The Scottish War Memorials Project

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Ballantrae - Kyle & Carrick District
OS Ref No. NX 086 823

The Ballantrae war memorial is a grey granite celtic cross with wheel-head and bosses set on a low tapering shaft which rests on a large square pedestal. The commemoration and names of the dead are set in lead lettering on the faces of the pedestal. The names of the WWI dead are listed according to the year of death, including names up until 1920.
The monument stands in a rock garden on the slopes below the castle overlooking the main road at the junction with the Stinchar Valley Road at the southern edge of the village.



Above - a sizable chunk of granite has been broken off at the base of the cross shaft at the back.





Above - a picture taken in the summer.


WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
AGNEW ROBERT MCD. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE DIED 1918
ANDERSON ANDREW AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY LANCE CORPORAL DIED 1917
BARNETT GEORGE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER DIED 1920
BARNETT JOSEPH H. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PIPER DIED 1915
BAXTER HARRY ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE DIED 1917
BELL ALEXANDER ROYAL SCOTS LANCE CORPORAL DIED 1918
BROWN DAVID ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE DIED 1916
BROWN JAMES ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS CORPORAL DIED 1917
CARLE ALEXANDER ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE DIED 1917
CRAWFORD GILBERT C.I. PRIVATE DIED 1917 CANADIANS?
DAVIDSON WILLIAM C.I. CORPORAL DIED 1916 CANADIANS?
GRACIE JOHN H. SCOTS GUARDS PRIVATE DIED 1918
GRAHAM ALEXANDER GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE DIED 1914
GREIG GILBERT HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY LANCE CORPORAL DIED 1916
HEWITSON JAMES ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE DIED 1917
KENNEDY DAVID H. ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS CAPTAIN DIED 1917
KENNEDY JAMES G. ROYAL FLYING CORPS LIEUTENANT DIED 1918
KYLE WILLIAM AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY TROOPER DIED 1916
MCCLUNG GILBERT KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE DIED 1919
MCCLUNG JOHN C.I. PRIVATE DIED 1917
MCCREADIE JOHN F. AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY TROOPER DIED 1918
MCGILL JOHN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE DIED 1918
MCKIE ANDREW O. ROYAL AIR FORCE A.M. DIED 1918
MCKINNON DUNCAN ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE DIED 1921
MCWHIRTER WILLIAM HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY LANCE CORPORAL DIED 1917
MEIKLE GILBERT F. ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE DIED 1915
MITCHELL WILLIAM ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER DIED 1918
MURRAY WILLIAM MIDDLESEX REGIMENT SECOND LIEUTENANT DIED 1918
ONSLOW DENZIL HUGHES D.R. MAJOR DIED 1916
PARKER JOHN ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE DIED 1915
SCOTT JAMES AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY TROOPER DIED 1917
SHIELDS WALTER ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN DIED 1916 H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE
SKILLING HUGH T. ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE DIED 1916
SKILLING JOHN MCD. BLACK WATCH PRIVATE DIED 1918
STOCK ARTHUR AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY CAPTAIN DIED 1915
TEMPLETON JAMES ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE DIED 1920
TURNBULL ALEXANDER W. ROYAL ENGINEERS PRIVATE DIED 1920
WALKER JOHN A. R.W.F. CAPTAIN DIED 1916
WILSON ROBERT CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE DIED 1914
WRIGHT ROBERT ROYAL IRISH RIFLES SECOND LIEUTENANT DIED 1917
YOUNG HARRY ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY CAPTAIN DIED 1919



WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
CAMERON PETER PRIVATE
HERBERT HENRY E. SERGEANT SERGEANT F/E
LOCH ROBERT GUARDSMAN
TEMPLETON JAMES SIGNALMAN

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This memorial can be quite photogenic in a good light. I was particularly concerned at the damage to the cross.

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UKNIWM Ref: 13363

[Adam Brown]

Major Denzil Hughes-Onlsow is also listed on the memorial in the parish church and along with another Major Hughes-Onslow is listed on the Barr War Memorial

Adam

[Elsie]

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[DelBoy]

A nice old postcard looking the other way, over the view.



Derek.

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Unveiled Sunday 20th of August 1922 at a cost of £650. Designed by Robert Lorimer and made by Alexander MacDonald & Co., Aberdeen.



Derek.

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WW1
1914
Pte. Robert Wilson, C.H.

(Glasgow Herald 2nd of April 1915)
"Information has been received from comrades that Private Robert Wilson, D Company, 1st Cameron Highlanders, who has been missing since September 14, has been killed in an improvised hospital which has been blown up by the enemy's shells. Wilson served eight years with the colours, and afterwards was with the Reserve. He took part in the Mons retreat. He was 33 years of age, a native of Girvan, and employed on the postal staff at Ballantrae, where his wife and two children reside."

Probably the same Robert Wilson who is listed on the Girvan memorial.

CWGC
WILSON, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 5664
Date of Death: 14/09/1914
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders 1st Bn.
Panel Reference:
Memorial: LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Husband of Janet G. Wilson, of Main St., Ballantrae, Ayrshire.

SNWM
Surname: WILSON
Firstname: Robert
Service Number: 5664
Date Death: 14/09/1914
Place of birth: Girvan Ayrshire
Other: 1st Bn.
SNWM roll: THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.