Commonwealth War Grave, Mearns Cemetery
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Commonwealth War Grave, Mearns Cemetery
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 15 Feb 2023
LIEUTENANT J.R. HAIG HADDOW D.S.C., R.N. H.M.S. "MERCURY" 28TH MARCH 1946, AGE 26 WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE LET HIM COME HITHER Lieutenant John Renwick Haig Haddow was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1942, while serving in submarine H.M.S. Unbroken in the Mediterranean. He continued to serve in other submarines for the rest of the war. In 1946, he was at HMS Mercury, the signal school near Petersfield. Sadly he died during a flying exercise when the plane crashed. (Information from Mearns History Group https://mearnshistory.org.uk/index.php/history/people/john-wilson/35-ww2/229-john-renwick-haig-haddow-dsc.) One of 13 Commonwealth War Graves in Mearns Cemetery.
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Image Location
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55.766497
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-4.315283