22.05.12 - Search for "Ross" Building, Kelty, showed was in Station Road, Kelty
Minister - John Campbell
Harrower, William Lunn, Army Number 2703939 ;
Conscripted January 1945 to Scots Guards. Sworn in and enrolled a Guardsmen, Ser. No 2703939, 11th January 1945, Guards Depot, Caterham, Surrey, Cpl. Law’s Squad, weapons training etc. (See Photo) Basic training 8 weeks.
March 1945 to Guards Training Camp, Pirbright.
V.E. Day 8 May - Day in London.
June/ July 1945, Caernarfon, Wales, Training at Snowdonia National Park.
July 1945, to barracks at Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle Guards.
August 1945, Stobs Camp, Hawick, (V.J. Day 15 August)
August 16 to August 30, Embarkation leave for B.A.O.R. (British Army on the Rhine)
September 1945, to join 2nd. Battalion, G Company, Troop train to Dover, S.S. Empire Wansbeck to Ostend, Ostend to Krefeld Transit Camp, Germany, Krefeld to Wipperfurth, 26 miles N.E. of Cologne. Wipperfurth (Forcibly occupied German civilian property, static intensive.
Garrison duties plus Guards on railway goods train containing surplus ammunition from WWII.
Also Guards on farms (Russian zone nearby). Guard room - local pub.
October 31 1945, drill course, Wipperfurth. Passed and appointed U/LCPL.
December 1945, appointed P/LCPL.
Posted to Demonstration Training Platoon (Drill/ Weapon demonstration
Posted to Paderborn Training Facility, (Infantry/Armoured attack ???? to Student Officers live armed I/C Bren Gun Unit.
Return to Wipperfurth.
January 1946, Battalion posted to Wansbeck Barracks, Hamburg. Met Jim there who was stationed.
Garrison duties including War Crime Trials.
Lubeck. Guards on approx. 8 miles of A/B parked vehicles surplus to WWII.
April 1946 returned to UK.
Disembarkation Leave, Posted to Eastfield Camp, Edinburgh (near Redford Barracks)
June 1 1947 Appointed UP/A/CPL i.e. Lance Sgt.?
July 1947, Posted Chelsea Barracks, London. Garrison/Royal Duties (Bank of England/Tower of London/Buckingham and St. James Palace.
Jan 20 1948, Demob No. 65, at Inkerman Barracks, Knaphill, Woking.
Demob leave until March 1948.
Added by me, Jan 1945 till March 1948, 39 Months.
Age: 83
Oorzaak: Bronchopneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (C.O.P.D.), Aortic Valve Disease
Hij is getrouwd met Eleanor May Balfour Mortimer Rankin Leitch.
Zij zijn op 11 januari 1949 in ondertrouw gegaan.Bron 16
Zij zijn getrouwd op 27 januari 1949 te Kennoway Parish Church, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.Bron 3Kind(eren):
Gebeurtenis (Witness at Marriage) op 27 januari 1949 in Kennoway Parish Church, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland : Margaret Jessie M Robertson, Abe Harrower.Bron 3
Gebeurtenis (Marriage Fact) op 27 januari 1949 in Kennoway Parish Church, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland : Andrew Robertson, Eleanor's Uncle, was the Brides Escort.Bron 3
1. 22.05.12 - Search for "Ross" Building, Kelty, showed area was in Station Road, Kelty.
2. Could be that Ross Building was named after John Ross, originator of Gothenburg Society, (See media).
Kelty Gothenburg Society Building is now No 1 Goth, at Kelty Cross. Was Dad born here, or is there another Ross Building?
3. A newspaper clipping - from the Scotsman, 22nd April 1929, states that Ross Buildings, were in Lindsay Road, Kelty. Lindsay Row was situated accross the road from the access to Hilton Farm. The Lindsay Pit was in the same area.
