Thomas Renwick Swanley Paterson

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Parents:

• Birth*: Thomas Renwick Swanley Paterson was born on 18 November 1915 at Muirton Road, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .²
• He was the son of Henry Paterson jute machinery designer and Jessie Doig Swanley weaver jute factory.
• (Deceased) Death*: Thomas Renwick Swanley Paterson died on 21 January 1944 at near Naples, Italy, at age 28 In Memory of Lieutenant THOMAS RENWICK SWANLEY PATERSON
  229538, 67 (2/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Artillery who died age 28 on 21 January 1944 Son of Henry Paterson and of Jessie Doig Paterson (nee Swanley), of Dundee; husband of Mary Stewart Paterson (nee Robertson), of Dundee. Remembered with honour MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.^3,4
• Obituary: The obituary of Thomas Renwick Swanley Paterson was was published circa February 1944. City Officer Killed: Former pupil of Dundee High School and well-known Midlands hockey player, Lieut. T. Renwick S. Paterson, Royal Artillery, has been killed in action in the Central Mediterranean area.
  News of his death was received by his wife, formery Miss Mary Stewart Robertson, daughter of Mr George Robertson, 40 Jedburgh Road, Dundee, who is in the services.
  Lieut. Paterson, who was 28, served his apprenticeship as a chartered accountant with Messers Mackay Irons & Co., CA., Commercail Street. He joined the Black Watch in 1940 and took his commission in the Royal Artillery in 1942.
  A hockey enthusiast, he played for Dundee Wanderers. He was scoutmaster of St John's (Cross) Church Troop and a manager and Sunday school teacher in St Ninian's Church, Lochee.
  He was the elder son of Mr and Mrs Henry Paterson, 75 Tullideph Road. His younder brother, Lieyt. William Paterson, Black Watch, is in India.⁵
• (Headstone) Memorial Inscription*: He was erected in 2008. Inscription reads Paterson, T Renwick S, service RA. Church Lochee Old, Marble Plaque, Second WW.⁶

• (Witness) Passenger List: He was mentioned on a passenger list with Henry Paterson jute machinery designer and Isabella Kinnear Paterson and William Paterson on the Balmoral Ship Castle Line on 12 October 1919 at from Natal, Southampton, Hampshire, England, . Henry Paterson, fitter, 33, from South Africa to Scotland;
  Ella Paterson, 6;
  Renwick Paterson, 3;
  William Paterson, 1.⁷

Military Service

• Military Service*: Thomas Renwick Swanley Paterson served with the Black Watch in 1940 He joined the Black Watch in 1940 and took his commission in the Royal Artillery in 1942.⁵
• Military Service*: Thomas Renwick Swanley Paterson served with the Royal Artillery in 1942.⁵