On This Day...

1st October 1820 - John Weir (Father of Alexander Weir b.1858) born in Carnwarth, Lanark.

1st October 1869 - Janet Lambie, daughter of James Hamilton Lammie and Isabella Hamilton, marries William Templeton in Avondale.

2nd October 1957 - William Blackwood, husband of Flora McTavish Morrison, dies in Kilbirnie aged 73.

3rd October 1876 - HMS Medway, last ship of Joshua Smith's service, is launched.

3rd October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for Woolwich Arsenal reserves in a friendly match against Kings Lynn.

4th October 1983 - Kirsten Marie Lambie, daughter of Scott Bradford and Shelley Lasante, is born in North Battleford, saskatchewan, Canada.

5th October 1868 - Alexander Lammie, son of James and Janet Hamilton, marries 2nd wife Jeanie Terras in Anderston, Glasgow.

5th October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for Woolwich Arsenal reserves in a United League match against Rushden.

5th October 1914 - Claude Lambie (father of 'The Activist') signs on for the Royal Army Medical Corps.

5th October 1914 - Thomas Nelson McTavish signs on for service in the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders in Oban. Allegedly he was 14 years old!

5th October 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Saarbruken in Lancaster ME801 but is diverted to Wratting Common.

6th October 1871 - James Lammie, son of Claud and Annie Reid, marries Mary McMillan in Bridgeton.

6th October 1881 - John McTavish completes his service aboard the SS Prussian.

6th October 1900 - John Morrison Weir, son of Samuel Gilbert and Mary Morrison, is born in West Maryston.

6th October 1944 - Sgt John M Weir is forced to return to base with P/O Trent, flying as 2nd Air Bomber in Lancaster LM227, another Centurion Lanc of 100 missions. 

6th October 1969 - Malcolm Claude (Mac) Lambie, son of Malcolm and Margaret Moffat, dies in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.

6th October 1983 - Hugh MacTavish, son of Thomas Nelson, dies in the County Hospital, Oban aged 50.

7th October 1880 - Claud Lambie, son of Hugh Halbert Lambie and Elizabeth Hamilton, is born in Govan.

7th October 1936 - Arthur Sheldon Lambie, son of William Stevenson Lambie and Margaret Brooks, is born in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.

7th October 1976 - Pauline Mary Lambie, daughter of Claude and Isabella Docherty, marries Mary McClements Cavanagh in Larkhall.

7th October 1995 - Thomas Davis Ryan dies in Tarragona, Spain aged 79 years. (Pictured below, third from left in back row)

7th October 2007 - Jean Watson Brocket, wife of James Houston Lambie, dies in Shettleston.

8th October 1878 - John McTavish signs on for service on the SS Anglia, in Glasgow.

9th October 1825 - Mary Weir, daughter of James and Catherine Brown, is born in Carnwath.

9th October 1874 - John McTavish signs on for service on SS Bolivia in Glasgow.

9th October 1890 - John McTavish completes his service aboard the SS Magnet.

9th October 1903 - John Lambie, son of William and Mary Kinloch, is born in Camlachie, Glasgow.

9th October 2010 - Marlaing Lambie McIntosh, daughter of Clotilde Gravion Lambie, dies in Campbeltown.