4. Postcode KY4 0BL (from ????PROPERTY WEBSITE????) shows that Ross Building is further East on Station Road.
5. Lunn name introduced .................... the marriage of William Lunn, to Agnes Reid, decided William Lunn Harrower, b 1926, middle name, and also his Uncles and Aunts. Dad didn't know this!!!!
6. Detective Constable William Harrower, of Dunfermline, has been promoted uniformed Sergeant in Cowdenbeath. Since joining Fife Constabulary at Cupar in 1949, Sergeant Harrower has served at Burntisland and Dunfermline, the last six years with the C.I.D. Born in Kelty, he was raised in the Methil and Buckhaven area, starting his working life as an apprentice butcher with G. W. Douglas, of Leven. After a spell with Buckhaven Co-Operative Society, he spent three years in The Scots Guards. He then became a member of the Buckingham Palace guard, leaving in 1948 with the rank of sergeant. A married man with a 15 year-old son, Sergeant Harrower lives at 21 Aberdour Crescent, Dunfermline.
7. William Lunn Harrower
Conscripted January 1945 to Scots Guards. sworn in and enrolled a Guardsman, Ser. No 2703939, 11th January 1945, Guards Depot, Caterham, Surrey, Cpl. Law’s Squad, weapons training etc. (See Photo) Basic training 8 weeks.
March 1945 to Guards Training Camp, Pirbright.
V.E. Day 8 May - Day in London.
June/ July 1945, Caernarfon, Wales, Training at Snowdonia National Park.
July 1945, to barracks at Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle Guards.
August 1945, Stobs Camp, Hawick, (V.J. Day 15 August)
August 16 to August 30, Embarkation leave for B.A.O.R. (British Army on the Rhine)
September 1945, to join 2nd. Battalion, G Company, Troop train to Dover, S.S. Empire Wansbeck to Ostend, Ostend to Krefeld Transit Camp, Germany, Krefeld to Wipperfurth, 26 miles N.E. of Cologne. Wipperfurth forcibly occupied German civilian property, static intensive.
Garrison duties plus Guards on railway goods train containing surplus ammunition from WWII.
Also Guards on farms (Russian zone nearby). Guard room - local pub.
October 31 1945, drill course, Wipperfurth. Passed and appointed U/LCPL.
December 1945, appointed P/LCPL.
Posted to Demonstration Training Platoon Drill/ Weapon demonstration
Posted to Paderborn Training Facility, Infantry/Armoured attack ???? to Student Officers live armed I/C Bren Gun Unit.
Return to Wipperfurth.
January 1946, Battalion posted to Wansbeck Barracks, Hamburg. Met Jim there who was stationed.
Garrison duties including War Crime Trials.
Lubeck. Guards on approx. 8 miles of A/B parked vehicles surplus to WWII.
April 1946 returned to UK.
Disembarkation Leave, Posted to Eastfield Camp, Edinburgh (near Redford Barracks)
June 1 1947 Appointed UP/A/CPL i.e. Lance Sgt.?
July 1947, Posted Chelsea Barracks, London. Garrison/Royal Duties Bank of England/Tower of London/Buckingham and St. James Palace.
Jan 20 1948, Demob No. 65, at Inkerman Barracks, Knaphill, Woking.
Demob leave until March 1948.
Added by me, Jan 1945 till March 1948, 39 Months.
8. HARROWER. - Peacefully at Benore Care Home, Lochore on Thursday 19th August 2010, William Harrower, aged 83 years of Cowdenbeath. Beloved husband of the late Eleanor, loving father of Colin and father-in-law of Liz and a dearly loved grandad of Craig and Grant and a great - grandad to Calvin.
Published in the Central Fife Times on 26th August 2010
9. Scotlands People - HARROWER, WILLIAM LINN, M, 1927, 410/2 16, Kelty
Record for William L Harrower and Eleanor M Harrower/ Ancestry.com
Name: William L Harrower
Residence Year: 1955
Residence Place: Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
William Lunn Harrower, b. 1926, December Thirtyfirst, Ross's Buildings, Kelty, Parents John Harrower, Kate Wilson, m. Jan 1st 1912, Dunfermline, Informant Thomas Wilson, Grandfather, 95d Main Street, Townhill Registered January 29th, Kelty, Signed Jas M. Anderson Registrar
Extract of an Entry in a Register of Birth.
