The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

jamiemcginlay · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 930 Location: Glasgow

Girvan - Kyle & Carrick District

The Girvan war memorial is a tall grey granite obelisk on a square pedestal. The commemoration and names of the dead are on two bronze panels set into two faces of the pedestal. There are also battle honours carved into the faces of the obelisk.
The monument stands on a raised mound in the Stair Park on the sea front overlooking the Firth of Clyde.
Theatres of conflict are listed in black lead lettering on the shaft:
EAST FACE:
MAUBEUGE
1918
CAMBRAI
FLANDERS 1917
ARRAS

SOUTH FACE:
PALESTINE
SALONICA
MESOPOTAMIA
GALLIPOLI
AFRICA

WEST FACE:
ZEEBRUGGE
JUTLAND
FALKLAND
CORONEL
HELIGOLAND

NORTH FACE:
SOMME
LOOS
YPRES
MARNE
MONS

The railings have been removed from the low red sandstone wall and stairway which surrounds the site.
The memorial was by monumental masons Messrs. Scott & Rae of Glasgow. The company daybook had the following entry:
Order No. 6286, Girvan, Grey obelisk, Erected September 1922, DayBook 489.

Below Girvan war memorial with the Ailsa Craig in the distance:

(I have larger close ups available if anyone requires a better picture of any individual name)

WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
ANDREWS WALTER
AULD DAVID
AUSTIN JOHN C.
AUSTIN WILLIAM G.
BERESFORD GILBERT
BIRNIE ROBERT
BLACK ALEXANDER
BLAIR JOHN
BLAIR THOMAS
BLEDGE PETER A.
BROWN JOHN
BROWN THOMAS M.
BROWN WILLIAM
BRUNTON DAVID T.
BUCHANAN JAMES M.
CAMERON ANGUS
CAMPBELL JOHN
CAMPBELL THOMAS
CANDLISH GEORGE
CANDLISH HENRY
CARDIE JOHN P.
CARLTON PATRICK
CARNDUFF ANDREW
CARR EDWARD
CLARK SAMUEL
CONNELL GEORGE
CONNELL WILLIAM
CORBET ALEXANDER
CRAWFORD THOMAS
CURRIE PETER
DALY MICHAEL
DAVIDSON ROBERT
DIAMOND JAMES
DOWDS JOHN
DUNBAR HUGH M.
DUNBAR ROBERT
DUNLOP WALTER K.
DUNN JOHN
DUTHIE ROBERT
EDWARDS NORMAN
FERGUSON ROBERT
FERGUSSON WILLIAM
FLEMING HUGH
FLEMING WILLIAM
FORBES GEORGE
FRY JOHN C.
FULLERTON JAMES
FULTON SAMUEL
GALLOWAY JOHN
GARVEN JOHN T.
GILLESPIE JAMES
GILLESPIE THOMAS
GLENDINNING JAMES J.
GRAHAM WILLIAM H.
GRAY WILLIAM
HADDOW HUGH R.
HANNAN STANLEY L.
HARKNESS THOMAS
HENRY HUGH
HENRY ROBERT
HEWITSON WILLIAM
HILL JOHN
HILL THOMAS W.
HYSLOP ARCHIBALD
HYSLOP EDWARD
INGLIS CHARLES N.D.
INGLIS DAVID
INGLIS ROBERT
INGRAM ALEXANDER M.
JACKSON ALLAN
JACKSON THOMAS Y.
JONES ARTHUR
JONES WILLIAM
KENNEDY HUGH W.
KIRKWOOD HUGH
LEADBETTER ROBERT
LINDSAY JOHN O.
LINDSAY ROBERT J.
LINDSAY WILLIAM A.
LOGAN JOHN
MARTIN JAMES
MCCALLUM ALEXANDER
MCCALLUM JOHN
MCCHESNEY DAVID
MCCINNIS JOHN
MCCREADIE HUGH
MCCREADIE JOHN
MCCREATH GEORGE
MCCRINDLE DAVID
MCCRINDLE ROBERT
MCCRINDLE WILLIAM
MCDINES WILLIAM
MCDOWALL ALLAN
MCDOWALL JOHN
MCFARLANE WILLIAM H.
MCGILL WILLIAM
MCGOWAN SIDNEY
MCJARROW CHARLES
MCJARROW ROBERT
MCKEAN DAVID
MCKENNA FERGUS
MCKIE ANDREW O.
MCLAUGHLAN ARCHIBALD
MCLEOD ARTHUR
MCLEOD GEORGE
MCLEOD JOHN
MCMAHON JAMES
MCMATH CORNELIUS
MCMATH WILLIAM
MCMURTRIE MARSHALL
MCNEILL ROBERT
MCNEILL THOMAS
MCPHAIL JOHN
MCQUAKER THOMAS
MCWHIRTER HUGH A.
MCWHIRTER JOHN
MCWHIRTER WILLIAM
MILLER JAMES
MILLS ALBERT
MITCHELL ANDREW
MORRISON ROBERT
MORRISON ROBERT C.
MUNRO ALEXANDER R.
MURCHIE THOMAS C.
NEIL WILLIAM
NESS WILLIAM
NEWALL JOHN
OLIVER JAMES
OMAN JOHN
ORR PETER
PROVAN JOHN K.
REID ALEXANDER
ROGERSON ANDREW W.
ROSS WILLIAM
SAYERS FREDERICK G.
SHEARER WILLIAM
SHENNAN THOMAS
SHIELDS ROBERT
SHIELDS WALTER
SKINNER WILLIAM
SMITH JAMES R.
STEVENSON JOHN
STEVENSON WILLIAM A.
STROYAN JAMES W.
SWINDALE THOMAS
TAIT WILLIAM B.
THOMSON ALEXANDER
THOMSON JAMES
THOMSON ROBERT G.
TURNER WILLIAM
WALLACE HUGH
WILSON GRAHAM
WILSON HUGH
WILSON JOHN
WILSON LAWRENCE T.
WILSON ROBERT
WILSON WILLIAM

WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
BARNES THOMAS G.
BARR ADAM J. MCD.
BIGHAM ALAN MCKELVIE
BINNS JOHN BENTLEY
BLEDGE HUGH A.G.
BOND THOMAS W.
CAMPBELL ALEXANDER
CAMPBELL THOMAS J.
CLARK ANDREW N.
CONNOLLY HUGH H.M.
DICK JOHN ROWAN
DUKE NATHAN
FAIRBAIRN PAUL
FERGUSON ANDREW
GILMOUR ALEXANDER
GRANT PHARIG
HAMILTON CHARLES
HENDERSON JAMES
HIGGINS HENRY
INGRAM CAMPBELL
JACKSON ROBERT
JOHNSTONE JOHN
JOYCE WILLIAM
LAFFERTY LAURENCE
MACCALLUM HECTOR B.
MCCLUSHIE ALEXANDER
MCDONNELL JAMES
MCFARLANE MYLES
MCGARVA ALEXANDER
MCGREATH JAMES
MCGRINDLE ALEXANDER A.
MCGRINDLE JOHN
MCGRINDLE JOHN I.
MCGRORIE HUGH
MCLEAN ALEXANDER
MCLEAN WILLIAM A.
MILROY ROBERT
MUNRO HUGH L.F.
OWENS WILLIAM
PRESTLY JAMES
ROWAN ROBERT M.
SAWYER GEORGE
SKENE JOHN A.
SLOAN WILLIAM
SMITH PETER
SMITH ROBERT S.
STEPHEN ALEXANDER TAYLOR
TEMPLETON JAMES H.
TROW JOHN
TUDHOPE ALEXANDER
WATT WILLIAM
WAUGH DOUGLAS
WAUGH GORDON
WEIR WILLIAM G.
WILSON ALEXANDER
WILSON JOHN A.
YOUNG HUGH CRAWFORD

dhubthaigh · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

Having discussed name additions to War Memorials, as coincidence would have it, I stumbled across 3 at Girvan, and all WW2;

