The Scottish War Memorials Project

jamiemcginlay · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 897 Location: Glasgow

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

spoons · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject:

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

spoons · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject:

UKNIWM Ref: 13363

Adam Brown · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:45 am Post subject:

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
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