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neilston



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:28 pm    Post subject: Beith memorial -Spiers school Reply with quote

The Spier's Labyrinth and War memorial





The Spier's labyrinth and the War Memorial in the Garden of Remembrance.
Seventy ex-pupils from Spier's died in WWI and WW2. A War Memorial was located within the school, however since the demolition of the school no publicly accessible memorial has existed and the old rose garden at the 'Garden of Remembrance' has long been overgrown. In 2012 an old Spier's gatepier was collected, cleaned and placed within the old garden as a War Memorial. Youth Making Beith Better (YMBB) created a labyrinth around the standing stone War Memorial.



I found this on line seems the school is long gone but according to a Wiki link there still is a memorial.

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Kenneth Morrison



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two items from the above link

"Seventy Old Spierians made the supreme sacrifice and the War Memorials were a central feature of the old school buildings. The memorial is now in storage at the North Ayrshire Museum in Saltcoats, awaiting a suitable location for re-erection. The school also had a Garden of Remembrance composed of a rose garden within a square of yew hedges and an internal path. This was under restoration by the YMBB youth group in 2012."

"The Spier's labyrinth and the War Memorial in the Garden of Remembrance.Seventy ex-pupils from Spier's died in WWI and WW2. A War Memorial was located within the school, however since the demolition of the school no publicly accessible memorial has existed and the old rose garden at the 'Garden of Remembrance' has long been overgrown. In 2012 an old Spier's gatepier was collected, cleaned and placed within the old garden as a War Memorial. Youth Making Beith Better (YMBB) created a labyrinth around the standing stone War Memorial."
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stuartn



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:14 am    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number Reply with quote

This new memorial is WMR 76563

I have also raised shell reports for the original memorials at the Museum-
76564 for WW1 and 76565 for WW2.
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Mike Morley



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: BURNS, WALTER SCOT
Initials: WS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Date of Death: 1/7/1915
Age: 24
Additional Information: Son of William and Agnes Burns, of 61, Gleneagles Cottages, Scotstoun, Glasgow. Of Nettlehurst, Beith, Ayrshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 24 to 26 or 325 to 328
Memorial: Helles Memorial.

A former pupil of Spiers School. Also named on Allan Glen's School Memorial, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel and the Royal Technical College (Strathclyde University) Memorial.

A biographical note can be found on the Glasgow University Roll of Honour website: https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=1522
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