The Scottish War Memorials Project

jamiemcginlay · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 897 Location: Glasgow

Girvan - Kyle & Carrick District

The Girvan war memorial is a tall grey granite obelisk on a square pedestal. The commemoration and names of the dead are on two bronze panels set into two faces of the pedestal. There are also battle honours carved into the faces of the obelisk.
The monument stands on a raised mound in the Stair Park on the sea front overlooking the Firth of Clyde.
Theatres of conflict are listed in black lead lettering on the shaft:
EAST FACE:
MAUBEUGE
1918
CAMBRAI
FLANDERS 1917
ARRAS

SOUTH FACE:
PALESTINE
SALONICA
MESOPOTAMIA
GALLIPOLI
AFRICA

WEST FACE:
ZEEBRUGGE
JUTLAND
FALKLAND
CORONEL
HELIGOLAND

NORTH FACE:
SOMME
LOOS
YPRES
MARNE
MONS

The railings have been removed from the low red sandstone wall and stairway which surrounds the site.
The memorial was by monumental masons Messrs. Scott & Rae of Glasgow. The company daybook had the following entry:
Order No. 6286, Girvan, Grey obelisk, Erected September 1922, DayBook 489.

Below Girvan war memorial with the Ailsa Craig in the distance:

(I have larger close ups available if anyone requires a better picture of any individual name)

WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
ANDREWS WALTER
AULD DAVID
AUSTIN JOHN C.
AUSTIN WILLIAM G.
BERESFORD GILBERT
BIRNIE ROBERT
BLACK ALEXANDER
BLAIR JOHN
BLAIR THOMAS
BLEDGE PETER A.
BROWN JOHN
BROWN THOMAS M.
BROWN WILLIAM
BRUNTON DAVID T.
BUCHANAN JAMES M.
CAMERON ANGUS
CAMPBELL JOHN
CAMPBELL THOMAS
CANDLISH GEORGE
CANDLISH HENRY
CARDIE JOHN P.
CARLTON PATRICK
CARNDUFF ANDREW
CARR EDWARD
CLARK SAMUEL
CONNELL GEORGE
CONNELL WILLIAM
CORBET ALEXANDER
CRAWFORD THOMAS
CURRIE PETER
DALY MICHAEL
DAVIDSON ROBERT
DIAMOND JAMES
DOWDS JOHN
DUNBAR HUGH M.
DUNBAR ROBERT
DUNLOP WALTER K.
DUNN JOHN
DUTHIE ROBERT
EDWARDS NORMAN
FERGUSON ROBERT
FERGUSSON WILLIAM
FLEMING HUGH
FLEMING WILLIAM
FORBES GEORGE
FRY JOHN C.
FULLERTON JAMES
FULTON SAMUEL
GALLOWAY JOHN
GARVEN JOHN T.
GILLESPIE JAMES
GILLESPIE THOMAS
GLENDINNING JAMES J.
GRAHAM WILLIAM H.
GRAY WILLIAM
HADDOW HUGH R.
HANNAN STANLEY L.
HARKNESS THOMAS
HENRY HUGH
HENRY ROBERT
HEWITSON WILLIAM
HILL JOHN
HILL THOMAS W.
HYSLOP ARCHIBALD
HYSLOP EDWARD
INGLIS CHARLES N.D.
INGLIS DAVID
INGLIS ROBERT
INGRAM ALEXANDER M.
JACKSON ALLAN
JACKSON THOMAS Y.
JONES ARTHUR
JONES WILLIAM
KENNEDY HUGH W.
KIRKWOOD HUGH
LEADBETTER ROBERT
LINDSAY JOHN O.
LINDSAY ROBERT J.
LINDSAY WILLIAM A.
LOGAN JOHN
MARTIN JAMES
MCCALLUM ALEXANDER
MCCALLUM JOHN
MCCHESNEY DAVID
MCCINNIS JOHN
MCCREADIE HUGH
MCCREADIE JOHN
MCCREATH GEORGE
MCCRINDLE DAVID
MCCRINDLE ROBERT
MCCRINDLE WILLIAM
MCDINES WILLIAM
MCDOWALL ALLAN
MCDOWALL JOHN
MCFARLANE WILLIAM H.
MCGILL WILLIAM
MCGOWAN SIDNEY
MCJARROW JAMES
MCJARROW ROBERT
MCKEAN DAVID
MCKENNA FERGUS
MCKIE ANDREW O.
MCLAUGHLAN ARCHIBALD
MCLEOD ARTHUR
MCLEOD GEORGE
MCLEOD JOHN
MCMAHON JAMES
MCMATH CORNELIUS
MCMATH WILLIAM
MCMURTRIE MARSHALL
MCNEILL ROBERT
MCNEILL THOMAS
MCPHAIL JOHN
MCQUAKER THOMAS
MCWHIRTER HUGH A.
MCWHIRTER JOHN
MCWHIRTER WILLIAM
MILLER JAMES
MILLS ALBERT
MITCHELL ANDREW
MORRISON ROBERT
MORRISON ROBERT C.
MUNRO ALEXANDER R.
MURCHIE THOMAS C.
NEIL WILLIAM
NESS WILLIAM
NEWALL JOHN
OLIVER JAMES
OMAN JOHN
ORR PETER
PROVAN JOHN K.
REID ALEXANDER
ROGERSON ANDREW W.
ROSS WILLIAM
SAYERS FREDERICK G.
SHEARER WILLIAM
SHENNAN THOMAS
SHIELDS ROBERT
SHIELDS WALTER
SKINNER WILLIAM
SMITH JAMES R.
STEVENSON JOHN
STEVENSON WILLIAM A.
STROYAN JAMES W.
SWINDALE THOMAS
TAIT WILLIAM B.
THOMSON ALEXANDER
THOMSON JAMES
THOMSON ROBERT G.
TURNER WILLIAM
WALLACE HUGH
WILSON GRAHAM
WILSON HUGH
WILSON JOHN
WILSON LAWRENCE T.
WILSON ROBERT
WILSON WILLIAM

WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
BARNES THOMAS G.
BARR ADAM J. MCD.
BIGHAM ALAN MCKELVIE
BINNS JOHN BENTLEY
BLEDGE HUGH A.G.
BOND THOMAS W.
CAMPBELL ALEXANDER
CAMPBELL THOMAS J.
CLARK ANDREW N.
CONNOLLY HUGH H.M.
DICK JOHN ROWAN
DUKE NATHAN
FAIRBAIRN PAUL
FERGUSON ANDREW
GILMOUR ALEXANDER
GRANT PHARIG
HAMILTON CHARLES
HENDERSON JAMES
HIGGINS HENRY
INGRAM CAMPBELL
JACKSON ROBERT
JOHNSTONE JOHN
JOYCE WILLIAM
LAFFERTY LAURENCE
MACCALLUM HECTOR B.
MCCLUSHIE ALEXANDER
MCDONNELL JAMES
MCFARLANE MYLES
MCGARVA ALEXANDER
MCGREATH JAMES
MCGRINDLE ALEXANDER A.
MCGRINDLE JOHN
MCGRINDLE JOHN I.
MCGRORIE HUGH
MCLEAN ALEXANDER
MCLEAN WILLIAM A.
MILROY ROBERT
MUNRO HUGH L.F.
OWENS WILLIAM
PRESTLY JAMES
ROWAN ROBERT M.
SAWYER GEORGE
SKENE JOHN A.
SLOAN WILLIAM
SMITH PETER
SMITH ROBERT S.
STEPHEN ALEXANDER TAYLOR
TEMPLETON JAMES H.
TROW JOHN
TUDHOPE ALEXANDER
WATT WILLIAM
WAUGH DOUGLAS
WAUGH GORDON
WEIR WILLIAM G.
WILSON ALEXANDER
WILSON JOHN A.
YOUNG HUGH CRAWFORD

dhubthaigh · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

Having discussed name additions to War Memorials, as coincidence would have it, I stumbled across 3 at Girvan, and all WW2;

Name: McDONNELL, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Stoker
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Patrol Service
Unit Text: H.M. Trawler Forfeit.
Age: 37
Date of Death: 06/06/1941
Service No: LT/JX210610
Additional information: Son of James and Helen McDonnell; husband of Helen McDonnell, of Girvan, Ayrshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Coll. grave 1224.
Cemetery: NEWMACHAR CEMETERY
Born: Maybole

Name: CONNOLLY, HUGH HENRY MILLS
Initials: H H M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 550 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 31/08/1944
Service No: 1569111
Additional information: Son of Henry and Mary Helena Connolly.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 8. Row B. Coll. grave 1-8.
Cemetery: ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Born: Girvan

Name: LAFFERTY, LAURENCE
Initials: L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 20
Date of Death: 01/03/1941
Service No: T/242980
Additional information: Son of James and Mary Lafferty, of Girvan, Ayrshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. (R.C.) Grave 199.
Cemetery: TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY
Born: Ayrshire

spoons · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject:

UKNIWM Ref No 13358

spoons · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:46 am Post subject:

A couple of my pics - plenty more available if anyone wants them.