The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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The current building at the corner of Chapelwell Street and Vernon Street in Saltcoats dates from 1866. The Church has had various name changes viz:-
West United Presbyterian Church
Erskine United Free Church
Erskine Church
New Trinity Church
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Kirkgate Parish Church
Fuller history of the Church at www.kirkgate.org.uk

Difficult to get a good picture of the Church at present due to a recent car accident which demolished a large part of the wall outside the building. Will publish a photograph in due course.

Whilst attending an ecumenical service in the Church discovered it had a WW1 memorial.

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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: ANDERSON
First name: John
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Unit: 32nd Reserve Bty
Age: 37
Date of Death: 02/03/1917
Service no: 193411
Additional information: Son of John and Jean Anderson; husband of Agnes Leggie(formerly Anderson, nee Kennedy), of Rock Cottage, Kyles Hill, Saltcoats
Grave reference: S. B. 3645
Cemetery: ARDROSSAN CEMETERY

John is also on the Saltcoats Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: BROWN
First Name: John
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit: 6th Bn
Age: 24
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Service No: 11962
Additional information: Son of Mrs Martha Spiers Brown, of 4, Glebe St., Saltcoats, Ayrshire
Cemetery/Memorial reference: Panel 46 to 49
Cemetery: LOOS MEMORIAL

John is also on the Saltcoats Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: DUGUID
First Names: William George
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Australian Light Horse
Unit: 8th
Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/04/1917
Service No: 363
Additional Information: Son of Charles and Jane Snodgrass Duguid, of "Ailsa Craig", Magill, South Australia. Native of Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland
Cemetery/Memorial reference: Panel 58
Cemetery: JERUSALEM MEMORIAL

De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour

William is also on the Saltcoats Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: MILLER
First Names: James Stuart
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Scots
Unit: 1st/4th Bn
Age: 21
Date of Death: 02/11/1917
Service no: 45811
Additional information: Son of Hugh Stuart Miller, of "Lonsdale", 35, Argyle Rd., Saltcoats, Ayrshire. An apprentice engineer
Cemetery/Memorial reference: VIII. A. 4
Cemetery: GAZA WAR CEMETERY

The A&S Herald Intimations database has various "In Memorium" entries for James from his family - "mother, brother Robert & sister Florence in Toronto, Canada"; sister Helen(Mrs James M Skinner), Toronto; son of Hugh.

James is also on the Saltcoats Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: PATRICK
Initial: G
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 26/09/1917
Service no: 32440
Cemetery/Memorial reference: IV. C. 3
Cemetery: ST. JULIEN DRESSING STATION CEMETERY

The record of soldiers died in the Great War shows George was born in and resided in Saltcoats and enlisted in Ardeer

George is also on the Saltcoats Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: WALLACE
First names: Hugh Brown
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Unit: 40th Stat. Hosp
Age: 37
Date of Death: 31/08/1917
Service no: 95512
Additional information: Son of Archibald and Elizabeth Wallace, of 54, Caledonia Rd., Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Publisher of the "Carrick Herald", Girvan, Ayrshire
Cemetery/Memorial reference: Div. 62. I. H. 11
Cemetery: STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE

Hugh is also on the Saltcoats Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: WALLACE
First names: William John
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Unit: 24th Bn
Age: 26
Date of Death: 10/08/1918
Service no: 66013
Additional information: Son of William and Jemima Wallace, of "Boneen", Ardrossan Rd., Saltcoats, Scotland
Cemetery/Memorial reference: III. D. 24
Cemetery: ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

William is also on the Saltcoats Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: MITCHELL
First name: Robert
Rank: Purser
Service: Mercantile Marine
Unit: S.S. (Pomeranian) Glasgow
Age: 30
Date of Death: 15/04/1918
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Margaret Mitchell(nee Boyd), of 13, Main St., Stevenston, Ayr. Born at Ayr.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

The Pomeranian was torpedoed by UB-77 in Lyme Bay with a loss of 55 lives. A subsequent Admiralty enquiry found that a lack of life-rafts was a contributory factor in the large loss of lives

Robert is also on the Stevenston Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: DICKSON
Initial: R
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Unit: "A" Bty. 267th Bde.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 31/10/1918
Service No: 655873
Additional Information: Son of Mrs Fanny H Hutton, of 138, Moncur St., Calton, Glasgow
Cemetery/Memorial reference: BB. 26
Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

The record of soldiers died in the Great War shows Robert was born in Glasgow and enlisted in Ardrossan. The A&S intimations databases at Ayrshire Roots show Robert as "Died in Ludd, Palestine" "Driver killed October 31st, 1918, brother of Mrs McGregor, Townhead, Glasgow

Robert is also on the Saltcoats Memorial
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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: HILL
First name: Stephen
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Scots
Unit: "D" Coy. 13th Bn
Age: 20
Date of Death: 28/08/1917
Service No: 45804
Additional information: Son of Stephen and Isabella Hill, of 44, Christie Gardens, Jacks Rd., Saltcoats, Ayrshire
Cemetery/Memorial reference: Panel 11 to 14 and 162
Cemetery: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Stephen is also on the Ardrossan Academy Memorial and the Saltcoats Memorial

Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald 28 September 1917

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Mary

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CWGC Information

Name: THOMSON
First name: James
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Unit: "D" Coy. 46th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 13/01/1917
Service no: 437014
Additional information: Son of Janet Brown Thomson and the late William Thomson, of Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grave reference: I.F. 8
Cemetery: BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Mary

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