Notes
Margaret Thorburn, the archivist of Dean Church, provided the following detailed information:
Reg Ho 1919 693 13 – Ian Stewart Paterson 23/2/1919 Schoolhouse, Burdiehouse, Liberton, parents Francis James Skinner Paterson, schoolmaster & Nellie Simpson 13/7/1910 Buckie;
Reg Ho 1940 685/2 494 – Ian Stewart Paterson 21, Corporal, RAF, 34 Danube Street, Edinburgh, now engaged in War Service, parents Francis James Skinner Paterson, school headmaster dec’d & Nellie Simpson, m 10/8/1940, 26 Pitt Street, Edinburgh, C of S, Margaret Edith Christie 21, typist, Department of Agriculture, 26 Pitt Street, Edinburgh, parents George Christie, shipmaster dec’d & Catherine Murray Philip, witnesses Catherine Ellen Christie, 26 Pitt Street, Edinburgh & John G Wallace, Helenslea, Kelso;
Reg Ho 1943 157/AF 49 – Ian Stewart Paterson 24, 567307 Sergeant, 181 Squadron, RAF, presumed dead 13/11/1943, lost at sea, air operations;
CWGC – Ian Stewart Paterson, Sergeant, 181 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13/11/1943 aged 24, parents Francis & Nellie (nee Simpson) Paterson, wife Margaret Edith (nee Christie) Paterson, Edinburgh, Memorial Runnymede Memorial, Service no 567307;