Richard Vesey Mackay Garry
Person details
| Forename(s) | Richard Vesey Mackay |
|---|---|
| Surname | Garry |
| Rank | Brigadier commanding RA |
| Regiment | Royal Artillery |
| Age | 50 |
| Death | Missing, presumed killed |
| Place of Death | Atlantic Ocean > West Africa |
| Date of Death | 14/09/1942 |
| Year of Entry | 1906 |
| House Letter | B |
| School Notes | Junior Scholar; Heathcote Scholar (Mathematics) |
| Comments |
The loss of the 'Clare' discussed in Parliament: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1942/sep/30/flying-boat-clare-loss The 'Clare' was a civilian aircraft lost off the coast of West Africa, but not by enemy action |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 8th Indian Division |
| Prefect | School Prefect |
| Military Decorations | MC |
| Album Number | 22 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | Memorial > Brookwood |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Woolwich; Served in WW1 in France |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | October 18 1942. Missing in Sept 1942, in the flying-boat 'Clare', Richard Vesey Mackay Garry, Colonel (actg. Brigadier), R.A., M.C. He came to Radley (Stone's, B) as a scholar in 1906, and before he left in 1910, he was a Prefect, was in the 2nd Football XI and had won the Heathcote Mathematical Scholarship. He passed into Woolwich. and was gazetted to the R.G.A. in 1912. In the last war, he served in France, for four years. was wounded, and twice mentioned in despatches and won the M.C.; he saw active service again in Kurdistan in 1923, when he was again mentioned in despatches, and also in Peshawar during the Afridi rebellion in 1930. With a quiet manner and a charming disposition, he was at the same time very efficient and of just the calibre to make a good officer. |
| Service Number | 0 |
| Place of Birth |
