Marion Macdougall, M.A. B.Sc. was a 48 year old Civil Defence Air Raid Warden who was seriously injured on 14 March 1941 during the Clydebank Blitz of 13/14 March 1941. Marion sustained her injuries in Queen Margaret Road and died in the Western Infirmary, Glasgow on the same day becoming one of the 528 fatal casualties of the two day blitz. Marion lived at 19 Kelvinside Terrace South that butts on to Queen Margaret Road I have to assume from, personal London Civil Defence Blitz experience, that Marion was either injured whilst working on an existing incident or was actually caught in the bombing of Queen Margaret Road while making her way to her Warden’s Post. The above is all that I can find regarding Marion; perhaps somebody in Scotland can add to the details. In particular I would be interested in the subjects she studied for her M.A. and B.Sc. I also understand, having studied the full details of the Clydebank Blitz. That the devastation was so severe that many Glaswegians moved from Glasgow and never returned. Grateful for any assistance. Tony
Hi Tony, Here's a link to University of Glasgow website with Marion's picture http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH0471&type=P Also her death entry and announcement in the Glasgow Herald 15 March 41.
Details of incident in the book River of Fire (link takes you to the book on Google) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_9G8BQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=river+of+fire&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=marian%20macdougall&f=false
I have a few family recollections of that night. My father was in his sisters house near where Marion was killed and when the mine fell, the grate and coals jumped out of the fire onto the carpet. My mother was at home in a top storey flat overlooking the river. She was under the heavy dining table padded with bedding while her father was giving a running commentary (whisky in hand) while standing at the window. My aunt was a student doctor and off duty but undertaking fire watch on the roof of the hospital. Her colleagues defied their seniors who had forbidden them to go and help the injured. They took ambulances and any transport available to go through the cratered roads to Clydebank. My back garden (an empty plot at the time) was hit by a mine and it ruptured the canal causing water to pour down the street. Due to wartime news restrictions, the Clydebank Blitz was not publicized at the time.
