John McLemon

[flying scot]

Recently I was looking up some family ancestry and came across a reative who was a private in the Manchester Regt 1st Battalion.
It seemed unusual as he was a scot from Glasgow. Most of my family served in scots regiments but he was the exception. His name was John McLemon . He was killed on 22/10/1944 in I think Germany and is buried in war cemetery at Uden. Is there anyway I can find out what action took place on that date. Also is there actually anyone who knew him or was there?

[harribobs]

hi flying scot

i've moved for post over to the WW2 section

here's John's CWGC entry

Name:     McLEMON, JOHN
Initials:    J
Nationality:    United Kingdom
Rank:    Private
Regiment/Service:    Manchester Regiment
Unit Text:    1st Bn.
Age:    38
Date of Death:    22/10/1944
Service No:    13097886
Additional information:    Son of James Lindsay McLemon and Margaret Lochhead McLemon, of Govan, Glasgow; husband of Magdalena M. McLemon, of Govan.
Casualty Type:    Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:    3. A. 4.
Cemetery:    UDEN WAR CEMETERY

[Pinkacoustic82]

Hi FlyingScot. I stumbled across your comment enquiring about Private John McLemon. I'm one of his many great-grand-daughters. He was 38 when he died and was killed on October 22nd 1944. He's buried in Uden War Cemetery. I believe he met his death when he bravely volunteered to accompany an ambulance convoy, which was unfortunately blown up. He left behind a wife (my great-grandmother, Magdalena McLemon) and three young sons, James, John and Alexander. Alexander was my grand-father. Unfortunately his wife and all three of his sons are now deceased. If you have any questions about the family, please feel free to drop me a line and I'll do what ever I can to help you out.

[rafboy]

From his service number it looks like he started his Army service in the Pioneer Corps.
Cliff