The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

jrah60 · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:13 pm Post subject: Shawlands Kirk

Shawlands Kirk, 5 Moss Side Road, Glasgow G41 3TP

OS Grid Ref: NS 570621

Shawlands Kirk is the informal name for Shawlands Church and is a congregation of the Church of Scotland, part of the Presbytery of Glasgow. www.shawlandskirk.co.uk

This is the Shawlands Church memorial.

1914 – 1919

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE
OF MEN FROM THIS CHURCH
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR

David Allison D.C.M.
John M. Allison
James M. Anderson
William Buchanan
George Dunn
John Fraser
Robert Gillespie
Robert L. Goodall
William L. Halley
John P. Kellie
Robert Knox
James Linklater M.M.
Angus McDonald
Andrew H. McKean
James D. Martin
William M. Montgomerie
James Morrison
James Moses
Alexander Paterson
Arthur J. Peters
John F. Smillie
James Spence
Andrew R. Strachan
Andrew Turnbull
Thomas Wallace

jrah60 · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:16 pm Post subject: Shawlands Kirk

1939 – 1945
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

S/A Britton, William W. Royal Navy
Capt. Brown, John G. R.A.D.C.
Sgt. Brown, Ronald B. 1st S/S.V.F.
Pte. Carslaw, George B. R.A.O.C.
Sgt. Duffus, George M. R.A.F.
Forster, Joseph W. Merchant Navy
Hannah, John Merchant Navy
Pte. Johnston, Alex. 2nd Batt. K.O.S.B.
Cpl. Mitchell, David K. 1st Black Watch
Cpl. Oliver, William R.M. 5th Black Watch
Rifleman Paterson, John 1st Cameronians
Tpr. Richardson, Archibald R.A.C.

jrah60 · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:49 pm Post subject: Shawlands Kirk

It is possible this memorial originated from Shawlands Old Church.

1914 – 1919
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

Thomas L. Aitken Royal Navy
Gavin R. Brown Sergeant M.G.C.
John Brown Pte. R.A.M.C.
William Brown Sergeant 9th H.L.I.
Robert Buchanan Pte. A.I.F.
Alex. W. Caldwell Pte. 18th H.L.I.
Arch. McP. Connell L/Cpl. 2nd Scottish Rifles
Alfred B. Crowley Wireless Operator R.N.V.R.
Archibald R. Glen Pte. R.A.M.C.
John A. Glen A.B. R.N.D.
William S. Gray Sergeant 9th H.L.I.
John C. Hogg Pte. 14th H.L.I.
William J. Horne Pte. 10th Batt. W.R.Rgt.
Alexander J. Love Pte. 17th H.L.I.
John Laing Pte. 7th Scottish Rifles
James Mathewson Pte. 7th Scottish Rifles
William S. Mathewson Driver R.E.
James Mitchell Pte. 6th H.L.I.
Alexander Moffat Pte. 9th H.L.I.
John McCheyne L/Cpl. 9th H.L.I.
George Pettigrew Pte. H.L.I.
Alfred Shearer Pte. 2nd Royal Scots
John Walker Corporal R.F.A.
Joseph Wemyss L/Cpl. H.L.I.
Peter Isles Whitton Captain 7th Scottish Rifles

THE ORGAN IN THIS CHURCH IS ERECTED IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR SACRIFICE

MATHEWSON, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 1521
Date of Death: 23/07/1915
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
7th Bn.
Grave Reference K. 89.
Cemetery ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of James and Marjory Mathewson, of 72, Preston St., Govanhill, Glasgow. Born at Dundee.

MATHEWSON, W S
Rank: Driver
Service No: 414094
Date of Death: 14/06/1917
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
413th Field Coy.
Grave Reference A. 225.
Cemetery DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of James and Marjory Mathewson, of 72, Preston St., Govanhill, Glasgow.

WHITTON, PETER ISLES
Rank: Captain
Date of Death: 28/06/1915
Age: 37
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
"D" Coy. 1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference Sp. Mem. C. 399.
Cemetery TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of James Whitton and Agnes Boyd Whitton; husband of Margaret Dick Forrest Whitton, of 19, Darnley Gardens, Pollokshields, Glasgow.

John

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:02 pm Post subject:

Haven't seen a dentist before:

BROWN, JOHN GREEN
Rank:Captain
Service No:135340
Date of Death:Between 14/02/1942 and 15/02/1942
Regiment/Service:Army Dental Corps
Panel ReferenceColumn 111.
MemorialSINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Hugh Brown, and of Mary J. G. Brown, of Shawlands, Glasgow. L.D.S., R.F.P.S. (Glasgow).
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Ken

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:08 pm Post subject:

Another "Brown" and by co-incidence (?) on the same memorial:

BROWN, R B
Rank:Serjeant
Service No:12773
Date of Death:10/12/1944
Regiment/Service:Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
1st (Singapore Volunteer Corps) Bn.
Panel ReferenceColumn 392.
MemorialSINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:

SNWM Ronald Bruce Brown b. Glasgow
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Ken