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jamiemcginlay
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Dreghorn - Cunninghame District
The Dreghorn memorial is a grey granit obeliks approximately 20 foot high.
The Inscription reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
OUR UNRETURNING BRAVE 1914 - 1919
1939 - 1945
FAITHFULL UNTO DEATH
The WWI names are:
Andrew James
Angelini Ernest
Annall William
Banks Alexander M.
Barrie William
Barrie Alexander
Beattie Robert
Bell Francis
Bell Hugh
Bell Robert
Bowie George
Bryden Thomas
Calderwood John
Caldwell Robert
Donaldson George
Dunlop James
Ferguson William
Fraser Thomas
Fry James
Fulton James
Fulton Peter
Gibson James
Gibson Robert
Gourlay David
Grant James
Haggarty Hugh
Hood James
Houston James
Jones Adam
Kenneth Archibald
Littlejohn Buchan
Lyon James
McKenna Matthew
McLean William
McMillan William
Maxwell Thomas
Millar Thomas
Mitchell Robert
Muir James
Muir John
Muir John H.
Orr Joseph S.
Paterson John
Pirrie Thomas
Rigg Thomas
Ritchie Patrick
Rollo John D.
Samson Hugh
Smith Robert
Spence Thomas
Steel J. Esslemont
Stewart Robert B.
Tait John
Templeton James
Walker Joseph
Walker Robert
Watson Robert G.
Watt Francis
Wylie Andrew G.
Ferguson James McG.
The WWII Names:
Agnew William
Allardyce Alexander
Baird Peter
Barr Robert G.
Blair George L.
Campbell John
Crichton Archibald
Davidson James
Fulton Andrew
Gold Thomas W.
Hardie James
Hardie Thomas
Hardie William
Hay Andrew
Hearshaw Daniel
Jamieson John
Lindsay Robert
Logan Duncan S.H.
Lusk Alexander
McDonald John
MacKay Thomas
Millar Thomas A.
Moore Robert
Muir James
Muir James M.
Muir William S.
Reid Adam C.
Reid Andrew
Russell David
Spence John
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spoons
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Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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UKNIWM Ref: 53609
OS Ref No.NS 357 383 |
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Adam Brown
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Does anyone know if this memorial covers nearby Springside?
Regards
Adam
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dhubthaigh
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| Nice setting for this memorial. It could do with a bit of landscaping/enhancement round about it though. |
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graeme.ruxton
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| Happily, there has now been some tasteful hard landscaping around the memorial. I have some pictures I'll add soon. |
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graeme.ruxton
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The monument is sited on what is locally called "The Mound", and is reached up a short, but steep path from the very eastern edge of Main Street.
As my photos show, the immediate surroundings of the monument have benefitted from considerable improvement in hard landscaping, but it seems curious that the council did not also improve the mostly unmade road up to the monument (which must be a challenge to the elderly in November) or to add some signage at the bottom of the path. The latter is less of an issue since the site of the monument is the highest point for miles around and commands very impressive views.
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graeme.ruxton
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Just for completeness, I add some pictures of the inscriptions
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dhubthaigh
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| dhubthaigh wrote: | | Nice setting for this memorial. It could do with a bit of landscaping/enhancement round about it though. |
Some nice work has been done I see |
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spoons
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Found the following in a 1994 document about Springside United Church:
"On September 12 , 1920, a Memorial Monument to honor those men from Springside who died in World War I was unveiled, and this was followed by a Memorial Service in the church. Upper Stewiacke and Upper Musquodoboit cancelled their services that evening so people could attend this service at Springside. The monument was made by J.J. MacLeod of Stewiacke. In 1949, a new block was added to the monument so that the names of the fallen in World War II could be added. This monument remains in place today, with wreaths and poppies being laid at the base of it each year on November 11. In recent years, the monument has been cleaned and repaired to ensure its preservation."
The memorial in question is a stone pillar.
Graeme.Ruxton made the following post concerning a supposed memorial at Springside:
I walked around and asked around in Springside and I don't think it has a memorial. However, the memorial at Dreghorn fits the description above. Further Dreghorn and Springside are only a mile apart, and the Dreghorn memorial is on the very edge of the town nearest to Springside. It would be relatively unchallenging to walk from the memorial in Dreghorn to Springside. So I think the memorial discussed above is the Dreghorn one. Effectively, we can score Springside off the list.
I have now deleted the Springside memorial post and the memorial from the list.
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