Info Required Sergeant Andrew (Martin] Wallace - Royal Scots 8th Battalion

Hello Everyone, I am a new member and am looking for any information on my Great Uncle Martin Wallace who served with the Royal Scots 8th Battalion. His service number is 3056892 and died on 30th September 1944. Some details show his ‘theatre of death was North Africa’ but he is buried in Uden War Cemetey, Netherlands. Any info would be fantastic.

 

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History 8th Battalion The Royal Scots 1939-1945

 

SerjeantWALLACE, ANDREW MARTIN
Service Number 3056892

Died 30/09/1944

Aged 25

8th Bn.
Royal Scots
Casualty


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18429912/andrew-martin-wallace#view-photo=130794542

 

Thank you, I’ll start there. I’m a newbie and really keen to find out all I can about my Great Uncle. I’ve found out he is on a memorial plaque in a church in his birth town of Peebles and he is also in a memorial book at Edinburgh Castle.

 

Hi Gail

Not sure his theatre of death would be North Africa and then buried in Uden - thats odd

UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name: Andrew Wallace
[Andrew Martin Wallace]
Given Initials: A M
Rank: Serjeant
Death Date: 30 Sep 1944
Number: 3056892
Birth Place: Peeblesshire
Residence: Peeblesshire
Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Scots (Royal Regiment)
Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
Regiment at Death: Royal Scots (Royal Regiment)
Branch at Death: Infantry

One of our members used to be in that Regiment and ha has left this - Second World War Memoirs of JOE BROWN

History 8th Battalion The Royal Scots 1939-1945

If you use the site search facility there are a few threads you might like to read

TD

 

Thank you so much, I had found the photo of his war grave but was confused with his details showing his ‘Theatre of Death’ was North Africa yet he was buried in The Netherlands? I’m guessing the theatre of death means where he fell.

 

Also you will require the war diaries if a member does not have them here freely to post then a few members can copy for you from the National Archive at Kew for a reasonable cost


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Clive

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:26 pm Post subject:
(ANDREW) MARTIN WALLACE

CWGC:
Name: Wallace, Andrew Martin
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 3056892
Date of Death: 30th September 1944
Age: 25
Regiment: Royal Scots, 8th Bn.
Cemetery: Uden War Cemetery (Netherlands), 1. F. 11

SNWM:
Name: Andrew Martin Wallace
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 3056892
Place of Birth: Peebleshire
Date of Death: 30th September 1944
Theatre of Death: North Africa
Regiment: The Royal Scots

Listed on Peebles Civic Memorial, see:
The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project :: View topic - Peebles

 

They were not in North Africa in late 1944, they were in Holland - where did you get that information from?

TD

What is SNWM??

 

Above is the info I found earlier and shows the theatre of death which is confusing to me as he is buried in The Netherlands

 

Well he died in NW Europe that is the fact

 

I don’t know what SNWM is either... the piece I’ve pasted above is what I found on the internet

 

What is SNWM??

SNWM:
Name: Andrew Martin Wallace
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 3056892
Place of Birth: Peebleshire
Date of Death: 30th September 1944
Theatre of Death: North Africa
Regiment: The Royal Scots

TD

 

Thank you everyone for clearing up the mystery of his place of death. My mum said she didn’t understand it as he died at The Battle of Arnhem?

 

I have no idea what it means..... sorry

 

Its wrong whatever it is - not sure the 8th Bn RSF where ever in Nort Adfirca during WW2

Seems to have come to the right place just in time

TD

 

Scottish National War Memorial, SNWM

 

Thank you..

 

Not at Arnhem according to this from forum member Joe Brown who is no longer with us

I chair the Veterans Section of the 8th Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and was interested to learn that your Great-Uncle Thomas Granby was killed at Arnhem. Can you kindly tell me more about this. The Battalion was not involved in the Arnhem landings (Market Garden). Do you have a copy of his service record?

The 8th Battalion fought from Normany to within a few miles of the Baltic with great valour and bravery.
Thomas Gamsby 8th Bn Royal Scots Died 31/10/1944

 

Will the war diaries give me more information ?