The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9JB

OS Grid Ref: NS 577668

In front of Holyrood Crescent, the congregation of St. Mary’s, lately worshipping in Renfield Street (the site of which is now occupied by the offices of the City of Glasgow Assurance Co.),have erected a magnificent church, which was opened on the 9th November, 1871, and promises, when completed, to be one of the finest ecclesiastical edifices in the city. www.thecathedral.org.uk

THE REREDOS IN THIS CATHEDRAL CHURCH AND THIS TABLET
HAVE BEEN ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION TO THE GLORY
OF GOD AND THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING FROM
AMONG ITS MEMBERS WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1920

Ronald Sydney Arend
James Baillie
William Gordon Baird
Douglas Alex. Bannatyne
Adrian Barbe
Charles Tolme Brown
Geoffrey Arthur Chapman
Cecil Fletcher Cooper
Frederick Alex. Dewar
Colin G. Hamilton Donald
John Drew
Arthur Fraser
Evelyn Meadows Frost
Arthur Livingstone Glegg
Walter Scott Glegg
Henry Graham
Magnus Nigel Gray
William Hall
Gerald Hammond
Charles Stuart Hedderwick
Arthur Hoyles
Laurance Arthur Ker
David Cecil Hope MacBrayne
Neil McEachran
Nigel Lorne McNeill
Robert Naylor McNeilly
Ralph Edward May
Bertram Medley
Robert Curle Millar
George Mitchell
David Moncrieff
Alexander Ernest Perry
Arthur Temple Railton
William Edwin Robinson
George Short Sharer
Charles Randolph Smith
George Evanston Smith
Patrick Spens
Robert William Sterling
John Lockhart Sterling
Jean Ulyssee Robert Tissot
Emile Lucien Robert Tissot
Ernest George Tidd
Ronald Travis Townsend
Eric Travis Townsend
John Alex. Croon Webster
Colin Wild
Robert Findlay Drew Wilson
James Stanley Yates
John Erskine Young

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THIS PLAQUE WHICH FORMED PART OF
THE REREDOS IN ST. PETER’S CHURCH,
RECORDS THE NAMES OF THOSE MEMBERS
OF THAT CONGREGATION WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918

D. Anderson
William George Armstrong
Alexander Beaton
Samuel Beaton
Sidney Bentley
George Brown
Charles Calder
John Callaghan
Thomas Carrol
William Carrol
Robert Carrol
Thomas Cunningham Christie
Robert Tom Church
William Collins
John Coutts
David Cowan
William Cumming
David Young Duncanson
Edward Gledhill
Joseph Halter
Frederick George Hanna
Thomas Harris
Alexander M. Heathwood
Leonard Hickman
Tom Hosking
Frederick Hooper
Henry John Hutchinson
James Hutchison
Charles Ingram
William Johnston
Willie Kay
J. Kirkland
James Lawson
Johnstone Love
William Mateer
William Scott McAllister
Malcolm Mackay
Thomas Gillespie McLaughlin
James Archibald Macphee
Robert Alexander Monteith
Bert Morgan
Robert Wiggans Morrison
William Henry Ainslie Ovenstone
William Henry Penn
John Thomson Robertson
James Robertson
Isaac Saunders
Frederick Saunders
Stewart Sawers
William Selbie
Robert James Smillie
Frank Smith
Douglas Smith
James Strachan
Robert Torrance
Christopher Wallace
Harry Ward
William Edward Warren
Leonard Webb
Joseph Wilson
Robert Wilson
Thomas Woodhouse
James Walker
Matthew Liddell
Charles Warren

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There is no information as to which church this memorial belonged.

1914 -1919
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE
MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
DURING THE GREAT WAR
ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO SERVED

Matthew Best Pte 9th H.L.I.
Mark W. Cameron Gunner (W.O.) Royal Navy
Peter Cameron L/Cpl. 10th Seaforth Highlanders
Charles Kirkpatrick Pte 1st H.L.I.
Donald J. Macdonald Pte Royal Scots
Allan Maclean Pte 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers
Matthew Paton Cpl 9th Black Watch
Jas. W. Sweeney Driver R.F.A.
Alexander Robinson Pte 1st H.L.I.
John A. Roddy Pte 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Henry W. Simson Cpl 10th Scottish Rifles
Thomas H. Warren Pte 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers
David E. Watson Pte 9th H.L.I.
John A. Watson Cpl 16th H.L.I.
David S. Wright Pte 6th Seaforth Highlanders
Jacob Young Pte 11th H.L.I.

THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TOGETHER WITH
THE ELECTRIC INSTALLATION OF THE CHURCH
1918

“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS”

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There is no information as to which church this memorial belonged.

