The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

dhubthaigh · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: Forfar Academy, WW1

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PAT ANDERSON

Keptie · Last edited by Keptie on Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:31 pm; edited 1 time in total

This Forfar academy war memorial to the Great War casualties and the WW2 Memorials were obviously initially located in the old Forfar Academy and moved to the concrete 1960s building where they are at present . The two war memorials are on the stairway from the main entrance area of the school . When I visited the Academy there was a Wreath placed at the War Memorial from the school so the former Casualties are remembered

Patrick w anderson

DelBoy · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:31 am Post subject:

Adamson, John
Anderson, James
Bain, Alexander N.
Bain, Ralph N.
Boyle, William S.
Brown, Alexander
Buchanan, James
Calder, William H.
Collander, Fred
Cargill, William
Clark, James
Clark, William
Coutts, William
Craik, John B.
Crighton, William
Dick, William
Dowell, George T.
Duncan, Gordon
Edward, Joseph M.
Fenton, John M.
Fyfe, Alexander
Gaul, David
Irvine, W. J.
Jarvis, James W.
Johnston, John
Kennedy, John M. S.
Kinnear, Alex. Hope
Kinnear, David

Lamond, Fred C.
MacDonald, Rouallan
MacIntosh, W. J.
MacHardy, David
Maxwell, David (Military Cross & Bar)
Maxwell, Jack R.
McLaren, Ernest C.
McNicoll, Godfrey R.
Millar, James (Distinguished Conduct Medal)
Milne, Andrew
Philps, Andrew C.
Pattullo, James S.
Reid, George
Robb, David
Roberts, Alexander W.
Rodger, D. Hunter
Saddler, Norman
Simpson, Robert
Smith, William
Spalding, James
Stewart, John
Sturrock, Andrew
Taylor, Walter R.
Thom, David L.
Thomson, Ernest A.
Thomson, James C.
Winter, James

Anderson, J. A.
Caie, R. G. H.
Dick, W.
Duncan, D.
Findlay, J. L.
Fyfe, C. C.
Henderson, W.
Laird, F.
MacIntosh, A.
MacIntosh, D. H.
Neill, A. G.
Philps, J. M.
Smart, D. F.
Spence, A.
Winter, W.

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

I have just received a copy of the school`s Roll of Honour booklet,produced by Andrew Nicoll in 1996.

I have been able to fill in a few gaps but wonder if the sleuths can find the following:
GORDON DUNCAN
JOHN ADAMSON Sergeant Canadians?
JAMES ANDERSON Private Royal Scots?

I plan to post photos of the booklet on the Forum in due course.

David McNay · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:36 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure if you can produce scans of the booklet here on the forum, I think it will still be in copyright, unless Andrew has given permission for it to be reproduced.

I spoke with Andrew last year about his booklet, and at the time I had identified some (if not all) of the "missing" men he had been unable to locate. I'll check my records and see what I can find.

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

David,
Point taken.If you are in touch with Andrew perhaps you can ask him if he is ok with putting his info on the Forum as he only printed 50 copies so it is not widely available.He may,of course,be planning an updated version,using your new info?
If you wish me to approach him please send me his contact details in a PM
Thanks
Hugh

Adam Brown · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 11:02 pm Post subject:

It looks like a very similar war memorial is also in Christ Church, Malacca, Malaysia

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Overseas/malaccaww1.html

The wording at the bottom is different, it is "The Glorious Dead" in Malacca but I would say they are made by the same firm.

There is another one in Cononley, Skipton

http://www.cpgw.org.uk/craven_war_memorial.cfm?sID=078-06&mCode=CONONLEY&pID=3&zoom=1

"The Heroic Dead"

Adam

Adam Brown · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:07 pm Post subject:

There are several of these triptych memorials in Northumberland. The North East War Memorials Project says they are from the wood of the former Royal Navy training ship Britannia which was broken up in Blyth, Northumberland in 1917.

http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6598

Adam

anne park · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:16 pm Post subject: Alexander Neill Bain

Alexander Neill Bain 2nd Lt 7th Cameron Highlanders b Forfar Age 23 Killed in Action F & F 19/05/16 Son of Alexander Bain, Joiner & Annie (nee Neill) Bain, 34 Manor St; Forfar. 1901 Census. MA St Andrew's University. Vermelles British Cemetery Fr 0423 Plot IV Row D Grave 21 Forfar & St Andrew's Uni
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Alexander Balfour Brown Pte 9695 1st Scots Guards b Cupar, Fife e Forfar r Laurencekirk Killed in Action F & F 25/01/15 Le Touret Memorial M. R. 22 Panel 3 & 4
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David McNay · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:20 pm Post subject:

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

WW1 is WMR 68969

WW2 is WMR 68967

Keptie · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:47 pm Post subject: forfar academy

I presume that this war memorial is now located In the NEW FORFAR ACADEMY on the A926 road from Forfar to Kirriemuir

This will be the 3rd move of the war memorial from the original Academy in the town

Patrick w anderson