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 Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:17 pm Post subject: Kirkcudbright Academy |
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UKNIWM Ref No 44414
OS Map Ref NX 679 509
Located in the entrance hall of Kirkcudbright Academy.
For anyone interested in knowing more about those listed on this memorial, the two volumes of Ian Devlin's book, 'We will remember them - Kirkcudbright's sons' are an absolute must.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Elma Wood worked for the NAAFI and is featured on the Dalry war memorial. |
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Adam Brown
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| Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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Would there be any particular reason why there were so many more Second World War names compared to the Great War?
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| Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Adam Brown wrote: | Would there be any particular reason why there were so many more Second World War names compared to the Great War?
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Been thinking about that. This is the first secondary school that I have posted that has both WW1 and WW2 names so it is difficult to judge but I believe that many more people had the benefit of secondary education after WW1 than they did before so this may be normal for state schools. Anyone got any other state schools to compare it with? |
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Adam Brown
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If you compare the WW2 names against the Kirkcudbright Burgh memorial it looks like they had quite a few folk from out of town attending the Academy. Perhaps they accepted pupils from further away by the Second World War?
Burgh names
ANDERSON Andrew
BOYD Cecil R
BROWN Douglas
CLARK Ronald L
CLARK John
FORREST David
HAMILTON William R
HARRISON John B
LINDSAY James McK
MARTIN John
McCLYMONT William W
McCORMACK Jack W
McCRACKEN John
McGLASHAN A Neill
McGRATH John
McNEILLIE William
MIDDLETON David
MILROY George
MITCHELL George
MOTHERSILL Alan K
MULDOON James
ROBB Robert W
ROBISON Thomas W B
ROWAN Robert
SIMPSON Peter
SNEDDON John F
STRAITON Andrew
WEMYSS John J
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| The improvement in roads and introduction of motor vehicles would have made it possible for people in this very rural area to get to secondary schools in the 1920s and 30s whereas they would not have been able to travel to a secondary school prior to WW1. I suspect we may find this to be true in other rural communities but I guess we won't find many secondary schools with WW1 and WW2 names? |
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David McNay
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| Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: Kirkcudbright Academy |
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| spoons wrote: |
For anyone interested in knowing more about those listed on this memorial, the two volumes of Ian Devlin's book, 'We will remember them - Kirkcudbright's sons' are an absolute must.
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If I could find a copy of the second volume, I would almost certainly buy it. It's proven very hard to get hold of! |
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