A McCreath Miscellany

Tag: MBE

  • William Leonard Andrew McCreath (1919-2007) married Margaret Cruden Buglass (1922-2002)

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    Douglas McCreath

    William Leonard Andrew McCreath was born on 18 February 1919 at Berwick-upon-Tweed. William Leonard McCreath was a Solicitor with Sanderson, Scott and Edney, Berwick-upon Tweed. He married Margaret (Margot) Cruden Buglass (born 19 June 1922, Berwick-upon-Tweed) They had two children: (1) Duncan McCreath born Berwick, 28 June 1941 (2) Ian Gordon McCreath born Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 24…

  • Presenting Robert McCreath’s MBE to the RSPBA

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    Douglas McCreath
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    I attended the AGM of the Royal Scottish Band Association at Trades House Glasgow on  Saturday 11 March 2107 to present my Uncle Robert’s MBE to the Association. There is a commemoration room which bears his name in the Headquarters in Washington Street. It seemed appropriate that the framed MBE and Certificate be housed there.…

  • Henry Gourlay McCreath MBE (1915-2015) married Patricia Foley

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    Douglas McCreath

    Henry Gourlay McCreath married Patricia Foley. They had three daughters: Jennifer McCreath born 1941 Susan Jane McCreath born 1947   Judith Mary McCreath born 1948) “Henry McCreath, in his time one of the best-known grain merchants in Britain, died at 99. A keen, and excellent, batsman for Berwick in his prime, he would have appreciated…

  • Robert McCreath MBE: A Diplomat and a Gentleman

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    Douglas McCreath

    ‘The death of Robert McCreath, MBE, a former president of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, at the Victoria Infirmary on January 25, has shocked and deeply grieved his many friends and colleagues in the city and far beyond. They join with me in extending our sincere sympathy to his brothers and immediate relatives. Robert’s…