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jamiemcginlay
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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: Milton of Campsie |
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Milton of Campsie - Strathkelvin District, East Dunbartonshire
The Milton of Campsie memorial is a grey granit celtic cross which stands in front of the kirk on Craighead Road. I don't know anything about this memorial but have a feeling it may be fairly modern (either that or its in excellent condition). It does not bear the names of the fallen but has a nice inscription at the base of the pedestal, a quote taken from the Declaration of Arbroath. Scottish quotes are fairly rare on war memorials and always good to see.
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Adam Brown
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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An extract from the Declaration of Arbroath as an inscription. I don't think I've seen that before.
Adam
By the way Milton of Campsie is in East Dunbartonshire so I've moved this post. |
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Cinnamon Girl
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Milton of Campsie is where my mum grew up and the church and the memorial are right across the street from my aunts house, she can see it from her window.
The names of the men from the war are listed in the church hall I believe. My mum knew some of them during the Second World War and their families, though she was just a kid then.
The names were William Shovlin, and another was James Davis, a few of them are listed in the Commonwealth Grave directory. James Davis is in a cemetary in Egypt and William Shovlin (Air Force) is listed on a memorial in Singapore, killed in August 1942.
George A. Mungo Stirling is on the Milton and the Lennoxtown memorial. His parents lived in Milton. |
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jamiemcginlay
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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The picture below is supplied and reproduced by kind permission of Lorna (a.k.a. cinnamon girl). The memorial was erected on the Queen's Jubilee Year 2002 and the names are identical to those on the memorial panels in the Church Hall (posted under church memorials)
Unfortunately we can't confirm the location yet.
WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
ALLAN DANIEL
CARMICHAEL THOMAS
COCHRANE WILLIAM
DEMPSIE PATRICK
DONALD DAVID
FLEMING JOHN B.
FLETT WILLIAM B.
GILCHRIST JOHN
GRANT JOHN
GRAY MATTHEW
JENNINGS JAMES
KELLY MICHAEL
KING ANDREW B.
LANG WILLIAM
LESLIE WILLIAM
LYNCH SAMUEL
MCALLISTER CHARLES
MCCAFFER JAMES
MCCLEARY JAMES
MCPHERSON DANIEL
POLLOCK THOMAS
SMITH ROBERT
SMITH WILLIAM MURRAY
THOMSON FREDERICK
TURNBULL JAMES
WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
ARMSTRONG ANDREW
CLIVE ANDREW
CONNELL ROBERT
CONNELL THOMAS S.
DAVIS JAMES
DICK JAMES R.
FERRIE HUGH
FERRIE WILLIAM
MCALISLANE ROBERT
SHOVLIN WILLIAM
STIRLING GEORGE A.M. MILITARY CROSS |
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Cinnamon Girl
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: Campise memorial |
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| The location of the memorial of the stone is located right next to the white cross, they are side by side, outside the Campsie Church on their property. I wish I had got more photos, but I didn't have a chance to take any when I was there last May. |
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apanderson
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The following photos show the two stones mentioned previously and also a third stone.
Note all the wee crosses in the flower bed in front.
Anne
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