1939 – 1945
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF

Alfred Anderson R.A.F.V.R.
Ian Mackenzie Anderson R.N.
Robert Hamilton Cowan R.N.
James Hiddlestone R.N.
William Lawrence Hodge R.A.
George William Macdonald R.A.F.
Robert Bedlington Pearson R.A.F.
John Thomas Quinn R.A.F.

Many thanks to Bruce Montgomery Smith for allowing me access to the Cathedral.

John

DelBoy · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:09 am Post subject: Robert-Tissot brothers

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Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:48 am Post subject:

Name: BARBE, ADRIEN ESPINASSON
Initials: AE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force and 5th Bn Highland Light Infantry
Date of Death: 27/5/1918
Age: 33
Additional Information: Son of Louise Auguste Barbe and Alice Rosa Barbe (ne'e Allen), of May View, Dunbar, East Lothian.
Memorial: Chatby Memorial.

Also named on Glasgow Academy War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:48 am Post subject:

Name: SPENS, WALTER THOMAS PATRICK
Initials: WTP
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 9th Bn
Date of Death: 18/2/1917
Age: 36
Additional Information: Son of Sheriff Walter and Helen Spens; husband of Mabel Dennison Watson Spens, of Strathaden, Troon, Ayrshire. Born at Glasgow.
Grave Reference: V A 29
Cemetery: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension.

Also named on Glasgow Academy and The Western Club War Memorials and in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. A short biographical note about LT Spens can be seen on the University's Roll of Honour: https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=2593

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:20 pm Post subject:

Name: STERLING, JOHN LOCKHART
Initials: JL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 28/9/1915
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of John Lockhart Sterling and Clara Frances Sterling, of 30, Ashton Gardens, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Panel 46 to 49
Memorial: Loos Memorial.

And his brother:

Name: STERLING, ROBERT WILLIAM
Initials: RW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 23/4/1915
Age: 21
Additinal Information: Son of John Lockhart Sterling and Clara Francis Sterling, of 216, Bothwell St., Glasgow.
Grave Reference: D 28
Cemetery: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery.

Also named on Glasgow Academy War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:04 pm Post subject:

Name: AREND, RONALD SYDNEY
Initials: RS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 12th Bn
Date of Death: 23/3/1918
Age: 23
Additional Information: Youngest son of Gertrude Arend, of 4, Montgomerie Drive, Glasgow, and the late W. Arend.
Panel Reference: Panel 13 and 14
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial.

Also named on Kelvinside Academy War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:37 pm Post subject:

Name: GLEGG, ARTHUR LIVINGSTONE
Initials: AL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps, 6th Bn. attd. 9th Bn.
Date of Death: 10/8/1915
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of Margaret L. Glegg, of 2, Lynn Gardens, Glasgow, and the late A. T. Glegg (Sheriff of Lanarkshire).
Grave Reference: F 33
Cemetery: Cambrin Churchyard Extension.

And his brother:

Name: GLEGG, WS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps, 6th Bn. attd. 9th Bn.
Date of Death: 15/9/1916
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 13A and 13B
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Both are also named on Kelvinside Academy War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:32 pm Post subject:

Name: HEDDERWICK, CHARLES STUART
Initials: CS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 2nd Bn, "B" Coy
Date of Death: 28/2/1915
Age: 25
Additional Information: Son of Edwin Charles and Mary Hedderwick, of 17, Kew Terrace, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: I A 5
Cemetery: Godezonne Farm Cemetery.

Also named on Kelvinside Academy and Loretto School War Memorials.

Mike Morley · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:01 pm Post subject:

Name: KER, LAURANCE ARTHUR
Initials: LA
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 9th Bn
Date of Death: 4/4/1915
Age: 27
Additional Information: Son of William Arthur and Laura Lee Ker, of 6, Belgrave Terrace, Glasgow. Born at Glasgow.
Grave Reference: MM 430
Cemetery: Greenock Cemetery.

Also named on Kelvinside Academy War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:57 am Post subject:

Name: MILLAR, ROBERT CURLE
Initials: RC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 8th Bn
Date of Death: 25/9/1915
Age: 34
Additional Information: Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Gardner Millar, of 11, Athole Gardens, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Panel 112 to 115
Memorial: Loos Memorial.

Also named on Kelvinside Academy War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:33 pm Post subject:

Name: SHARER, GEORGE SHORT
Initials: GS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 7th Bn
Date of Death: 26/9/1915
Panel Reference: Panel 46 to 49
Memorial: Loos Memorial.

Also named on Glenalmond College and Kelvinside Academy War Memorials.