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jamiemcginlay



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:28 pm    Post subject: Inverkip Reply with quote

Inverkip - Inverclyde District
The Inverclyde war memorial is a polished grey granit obleisk on pedestal which overlooks the Firth of Clyde and stands in the viewpoint car park off the main road opposite the village. The names listed on the memorial are listed according to theatre of war.






WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
Anderson Michael
Boyle Daniel
Campbell James Tyre Died at Gallipoli 12/7/15
Colligan Peter Died on Western Front 17/8/17
Crawford William Died on Western Front 8/2/18
Denny Edward Died on Western Front 1/8/18
Griffiths Joseph Died in Palestine 29/12/17
Harrison Joseph Died on Western Front 25/9/15
Harrower Harry Died at sea 31/1/17
Hyslop John W. Died on Western Front 26/10/17
Kirk James Died in Mesopotamia 22/4/16
Malcolm James Died on Western Front 1/7/16
Mcfarlane Humphrey Died at sea 26/2/17
McFarlane Thomas Died on Western Front 15/11/16
McIntosh George R. Died on Western Front 27/8/17
Milne John D. Died on Western Front 16/2/17
Muir John Died at Gallipoli 12/7/15
Murdoch George Died on Western Front 11/5/17
Murdoch Robert Died on Western Front 21/3/18
Price Alfred Died on Western Front 21/10/18
Scott Duncan Died on Western Front 9/7/16
Shaw Daniel Died on Western Front 2/9/16
Tibble Ernest Frank Died on Western Front 16/3/18
Wales George Died on Western Front 21/3/18


WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
Blakie John B. Died at sea 3/11/41
Devlin Roderick H. Died at sea 21/6/43
Evans Thomas Died of wounds 22/1/44
Ritchie Gabrial S. Died at sea 25/11/41
Stewart Archibald Died in P.O.W. Camp 7/1/43
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

George R McIntosh is also listed at Dunkeld, Perthshire;

Surname McINTOSH
Firstname George R
Service Number 26400
Date Death 27/08/1917
Decoration
Place of birth Dunkeld Perthshire
Other 10/11th Bn.
SNWM roll THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
Rank Pte
Theatre of death F.& F.

Name: McINTOSH, GEORGE ROSS
Initials: G R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 10th/11th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 27/08/1917
Service No: 26400
Additional information: Son of Duncan and Isabella McIntosh, Taybank Temperance Hotel, Dunkeld, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. C. 6.
Cemetery: TYNE COT CEMETERY
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was drawn to this memorial as it gave dates of death along with theatre. Good news for the researcher, I thought. Now I know from personal experience the type of mistakes that appear on a memorial so this is only for perusal.

Michael Anderson - Died Home
Peter Colligan - cannot find him (sometimes the civil records provide an answer but this gaves a 'date and western front'?
George Murdoch - records give 11.05.1916
Alfred Price - 15.10.1918
Duncan Scott - records have nothing close enough
Daniel Shaw - records show 02.04.1916
EF Tibble - records show 16.04.1918
George Wales - records show 25.03.1918
Joseph Griffiths - Salonika
James Kirk - Persian Gulf
Humphrey McFarlane - records show 26.02.1918
John Blaikie - records show 02.11.1941
Roderick Devlin - records show 17.06.1943

There are also some name variances but that is very common.
I think what was done was the right idea, and done with the best of intentions, but with such mistakes was it?

Mark
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Mark,
I think the official records might be more trustworthy than the war memorial, after all I think most war memorials wern't based on anything official but on what the relative or friend requested to be recorded and they could easily have made a mistake, espescially if it was a more distant relative. Maybe the person who gave the details for a name on this memorial was a work colleague or neighbour while the man's close family (who would have got it right) lived in Dunkeld.
By the way I've been surprised by some of your postings, it just shows the kind of mobility there was at the start of the last century. Its often thought most folk were born, lived and died in the same wee part of the country and if they travelled more than 30 miles t was a big adventure and nobody would understand their local accent! Clearly this is a myth. Maybe someday someone will use this forum to write a thesis on the social mobility of rural Scotland in the early 20th century. Shocked
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jim,

Blairgowrie & District was a place of great movement (coming in and going out). The river Ericht powered many mills, there were factories, the 'berries', agriculture in general and one of the few places in Scotland to grow flax, iron & engineering works, a plethora of shops & businesses, the railway station. It was also the HQ of the labour Corps during the Great War also...... Ill stop now.

I am still trying to pin some of the men connected to the town with other memorials which has been quite successful. I'm going to try that with some of the others I've transcribed.

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Mark
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jamiemcginlay wrote:
Maybe someday someone will use this forum to write a thesis on the social mobility of rural Scotland in the early 20th century. Shocked
JIm



By the way, it'll no be me!!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't have pictures but, accordong to The Golden Book, James Malcolm is also commemorated on the War Memorial at Findo Gask, Perthshire.

