The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

[dhubthaigh]

The memorial to the brothers David & John Rennie Maxwell takes the form of a village Hall in Padanaram, Angus. Despite its appearance the hall would appear to still be in use.

[dhubthaigh]

Name: MAXWELL, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 03/08/1918
Awards: M C and Bar
Additional information: Son of David Maxwell, of Ballindarg, Forfar, and of Jane Rennie Maxwell. Born at Upper Drumgley, Glamis, Forfar.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 104.
Cemetery: SENLIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Name: MAXWELL
Initials: J R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
Unit Text: 1st
Date of Death: 18/10/1915
Service No: 1541
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 13.
Cemetery: GREEN HILL CEMETERY

[Keptie]

The Memorial hall at Padanarm near Kirriemuir to Capt David Maxwell MC & Bar ,5 Bn Black Watch and Cpl J R Maxwell , Fife & Forfars had in around 2004 .......

....... framed photographs of each of the two Maxwell casualties .

At this time of my visit to the hall a new committee was in place with good intentions of renovating the old hall up to the modern time and I contacted Margaret then at the War Memorials Trust to get them a grant for the work on the hall / memorial part. I heard that the Angus council grant to upgrade the hall went to some other use as the Committee took too long over their application to renovate the hall .

I hope that the two photographs are still in the main hall

[dhubthaigh]

Pat,

Great info re. the photos - will you be back at some point do you think ? Would be great to see them and excellent addition to this thread.

Mark

[Keptie]

mark

I took photographs of the two Maxwell lads as the keyholder of the Hall took down the old WW 1 photographs for us to photograph but that was before my diggy camera. They will be in my archive !


patrick w anderson

[Keptie]

There is a relative of some sort of the Maxwells of Ballindarg in the hamlet of Padanarm and they were on this new committee we were told by this keyholder / committee secretary of the Padanaram Hall Committee . The hall is Angus Council Owned !

[FortyTwa]

The hall is looking fine after some refurbishment work and was open (and the venue for an American craft fair!) when I passed on Sunday.

The lady in pink was good enough to lift me up to take pix of the portraits

[dhubthaigh]

Nice to see the two pictures are still there. Cheers.

Mark

[spoons]

UKNIWM 44740

I have asked WMT if they know of any work in progress to repair the lettering on the panel.

\Paul