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Tam McGraw. Thomas "Tam" McGraw (19 February 1952 – 30 July 2007), also known as " The Licensee " or " Wan-Baw McGraw ", was a gangster involved in organised crime including extortion and drug trafficking in Glasgow, Scotland . Once one of the wealthiest businessmen in Glasgow, he owned numerous businesses including security companies and ...
Glasgow Necropolis holds graves of 19 Commonwealth service personnel, 15 from World War I and 4 from World War II, that are registered and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The first, and highest ranking, of those buried here is Lieutenant-General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson , who died in August 1914 in France and whose ...
Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland. Died. 13 March 1993. (1993-03-13) (aged 61) Glasgow, Scotland. Occupation. Organised crime boss. Arthur Thompson (September 1931 – 13 March 1993) was a Scottish gangster who was active in Glasgow from the 1950s and took charge of organised crime in the city for over thirty years.
Rangers players and fans will pay their last respects to goalkeeper Andy Goram at a funeral service in Glasgow. The former Ibrox and Scotland player, known simply to many as “The Goalie”, died ...
Funeral Planning. Planning for the funeral began in 2009. The committee was initially chaired by Sir Malcolm Ross, former Master of the Royal Household.Following the 2010 general election that brought the coalition government into power, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude was made the new chairman of the committee; the codename given to the plans was changed to True Blue from Iron Bridge to ...
The use of the dead bell is illustrated on the Bayeux Tapestry at the funeral of Edward the Confessor and may have been brought over to Britain by the Normans. The funeral procession of Edward the Confessor to Westminster Abbey as depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. Note the dead bells held by the two people next to (below) the deceased. Uses
Tallon's funeral took place at the Queen's Chapel in St James's Palace, with readings from Sir Derek Jacobi and Patricia Routledge. The funeral was attended by more than 200 people, including the Earl of Snowdon, Lady Sarah Chatto, June Brown, Paul O'Grady, Phyllida Law, Sir Roy Strong, Roy Petley and Keith Barron.
University of GlasgowMemorial Chapel. The University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel is a chapel at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. It was consecrated on 4 October 1929, and is dedicated to the memory of the former students and staff of the university who died in the First World War. It is located in the West Quadrangle of the Main Building of ...