Name: McDONNELL, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Stoker
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Patrol Service
Unit Text: H.M. Trawler Forfeit.
Age: 37
Date of Death: 06/06/1941
Service No: LT/JX210610
Additional information: Son of James and Helen McDonnell; husband of Helen McDonnell, of Girvan, Ayrshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Coll. grave 1224.
Cemetery: NEWMACHAR CEMETERY
Born: Maybole

Name: CONNOLLY, HUGH HENRY MILLS
Initials: H H M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 550 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 31/08/1944
Service No: 1569111
Additional information: Son of Henry and Mary Helena Connolly.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 8. Row B. Coll. grave 1-8.
Cemetery: ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Born: Girvan

Name: LAFFERTY, LAURENCE
Initials: L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 20
Date of Death: 01/03/1941
Service No: T/242980
Additional information: Son of James and Mary Lafferty, of Girvan, Ayrshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. (R.C.) Grave 199.
Cemetery: TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY
Born: Ayrshire

spoons · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject:

UKNIWM Ref No 13358

spoons · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:46 am Post subject:

A couple of my pics - plenty more available if anyone wants them.

DelBoy · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:31 am Post subject: Capt. David Inglis

DelBoy · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:47 am Post subject: Pte. William Lindsay

DelBoy · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject: L.Cpl. John McDowall

WW1
John McDowall

Will online at Scotlandspeople

(Daily Record 23rd October 1915)
"Official intimation has been recieved in Maybole by his uncle, Mr John McDowall, 42 Kirkland Street, that Lance-Corpl. John McDowall, Scots Guards, was killed in action in France. Lance-Corpl. McDowall was 24 years of age and a native of Girvan. Four years ago he enlisted in the Scots Guards, and took part in all the big engagements during the retreat from Mons. Twice he had a narrow escape, first when a bullet grazed his neck, and later when another went through the sole of his boot without injuring him. His elder brother, who is attachedto the Black Watch, is lying wounded in hospital in France."

CWGC
McDOWALL, JOHN
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 7775
Date of Death: 29/09/1915
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 8 and 9.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: McDOWALL
Firstname: John
Service Number: 7775
Date Death: 29/09/1915
Place of birth: Girvan Ayrshire
SNWM roll: SCOTS GUARDS
Rank: L/Cpl
Theatre of death: F.& F.

DelBoy · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:25 am Post subject: Pte. Hugh Murray Dunbar

WW1
Hugh M. Dunbar

Canadian attestation papers. Born 21st Jan 1883, therefore he was 32 when he died.

(Glasgow Herald 7th May 1915)
"Killed at Ypres, on 23rd April, Private Hugh Dunbar, Canadian Scottish, son of the late Robert Dunbar, jun., and late Mrs Robert Dunbar, jun., Arran View, Girvan."

CWGC
DUNBAR, H M
Rank: Private
Service No: 29438
Date of Death: 23/04/1915
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry 16th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: DUNBAR
Firstname: Hugh M
Service Number: 29438
Date Death: 23/04/1915
SNWM roll: CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Rank: Pte

apanderson · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:04 pm Post subject:

Hugh Reid Haddow

Commonwealth War Graves Commission/Scottish National War Memorial:
Captain
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 5th Bn.
Date of Death: 12th July 1915
Age: 32
Buried: Alexandra (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery

Also listed on Family Gravestone in Denny Cemetery, see: (Page 4)
http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/viewtopic.php?p=1387&mforum=scottishwargraves#1387

Son of Walter Haddow & Christina Jane Haddow nee Walker. Husband of Lizzie (Elizabeth) Haddow nee Shanks of Denny

anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:48 am Post subject: James Oliver

James Oliver Pte S/7166 2nd Gordon Highlanders b Girvan, Ayr e Aberdeen Killed in Action F & F 01/07/16 b 1887 ? John & Mary? Soldiers Effects: Widow: Flora. Gordon Cemetery, Mametz Fr 0331 Row B Grave 43
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DelBoy · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:17 am Post subject: Pte. John Oman

WW1
John Oman

(Glasgow Herald 29th June 1915)
"Private John Oman, of the Australian Expeditionary Force, has been killed in action at the Dardanelles. Private Oman, was a plasterer to trade, and left Girvan for Australia a few years ago."

