TARBAT WAR MEMORIAL

Alexander Cumming, known as Ally, was born in Tain, the son of Alexander and Annie Cumming of Portmahomack and attended Tarbat Old Public School.

After leaving school in 1932 Ally worked as an assistant in D.J. Ross’s shop in Portmahomack.

When the war started he joined the Royal Navy and was a Leading Telegraphist on a Motor Torpedo Boat.

On the night of the 1^ST of October 1944 Ally was a member of the crew of M.T.B. 360, which was one of the M.T.B. flotilla that attacked a German convoy sailing between Rotterdam and Borkumon.

During the attack two M.T.B. boats were sunk, one being M.T.B. 360 and Ally Cumming was killed.  He was 26 years of age and has no known grave.  He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

His younger brother Henry James Cumming was also in the Royal Navy and died earlier in the war in Singapore.