The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

jrah60 · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:36 pm Post subject: Cathcart Old Parish Church

Cathcart Old Parish Church, 119 Carmunnock Road, Glasgow G44 5UW

OS Grid Ref: NS 587606

CATHCART PARISH CHURCH

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE
FROM THIS CHURCH WHO
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1919

William Aitkenhead H.L.I.
William Archibald R.E.
David Arthur A&S.H.
William Adams Boy Scouts
Robert Balfour H.M.S. Gloucester
James W. Ballantyne K.O.S.B.
Kenneth Boag D.C.M. Camerons
Dundas K. Bonnar Scots Guards
James Brown Seaforths
William Bryson Gordons
James C. Cameron R.S.F.
Hector Campbell H.L.I.
Hugh Campbell H.L.I.
John Edgar Campbell H.L.I.
Donald Campbell H.M.S. Princess Irene
Marcus B. Clark A. &.S.H.
Robert Clelland S.S. Florestan
Andrew Currie A. & S.H.
William K. Craighead Canadian Infantry
David Carlyle Dowie R.S.F.
Robert Downie Gordons
Laurence Drysdale Seaforths
R.F. Forrester Black Watch
Lancelot M. Fowler Scottish Rifles
Walter W. Fox Scottish Rifles
James Findlay Gordons
Andrew Gilchrist H.L.I.
John Galt Scottish Rifles
William Gillespie R.E.
Thomas Hugh Camerons
Andrew R. Johnston HLI
William Keillar Gordons
David Kirkwood RFA
A.S. MacGregor RFA
Adam McLachlan Royal Scots
James McNaughton Glasgow Yeomanry
Robert S. Marshall Camerons
Alfred Marshall Canadian Highlanders
Elphinstone F.S. Mather Canadian Infantry
Robert M. Middlemass K.O.S.B.
John Mitchell M.M. A. & S.H.
Joseph Mellon A. & S.H.
William Money Australian Force
George H. Mundell K.O.S.B.
Thomas C. Murchie H.M.S. Paragon
James B. Murdoch Seaforths
David Murray H.L.I.
Thomas Ness R.S.F.
William A. Nicolson H.L.I.
W.H. Paton Australian Force
Robert Pollock R.S.F.
Alfred L. Rae Scottish Rifles
Joseph Ross Black Watch
Peter Stewart A. & S.H.
John Strang R.F.A.
John Strang Rifle Brigade
James Traill H.L.I.
James Thomson H.L.I.
Thomas Walker Scottish Rifles
Richard Wallace Scottish Rifles
William Watson New Zealand Force
Hugh Watt Camerons
Robert Weir H.L.I.
Archibald Wilson A. &S.H.
Graham Wilson H.M.S. Heroic
Richard Noble Wilson Royal Scots
William Wilson Scottish Rifles
Catherine Meikle Nurse Edmonton Military Hospital

"Their name liveth for evermore"

Name: MEIKLE, CATHERINE
Initials: C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Nurse
Regiment/Service: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Age: 23
Date of Death: 14/10/1918
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Gen. 7301 (Screen Wall).
Cemetery: TOTTENHAM CEMETERY

jrah60 · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:38 pm Post subject: Cathcart Old Parish Church

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE ABOVE WINDOW AND THIS PLAQUE ARE DEDICATED
IN HONOURED AND LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE CONNECTED
WITH THIS CHURCH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE 1939 – 1945 WAR

Thomas Allan Royal Air Force
Alexander F. Bell Royal Artillery
John G. Blackwood RAFVR
Angus Cameron Royal Navy
James C. Clarke RAFVR
Charles Ferguson RAF
James A. Freeland Royal Navy
Roderick MacL. Galbraith RAF
James M. Gilmour RAFVR
John Gilmour RAFVR
Laban T. Kerr Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Campbell Lawler Seaforth Highlanders
Alexander Lawson Royal Corps of Signals
James G. Leslie RAFVR
John F. Martin Royal Army Ordnance Corps
John McIntyre Gordon Highlanders
John Nicholson Scots Guards
Richard Paterson A. & S. Highlanders
Chester A. Richmond Royal Tank Corps
Arthur Robb Royal Artillery
James C. Robertson Royal Engineers
George S. Smith Merchant Navy

jrah60 · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:41 pm Post subject: Cathcart Old Parish Church

