.
McIntosh stayed for a few weeks at 1730 Dorchester street west, Montreal. He was married less than a year ago. His wife, who was with him in Montreal, and stayed on in the city following his departure a reported 10 days ago, left for their home in Agincourt, upon receipt of the news of the crash.
**end of article**

Americans killed in the crash were:
First Officer John James Roulstone, of Long Beach, Cal.; Captain Daniel "Danny" Joseph Duggan, of Winthrop, Mass.; Flight Engineer Ernest George Reeves of Roslyn Heights, N. Y.; Captain George Thomas Harris of Kansas; Captain Hoyt Ralph Judy of Dallas, Tex.; Captain Jack Wixen of Los Angeles; Captain Watt Miller King, of Arkansas.
Canadians killed were:
Radioman J. B. Drake of New Westminster, B.C.; Radioman Wilfrid Graves Kennedy, of Tichborne, Ont.; Captain Harold Clifford Wesley Smith of Montreal; Radioman William Kenneth "Bill" Marks of Stratford, Ont.; Radioman Robert Bruce Brammer of Toronto; Radioman George Laing of Halifax; Radioman Hugh Cameron McIntosh of Agincourt, Ont.; and Captain J. J. Anderson of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Britons killed
Britons killed were:
Captain E. R. B. White of Ayr; Captain F. D. Bradbrooke of London; Radioman H. S. Green of Bristol;Radioman Herbert David Rees of Ilanelly, South Wales, Radioman G. H. Powell of Derby; and Radioman A. A. Oliver of Swinden, England.
One Australian, Captain J. E. Price of Geelong, Australia, also was killed.

Father: George McIntosh
Mother: Frances Amelia Brumwell
Brother: John Jacob "Jack" McIntosh
Brother: George Kenneth McIntosh
Sister: Olive (McIntosh) Clendenen
Brother: David L. McIntosh
Brother: Enoch E. L. McIntosh

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