Robert Gordon Hogg (1919-1944) [184192, Captain, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders] ✓

[Dave Pattern]

• born 1 August 1919 at Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland
• son of master mariner John Hogg and Joan Baird (née Ferguson) of Argyll, Scotland
• married Margaret Cuttell (11 May 1923-2 Aug 2003) at Paddock Wesleyan Methodist Church on 12 October 1943
  • Caroline Johanne Margaret Hogg (1944-?) who married Martyn Allan Kent in 1967
    • Timothy Russell Kent
    • Jonathan Andrew Kent
• died 25 September 1944
  • Casualty List #1567 (3/Oct/1944): killed in action 25.9.44
  • buried Woensel nr Eindhoven
  • reburied on 27 June 1945 at Mierlo War Cemetery, Netherlands

Records:

• ?

Links:

• CWGC – “Son of John and Johnann Baird Hogg; husband of Margaret Hogg, of Marsh, Huddersfield.”
• Find a Grave

Notes:

• After Gordon’s death, Margaret married Reginald Walker in April 1960

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Huddersfield Examiner (16/Oct/1943):

PADDOCK WEDDING

Lieut. R. G. Hogg – Miss Margaret Cuttell

The wedding took place at Paddock Wesley Methodist Church on Tuesday of Lieutenant Robert Gordon Hogg, of the Gordon Highlanders, son of Captain John Hogg (Merchant Navy) and Mrs. Hogg, of Kilmun, Argyllshire, and Miss Margaret Cuttell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cuttell, of St. James’s Road, Marsh. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. C. Ο. Ward and Dr. J. A. Findlay. Miss Sheila Cunningham was at the organ.

Given away by her father, the bride wore a dress of oyster satin, cut on classical lines, with a veil of hand-embroidered Brussels net. Her bouquet was of white carnations and heather.

Miss Molly Hoyle, the bridesmaid, was attired in a dress of mauve net, trimmed with taffeta, and carried a bouquet of pink carnations.

The reception was held at Whiteley’s cafe, after which the newly-married couple left for their honeymoon in the Lake District. The bride travelled in a fawn tweed costume with brown accessories.

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (10/Jul/1944):

BIRTHS

HOGG – On July 10, 1944, at the Princess Royal Maternity Home, to Capt. and Mrs. R. G. Hogg, a daughter.

Huddersfield Examiner (21/Oct/1944):

DEATHS

HOGG

In September, in North-West Europe, Capt. Robert G. Hogg, beloved husband of Margaret Hogg.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Cuttell and Margaret wish to thank all relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy in their sad loss.

71 St. James’s Road, Huddersfield.

Oban Times & Argyllshire Advertiser (28/Oct/1944):

WAR CASUALTIES.

Captain Robert Gordon Hogg: the Gordon Highlanders, has been killed in action. He was the elder son of Captain and Mrs John Hogg, Woodlands, Kilmun, and his widow resides at Huddersfield.

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