Australian military records. He served in A Company and died aged 27.

CWGC
OMAN, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 12
Date of Death: 08/05/1915
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 9th Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 13.
Cemetery: SHELL GREEN CEMETERY

SNWM
unlisted

DelBoy · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:05 pm Post subject: A.B. Graham Wilson

WW1
Graham Wilson

(Glasgow Herald 5th July 1915)
"Died of wounds received in action on 25th June at the Dardanelles. A.B. Graham Wilson, R.N.V.R., Nelson Battalion Clyde Division, H.M.S. Heroic, in his 21st year, beloved and only son of Wm. and Elizabeth Wilson, 269 Holmlea Road, Cathcart, late of Girvan."

CWGC
WILSON, GRAHAM
Rank: Able Seaman
Service No: Clyde 2/2051
Date of Death: 25/06/1915
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.M.S. "Heroic."
Panel Reference: 10.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Elizabeth Wilson, of 269, Holmlea Rd. Cathcart, Glasgow.

SNWM
Surname: WILSON
Forename: Graham
Rank: Able Seaman
Service number: Clyde 2/2051
Date of death: 25 June 1915
Theatre of death: RNVR HMS 'HEROIC'
SNWM roll: THE ROYAL NAVY

A Beattie

The Glasgow Herald, Wednesday, 2nd. May, 1917. "Deaths on Service. DUNLOP.- Died of wounds, at casualty clearing station, on 20th April, Walter K. Dunlop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop, Greenfell, Girvan."

CWGC - DUNLOP, Walter Kennedy
Rank: Private.
Service No: 267698.
Date of Death: 20/04/1917. Age: 30.
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st/6th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 28.
Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of John Dunlop and Helen Kennedy Dunlop, of Greenfell, Girvan, Ayrshire.
Joined the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, was transferred to the Black Watch.

Headstone schedules record Mrs. J. Dunlop, Greenfell, Golf Course, Girvan, Ayrshire.
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Andrew.

A Beattie · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:47 pm Post subject: WW1 - Able Seaman William TURNER.

The Glasgow Herald, Thursday, 17th January, 1918.
"Deaths on Service.
TURNER.- Died at 48 Casualty Clearing Station on 2nd January, 1918, from wounds received in action William Turner, Machine gun Coy., R.N.D., aged 22 years, only son of Mrs. Turner, 37 Hamilton Street, Girvan."

SNWM - WW1
Surname TURNER
Forename William
Rank Able Seaman
Service number Clyde Z/2340.
Decoration
Place of birth
Date of death 2 January 1918
Theatre of death RNVR 23rd Brigade Machine Gun CO RND
Cause of death Unknown
SNWM roll THE ROYAL NAVY
Unit name Unknown Unit attached to THE ROYAL NAVY

CWGC - TURNER, William
Rank: Able Seaman.
Service No: ClydeZ/2340.
Date of Death: 02/01/1918. Age: 22. (Died of wounds.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 223rd Bde. Machine Gun Coy. R.N. Div.
Grave Reference: IX. D. 4.
Cemetery: ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Annie Turner, of 37, Hamilton St., Girvan, Ayrshire.
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Andrew.

anne park · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:21 pm Post subject:

Hugh Kennedy Pte 288059 7th Gordon Highlanders b Girvan,Ayrshire e Ayr Killed in Action F&F 30/07/1918 1901 Census: 76 Wilson St; Girvan. Father: Samuel. Soldiers Effects: Mother: Sarah. Marfaux British Cemetery Fr 0622 Plot VIII Row B Grave 07
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