The Molteno Family Tree
Donald Ian Molteno
1918 - 1945 (26 years)-
Name Donald Ian Molteno [1] Nickname Ian Birth Mar 1918 Hampstead, London 
[1] Gender Male Burial Feb 1945 Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany [1] Death 16 Feb 1945 Germany [1] Notes - Major Donald Ian Molteno, (88003), 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) was born in Hampstead, London in 1918, the only son of Donald Jervis Molteno and Islay Kathleen Molteno of Glen Lyon House, Fortingall, and a great-grandson of Sir Donald Currie. He was severely wounded in 1943 during the fighting in North Africa and invalided home. He returned to the 1st Battalion as a Company Commander during the Reichswald Offensive, aka Operation Veritable. This was a turning point towards the end of World War 2 when Allied troops finally succeeded in crossing the Rhine on 23 March 1945, with a huge loss of 23 000 men. Ian was killed by a bursting shell on 16 February 1945 only a few days after he rejoined the battalion. Aged 27, he left a widow, Margot, and two baby daughters. Ian Molteno is buried in Reichswald Forest Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery, Nordheim-Westfalen, Germany, Plot 60, Row B, Grave 13. The epitaph on his gravestone reads: ‘His heart in Scotland but his valour here’.
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Person ID I3775 Molteno Genealogy Last Modified 3 Dec 2024
Father Donald Jervis Molteno, b. 27 May 1893, London d. 1970 (Age 76 years) Mother Islay Kathleen Bisset, b. 16 Feb 1896, Claremont, Western Cape, South Africa d. 4 Dec 1996, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 100 years) Marriage 15 Dec 1916 [1] Family ID F150 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margot Pigot, b. 21 Sep 1914, Eton, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom d. 9 Nov 2017 (Age 103 years) Marriage 15 May 1940 Children + 1. Susan Ferelith Molteno + 2. Gillian Molteno Family ID F1613 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2024
- Major Donald Ian Molteno, (88003), 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) was born in Hampstead, London in 1918, the only son of Donald Jervis Molteno and Islay Kathleen Molteno of Glen Lyon House, Fortingall, and a great-grandson of Sir Donald Currie. He was severely wounded in 1943 during the fighting in North Africa and invalided home. He returned to the 1st Battalion as a Company Commander during the Reichswald Offensive, aka Operation Veritable. This was a turning point towards the end of World War 2 when Allied troops finally succeeded in crossing the Rhine on 23 March 1945, with a huge loss of 23 000 men. Ian was killed by a bursting shell on 16 February 1945 only a few days after he rejoined the battalion. Aged 27, he left a widow, Margot, and two baby daughters. Ian Molteno is buried in Reichswald Forest Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery, Nordheim-Westfalen, Germany, Plot 60, Row B, Grave 13. The epitaph on his gravestone reads: ‘His heart in Scotland but his valour here’.