Surname MALCOLM
Firstname James
Service Number 25107
Date Death 01/07/1916
Decoration
Place of birth Gask Perthshire
Other 16th Bn.
SNWM roll THE ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)
Rank Pte
Theatre of death F.& F.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:02 pm    Post subject: Inverkip WM Inscription Reply with quote

This is what I recorded for UKNIWM

1. Main Dedication Inscription

A STONE
OF REMEMBRANCE

ERRECTED BY
THE PUBLIC OF INVERKIP
TO PERPETUATE
THE MANES
OF THE YOUNG MEN OF
THIS DISTRICT
WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WARS
OF
1914 – 1918
1939 - 1945


2. WW1 names of the fallen, on 2 faces of the obelisk, grouped by place of death and then alphabetically by surname. First name, middle initial, surname and date of death given. Rank, decorations, regiment or unit not given.

Panel 1

ON THE WESTERN FRONT

MICHAEL ANDERSON 31 – 7 – 16
PETER COLLIGAN 17 – 8 – 17
WM CRAWFORD 8 – 2 – 18
EDWARD DENNY 1 – 8 – 18
JOSEPH HARRISON 25 – 9 – 15
JOHN W. HYSLOP 26 – 10 – 17
JOHN D. MILNE 16 – 2 – 17
GEORGE MURDOCH 11 – 5 – 17
ROBERT MURDOCH 21 – 3 – 18
JAMES MALCOLM 1 – 7 – 16
THOMAS McFARLANE 15 – 11 – 16
GEORGE R. McINTOSH 27 – 8 – 17
ALFRED PRICE 21 – 10 – 18
DUNCAN SCOTT 9 – 7 – 16
DANIEL SHAW 2 – 9 – 16
ERNEST FNK TIBBLE 10 – 3 – 18
GEORGE WALES 21 – 3 – 18


Panel 2

AT GALLIPOLI
JAMES TYRE CAMPBELL 12 – 7 – 15
JOHN MUIR 12 – 7 – 15

IN PALESTINE
JOSEPH GRIFFITHS 29 – 12 – 17

IN MESOPOTAMIA
JAMES KIRK 22 – 4 – 16

AT SEA
HUMPHRY McFARLANE 26 – 2 – 17
HARRY HARROWER 31 – 1 – 17

ON HOME SERVICE
DANIEL BOYLE 22 – 7 – 17


2. WW2 names of the fallen, on 1 face of the obelisk, grouped by place of death and then alphabetically by surname. First name, middle initial, surname and date of death given. Rank, decorations, regiment or unit not given.

AT SEA
GABRIAL S. RITCHIE 25 – 11 – 41
JOHN B. BLAKIE 3 – 11 – 41
RODERICK H. DEVLIN 21 – 6 – 43

OF WOUNDS
THOMAS EVANS 22 – 1 – 44

IN P.O.W. CAMP
ARCHIBALD STEWART 7 – 1 – 43



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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:09 pm    Post subject: Wales George B Reply with quote

George B Wales Pte 285189 6th Seaforth Highlanders b Aberdeen e Greenock Killed in Action F & F 25/03/1918 Son of Margaret & the late David Wales. Father's Occ: Slater. Husband of Jeannie Weir Wales, Inverkip Cottage, Inverkip, Renfrewshire. Formerly 6040 A & S H.Date on Inverkip 21-3-18. 1891 Census 3 Gilcomston Terr; age 4. 1901 Census : Stable Boy age 14. Soldiers Effects: Widow: Jeanie. Brothers William & Alexander also died. Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 Burntisland Inverkip & Liberton

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:13 pm    Post subject: L.Sgt. Archibald Stewart Reply with quote

jamiemcginlay wrote:
WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
Stewart Archibald Died in P.O.W. Camp 7/1/43


CWGC
Name: STEWART, ARCHIBALD
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 07/01/1943
Service No: 2697387
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Marion Stewart; husband of Mary Harrison Stewart, of Inverkip, Renfrewshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II, E, 10.
Cemetery: CASERTA WAR CEMETERY

SNWM
Surname: STEWART
Firstname: Archibald
Service number: 2697387
Date of death: 07/01/1943
Place of birth: Renfrewshire
SNWM roll: SCOTS GUARDS
Rank: L/Sgt
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:24 pm    Post subject: Michael Anderson has 4 Pages on Soldiers Will... Reply with quote

Michael Anderson Private S/12068 ACoy. 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders b Inverkip,Renfrew e Greenock Age 17 Died of Wounds London, United Kingdom 31/07/1916 Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson, of Bridgend Cottages, Inverkip, Greenock. 1901 Census: Mother: Mary. Father's Occ:Assistant Forester. Soldiers Effects: Father: William. Died: Tooting Mil. Ho. SW. Soldiers Wills 4 Pages. Wandsworth (Earlfield) Cemetery Screen Wall. F.B. 18. 7.
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