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Skateraw Memorial, Chapel Point, East lothian.

 
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:47 pm    Post subject: Skateraw Memorial, Chapel Point, East lothian. Reply with quote


Skateraw Memorial with Torness Power Station in the back ground

Take the road signposted for Skateraw, from the A1 - from the North just before Torness Power Station, from the South just after Torness Power Station.
Once you arrive at the shore you will need to leave your car and walk to the point, past an empty house (on your left), through the gate and past a ruined cottage (on your right). Looking towards the sea, beyond the cottage you should be able to see the top of the cross.

The memorial was erected in the memory of six members of St Giles (Canongate) boys club who loved to camp here in their youth, but were sadly killed in action during WWII.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


(difficult to read)
1939-1945
To the Glory of God. In memory of
David Adams RAF aged 21
William Brown Lt BY aged 23
Jack Cooper RAOC aged 22
Jimmie Dalgleish MM RHA aged 23
Jim Stewart RAF aged 19
Jim Stobbie RN aged 19

Who loved to camp here and gave their lives that others too might love it.

"When the morning was come Jesus stood on the shore"

This Memorial to the boys of St Giles - later Canongate-Boys Club, Edinburgh was re-erected here in 1980 and dedicated by The Very Rev. Dr Ronald Selby Wright C.V.O, The founder warden 1927-1978.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is in the reverse of the Memorial.


Erected to the memory of The Very Rev. R W V S Wright CVO, TD, DD by the members of the Canongate Boys Club who spent their formative years at camp with him on these shores 1945-1972
"Goodnight Sir see you in the morning"
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ADAMS, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 90 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 31/10/1944
Service No: 1345972
Additional information: Son of David and Margaret Adams, of Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 30. C. 10.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ADAMS, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 90 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 31/10/1944
Service No: 1345972
Additional information: Son of David and Margaret Adams, of Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 30. C. 10.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jack Cooper.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DALGLEISH, JAMES KELLY
Initials: J K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 33 Field Regt.
Date of Death: 30/07/1942
Service No: 886532
Awards: M M
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL
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STEWART, JAMES ANGUS
Initials: J A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 78 Sqdn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 20/01/1944
Service No: 1822847
Additional information: Son of John M. Stewart and Lilian A. Stewart, of Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 9. F. 1-6.
Cemetery: BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

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STOBBIE, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Telegraphist
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M. Submarine Trooper
Date of Death: 17/10/1943
Service No: P/JX 156516
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 77, Column 1.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ronald William Vernon Selby Wright CVO TD JP FRSE FSAScot (12 June 1908, Glasgow - 24 October 1995, Edinburgh) was a Church of Scotland minister.

Ronald Selby Wright (always known as Ronnie) was born in Glasgow in 1908. He became one of the best known Church of Scotland ministers of his generation. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1972.

At the age of three his family moved to Edinburgh. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Melville College and the University of Edinburgh. He studied divinity at New College, Edinburgh. He was probationer assistant at Glasgow Cathedral in 1936, prior to becoming minister at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh in January 1937. His only ministerial charge, he would remain at Canongate until he retired in 1977. He turned down numerous offers, including the Chair in Practical Theology at the University of St Andrews and the Chaplaincy of the University of Aberdeen.

His ministry at Canongate Kirk was notable for his social concern, liturgical interest and for the restoration of the church building. His social concern was particularly reflected in the establishing the Canongate Boys’ Club. During his ministry the Canongate parish was one of the most run-down areas of Edinburgh, with considerable poverty — despite the presence of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in the parish. He would also later serve as chaplain to a number of Edinburgh schools and edited some books for teenagers, such as Asking Them Questions. His social concern would also see him become actively involved in a wide range of activities in Edinburgh, including serving on the management of various institutions. He was an erudite man, the author of many books and he had a large personal library.

Before World War II he had been a Territorial Army Chaplain, but in 1939 he was mobilised as a padre with The Royal Scots regiment in France. He managed to evade capture by the German Army and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. During his military service the Revd George MacLeod served as locum at Canongate Kirk.

Back in Scotland, Ronald Selby Wright was recruited by the BBC to give a series of broadcasts. His direct, conversational style won deep appreciation and he acquired the nickname “The Radio Padre”. In 1942 he was appointed Senior Chaplain to the 52nd (Lowland) Division of the British Army, serving in Italy, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Following the war, Ronald Selby Wright played a considerable role in renewing interest in liturgy in the Church of Scotland. Drawing on John Knox’s work (notably the Book of Common Order of 1564), he devised a liturgical order of service for use at Canongate Kirk, including considerable participation by the congregation (then highly unusual in the Church of Scotland.) He was very much of the ‘High Church’ tradition within the Church of Scotland; he was President of the Scottish Church Society. He also oversaw the renovation and restoration of Canongate Kirk, through the removal of unsympathetic Victorian accretions (such as the galleries and an overbearing organ in front of the pulpit.) The church was thus restored to a dignified, aesthetic simplicity of high quality.

From 1946 he lived at 17 Regent Terrace in Edinburgh.

He valued the church’s connections with the state and in 1961 became a Chaplain to The Queen. The Queen worships in Canongate Kirk when in residence at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1986, Doctor of Divinity (DD) by the University of Edinburgh in 1956 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 1973.

He never married. He retired from Canongate Kirk in 1977 and continued to live in Edinburgh, where he died in 1995 at the age of 87.
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