The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project (Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Corrie, Isle of Arran          The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Ayrshire - Civic Memorials View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message DerekR Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:41 pm    Post subject: Corrie, Isle of Arran Corrie, Isle of Arran UKNIWM ref no: not listed OS map ref: NS025433 A delightful, small memorial situated 50 yards north of the Corrie Hotel on a bad bend in the road just above the shoreline. Note the number of Great War casualties is less than for the Second World War, an uncommon occurrence. _________________ Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. Last edited by DerekR on Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:44 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top DerekR Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:42 pm    Post subject: _________________ Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. Back to top DerekR Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:42 pm    Post subject: _________________ Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. Back to top DerekR Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:44 pm    Post subject: _________________ Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. Back to top DerekR Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:45 pm    Post subject: _________________ Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. Back to top DerekR Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:45 pm    Post subject: _________________ Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. Back to top DerekR Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:46 pm    Post subject: And a sad reflection on todays nanny state: _________________ Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. Back to top dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 5070 Location: Blairgowrie, Perthshire Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:07 pm    Post subject: Nice setting & very unusual. I like it. Back to top spoons Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:15 pm    Post subject: me too! Back to top KevinStoke . Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 175 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:26 pm    Post subject: SURNAME # NAME/INITIAL # RANK # UNIT # BTN # WAR # YEAR DIED # NUMBER # WAR MEMORIAL # NOTES BRUCE DUNCAN KERR GUNNER ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY WW1 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN BRUCE ALEXANDER PRIVATE SCOTTISH RIFLES 5TH WW1 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN FORSYTH ROBERT DORNIN LANCE CORPORAL HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY 9TH WW1 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN KERR JAMES SEAMAN WW1 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN DROWNED AT SEA OFF RATHLIN KING JAMES ANDREW TAYLOR MARINE ENGINEER WW1 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN TORPEDOED BROOKES W MARK H ROYAL AIR FORCE WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN CAMPBELL WILLIAM MCL MERCHANT NAVY WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN GIBSON JAMES ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN GREEN ALEXANDER M MERCHANT NAVY WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN HOWIE HUGH MERCHANT NAVY WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN MACMILLAN WILLIAM F ROYAL NAVY RESERVE WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN SIMPSON JAMES ROYAL AIR FORCE WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN SIMPSON MALCOLM ROYAL NAVY WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN SORBIE WILLIAM ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS WW2 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN Back to top FionaL Joined: 05 Oct 2012 Posts: 19 Location: Isle of Arran Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:53 pm    Post subject: Missing from this memorial. CWGC William J Landsborough Rank:Lance Corporal Service No:303072 Date of Death:22/03/1918 Age:22 Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st/8th Bn. Panel Reference Panel 77 and 78. Memorial POZIERES MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of John and Mary Landsborough, of Sannox Farm, Corrie, Isle of Arran. Sannox Farm is a good way outside the village so perhaps he wasn't included for this reason. Back to top Janet Joined: 17 Jan 2009 Posts: 38 Location: Perth Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:08 pm    Post subject: William James Landsborough was the son of John Landsborough [born Tinwald DFS] and Mary McQuat Mitchell [born Crawfordjohn LKS]. He was born in Sanquhar and appears in the 1901 census at Quarter Cottage there with his parents and sister Janet. Back to top A Beattie Joined: 26 Mar 2013 Posts: 1123 Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire. Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:28 pm    Post subject: WW1 - Information about the first three named men BRUCE DUNCAN KERR GUNNER ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY WW1 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN BRUCE ALEXANDER PRIVATE SCOTTISH RIFLES 5TH WW1 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN FORSYTH ROBERT DORNIN LANCE CORPORAL HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY 9TH WW1 CORRIE ISLE OF ARRAN appears on the Arran War Memorial Hospital thread, pages 2 and 3. http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3611&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 _________________ Andrew. Back to top A Beattie Joined: 26 Mar 2013 Posts: 1123 Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire. Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:17 pm    Post subject: WW1 - James A. T. King, M.M. Also listed at the War Memorial Hospital, Lamlash. The Glasgow Herald, Wednesday, 8th. August, 1917. "Deaths on Service. KING.- Lost at sea. through the sinking of his ship, James Andrew Taylor, marine engineer, only son of the late William Taylor King, Corrie, Arran, and of Mrs King, 25 Pitt Street, Leith." SNWM - WW1 Surname KING Forename James Rank 3rd Engr Service number Decoration Place of birth Corrie Arran Date of death 16 July 1917 Theatre of death 'HENRY R. JAMES' 127066 Cause of death Unknown SNWM roll THE MERCANTILE MARINE Unit name Unknown Unit attached to THE MERCANTILE MARINE CWGC - KING, James Andrew Taylor Rank: Third Engineer. Date of Death: 16/07/1917. Age: 30. (Killed by mine.) Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine S.S. "Henry R. James." (Bristol) Memorial:TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Katherine and the late William Taylor King, of 25, Pitt St., Leith. Born at Corrie, Arran. Born 1887. Medal ticket:- http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8044566 S.S. Henry R. James:- http://www.merseysiderollofhonour.co.uk/obits/ships/henryrjames.htm and http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?85481 1891 Census Bute, Kilbride, Brodick, recorded (transcription):- James A.T. King (3), son, born Butes., Kilbride; Catherine King (28 ), Cook, born Renfrewshire, Inverkip; sibling. _________________ Andrew. 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