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spoons
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Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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 Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: St John's Town of Dalry, Town Hall |
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UKNIWM 44459
The memorial is inside Dalry Town Hall at OS Map Ref: NX 619 812. The Town Hall is a misleading name, it is more of a village hall and is not normally open. If anyone would like access, let me know and I will see what I can do.
Difficult to photograph the hall itself because of surrounding trees so I took the first photo from my sitting room 
It would be a big job to transcribe all the names but the crosses marking those who died are not easy to see so I have listed those who died.
WWI Died:
ALEX CLEMENT KOSB
DAVID CUTHBERTSON CH
ROBERT CLARK GH
WILLIAM DICKSON RAMC
ANDREW DOYLE MM HLI
GEORGE FERGUSON RE
ALEX FORDYCE
WILLIAM GALLOWAY CH
JAMES GOOD LS
ROBERT HAMILTON HLI
GEORGE HAMILTON HLI
NATHAN HENRY KOSB
WILLIAM KERR
JOHN KELLY HLI
ARCHIBALD MAIR LC
JOHN MARTIN KSLI
JOHN MILNE LY
ALEX McCULLOCH KOSB
JOSEPH McCULLOCH CH
JOHN McDOUGAL AY
JAMES McLEOD KOSB
ARCHIBALD McINTYRE SH
ANDREW McNAUGHT KOSB
WILLIAM ROBERTSON HLI
GEORGE THOMPSON ASC
THOMAS WILSON KOSB
WW2 Died:
SGT ROBERT FERGUSON KOSB (AIRBORNE)
SGT JAMES HOWATSON RAF
PTE HARRY KIRK BW
SGT THOMAS KIRK RE
PTE ROBERT LITTLE RASC
CPL ANDREW LEITCH RAF
CPL GEORGE B PENMAN RAF
PTE JOHN THOMPSON 5TH SCOTT (PARCT)
The WW1 names vary a little from the Dalry civic memorial and would bear some comparison and further investigation. The WW2 names on the civic memorial are the same but with one exception, ELMA WOOD NAAFI appears on the civic memorial but is not shown as deceased on this memorial.
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dhubthaigh
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Hats off again to Spoons 'lateral thinking' photographs.
The memorial is a monster - What is below the names - a clock face? |
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spoons
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The interior of the hall is surrounded by wood pannelling to a height of about 7 feet and the memorial stands above the pannelling directly opposite the door and behind where the stage is set up for functions. At a recent town meeting, apparently there was a suggestion that it be removed - after a brief discussion and explanation that there is no alternative site, the suggestion was 'stomped on' (thank goodness).
Incidentally, I know of at least 2 other local village halls that have memorials that I have still to collect, so don't overlook them in your searches. |
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spoons
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Additional info sent to UKNIWM 9 Jan 2008
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spoons
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spoons
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Reverend John Anderson is the first named on this memorial. He survived the war. This photograph is in the vestry of the kirk.
The Rev J Anderson BD
inducted into the Dalry Parish Church 26th September 1907
RAMC 1916 17
ChaPlain to the forces 1917 18 19
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spoons
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The Hugh Clark listed (WW1 survived) was a brother to Robert James Clark who was killed. After the war Hugh was the postman in Dalry until 1957 when he retired to become a lighthouse keeper. In 1960 he was found murdered in the lighthouse.
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