William Lunn Harrower.
1926 December Thirty First 6h. 40m. P.M.
Ross's Buildings, Kelty
M.
Parents: John Harrower, Butchery Manager
Kate Harrower M.S. Wilson
m. 1912 January 1st Dunfermline
(signed) Thomas Wilson Grandfather,
95d Main Street, Townhill.
1927 January 29th at Kelty
(Signed) Jas. M. Anderson Registrar
Extracted from the REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS for the District of Kelty in the County of Fife this 17th day of March 1937
Jas. M. Anderson.
Added Baptised 3rd February 1927 John Campbell Minister Townhill United Free Church. Dunfermline
Marriage
1949 On the Twenty Seventh day of January at Parish Church, Kennoway.
After Banns According to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.
William Lunn Harrower, Butcher, Bachelor, Age 22, Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven.
Parents, John Harrower, General Merchant Retired, Catherine Wilson.
Eleanor May Leitch, Chemist, Spinster, Age 20, 47 Henderson Park, Windygates. Parents, Andrew Leitch, Coal Miner , (deceased) Helen Leitch MS Rankine. (signed) WR Smart Kennoway Old Parish Church.
(signed)
Abram W. Harrower, 'Glendale' Dewar Drive, Leven, Witness,
Margaret JM Robertson, New Road, Kennoway, Witness.
Registered,
1949 January 29th Kennoway,
J. Anderson
Registrar
Family Held Certificate, VARIOUS ARMY RECORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Bet. Jan 1945–Dec 1948
William Lunn Harrower
Various Army Records and Photographs, Scots Guards Army Number 2703939.
4199325 CE
DG
Extract of an entry in a REGISTER of DEATHS
(Section 37(2) of the Registration of Births. Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965)
DEATH Registered in the district of Fife, Cowdenbeath, District No 430 Year 2010 Entry No. 213
1. Forename(s): William Lunn
Surname: Harrower
2. Sex: M
3. Occupation: Police Sergeant (retired)
4. Date of birth: Year 1926 Month 12 Day 31
5. Age: 83 Years
6. Marital or civil partnership status: widowed
7. When died: 2010 August Nineteenth 2030 hours
8. Where died: Benore Care Home 203-207 Lochleven Road Lochore KY5 BHU
9. Usual residence (if different from 8 above)
10. Cause of death: I (a) Bronchopneumonia
(b) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(c)
(d)
II Aortic valve disease
Certifying registered medical practitioner Tamsin A Malham
11. Forename Surnames and occupation of spouse(s) or civil partner(s):
Eleanor May Leitch, Dispensing Chemist
12. Forenare(s), surname(s) and occupation of father/parent: John Harrower Butchers Shop Owner
(deceased)
13. Forename(s), surname(s) and occupation of mother/parent: Catherine Wilson (ms) or Harrower
(deceased)
14. Signature of informant, how qualified to give information and address:
(Signed) Colin Harrower Son
29 Glenfield Road Cowdenbeath KY49EP
15. When registered:
Year 2010 Month 8 Day 23
16. (Signed) A Williamson Registrar
Extracted from the Register of Deaths
on Twentythird August 2010 (Signed) A Williamson Registrar
The above particulars incorporate any subsequent corrections or amendments to the original entry made with the authority of the Registrar General
Warning
It is an offence under section 53/3) of the Registration of Births. Deaths and Mamages (Scotland) Act 1965 for any person to pass as genuine any copy or reproduction of this extract which has not been made by a district registrar or assistant registrar and authenticated by his signature. This includes any photocopy made by any other person.
Any person who falsifies or forges any of the particulars on this extract or knowingly uses, gives or sends as genuine any false or forged extract is liable to prosecution under section 53(1) of the said Act.
