The Scottish War Memorials Project

craobhan · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 19 Location: Kirkcudbrightshire

The memorial is on the front wall of the church in Craignair Street next to the fire station. From Dumfries take the A711 to Dalbeattie. From Castle Douglas take the A745 as far as the traffic lights. Turn left over the bridge.

All the WWI names are also on the Dalbeattie memorial in Colliston park but on there, Hugh Bott has been spelled as Botts and J. Clancey is listed under 'G' as Glancey.

All the WWII names are also on the Dalbeattie memorial and there are no variations in spelling.

The link to the photos is
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/4756892

DerekR · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:49 pm Post subject:

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spoons · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:55 pm Post subject:

UKNIWM Ref: 44397

OS Map Ref: NX 830 613

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject:

Whilst researching the names on the Dalbeattie War Memorial I noticed that a number of the men listed on this memorial were born in the Glasgow area. I've found most of them, as children, on the 1901 census where they are listed as "boarders" and some of them as "orphans from Glasgow. The Archives Centre in Dumfries tell me that many of the school rolls of that time show children from most of the industrial centres of both Scotland and the North of England (Liverpool in particular)
These were children where there were family deaths or other problems and they were essentially taken into care.
The local authority would contract with other areas (often via the Catholic Church) where local families would "foster" the children.
On this memorial Thomas Clark, John Dowds, James Glancey, Francis Lee and Richard Welsh all appear on the 1901 census (often with brothers and/or sisters).
SNWM shows that Michael Dolan was born in Govan and William Monaghan in Barrhead.

Incidentally it looks as though John Dowds served with the Australian Infantry and not the Canadians. I think the mixup came because his next of kin (his sister) was living in Canada but I'm still investigating.
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Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject:

Regarding my previous post, do I remember another post about a memorial in Dumfries with Glasgow Links?
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spoons · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

There is a Glasgow memorial in St Joseph's chapel posted here http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=975. The Glasgow memorial is a window without names. There is a named plaque but that turns out to have been a different St Mary's near Ramsgate.

Is this the memorial you were thinking of?

\Paul

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:18 am Post subject:

Cheers Paul
Yes that's the one - just couldn't remember where I saw it.
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