Also within the church there is an area Dedicated to the Royal Marines.

jrah60 · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:44 pm Post subject: Cathcart Old Parish Church

Outside the church is a Peace Garden with a Memorial Stone which was designed and built by the Russell Family in 1998.

John

DelBoy · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 2:48 am Post subject:

WW1
William Keillar, Gordons

(Glasgow Herald 31st May 1915)
"Private William Kirkland Keillar, 2nd Gordon Highlanders, son of Mrs Robert Keillar, 40 Marlborough Road, Cathcart, was killed in France on May 16. Private Keillar, who was a native of Clarkston, Busby, was for some time a lieutenant in the company of the Boys' Brigade connected with Cathcart Parish Church. He was employed with Messrs Eadie, Ireland and Co., woollen merchants, Mitchell Street, Glasgow, until a year ago, when he went to Cardiff. He was 25 years of age."

CWGC
KEILLAR, WILLIAM KIRKLAND
Rank: Private
Service No: S/8241
Date of Death: 16/05/1915
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: III. T. 29.
Cemetery: GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Margaret A. Keillar, of 40, Marlborough Rd., Cathcart, Glasgow.

SNWM
Surname: KEILLAR
Firstname: William K
Service Numbe: S/8241
Date Death: 16/05/1915
Place of birth: Clarkston Busby Renfrewshire
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.

Adam Brown · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:34 pm Post subject:

This thread will need to be split so the RM memorial is recorded under the unit section.

Thanks

Adam

anne park · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 2:04 pm Post subject: William Kirkland Keillar

William Kirkland Keillar Private S/8241 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Clarkston,Renfrew e Cardiff r Glasgow Age 24 Killed in Action Pas de Calais, France 16/05/1915 Son of Robert and Margaret A. Keillar, of 40, Marlborough Rd., Cathcart, Glasgow. Son of Mrs Robert Keillar, 40 Marlborough Road, Cathcart. Occ: employed with Messrs Eadie, Ireland and Co., Woollen Merchants, Mitchell Street, Glasgow, until a year ago, when he went to Cardiff. Soldiers Will 3 Pages. Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy Fr 0279 Plot III Row T Grave 29 Evening Times: Carthcart. Evening Times 4-6-15 Page 3: Photo Glasgow Herald 31-5- 15
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anne park · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 2:06 pm Post subject: William Bryson

William Bryson Private S/10948 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Cathcart, Renfrew. e Glasgow Age 36 Killed in Action Somme, France 01/07/1916 Gordon Cemetery, Mametz Fr 0331 Sp. Mem. B. 09 Evening Times 31-7-16 Page 5: Photo
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Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:35 pm Post subject:

Name: MURCHIE, THOMAS CATHCART
Initials: TC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Engine Room Artificer
Service Number: 125EC
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Paragon
Date of Death: 17/3/1917
Age: 45
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Janet Hannah Murchie, of Girvan, Ayrshire; husband of Lillias M. Murchie, of 34, Manse Brae, Cathcart, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: 28
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Also named on Girvan and Dailly War Memorials.

anne park · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:29 am Post subject: James Findlay GH

James Findlay Pte 6185 7th Gordon Highlanders b Fettercairn e Glasgow Killed in Action F & F 14/11/1916 1901 Census: Little Thornton Cottar House, Marykirk. B 1893. Service Returns has two entries age 24 or 25. Soldiers Effects: Fa: Archibald. Mo: Jessie. Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet Fr 0131 Plot I Row L Grave 11 The Scotsman 08-01-17 P9: Laurencekirk. Fettercairn & Cathcart Old Parish Church
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