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jamiemcginlay
Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 930 Location: Glasgow
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject: STAR, WW1 |
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Star - Kirkcaldy District
The Star war memorial takes the form of a white marble tablet set into the face of the gable wall of the school.
The memorial was executed by J.Y. Thomson
The commemoration reads:
1914
PRO PATRIA
1918
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF STAR, WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR.
'THEY OVERCAME, AND THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH'
WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
Anderson James
Campbell Dugall
Christie Robert
Hanlands Hugh
Kidd John
Laing James
Ritchie Robert
Rutherford Duncan |
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DelBoy

Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 4858 Location: The County of Angus
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:28 pm Post subject: Pte. Hugh Hanlan (Hanlands) |
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CWGC
Name: HANLAN, HUGH
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Unit Text: 17th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 15/08/1918
Service No: 116368
Additional information: Son of Hugh Hanlan and Joan Wilson Hanlan.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10.
Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
SNWM
Surname: HANLAN
Firstname: Hugh
Service Number: 116368
Date Death: 15/08/1918
Place of birth: Markinch, Fife
Other formerly: 1725 R.High.
SNWM roll: MACHINE GUN CORPS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F. |
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DelBoy

Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 4858 Location: The County of Angus
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:30 pm Post subject: Pte. John Houston Kidd |
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CWGC
Name: KIDD, JOHN HOUSTON
Initials: J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: "B" Coy. 4th/5th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/11/1917
Service No: S/21860
Additional information: Son of Mary J. Houston Kidd, of Star, Markinch, Fife, and the late John Kidd. Educated at Kirkcaldy High School, Fife.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 94 to 96.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
SNWM
Surname: KIDD
Firstname: John Houston
Service Number: S/21860
Date Death: 17/11/1917
Place of birth: Kennoway, Fife
Other: 4/5th Bn.
SNWM roll: THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F. |
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster

Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 5070 Location: Blairgowrie, Perthshire
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Would be good to get an updated photo of this memorial and check on its condition. |
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DelBoy

Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 4858 Location: The County of Angus
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:42 pm Post subject: Pte. Duncan Rutherford |
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Name: RUTHERFORD
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 16th Bn.
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 97th Trench Mortar Bty.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 01/10/1918
Service No: 21401
Additional information: Husband o f Agnes B. Rodger Rutherford, of Star, Markinch, Fife.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 19.
Cemetery: LA BARAQUE BRITISH CEMETERY, BELLENGLISE
SNWM
Surname: RUTHERFORD
Firstname: Duncan
Service Number: 21401
Date Death: 01/10/1918
Place of birth: Dumbog, Forfarshire
Other: 16th Bn. formerly 3265 Scots Greys.
SNWM roll: THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F. |
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stuartn
Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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WMR 85543 |
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