On This Day...

12th July 1844 - John Weir, husband of Catherine Brown, dies in Burnfoot, Carnwath aged 33.

12th July 1884 - Janet Armour, mother-in-law of Margaret Lambie, dies in Strathavon.

12th July 1873 - Gregor McTavish, son of Duncan and Mary McGregor, marries Elizabeth McPherson in Arishaig.

12th July 1895 - Nora McGourty born in Partick, Glasgow.

12th July 1915 - James Tyre Campbell is killed in battle of Achi Baba, Gallipoli.

12th July 1915 - George Lyall, husband of Annie Lambie (James & Claude's neice) is killed in the battle of Achi Baba, Gallipoli.

12th July 1923 - John Morrison Weir born in Goathill, West Maryston, Scotland.

12th July 1934 - Mary Kinloch Lambie, daughter of William and Mary Kinloch, marries John Elliot S.Kerr in Govanhill.

12th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Revigny in Lancaster PB265.

13th July 1174 - Ralph de Vere (the first of the name on record in Scotland) fights at The Battle Of Alnwick, and is captured with William the Lion. 

13th July 1937 - Joshua Smith, son of Joshua RN, dies at 1301 Govan Road, aged 75.

13th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies in Lancaster PB265 on a training flight from RAF Hemswell to base.

14th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Revigny but diverted to bomb marshalling yards in Lancaster PB265.

14th July 1952 - William John Lambie, son of John Campbell and Elsie Page, is born in Saskatchewan, Canada.

14th July 1963 - James Lambie, son of James and Janet Spence McIntyre, dies in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada aged 73.

14th July 1968 - Ellen (Ryan) Angus (Sister of Robert) dies in Glasgow aged 69 years.

14th July 2015 - Claud (Ryan) Lambie dies in Glasgow, aged 73.

15th July 1864 - James Lammie, son of Claud and Annie Reid, marries Jane Paterson in Glassford.

15th July 1888 - Joseph Blake commences service at Raphoe, Co.Donegal in the RIC.

15th July 1905 - Alice Catherine Lambie, daughter of Claud and Mary Boylan, is born at 3 Laurieston Street, Greenock.

15th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies in training flight Langar to base in Lancaster PB265.

15th July 1947 - Donna Lorraine Dowhy, daughter of William and Margaret Elizabeth Lambie, is born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada.

16th July 1860 - James Lambie, son of James Hamilton Lammie and Isabella Hamilton, is born in Avondale.

16th July 1869 - William Lambie, son of Claud and Annie Reid, marries Agnes Brown in Glassford.

16th July 1873 - Gregor McTavish, son of Duncan and Mary McGregor, marries Elizabeth McPherson in Arishaig

16th July 1875 - John Morrison marries Mary McTavish in Norfolk Street, Gorbals, Glasgow.

16th July 1880 - Mary Gilchrist Lambie, daughter of William and Ann Dunipace is born in Bridgeton, Glasgow.

16th July 2016 - Claudia Lambie (daughter of Claud and Julie Brown, marries Jamie Morton in Glasgow.

17th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Scholven in Lancaster PB265.

18th July 1917 - Andrew Hugh Lambie, son of Malcolm and Margaret Moffat, is born in Lost River, Saskatchewan, Canada.

18th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Sannerville in Lancaster PB265.

18th July 1989 - Lancaster PB265 wreckage is discovered in swampland in Normandy, France. (See Below)

18th July 1908 - Mary Kinloch Lambie, daughter of William and Mary Kinloch, is born in Calton, Glasgow.

18th July 1998 - Agnes Young Miller, wife of Alexander Weir (Accountant) dies in Dunoon aged 89.

19th July 1965 - Patrick Sheldon Lambie, son of Athur Sheldon and Marie Belanger, is born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.