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David McNay
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The memorial is situated on the North wall of Eaglesham Parish Church.
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DerekR
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I was interested to see that there are more casualties listed for the Second World War than for the first.
Is there any particular reason?
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David McNay
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The only reason I can think it could be is that either the village expanded in size between the wars or that they widened the scope of who to include after the Second World War.
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If memory serves me right Eaglesham was a major pit area. Is it possible that fewer men from Eaglesham went to the first world war because they were down the pit and Bevan boys did the work during the second.
Just a thought to add to the mixing bowl.
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DerekR
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Adam Brown
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Eaglesham now falls within South Lanarkshire. If we have a tidy-up of the forum I will move it to the correct area but until further notice I will leave it here in the Renfrewshire section.
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anne park
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| James Melville Pte S/3896 9th Gordon Highlanders born Eglesham, Renfrew. enlisted Aberdeen Killed in Action F & F 25-Sep-15 Loos Memorial M. R. 19 Panel 115 to 119 |
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DelBoy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:41 pm Post subject: Unveiling report |
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Unveiled on Saturday the 3rd of April 1920.
(Glasgow Herald 5th April 1920)
"The war memorial for the parish of Eaglesham, which has been placed on the outer wall of the lower part of the steeple of the parish church, was unveiled on Saturday. The dedicatory prayer was offered by the Rev. D. Langlands Seath, minister of the parish, and thereafter Mr William Browning, chairman of the memorial committee, introduced Mr Joseph Johnstone, M.P. for East Renfrewshire, who performed the unveiling ceremony."
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:52 pm Post subject: Memorial Transcription |
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1914 - 1919
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN REVERENT AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO UPHELD THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
PRO PATRIA
James Melville
John Perratt
John Dalgleish
Alasdair Stuart Gilmour
Peter Gemmell
Patrick Hughes
John Burns
William Montgomery
John Smith
James Donald Newns
Andrew Archibald
Jack Maguire
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
IN ENDURING MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO FELL DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 -1945
Edward Aytoun
Arthur Bell
John Crompton
Robert Forsyth Gibson
Alfred Gorman
Rankin McQueen Henderson
William Henderson
Alistair Rankin
William Thomson Haddow
Cecil Leitch
James Benham Mackill
John McWilliams
Robert McCabe
Robert MacLennan Ollason
Stanley Smith
Margaret Watt
John Cooke Winton
THEY COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR UNTO THEMSELVES
WW1 - 12
WW2 - 17
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DelBoy
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I think the WW1 names may be in order of death?
Gemmell 23/04/1917
Hughes 24/11/1917
Maguire 11/10/1918
I can't find those named Newns of Perratt on CWGC. There is a James Perrat of Glasgow, but no Johns.
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Adam Brown
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Derek
Anne posted the first named, Melville, as Loos casualty so it may help with identifying the others if it is date. It's not common but I have seen it elsewhere.
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DelBoy
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Thanks for that, I forgot about Anne's post there, Ah a Canadian too!
Melville 25/09/1915
Perratt 14/06/1916
Gilmour 15/09/1916
Gemmell 23/04/1917
Hughes 24/11/1917
Maguire 11/10/1918
Yeah, if you add Melville, Perratt and Gilmour to the mix you can see the chronological sequence.
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Tonym
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Anybody have any information on Margaret Watt? Had her listed since thread first started.
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