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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:17 pm    Post subject: Hutchesons' Grammar School Reply with quote

Hutchesons’ Grammar School, 21 Beaton Road, Glasgow G41 4 NW

UKNIWM: Not Listed
OS Grid Ref: NS 570627



The history of Hutchesons' Grammar School sheds light on the history of Glasgow over the past 360 years. When George and Thomas Hutcheson set aside money in 1641 for their school, they lit an educational torch which has been burning brightly ever since.
George Hutcheson's drive to build a school to benefit children came from his unfulfilled desire to be a father. The brothers originally intended the School to be for orphans. Archibald Edmiston, an orphan himself, became the School's first pupil in 1643. The stone built Hutchesons' Hospital building in the Trongate - in the heart of Glasgow - survived the devastating fire that destroyed so much of the city in 1652. It survived, too, the ravages of civil war in Oliver Cromwell's reign before peace - and the monarchy - was restored. . . . .
A site on Beaton Road in Crossmyloof became home to Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School in 1960. It was seen then as an extremely fashionable building, daring in its modernity. Despite these many changes to the schools over the centuries, the single most significant change occurred in 1976. The year marked the amalgamation of Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School and Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School to form Hutchesons' Grammar School, the co-educational institution which remains in this form today. For more information log on to www.hutchesons.org

The very impressive WW1 & WW2 Memorial is situated in the corridor adjacent to the school Library.







In the following photograph taken in May 1939 twenty six of the pupils were killed in service



I would like to thank Mrs Norman and Mrs Duncan for all their help and for allowing me to reproduce the Veritas edition 1995.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:31 pm    Post subject: WW1 - Lieut. Joseph FLEMING, H.L.I. Reply with quote

Ex-student Second Lieutenant Joseph Fleming, Highland Light Infantry, killed in action in September, 1916, is commemorated at Cambuslang War Memorial. Information here:-
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=69532#69532
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:05 am    Post subject: Robert M K Heughan Reply with quote

Robert M Knox Heughan Pte 203497 6th Gordon Highlanders b Nairn e Glasgow Killed in Action F&F 21/03/1918 Son of George Knox Heughan & Jeanie W Heughan. Mother: Jane Wallace McFarlane. Father: Minister. 1891 Census: b 1886: Staying with grandmother. Soldiers Effects: Evelyn L Heughan. Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 & 97
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Andrew Muir, – age 28 – Lieutenant: 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Andrew was a teacher in Glasgow, latterly at Hutchesons' Boys Grammer School. He had started teacher training in 1906 at the Glasgow Training College (now Jordanhill College of Education) and in 1914 he was studying for an M.A. at Glasgow University. He was the organist and choirmaster at the Milngavie and Baldernock United Free Church. Andrew was commissioned in November 1914 in the 7th Cameronians and landed at Gallipoli in October 1915.
Born 1887 in Dumfries. Twin Son of John and Mary Muir of Chrystal Place, Dumfries.
Killed in Action – 16 November 1915.
Commonwealth War Grave – Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Also named on the Dumfries War Memorial, on the Dumfries Academy Memorial, on the St. George's Church memorial in Dumfries, on the Glasgow Training College memorial, on the Glasgow University Roll of Honour, and on the Milngavie War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

David Chalmers – age 36 – Captain: General List, attached to 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
David was educated at Hutcheson's Grammer School in Glasgow and was the joint managing director of the Dalbeattie Creamery Company when he gained a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers in November 1914. He was posted to the 8th KOSB in France in November 1915 and was wounded at the end of January 1916. He was transferred to the General List and then attached to the 6th Northamptonshires
Born 1884 in Glasgow. Son of the late Charles Brodie Chalmers of Ravenswood Drive, Glasgow and of Jessie (Robertson) Chalmers of Ivy Park and of Strathurr, Dalbeattie.
Killed in Action on 18 September 1918 and buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Also named on the Dalbeattie War Memorial and on the Royal British Legion Roll of Honour now in Dalbeattie Parish Church.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:22 am    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number Reply with quote

WMR 76757
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: CURRIE, HAROLD MAXWELL
Initials: HM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1st/2nd Bn
Date of Death: 1/8/1917
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Claude Maxwell Currie and Margaret Gardiner Currie, of 184, Ledard Rd., Langside, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Panel 22
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Also named on Hamilton Grammar School Memorial and the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BARRAS, WILLIAM GEORGE
Initials: WG
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Staff Surgeon
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Vanguard
Date of Death: 9/7/1917
Additional Information: M.D., C.M.
Panel Reference: 27
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial.

Also named in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel and Bellahouston Academy and Glasgow High School War Memorials.

A short biographical note about William Barras can be found on the University of Glasgow Roll of Honour: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=1786
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BLUE, DOUGALL
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd Bn, "A" Coy
Date of Death: 11/5/1915
Additional Information: Son of Dugald and Mary Blue, of Glasgow; husband of Katharine A. Blue, of 30, Montgomerie St., Kelvinside, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: I L 5
Cemetery: Merville Communal Cemetery.

Also named on Glasgow High School and Arlington Baths War Memorials and in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. A short biographical note about Capt Blue can be seen on the University's Roll of Honour: https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=1485
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: MACNAUGHTON, CALLUM ARTHUR
Initials: CA
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 15696
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Bn, No 2 Coy
Date of Death: 1/7/1916
Age: 29
Additional Information: Son of James Hay Macnaughton and Mary Cleland Macnaughton, of Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 15C
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Also named on Glasgow High School War Memorial.
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