121741 Capt. Andrew W. Ewing 2nd Border Regt.

Before you all go off on a wild goose chase looking for Andrew W Ewing a check of the 19 March 1940 London Gazette shows that 121741 was the service number allocated to Andrew Maurice Ewing

 

Well spotted horsa

That opens up other possibilities such as :

Andrew Maurice Ewing
Birth: 07 Oct 1908 (7 Oct 1908) - Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Death: Abt. 1980 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Marriage: Abt. 1937 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
F: John Alexander Ewing
M: Ethel May Still

TD

 

Well done to you both. A new pair of eyes (with a brain) often helps. In mitigation his initial looked like a W. He was the same age as my father.
So there was an Indian connection as you suspected TD. Now need to check his marriage and any offspring resulting from this. Hopefully there will be an unusual name to track.

Lionboxer

 

Well done to you both. A new pair of eyes (with a brain) often helps. In mitigation his initial looked like a W. He was the same age as my father.
So there was an Indian connection as you suspected TD. Now need to check his marriage and any offspring resulting from this. Hopefully there will be an unusual name to track.

Lionboxer

 

Found him on the 1911 census when his father, a missionary, came home on furlough from Ceylon. Staying in Fazakerly West Derby.

Lionboxer

 

Andrew Maurice Ewing last resting place. Note he has children and grandchildren.

Lionboxer

 

England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Andrew M Ewing
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1935
Registration district: Birkenhead
Inferred County: Cheshire
Spouse: Hilda Bunting
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 1866

TD

 

Looks as though they had a daughter:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005
Name: Valerie M Ewing
Mother's Maiden Surname: Bunting
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1936
Registration district: Crosby
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 1062

TD

 

Yes, and she married Archibald Hunter in 1960 and I think a son Colin Archibald born 1965....the net is tightening!

Lionboxer

 

The Regimental museum were unable to help so it looks like a letter to the local Aberdeen press. I also have a fistful of telephone numbers to try my luck with should all else fail.

Lionboxer

 

Its just a thought here Lionboxer, are we on the correct regiment here? I only ask, because I've just spent the last 10 minutes or so looking through THE STORY OF THE BORDER REGIMENT 39-45 by P. J. Shears. No mention of your man in question. It would be some what strange to not list a Captain in the book. Are you sure you do not mean the King's Own Scottish Borderers?

Spanner in the works may be.
Stu.

 

Stu, thanks for your thoughts but it is definitely Borders. Not sure if he became a Major or higher. Although he gave his unit as 2nd Border Regt he was at the time attached to 20 Reinforcement Camp as postings officer to the Borders who were part of 20 Indian Div.

Lionboxer

 

After barking up several wrong trees I think there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Lionboxer