The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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Wardlawhill Parish Church, Hamilton Road, Rutherglen G73 3DF

OS Grid Ref: NS 617615

Rutherglen West & Wardlawhill Church Hall, Hamilton Road, Rutherglen.

The memorials were formerly housed in the Wardlawhill Parish Church. The church was closed and subsequently was bought by the South Indian Cultural Centre of Scotland.
The centre is now called the Sri Sundara Ganapathy Temple.
The Memorials were then re-housed in the halls, which are now part of the Rutherglen West & Wardlawhill Church premises.

1914 – 1919
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR.

Matthew Anderson
James Bryson
Thomas Coats
Thomas Craig
Alexander Drysdale
John Ferrier
Robert Graham
Jack Green
John B. Herd
Robert Kiltie
John Lockhart
James McIlvean
Thomas K. McNair
William Neilson
James C. Nicol
James C. Reid
James Sands
Frederick Senior
Thomas Wilson

“THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY”

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The stained glass windows are inscribed as follows:

HE PUT ON RIGHTEOUSNESS AS A BRESTPLATE
AND AN HELMET OF SALVATION UPON HIS HEAD

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945

Andrew Bain
James F. Bain
William Beattie
David S. Brown
Colin Campbell
Donald T. Clark
Robert Craig
George Colligan
William Colligan
Robert Edgar
William Graham
Gordon Grant
Robert M. Gray
Walter G. MacGregor
Robert J. Hamilton
Peter D. Hamilton

I WILL FEAR NO EVIL FOR THOU ART WITH ME

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945

William T. MacKay
Adam McDowall
William B. MacKinlay
Robert McMinn
John P. Mairs
William Gilchrist Mills
John McC. Roberts
Robert Ritchie
D. Crawford Rodger
Charles Stuart
Thomas Watson
Stewart Wylie
Nairn Young

Many thanks to Ian Duncan, Session Clerk Rutherglen West & Wardlawhill Church, for allowing me access to the Hall.

John

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:24 pm Post subject:

Name: ANDERSON, MATTHEW
Initials: M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 33131
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 10th Bn
Date of Death: 23/7/1918
Memorial: Soissons Memorial.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:42 am Post subject:

Name: BRYSON, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 41055
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Bn
Date of Death: 18/11/1916
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 15C
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial and Rutherglen West Parish Chucrh Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:43 am Post subject:

Name: COATS, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Bn
Date of Death: 30/9/1918
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Henrietta Coats of 65, Cambuslang Rd., Rutherglen, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: V E 11
Cemetery: Dadizeele New British Cemetery.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:45 am Post subject:

Name: CRAIG, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 5371
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 18th Bn
Date of Death: 14/3/1916
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Alexander Craig.
Panel Reference: Panel 108 to 112
Memorial: Loos Memorial.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:53 am Post subject:

Name: DRYSDALE, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: 3088
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 2nd/1st Lowland Field Coy
Date of Death: 12/7/1915
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of John and Margaret Drysdale, of Newark House, Staplehill, Bristol. Native of Glasgow.
Grave Reference: II E 4
Cemetery: Skew Bridge Cemetery.

Also named on the memorial at St. John’s Operative Lodge Rutherglen No. 347.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:55 am Post subject:

Name: FERRIER, J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 23339
Regiment/Service: Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1st/8th Bn
Date of Death: 9/10/1918
Grave Reference: III D 4
Cemetery: Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension.

Note: SNWM states formerly 7132, RE.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:57 am Post subject:

Name: GRAHAM, R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 202579
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 4th Bn
Date of Death: 9/4/1917
Grave Reference: III E 1
Cemetery: Roclincourt Valley Cemetery.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:11 am Post subject:

Name: HERD, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/4th Bn
Date of Death: 23/9/1917
Age: 22
Additional Information: Son of George and Jessie Herd, of "Achavandra," Skelbo, Sutherlandshire. Native of Invergordon, Rossshire.
Grave Reference: VII D 20
Cemetery: Mendinghem Military Cemetery.

Also named on The Royal Technical College, Strathclyde University Memorial. See also the thread on Sutherland's Great War Dead F-L.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:13 am Post subject:

Name: KILTIE, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1680
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 7th Bn
Date of Death: 12/7/1915
Panel Reference: 174 to 178
Memorial: Helles Memorial.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:16 pm Post subject:

Name: LOCKHART, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/11590
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 6th Bn
Date of Death: 26/9/1915
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of George Lockhart, of 33, Millar Terrace, Farme, Rutherglen, and the late Margaretta Webster Lockhart.
Panel Reference: Panel 119 to 124
Memorial: Loos Memorial.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:19 pm Post subject:

Name: MCILVEEN, J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: 86538
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 170th Tunnelling Coy
Date of Death: 13/8/1915
Grave Reference: B 15
Cemetery: Cambrin Military Cemetery.

Note: SNWM states formerly S/10754, Cameron Highlanders.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:20 pm Post subject:

Name: MCNAIR, THOMAS KERR
Initials: TK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/4266
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 1st Bn
Date of Death: 9/5/1915
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of James and Rebecca Kerr McNair, of 51, Dryburgh Avenue, Rutherglen, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Panel 38 and 39
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial.

Also named on Stonelaw High School Memorial and Rutherglen War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:11 pm Post subject:

Name: SANDS, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/4268
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 2nd Bn
Date of Death: 1/7/1916
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of James and M. Sands, of 56, Springfield Rd., Bridgton, Glasgow. Native of Greenock.
Grave Reference: I H 32
Cemetery: Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps.

Also named on Rutherglen War Memorial.