The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

jamiemcginlay · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 930 Location: Glasgow

Kilmartin - Argyll & Bute, Mid Argyll
UKNIM Ref no. 5977

The Kilmartin First World War Memorial takes the form of an archway constructed of grey granite blocks with the keystone crowned by a small cross built over the existing gateway into the kirk.
There are 18 men listed on the archway. According to the Statistical Account of Scotland the population of Kilmartin Parish has steadily declined through the 20th century, 663 in 1901, 582 in 1911, 557 in 1921, 455 in 1931 and 460 in 1951.
(There is also a collection of very fine carved tombstones featuring carved reliefs of warriors in the kirkyard).
The commemoration on the keystone reads:
THEY DIED
THAT WE
MIGHT
LIVE
1914 1919
(The right hand pillar has the date 1815 carved near the top).
The memorial was erected by Glasgow monumental sculptors Messrs. Scott Rae, the daybook entry reads:
'Order No. 5389, Kilmartin, Grey archway, Erected May 1920, Daybook 137'.

WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
BALLANTYNE W. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
BOYD GAVIN KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE LIEUTENANT
CAMPBELL A. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
CAMPBELL J. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
CRAWFORD A. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
MCEWAN J. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
MCFADYEN A. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE CORPORAL
MCINTYRE A. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
MCKAY D.G. MCKAY D. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
MCKELLAR A. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE SERGEANT
MCKELLAR C. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
MCKELLAR D. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
MCLACHLAN JAMES M. MCLACHLAN JAMES KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE CAPTAIN MILITARY CROSS
MCLEAN H. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE CORPORAL
MCLELLAN D. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
MCLELLAN J. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE
MCNAIR A. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE SERGEANT
MCVEAN D. KILMARTIN ARGYLL & BUTE PRIVATE