The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project
(Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

St Andrews Greenknowe Erskine Parish Church - Annan

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Dumfries & Galloway - Church Memorials
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
spoons



Joined: 09 Jan 2007
Posts: 4991
Location: St John's Town of Dalry

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:51 am    Post subject: St Andrews Greenknowe Erskine Parish Church - Annan Reply with quote

The church is now St Andrews Greenknowe Erskine Parish Church - obviously the result of some amalgamations. There are separate memorials for Erskine church so this was presumably for one or both of St Andrews and Greenknowe.

The memorial consists of 2 windows, one on each side of the church. Sometime after the windows were installed, an interior first floor was added obscuring the view. I have therefore photographed the windows as they appear from inside the church and then the top and bottom separately so that all the detail can be seen.

UKNIWM Ref: 2222

Location is Bank St, Annan at OS Map Ref: NY 193 665













Last edited by spoons on Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:13 pm; edited 2 times in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
spoons



Joined: 09 Jan 2007
Posts: 4991
Location: St John's Town of Dalry

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Erskine WW1 memorial is UKNIWM 44068 and the St Andrew's WW1 memorial is UKNIWM 44038 so this memorial is for the parishioners of Greenknowe church.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
spoons



Joined: 09 Jan 2007
Posts: 4991
Location: St John's Town of Dalry

PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I notice that UKNIWM now has photos of this memorial on its website. I have not seen photos on UKNIWM before. Unfortunately they do not show the top of the windows at all and the bottom part is none too clear so I will send them mine.

\Paul
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
spoons



Joined: 09 Jan 2007
Posts: 4991
Location: St John's Town of Dalry

PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

photos and info sent to UKNIWM
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is this church in Annan???

Name: TWEEDIE, CUNNINGHAM BURNSIDE
Initials: C B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 17/04/1917
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Susan Tweedie, of 43, Lady St., Annan. Native of Annan, Dumfriesshire. His brother Alexander Tweedie also fell.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVII. A. 5.
Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
_________________
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
spoons



Joined: 09 Jan 2007
Posts: 4991
Location: St John's Town of Dalry

PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kenneth Morrison wrote:
Is this church in Annan???



Sorry, yes - I didn't state the bl****** obvious of which town it is in, you would have had to look up the map ref to find it, original entry now amended, thanks for pointing it out.

\Paul
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Kenneth Morrison



Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 7749
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie

PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2018 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JOSEPH BOWMAN.
Joseph William Bowman – age 27 – Private (15835) 17th Battalion (3rd Glasgow) Highland Light Infantry.
Joseph served his apprenticeship as a draper in Annan before taking a position in Glasgow. He enlisted there and landed with his battalion at Boulogne in November 1915.
Born 1889 in Annan. Son of John and Annie (Martin) of Queensberry Street, Annan.
Missing in Action on 1 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


JOHN BLAND.
John Bland – age 19 – Private (202151) 4th/5th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
John was a farm servant at Croftheads when he enlisted in Carlisle as Private (2628) in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in 1914. He was posted as Private (6245) to the 4th/5th Black Watch in August 1916.
Born 1897 in Annan as John Schofield Bland. Son of James and Mary (Lupton) Bland of 5 Back Lady Street, Annan.
Missing in Action on 31 July 1917 and named on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


WILLIAM BEATTIE.
Francis (Frank) William Beattie – age 41 – Private (18337) "A" Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Frank was employed at Newbie Fisheries when he enlisted. He joined his battalion at Gallipoli in August 1915. The battalion moved from Egypt to France in April 1916 and he was wounded there. He returned to France only to be fatally wounded.
Born 1877 at Riddingdyke, Cummertrees as Francis William Beattie. Son of James and Elizabeth Marion (Nicholson) Beattie. Husband of Elizabeth (Shennan) Beattie of Newbie Barns, Annan who he married in 1898 in Annan.
Died of Wounds on 30 April 1917 and buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial as F.W. Beattie and on the Cummertrees Parish War Memorial as William Beattie.


JOHN PALMER.
John James Palmer – age 19 – Private (131567) 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
John was employed in a grocers in Annan when he enlisted. He went to France on 28 March 1918 but was killed two weeks later.
Born 1899 in Annan. Son of James and Margaret (Brady) Palmer of 16 Johnstone Street and of 10 Solway Street, Annan.
Missing in Action on 14 April 1918 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial.