Name: William Harrower/ Ancestry.com
Gender: Male
Death Age: 83
Residence Place:Cowdenbeath
Death Date: 19 August 2010
Death Place: Benore Care Home, Lochore, Fife
Spouse: Eleanor
Child: Colin
1978–2010 WILLIAM LUNN HARROWER
52 Craigbeath Court, Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland
Bet. Apr–19 Aug 2010
Benore Care Home, 203-207 Loch Leven Road, Lochore, Fife, Scotland
Record for William L Harrower and Eleanor M. Leitch/ Ancestry.com
Residence Year: 1965
Street address: Aberdour Crescent 21
Residence Place: Fife, Scotland
Record for William L Harrower/ Ancestry.com
Name: Mr William L Harrower
Birth Date: 1924-1926
Residence Date: 2003-2010
Address:52, Craigbeath Court, KY4 9BY
Residence Place: Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland
Record for William L Harrower and Eleanor M. Harrower/ Ancestry.com
Name: William L Harrower
Residence Year: 1960
Street address: Aberdour Crescent 21
Residence Place: Fife, Scotland
STA 1959380 HARROWER
William L.
CLASS CODE A.
FULL POSTAL ADDRESS
"Glendale", Dewar Drive Leven.
Signed WL Harrower
STA 23 JAN 1948
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
REMOVED TO
45 Balgarvie Place, Cupar.
STA 13 OCT 1949
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
REMOVED TO
126 Dick Crescent, Burntisland.
STA 11 NOV 1949
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
REMOVED TO
8 Links Place, Burntisland.
STA 16 NOV 1949
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
REMOVED TO
c/o Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven.
STA 25 APR 1950
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
REMOVED TO
Police Buildings, Burntisland.
STA 26 JUN 1950
HARROWER. - Peacefully at Benore Care Home, Lochore on Thursday 19th August 2010, William Harrower, aged 83 years of Cowdenbeath. Beloved husband of the late Eleanor, loving father of Colin and father- in- law of Liz and a dearly loved grandad of Craig and Grant and a great- grandad to Calvin.
Published in the Central Fife Times on 26th August 2010
HARROWER. - (North Berwick) Peacefully at Abbey Care Home on Wednesday 4th September 2013. Thomas, husband of the late Margaret and much loved father of Ian, Neil, Robin and Gill. A service will be held at Warriston Crematorium Cloister Chapel on Friday 13th September at 1.30 pm to which all friends are welcome.
Published in the Central Fife Times on 12th September 2013
William Lunn Harrower Will 1992
I, WILLIAM LUNN HARROWER residing
at Fifty-two Craigbeath Court, Cowdenbeath, Fife DO HEREBY make my Will as follows:-
Subject to payment of all my debts and funeral expenses, I leave and bequeath the sum of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS (£1,000.00) to each and any of my grandchildren who may be alive at the date of my death; And I leave and bequeath the whole residue and remainder of my means and estate heritable and moveable, real and personl, wheresoever situated to my son COLIN HARROWER; Declaring however that should my son, the said Colin Harrower, predecease me leaving issue who survive me, such issue shall take wholly among them if more than one, per stirpes, the share original and accrescing which their father would have taken had he survived me: And I appoint my son the said Colin Harrower to be my Executor: And I revoke all writings of a testamentary nature heretofore
executed by me: IN WITNESS WHEREOF
Certificate of Proclamation of Banns.
At Leven, the Eleventh day of January,One Thousand Nine Hundred and forty nine.
It is hereby certified that William Lunn Harrower, Bachelor, residing at Glendale, Dewar Drive, Leven and Eleanor May Leitch, Spinster, residing at 47 Henderson Park, Windygates have been duly proclaimed in the Church of Leven, Forman on Sunday 9th January 1949 in order to marriage, and that no objections have been offered
Signed Davd Doig, Minister..
Certificate of Marriage at Kennoway Old Parish Church the 27th day of January 1949.
It is hereby certified that the above parties were this day married by me, WR Smart,
Minister at Kennoway Old Parish Church