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Personal data Douglas Stewart Harrower 

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Household of Douglas Stewart Harrower

He is married to Isabell Murray Ewan.

They got married in the year 1934 at Keith, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he was 19 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

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Notes about Douglas Stewart Harrower

1. Douglas Stewart Harrower, 2878132, 6th Bn., Gordon Highlanders
D.S. Harrower

In Memory of
Corporal DOUGLAS STEWART HARROWER
2878132, 6th Bn., Gordon Highlanders, who died age 25, on 16 May 1940. Son of Colin and Mary Jane Dow Harrower; husband of Isabella Murray Ewen Harrower, of Keith, Banffshire. Remembered with honour, NEERIJSE CHURCHYARD

Also

J.O. Carmichael

In Memory of
Private JAMES OGG CARMICHAEL
2878319, 6th Bn., Gordon Highlanders, who died age 22, on 16 May 1940. Son of George and Annabella Carmichael; husband of Evelyn Carmichael, of Keith, Banffshire.
Remembered with honour. NEERIJSE CHURCHYARD

Also

I.S. Farquharson

In Memory of
Second Lieutenant IAN STEWART FARQUHARSON
105769, 6th Bn., Gordon Highlanders, who died age 29, on 16 May 1940. Son of William Farquharson and of Annie Farquharson (nee McCusan), of Edinburgh. Chartered Accountant.
Remembered with honour. NEERIJSE CHURCHYARD

2. https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/74780/Harrower-Douglas-Stewart.htm

Harrower, Douglas Stewart

Date of birth:
1915
Date of death:
May 16th, 1940
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Neerijse
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Corporal Douglas Stewart Harrower, 2878132, was 25 when he lost his life.

He was married to Isabel Harrower who passed away at the age of 90 years old. She was born in Ottawa, but was living in Keith, Moray in Scotland when she married Douglas Harrower. He and Isabel had three children, Douglas, Stewart and Eleanor. Isabel never re-married after his death. She raised her three children alone. All three of his children are still living. Eleanor has said that she was 3 years old when she heard her father had died in the war and she has lived with the sadness of not having a dad, all her life. Eleanor's family lived in Keith, Moray in Scotland initially but all moved to the lower mainland of Vancouver, Canada many years ago.

Sources: Louise Rennie (granddaughter)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douglas Stewart Harrower

George Harrower
1849-1915
Elizabeth Betsey Reid
1857-1930
James Dow
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Rosanne McKechnie
????-< 1904
Mary McKechnie Dow
± 1882-????

Douglas Stewart Harrower
1915-1940

1934

Isabell Murray Ewan
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    Sources

    1. UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945, Ancestry.com, Record for Douglas Harrower Ancestry.com. UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: England. The National Archives. “War Office: Roll of Honour, Second World War.” Database. Army Roll of Honour 1939-45. Soldiers Died in World War Two. (WO304). CD Rom. Naval & Military Press. Description Database online.
      Record for Douglas Harrower
      Name: Douglas Harrower
      Given Initials: D S
      Rank: Corporal
      Death Date: 16 May 1940
      Number: 2878132
      Birth Place: Aberdeen
      Residence: Banffshire
      Regiment at Enlistment: Gordon Highlanders
      Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
      Theatre of War: France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40
      Regiment at Death:Gordon Highlanders
      Branch at Death: Infantry
      / www.ancestry.com
    2. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1914 HARROWER, DOUGLAS STEWART, 168/4 130, Woodside Not downloaded
      1914 HARROWER, DOUGLAS STEWART, 168/4 130, Woodside
    3. Web Site Information, 1940 Douglas Stewart Harrower Dedicated to the 5 Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the 3 Gordon Highlanders who rest at Neerijse Churchyard, Belgium. http://www.youtube.com/user/yaamool#p/u/7/XOGIyd1Tri0
      une ballade au pays de la dyle
      (A walk in the Dyle valley)

      a video clip found at -
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOGIyd1Tri0

      Dedicated to the 5 Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the 3 Gordon Highlanders who rest at Neerijse Churchyard, Belgium.
      Remembered with honour

      Film made by yaamool
    4. Commonwealth Graves Commision, HARROWER, DOUGLAS STEWART Commonwealth Graves Commision
      Commonwealth Graves Commision

      Corporal HARROWER, DOUGLAS STEWART
      Service Number 2878132
      Died 16/05/1940
      Aged 25 6th Bn Gordon Highlanders
      Son of Colin and Mary Jane Dow Harrower; husband of Isabella Murray Ewen Harrower, of Keith, Banffshire.

      Buried at NEERIJSE CHURCHYARD
      Location: Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
      Number of casualties: 3
      Cemetery/memorial reference: Grave 2.
      / http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty
    5. Web Site Information, 1940 Douglas Stewart Harrower, d. May 16th, 1940 https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/74780/Harrower-Douglas-Stewart.htm
      Harrower, Douglas Stewart

      Date of birth:1915
      Date of death: May 16th, 1940
      Buried on: Commonwealth War Graves Neerijse
      Service number: 2878132
      Nationality: British (1801-present, Kingdom)

      Biography

      Corporal Douglas Stewart Harrower, 2878132, was 25 when he lost his life.

      He was married to Isabel Harrower who passed away at the age of 90 years old. She was born in Ottawa, but was living in Keith, Moray in Scotland when she married Douglas Harrower. He and Isabel had three children, Douglas, Stewart and Eleanor. Isabel never re-married after his death. She raised her three children alone. All three of his children are still living. Eleanor has said that she was 3 years old when she heard her father had died in the war and she has lived with the sadness of not having a dad, all her life. Eleanor's family lived in Keith, Moray in Scotland initially but all moved to the lower mainland of Vancouver, Canada many years ago.
    6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1934 HARROWER, DOUGLAS STEWART, ISABELLA MURRAY EWEN (Statutory Marriages159/ 17) Keith Not downloaded
      1934 HARROWER, DOUGLAS STEWART, ISABELLA MURRAY EWEN (Statutory Marriages159/ 17) Keith

    Historical events

    Day of death May 16, 1940

    • The temperature on May 16, 1940 was between 5.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
      • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
      • August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
      • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
      • September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
      • October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
    

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