The Scottish War Memorials Project

spoons · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: Whithorn

UKNIWM Ref: 44467

Location – in Main Street, Whithorn at OS Map Ref NX 446 402.

The lead lettering could do with some cleaning, or painting – how do you deal with oxidised lead anyway?

WW1 Names:
WILLIAM B ARNOTT
NATHAN BIE
THOS W BOYCE
M PRIMROSE BROWN
ALEX CAIN
DANIEL CAIN
SAMUEL CAIN
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
THOS A CHRISTIE
TOM D CLARK
ADAM COSH
RICHARD COSH
GEORGE DALZIEL
GEORGE DUFFY
ADAM FERRIES
JAMES FLANNIGHAN
ROBERT FLANNIGHAN
ALEX GARDINER
ALEX GARRICK
PETER GARRICK
ROBERT GIBSON
JAMES GOODFELLOW
JAMES HANNAH
ROBERT B HUXTABLE
JOHN IRVINE
WILLIAM IRVINE
ROBERT JOHNSTON
WILLIAM JOHNSTON
ALEX KEACHIE
JAMES KEITH
JAMES LOAN
JOSEPH LYONS
HENRY M MARTIN
JOSEPH MARTIN
PETER MAXWELL
HUGH MILLAN
JOHN MILLAN
RANDOLPH MILLER
ROBERT MILLIGAN
W MILWAIN
JOHN MILLS
JOHN S MILROY
ARCHD J S MORRISON
ROBERT MURRAY
DOUGLAS McCALLIE
ALEX McCLELLAND
JOHN McCUBBIN
DAVE McCULLOCH
JOHN McEWEN
ADAM McKEAND
JOHN McKELVIE
JAMES A McLURE
WILLIAM McROBERT
JAMES McWHIRTER
JAMES W K NAIRN
FREDERICK NIBLOCK
JOHN PATERSON
WILLIAM J RENNIE
DAVID ROBB
THOMAS ROBERTSON
WILLIAM C ROBERTSON
ALEX SHAW
JOHN SMITH
PETER SMITH
WILLIAM SMITH
CHRISTOPHER STEELE
ANDREW STEWART
HERBERT SWAN
ALEX B TORRANCE
WILLIAM TRUE
HAROLD WHITTEN

WW2 Names:
JOSEPH BALLANTYNE
ALEXANDER CAIN
ROBERT FLANNIGHAN
THOMAS HORNER
RONALD HUTCHISON
JAMES McCUTCHEON
JOHN M MARTIN
JACK RODGER
JAMES WYLLIE

Leading Airman Gunner J M Martin is listed on another memorial (UKNIWM 21270) on a cliff overlooking the sea at Corriecravie, STRATHCLYDE. The inscription of which reads “On/ 18th January 1944/ Near Iron Rock Ledges Buoy/ (to be seen near the shore)/ Petty Officer Pilot JAMES WILLIAM CROW/ Age 19 Of Perth/ AND/ Leading Airman Gunner JOHN MILLAN MARTIN/ Age 20 Of Whithorn/ Crashed And Died/ In God's Hands They Lie There Still/ Erected In Loving And Devoted Remembrance/ By The Pilot's Sister, NANCY/ 1997”.

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:25 am Post subject: Sgt. John McEwen

WW1
John McEwen

(Glasgow Herald 10th May 1915)
"Sergeant John McEwen, 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders, has been killed in action. Sergeant McEwen was a native of Whithorn, and had served 18 years in the Camerons, and had been on service in China, South Africa and India. He joined the British Expeditionary Force in France in December last, and shortly after was promoted."

CWGC
McEWEN, JOHN
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 4484
Date of Death: 25/04/1915
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 38 and 40.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: McEWAN (McEwen)
Firstname: John
Service Number: 4484
Date Death: 25/04/1915
Place of birth: Whithorn Wigtownshire
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
Rank: A/Sgt
Theatre of death: F.& F.

DelBoy · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 8:07 pm Post subject: Pte. James Keith

WW1
James Keith

(Glasgow Herald 4th October 1915)
"Mrs Keith, Portyerrock, Whithorn, has received official intimation that her husband James Keith, 1-5th K.O.S.B. (Territorials), was wounded at the Dardanelles, and has been missing since July."

CWGC
KEITH, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 1486
Date of Death: 12/07/1915
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st/5th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to 222.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: KEITH
Firstname: James
Service Number: 1486
Date Death: 12/07/1915
Place of birth: Whithorn Wigtown
Other: 1/5th Bn.
SNWM roll: THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: Dardanelles.