Ronald Hanson (1919-1944) [1525705, Gunner, 54 (The Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank]

[Dave Pattern]

• born 3 July 1919
• son of George Arthur Hanson & Florence Amelia (née Fleetwood)
• brother of Leslie Hanson (died 1942)
• “husband of Ena Scroggie” (Aberdeen Evening Express)
• died 26 August 1944 (aged 25) at Larbert, Stirling, Scotland (hospitalised for 8 weeks with pneumonia)
• buried 30 August 1944 at New Cemetery, Kintore, Scotland

Records:

• 1921 Census (FindMyPast) – Houses Hill, Kirkheaton
• 1939 Register (FindMyPast) – Houses Hill, Kirkheaton (working as a “tailor’s fitter”)
• CWGC

Articles:

• Aberdeen Evening Express 29 Aug 1944
• Huddersfield Examiner 2 Sep 1944
• Huddersfield Examiner 9 Sep 1944 (photo)

Notes:

• no obvious marriage record and CWGC names wife as “Clementina Scroggie Hanson”

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