The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

spoons · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:40 am Post subject: Whinnieliggate WW2

Not listed on UKNIWM.

Located in Kirkcudbright Parish church at Map Ref NX 684 510. Whinnieliggate is a very rural community to the NE of Kirkcudbright and I have not been able to find out where the men of Whinnieliggate who died in WW1 are commemorated.

Names:
ANDREW ANDERSON SGN RCS
JOHN CLARK LCPL 2ND QOCH
RONALD CLARK PTE 1ST A&SH
JOHN McGRATH CPL 2ND SH

(the two Clarks were brothers)

Name: ANDERSON, ANDREW
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Signalman
Regiment/Service: Royal Corps of Signals
Unit Text: 9th Indian Div. Sigs.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 09/12/1942
Service No: 3194368
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Margaret Anderson; nephew of Mrs. M. Anderson, of Kirkcudbright.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. J. 3.
Cemetery: SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

Name: CLARK, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 01/04/1941
Service No: 2927587
Additional information: Son of Robert and Rachel Clark, of Kirkcudbright.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. B. 6.
Cemetery: KEREN WAR CEMETERY

Name: CLARK, RONALD LORIMER
Initials: R L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 23/05/1941
Service No: 2982207
Additional information: Son of Robert and Rachel Steveson Clark.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 7.
Memorial: ATHENS MEMORIAL

Name: McGRATH, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 06/04/1943
Service No: 3185204
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Anne McGrath; husband of Edith Cavell McGrath, of Kirkcudbright.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 20.
Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY

Adam Brown · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

Spoons

Since these four men are also on the main Kircudbright memorial I take it the men from Whinnieliggate who died in the Great War are also commemorated on that memorial. If that's the case perhaps there isn't another memorial?

Adam

spoons · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject:

I originally thought that this was unlisted but I found that it is actually listed on UKNIWM as 44412 but with a completely incorrect title. I will mail them to get it changed.

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

The WMR/UKNIWM record title for this memorial has finally been corrected, 10 years after first requested.

Apologies for the long delay in actioning this matter