The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: Stoneyburn, West Lothian

Stoneyburn War Memorial
Location: Main Street at junction with Cuthill Street, Stoneyburn
OS Ref: NS 979 633

There 11 names for the Great War and 18 for the Second World War here.

Adam

spoons · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

could you edit the img tag on the 3rd pic to make it visible please?

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

Edited and now visible.

Cheers

Adam

alexmaclennan · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:44 am Post subject:

Stoneyburn War Memorial Inscription for UKNIWM

The memorial is made out of grey stone probably granite. It stands 2 to 3m tall and is a square section obelisk mounted on a plinth and block of semi dressed stone. The main face of the obelisk faces the main road. There is a dedication inscription on the obelisk with the WW1 names of fallen on the block below. The WW2 names of fallen are on both of the side faces. Below the main dedication inscription on the obelisk is a carved wreath with 1914 – 1918 on a banner at the bottom of the wreath. The memorial is set in a garden full of colourful annuals and surrounded by a low metal railing.

MAIN FACE

Inscription on Obelisk

IN PROUD
MEMORY OF
THE MEN
OF THIS
VILLAGE
WHO LAID
DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918 (in banner on wreath)

WW1 Names of Fallen on block under Main Inscription. Forename, surname and regiment given.

JAMES ALLAN ROYAL SCOTS
JOHN CONNELL ROYAL SCOTS
WILLIAM THOMSON ROYAL SCOTS
THOMAS WALKER ROYAL SCOTS
SAMUEL WARREN ROYAL SCOTS
WILLIAM McGUIRE CAMERON HRS.
JOHN ORR CAMERON HRS.
ROBERT DOUGAN SEAFORTH HRS.
ALEXR. DALY ROYAL SCOTS FUS.
JOHN LALLY SCOTTISH HORSE
JAMES CARLETON R.A.N.C.

Inscription on plinth

WE DIED FOR YOU

SIDE FACE 1

Inscription on Obelisk

WAR
1939 – 1945

WW2 Names of Fallen on block under Inscription. Rank, forename, surname and regiment/service given.

SGT. DAVID ANTHONY R.A.F.
DVR. WILLIAM ADAMSON R.A.S.C.
L.CPL. ANTHONY CASELLS K.O.S.B.
GNR. THOMAS CURRAN R.A.
TPR. JAMES H.CURRAN R.A.C.
P.O. JOHN DYMOCK R.A.F.
GDSN. CHARLES FAIRLEY S.G.
PATRICK GILLON M.N.
L.CPL. HUGH GIBSON R.S.

SIDE FACE 2

Inscription on Obelisk

WAR
1939 – 1945

WW2 Names of Fallen on block under Inscription. Rank, forename, surname and regiment/service given.

GDSN. JOHN HARVEY S.G.
PTE. JOHN HUGHES S.H.
PTE. WILLIAM HIGGINS R.S.
A.B. ALEX MORRIS R.N.
GNR. DANIEL MALLOY R.A.
P.O. JAMES McLEAN R.A.F.
F.O. WILLIAM PATON R.A.F.
F.O. ALEX. WILSON R.A.F.
PTE. ALEX. WILSON N. STAFFS.

alex
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alexmaclennan · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject:

The location is on Main Street at junction with Cuthill Street, Stoneyburn.

Grid Ref: NS979 633

alex
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spoons · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject:

UKNIWM Ref: 53722

I can see from the photo that one name has been added to the WW1 list but it appears that 2 must have been added because UKNIWM has it down as 9 names, whereas there are now 11.

\Paul

ADP · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 467 Location: Edinburgh

A distant relative of mine. John Coutts Orr (1892-1915)

Also on the Whitburn War memorial.

CWGC
Name: ORR, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Service No: S/17701
Additional information: Son of Agnes Orr, of 140, Stoneyburn, West Lothian, and the late James Orr.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 119 to 124.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname ORR
Firstname John
Service Number S/17701
Date Death 25/09/1915
Decoration
Place of birth Harthill Lanarkshire
Other 5th Bn.
SNWM roll THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
Rank Pte
Theatre of death F.& F.

His father was not 'late' at the time of John's death - he died in 1918 at the address given by the CWGC. His mother lived at that same address until her death in 1941.

ADP

DelBoy · Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:35 am Post subject:

There is further information on some of those on this memorial from both wars at this Stoneyburn history site:

http://www.stoneyburn.com/stoney/history/history11.htm

Joseph yeardly · Joined: 08 Mar 2009 Posts: 24

Hi just a note to say that the area surounding this memorial has been cleaned up
Due to the snow I didn't stop but will try to get an updated photo
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Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:31 am Post subject:

P.O. JOHN DYMOCK, R.A.F..
John Meikle Dymock – age 33 – Pilot Officer (141016) 25 Squadron, Fighter Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
John lived at Sherwood Park in Lockerbie, was a member of Lockerbie Tennis Club and was on the staff of the Commercial Bank in Lockerbie before he joined the RAF in 1941 as Sergeant (1372640) and trained as a Navigator. He was commissioned in January 1943 and was flying his Mosquito on a patrol from RAF Church Fenton in Yorkshire when it was shot down over the Bay of Biscay near Brest.
Born 1910 in West Calder, Midlothian. Son of the late Mary (Meikle) Dymock and of Alexander Dalziel Dymock. Husband of Isobel Daly (Ewing) Dymock of 21 Sydney Place, Lockerbie and of Dalzell Place, Stoneyburn, Bathgate who he married in 1939 at Stoneyburn, West Lothian.
Missing in Action on 13 June 1943 and named on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Also named on the Lockerbie War Memorials and on the Commercial Bank WW2 memorial now in the RBS Head Office at Gogarburn.
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Ken