Motion: Glasgow Blitz Boy Heroes Remembered

Glasgow Blitz Boy Heroes Remembered

Lodged by Drew Smith Standard Motion 25 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes that a service has been held in Glasgow to honour young messenger boys who died in air raids during Word War Two; further notes that the Lord Provost, Sadie Docherty, laid a wreath at Dalbeth Cemetery on 20 May 2015 in honour of five Glasgow Auxiliary Fire Service messenger boys, Neil Leitch, Neil Campbell, Ronald Pacitti, David Woodhead and John Farrow, who lost their lives at the height of the bombing between 13 and 14 March 1941; understands that the boys were among 90 youngsters who cycled or ran with potentially lifesaving messages for frontline fire crews during the war; further understands that 15-year-old Neil Leitch died from bomb injuries sustained while trying to take a communication to Partick Fire Station and that he had defied orders to rest and continued with his duties until he was fatally injured; notes that his remains lie at the Celtic cross that was erected in memory of all five by the then Lord Provost, Patrick Dollan, and understands that the Lord Provost was joined at the ceremony by Neil Leitch’s nephew, James Leitch, and George McGrandles of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the city's Senior Fire Officer, who formed part of a Fire and Rescue Service guard of honour in tribute to the youngsters.

Supporters (25)