Monthly Archives: November 2021


Margaret Cunnison

Margaret Cunnison was born on 29.05.1914, the second daughter of James and Isabella Cunnison (nee Inverarity).  There appears to be some dubiety around the location of Margaret’s birthplace: one Wikipedia site names it as Haddington, East Lothian, whilst census records state it to be King’s Norton, Warwickshire.  (Her Royal Aero […]


Wing Commander Forgrave Marshall Smith DFC

A resident of Dunning for many years, Wing Commander Forgrave Marshall Smith, D.F.C., RAF No. 37613, Hiram (as he was known) was born in Victoria, Alberta, Canada on 17August 1913, to Thomas and Margaret (nee Marshall), both born in Canada. Thomas and Margaret were married in 1904 in Montreal. Thomas […]


Corporal Angus Harry McKillop

Corporal McKillop was killed two months after VE Day on 29 July 1945. The lorry he was travelling on collided with a tree at Northleach, Gloucestershire, 29 July 1945. Angus Harry McKillop was aged 37 and was the son of Dugald and Jane Ann McKillop and the husband of Jane […]