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Auchentibber, South Lanarkshire
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kilwincameronian



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 8:00 pm    Post subject: Materials for memorial. Reply with quote

About ten years ago myself and dad knocked on a door asking about the memorial.
The chap with whom we had a pleasant chat informed us that materials from the Hamilton Palace of the Dukes of Hamilton were used.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Auchentiber Ayrshire is the old Fergushill part of Kilwinning Parish.
Casualties from this hamlet listed on Kilwinning or Fergushill memorials.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:57 am    Post subject: Alexander Gillespie Reply with quote

Pte S/17234 5th Gordon Highlanders b Dykehead,Lanark e Hamilton Age 20 Died of Wounds Germany 06/09/1918 Son of Alexander & Sarah Cavanah Gillespie, 19 Dykehead Rows, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg Gy 4 Plot XI Row C Grave 03
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Corporal Henry Kelly (1485), of the Seaforth Highlanders.
The deceased soldier, who was 21 years of age, was a native of Auchentibber. He enlisted at the outbreak of war, going to France about 2 years ago. Corporal Kelly was at the Battle of Loos, and was wounded in June 1916. He was an Officer's servant, and his officer writing of him says - "It is with great regret and sorrow I write to tell you of your son. Since I joined the Battalion I have been fortunate in having him for my servant, and a better boy or a finer soldier, would be hard to find. He was killed by shell fire about noon on 13th April, and was buried with his comrades near the scene of action.
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Browsing through the very interesting Blantyre Project website I came across a series of Blogs that tell of the complete demolition and rebuilding of this war memorial in 2018. Apparently the effects of weathering had been so bad that complete demolition was the only alternative.
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