The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

The Irvine Herald dated Friday 02 October 1953 tells us of this marble tablet unveiled 28 September 1953

Erected by the employees of Irvine / and Fullarton Co-operative Society / Ltd. / To the memory of /
Wm. Neil Sgt RAF
R J Kerr AC1 RAF
J S McInally L/Sgt Ayrshire Yeomanry

/ Who made the supreme sacrifice in / World War II. / 'We will remember.'

Sergeant
NEIL, WILLIAM
Service Number 1571102
Died 20/02/1944
77 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Aircraftman 1st Class
KERR, ROBERT JOHN
Service Number 1822467
Died 07/11/1944
Aged 20
B.S.R.U.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Duncan and Jane McCulloch Kerr, of Irvine, Ayrshire.

Lance Serjeant
McINALLY, JAMES SMITH
Service Number 549620
Died 31/08/1944
Aged 38
151 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of John and Isabella Anderson McInally, of Ayr; husband of Janet Fergusson McInally, of Ayr.