On This Day...

20th July 1898 - Claude 'The Leap' Lambie is posted to Crete for the 'Occupation Of Crete' Campaign.

20th July 1923 - James Lambie, son of Alexander and Janet Scott, departs Scotland to sail to Canada aboard the SS Matagana.

20th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Wizernes in Lancaster PB265.

20th July 1974 - Walter William Lambie, son of James and Olive Garratt, marries Nellie in Canada.

21st July 1909 - Robert Frederick Ainscough, son of Elizabeth Ingram Lambie, is born in Liverpool.

22nd July 1815 - Flora MacPherson marries Alexander McTavish in Glassary, Argyle.

22nd July 1882 - Mary (McGregor) McTavish dies at Victoria Place, Clynder, Helesburgh.

22nd July 1913 - Alexander McTavish is transferred to Staincross in the West Riding Police.

23rd July 1857 - Claud Lammie, son of Alexander and Janet Scott, is born in Glassford. He dies in infancy.

23rd July 1896 - Duncan McTavish dies at Clachan Cottage, Roseneath aged 70 years.

23rd July 1906 - William Lambie, son of Claud and Elizabeth Bell, dies in Ardrossan, Ayrshire aged 4.

23rd July 1911 - Andrew Anderson, son of William and Robina Mair Lambie, is born in Clydebank.

23rd July 1923 - Ellen Ryan (sister of Robert) marries Stewart Angus in Howard Street, Glasgow.

23rd July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Kiel in Lancaster PB265.

23rd July 1967 - Elizabeth Ann Lambie, daughter of Arthur Sheldon and Marie Belanger, is born in Yorkton, saskatchewan, Canada.

24th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Stuttgart in Lancaster PB265. Shot down over Normandy. He parachutes to safety. Pilot Robert J Sarvis killed.

24th July 1979 - Hannah Louise Lambie, daughter of Robin and Patricia Downing, is born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.

25th July 1842 - Janet Davidson, sister of Christina, is born in Perth, Scotland.

25th July 1944 - Sgt John M Weir picked-up by US troops in Carentan.

25th July 1964 - Sharon Teresa Williams, sister of Davina, is born in London.

26th July 1827 - Duncan McTavish born in Kilmore.

27th July 1689 - Alexander Clan Chief of McNaughtan fights under Graham of Claverhouse at Killiecrankie.

27th July 1844 - James Lambie, son of Alexander and Janet Scott, is born in Chapelton. 

27th July 1866 - James Lambie, son of Alexander and Janet Scott, marries Janet Spence McIntyre in Glassford.

27th July 1921 - Claude 'The Leap' Lambie (below) is killed by a train in King's Norton, Staffordshire.

27th July 1969 - Janet Spence McIntyre Lambie, daughter of Malcolm and Margaret Moffat, dies at Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.

28th July 1855 - Robert Weir (brother of Alexander) born in Holytown, Bothwell.

28th July 1863 - William Hamilton Lambie, son of James Hamilton Lammie and Isabella Hamilton, is born in Avondale.

28th July 1895 - James Weir Allison, son of Robert Allison and Rachel Weir, is born in Baillieston.

28th July 1933 - Anna Isabella Woodlaw Walker Lambie, daughter of John McAulay and Janet Neilson, marries Walter McKellar in Glasgow.

29th July 1827 - Felix Boylan, son of Felix and Mary Dobbie is baptised at St.Margaret's, Kilmarnock.

29th July 1920 - Robert Dunipace Lambie, son of George and Marion Laing, is born in Dennistoun.

30th July 1867 - Claude 'The Leap' Lambie, son of William and Ann Dunipace, is born in Barrhead, Renfrew.

30th July 1879 - James Lambie, son of James and Janet Spence McIntyre, is born in Wishaw.

31st July 1861 - Charlotte Murray, daughter of Daniel and Marion Lambie, is born in Carluke.