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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:00 pm Post subject: Belmont School, Moniaive |
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Not listed on UKNIWM
Located in the wooden chapel belonging to Crawfordton House at OS Map Ref NX 796904
The window dates from 1947 and is by Abbey Studio, Edinburgh.
This was Belmont School when the memorial was put in place, later Crawfordton House School and lastly Cademuir International School. The school closed and attempts have been made to sell it over the last six years, it is currently in the hands of the receivers KPMG and is up for sale. It seems unlikely that the chapel will survive, access is currently difficult, requiring a walk across muddy ground, through overgrown shrubbery to finally enter the building on hands and knees through a broken panel!
Neither of the men commemorated have any obvious link with Scotland on the CWGC records but I believe that Douglas Kennedy was from the family that live in a large house just a few hundred yards down the road.
Name: RAVEN, TOM HARRISON
Initials: T H
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: H.M.S. Sarawak
Age: 28
Date of Death: 31/03/1945
Additional information: Son of Harrison and Nina Constance Wynne Raven, of Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia. B.Econ.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Glenalina Extn. Sec. B.S. Grave 131.
Cemetery: BELFAST CITY CEMETERY
Name: KENNEDY, DOUGLAS STEWART
Initials: D S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 169 (8th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders) Bty., 100 Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt.
Secondary Regiment: Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.
Secondary Unit Text: seconded to "A" Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 20/11/1942
Service No: 106690
Additional information: Son of Cecil Kennedy, and of Elsie Stewart Kennedy, of Nelson, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 41.
Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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The whole window is 2.26 metres wide by 2.13 metres high.
My thanks to John Gourlay for arranging access and for guiding me to the building.
As this must be considered to be at risk, I will report it both to the War Memorials Trust and to the Scottish Stained Glass Symposium.
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teddy
Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 214 Location: Penpont, Dumfriesshire
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject: Douglas Stewart Kennedy - Belmont Sch Moniaive |
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Douglas is found on the Glencairn Wm and Rolls of Honour in Glencairn Church and Wallaceton Hall; and commemorated on family graves in Glencairn Churchyard and Loretto, Musselburgh.
Some history of Douglas found on Pages 196/7 on 'The Glencairn Memorial Book' 2007 - by Alexander Hall and Anthony Murray-Flutter.
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7755 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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teddy
Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 214 Location: Penpont, Dumfriesshire
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:22 pm Post subject: Douglas Stewart Kennedy |
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Ken,
The Kennedy family came from Townhead, Kirkland,although Cecil Kennedy Douglas's father had spent a good deal of time in India before going to Nelson New Zealand. Two of Douglas's uncles were killed in WW1 - Lieut Charles Kenndy died 16/11/1916 on pages57/8 in Glencairn Book. and his brother Walter Douglas Kenndy killed 19/4/1917 pages 151/2 in Glencairn book. Both men on Glencairn WM and Rolls of honour in Glencairn Church and Wallaceton Hall.
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7755 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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According to his service record at the National Archives of Australia, Tom Raven was born 22 August 1916 in Townsville Queensland.
He died in a boating accident on Belfast Lough. Initially post "Missing Believed Drowned" his body was recovered and buried in Belfast City Cemetery. _________________ Ken |
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stuartn
Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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This is now WMR, ex UKNIWM, memorial 72153 |
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