ROBERT HOOD.
Robert Hood – age 32 – Private (S/8811) 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Robert was employed by the Caledonian Railway Company when he enlisted.
Born 1885 at Ruthwell Railway Station, Dumfriesshire as Robert John Hood. Son of William and Margaret Brown (Shennan) Hood of 19 St. John's Road, Annan. Husband of Mary Maxwell (Gibson) Hood who he married in 1907 in Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire.
Missing in Action on 18 July 1916 and named on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Caledonian Railway Company memorial in Glasgow Central Station.


DAVID W. SINCLAIR.
David Williamson Sinclair – age 22 – Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 11th Battalion, Royal Scots.
David was educated at Annan Academy before becoming a Student of Medicine at Edinburgh University in 1913. He joined the Medical section of the University's Officer Training Corps in 1916 and graduated M.B. & Ch.B. in July 1918. He was commissioned on 29 August and, after one week of training, he went to the Front. David died of wounds near Courtrai in Belgium and was buried in Harlebeke Churchyard but was re-interred in April 1950.
Born 1896 in Annan. Son of David and Agnes Williamson (Reid) Sinclair of 21 Johnstone Street, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 22 October 1918 and buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial, on the Annan Academy memorial, on the Edinburgh Old College memorial and on the Edinburgh University Roll of the Fallen.


JAMES GRAHAM.
James Graham – age 21 – Private (23398) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
James was a miller in the Regent Flour Mills of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society on Bunhouse Road in Glasgow when he enlisted.
Born 1896 in Glasgow. Son of Richard Robert Graham and of Mary Ann (Cowan) Graham of 29 Douglas Street, Milngavie, Glasgow who had married in 1893 in Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire.
Grandson of Mrs Graham of Summergate, Annan.
Missing in Action on 4 October 1917 and named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Glasgow Roll of Honour.


CUNNINGHAM B. TWEEDIE, M.C.
Cunningham Burnside Tweedie, Military Cross – age 24 – Captain, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Cunningham enlisted as Private (1929) in the 5th KOSB. He was commissioned in March 1915 and went to France in September. He was promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain during 1916 and was awarded a M.C. in the New Year Honours. He was badly wounded in April 1917 and died a few days later in hospital at Etaples.
Born 1892 in Annan. Son of Alexander and Susan Rankin (MacKnight) Tweedie of 43 Lady Street, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 17 April 1917. and buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Academy memorial.

and his brother

ALEXANDER TWEEDIE.
Alexander Tweedie – age 34 – Second Lieutenant, 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Alexander enlisted as Private (1930) in the 5th KOSB and landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915. He was promoted to Sergeant and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in November 1915. He then served in Egypt and Palestine where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1882 in Annan. Son of Alexander and Susan Rankin (MacKnight) Tweedie of 43 Lady Street, Annan.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Academy memorial.


LAWRENCE A. CALDWELL.
Lawrence Caldwell – age 31 – Private (25609) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Lawrence was educated at Annan Academy. He was severely wounded and died in hospital in Rouen.
Born 1886 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire as Lawrence Alexander Caldwell. Son of Robert and Agnes (Yuille) Caldwell of High Street, Annan.
Died of Wounds on 31 January 1917 and buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Academy memorial.

and his brother

JAMES CALDWELL.
James Yuille Caldwell – age 20 – Private (141621) 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
James was educated at Annan Academy and was employed in the Commercial Bank of Scotland in Annan when he enlisted as Private (3330) in the Royal Fusiliers in June 1916. He was posted to France as Private (34479) in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in November 1916 and later transferred to the MGC. James was buried by the Germans in the Military Cemetery at La Broque in Alsace but was re-interred in Plaine in 1921.
Born 1897 in Annan. Son of Robert and Agnes (Yuille) Caldwell of High Street, Annan.
Killed in Action on 27 June 1918 and buried in Plaine French National Cemetery, Bas-Rhin (Alsace) France.
Also named on the Annan War Memorial, on the Annan Academy memorial and on the Commercial Bank of Scotland memorial in the RBS branch in St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh.


JOHN ALLAN.
John Allan – age 16 – Boy 2nd Class (J/91526) H.M.S. "Ganges II." Royal Navy.
John was educated at Annan Academy before he joined the navy. In 1918 HMS Ganges was a naval training establishment at Shotley, near Ipswich in Suffolk. John died of disease.
Born 1902 in Annan. Son of the late John Allan and of Annie Allan of 6 Albert Place, Annan.
Died on Service on 7 November 1918 and buried in Annan Cemetery. (CWG)
Also named on the Annan War Memorial and on the Annan Academy memorial.
_________________
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Dumfries & Galloway - Church Memorials All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com