The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

[jamiemcginlay]

Glenbarr (Killean & Kilchenzie Parish)
Argyll & Bute, Kintyre District

Location: On eastern verge of A83 just north of Glenbarr

The Glenbarr war memorial is a rustic pedestal set on a tapering base of local stone and supporting a stepped column and roughly hewn stone cross. The memorial is approached through a gateway flanked by two domed rustic pillars of identical construction to the pedestal, and the commemoration and names of the dead are carved on slate panels set into the face of the pedestal and base.






WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
Baillie James Bombadier
Bannatyne Hector B. Gunner
Campbell Norman Private
Darroch Duncan Private
Durham William Private
Galbraith Archibald L. Sergeant
Galbraith Donald Private
MacDonald Duncan Engineer
MacInnes Archibald Corporal
MacIsaac Alexander Private
MacKinnon James Private
MacKinven Peter Private
MacLean James Sergeant
MacMillan Archibald Private
MacMillan Robert Private
MacMurchy Charles Private
Martin Daniel Second Lieutenant
McCallum Duncan Gunner
McDougall Dougald Private
McNiven Robert Private
Rowan James Private
Smith Duncan McD. Private


WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
MacDonald C. Angus Major
MacLeod John Angus Pilot Officer
McCormick Archibald G. Corporal
Mitchell Allan Private
Mitchell Thomas Flight Sergeant
Reid James Lance Corporal
Smart Neil Flight Lieutenant
Taylor Lachlan T. Signalman

[john hendry]

Three of the names on this are on the roll of honour inside the church at Muasdale- see my post tiled Musdale/Muasdale etc.

[DerekR]

UKNIWM ref no: not listed
OS map ref: NR670370

This is a spectacular memorial that has recently been tidied up. It stands 75m above sea level and can be seen from a long way off. It must stand at least 30 feet tall.


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Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.

[DerekR]

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Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.

[DerekR]

I was unable to decipher what this notice said:


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Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.

[dhubthaigh]

Just starting to have a look at the Argyll & Bute War Memorial List, an area of which I have no particular knowledge.

This memorial is listed as Glenbarr but the memorial states "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH". I think this memorial is the Killean & Kilchenzie Parish Memorial, Glenbarr being only a hamlet or village within the parish itself.

Updates on this and others in the area to follow.

[kinnethmont]

Mark

It should be changed to the parish name as you suggest. UKNIWM correctly lists it as:

Parish of Killean and Kilchenzie
UKNIWM Ref: 57696
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Jim

If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

www.kinnethmont.co.uk

[DelBoy]

[ADP]

From The Scotsman, 01 August 1922

WAR MEMORIALS

KINTYRE.—A memorial to 22 men of the parishes of Killean and Kilchenzie, was unveiled at Glenbarr. The monument is in the form of a cairn surmounted by a cross, and was designed by Mr Alexander N Paterson A.R.S.A., Glasgow. The unveiling was performed by Sergeant Edward MacDonald, D.C.M., late 8th Argylls, and Mrs Archibald Galbraith, who lost two sons in the war, placed the paish wreath at the base. His Grace the Archbishop of York gave the address. The Archbishop said that he had taken part in the dedication of some 200 war memorials, but none of these had appealed more strongly to his heart than this Kintyre one, as for 28 years he had spent all of part of his rest time in the district in Largie Castle.

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[ADP]

Looks like Mrs Galbraith lost her two sons in less than three weeks of one another.

CWGC
Name: GALBRAITH, ARCHIBALD
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 14th Bn.
Date of Death: 24/04/1917
Service No: S/15646
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 15 A and 16 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname GALBRAITH
Firstname Archibald
Service Number S/15646
Date Death 24/04/1917
Decoration
Place of birth Glenbarr Argyllshire
Other 14th Bn.
SNWM roll THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Rank A/Cpl
Theatre of death

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CWGC
Name: GALBRAITH, DONALD
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 09/05/1917
Service No: S/18151
Additional information: Son of Archibald and Margaret McCallum Galbraith, of Glenbarr, Kintyre, Argyllshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: DOIRAN MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname GALBRAITH
Firstname Donald
Service Number S/18151
Date Death 09/05/1917
Decoration
Place of birth Kintyre Argyllshire
Other 12th Bn.
SNWM roll THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Rank Pte
Theatre of death

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