Hi all saw this. Search for family of executed WW2 Highland soldier - BBC News I have tried Kellor / Keilor etc, unable to find anything Anybody any ideas?
A thorough research and analysis of the Missing Persons Lists (WO361) and Army Casualties Lists (WO 417) perhaps.
I think the story has evolved over the years into something completely different from what actually happened. I suspect at best he was a POW. I certainly don't believe he was executed nor do I believe that is his grave, if it was it wouldn't be marked with just 1940.
Just posting what is shown on a family tree in which some of the details seem to coincide - make your own mind up Leonard Keillor Scott –1940 BIRTH Unknown DEATH JUL 1940 • Normandy, France Father: James Keillor Scott Mother: Maria Joseph Mahieu Military 1939 51st Highland Division- serving in St Valery en Caux in Normandy Death Jul 1940 • Normandy, France Hidden by a french family, but Germans captured him within weeks. Taken to cemetery, where he dug his own grave and was executed. If this is true then I would expect the French to know where he is buried TD
Parents were married in France: Source Gro Consular Marriages (1849-1965) First name(s) James Keillor Last name Scott Sex Male Marriage year 1881-85 James Keillor Scott married one of these people Maria Joseph Mahieu Marriage place Dunkirk Country France Type Consular/Overseas Records year range 1881-1885 Archive reference MCON Volume 7 Page 444 Line number 4 Archive General Register Office Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Banns And Marriages
? Father Source Gro Consular Death Indices (1849 To 1965) Archive reference DCON Volume 8 War - Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials First name(s) James Keiler Sex Male Last name Scott Death year 1886-90 Birth year - Type Consular/Overseas Country Japan Place Tokyo Page 1187 Registration year - Branch of service - Decoration - Records year range 1886-1890 Line number 20 Archive General Register Office
Adam Family tree was on Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/family-tre.../facts?_phsrc=adN11854&_phstart=successSource TD
They do know. The grave is tended daily by one family who have passed this story from father to son. I was able to visit St Valery two weeks ago and was taken straight to one particular grave by the family. They are very clear about which one it is.
Is the information on his death given above, taken from the family tree (can’t access it at the moment) or is that a reprise of what we know (allegedly) taken from the Poppy Scotland appeal? Thanks very much
