The Scottish War Memorials Project

Stewartry · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 234 Location: nr Nottingham

Auchencairn War Memorial was designed and built by Messrs William Kirkpatrick Ltd., Manchester. It is made of Aberdeen granite and weighs seven tons. The memorial was erected at Bridgend on land gifted in perpetuity by Mr Walter Ovens of Torr.

The memorial was unveiled before a large attendance on the afternoon of Sunday 22nd August 1920 by Colonel Victor M. Fortune, D.S.O., Black Watch.

Mr Andrew Muir, M.M., ex-Corporal, 1/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry, laid a wreath on behalf of the local post of Comrades of the Great War.

Stewartry · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 234 Location: nr Nottingham

More information on these men and others from the Auchencairn area can be found within the Auchencairn and the Great War section http://www.sonsofgalloway.org.uk/auchencairn/index.html of Sons of Galloway.

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject:

A V.C. finial. Very unusual. It looks well looked after as well.

Thanks

Adam

Stewartry · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 234 Location: nr Nottingham

spoons · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject:

UKNIWM Ref: 5868

OS Map Ref: NX 799 150

Great photos, do you give lessons? Laughing

You seem to have missed the WW2 names from the side of the memorial. Sorry my pic is not up to the standards of the others.

jamiemcginlay · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 918 Location: Glasgow

Some more pics

spoons · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject:

From the Lost Bombers website

Wellington X9826 Information
Type Wellington
Serial Number X9826
Squadron 115
X1D KO-D
Operation Mannheim
Date 1 29th August 1941
Date 2 30th August 1941

Further Information
"Serial range X9785 - X9834. 50 Wellington Mk.1C. Part of a batch of 378 Wellington Mk.1C. X9600-X9644; X9658-X9707; X9733-X9767; X9785-X9834; X9871-X9890; X9905-X9954; X9974-X9993 (270) delivered by Vickers (Hawarden) between May41 and Mar42, continued in the series Z1040-Z1181 (108). X9663; X9678 converted to Mk.XV1. Airborne 2014 29Aug41 from Marham. On return, shot down by an Intruder and crashed 0212 30Aug41 near Martlesham Heath Airfield, Suffolk. F/S Boyce died from his injuries 1Sep41. Sgt J.K.Murdoch KIA Sgt F.J.McGaw KIA F/S A.Forse KIA Sgt W.H.Blades RCAF KIA F/S J.W.Boyce RCAF Inj Sgt W.J.Cowell KIA "

In August 1941 the squadron began to use 'Gee' navigational aid operationally, I think it was one of the first squadrons to do so.

\Paul

Stewartry · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 234 Location: nr Nottingham

William Clint Muir is one of many men who died several months after being discharged from the army due to illness contracted during service, and subsequently not officially commemorated on the CWGC Debt of Honour Register.

I submitted his case to the MoD in December 2008 and happily, it was accepted in early January this year - very quick, less than four weeks and that includes the Christmas and New Year holidays. Yesterday, his entry was uploaded to the online Debt of Honour Register:

Name: MUIR, WILLIAM CLINT
Initials: W C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Lanarkshire Yeomanry
Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/02/1916
Service No: 995
Additional information: Son of James and Margaret Muir, of Auchencairn.
N.B.: Recent research has shown that Private Muir is buried here.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Lair 27
Cemetery: AUCHENCAIRN CEMETERY

From the sermon of Rev. William Thomson, United Free Kirk, Auchencairn:

Yesterday afternoon there passed away one whose name is inscribed on our congressional roll of honour. William C. Muir, like many of our brave lads, offered himself for the service of his country in November, 1914, and passed through the necessary training in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry, eagerly looking forward to service abroad. The severe cold of the late spring of 1915, however, brought upon him acute rheumatism, with fever, which necessitated his being removed to the military hospital. After five months of illness he had sufficiently recovered to be able to travel home, and we had hopes that, with youth on his side, he would ultimately regain his wonted strength. This hope was not realised, and during the past two months he came through great tribulation, and yesterday crossed the last trench.

I don't know the whereabouts of the Auchencairn U.F. Kirk roll of honour. The building was already an empty shell when I was a young boy - it was used for storing hay by the Ha' (Hall Farm).

Stuart
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5th KOSB
Stewartry RoH
ATC Auchencairn book

Adam Brown · Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:27 am Post subject:

Just noticed the similarity to the Kirknewton & East Calder War Memorial in West Lothian. The maltese cross is different though.

Thanks

Adam