The Scottish War Memorials Project

pr1066 · Joined: 13 Jan 2010 Posts: 8 Location: West Lothian

The posted RoH for WW2 is incorrect. The problem is that there are some WW1 names around the base of the cross. Some panels have '1939' down the LH side and '1945' down the RH side. Only these panels contain names from WW2. The others are additional casualties from WW1.

The posted list should have the following under WW1

Pte Andrew Bell
Pte John Bell
Pte Malcolm Bell
Pte George Bell
Pte Archibald Galbraith
Pte Hugh Gilmour
Pte Robert S Gilmour
Pte James Hodgart
Pte James McAllister
Sgt Terence McCabe
Pte William McCabe

The entry under WW2 for Cochrane Dale gives his rank as Wireless Operator. His rank was Warrant Officer.

If anyone is interested in further details of the men recorded on the Beith memorial (as well as some with Beith associations who are not) I have some on an Excel spreadsheet which I am happy to share.

My own connection is with Andrew Young and William Stewart. Major Stewart is a distant cousin through my late father's mother. Andrew Young was my father's first cousin on his father's side. Both men died, along with seventeen of their comrades, on the 12th of July 1915. Their commanding officer was Aylmer Hunter-Weston, who unveiled their memorial in 1920....

spoons · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:00 pm Post subject:

I think perhaps you meant to post this against the Beith memorial rather than as a new thread on its own? Could you repost it against that memorial please?

\Paul