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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:48 pm    Post subject: Kirkconnel Reply with quote

Another one with a nice statue, no idea who by, but someone will add the info no doubt?

UKNIWM Ref: 8548

OS Map Ref: NS 730 120






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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spoons

I don't know who is responsible but the figure bears more than a passing resemblance to the scowling figure on Holytown's war memorial in Lanarkshire.



One's a highlander and the other a lowlander but the head, hands and stance are all very similar.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This Kirkconnel man is listed on the Dinxperlo Liberation Memorial in The Netherlands

BURNS, Robert
Rank: Private
Service number 14792627
Unit: 'C' Company, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders
Date of death: 29/03/1945
Place of birth: Dumfries
Age: 33
Additional information: Husband of Jane Muir Burns (nee Rennie), of Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 61. G. 17.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adam both memorials were by Messrs. Scott & Rae of Glasgow, the Kirkconnel monument being the first.

The Scott & Rae Daybook has the entry:
Order number 5114, Kirkconnel, Figure & Pedestal, Date of Erection July 1920, Day Book 167.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WW1
Pte James Anderson KOSB
Pte William Anderson KOSB
Pte Joseph Ashley KOSB
Pte David Beattie SG
Pte Alex Black SH
Pte Walter Black KOSB
Pte John Brown KOSB
Cpl John Bryden QOCH
Pte George Cowan KOSB
Cpl Thomas Cowan KOSB
Pte David Crinean A&SH
Pte John Crinean KOSB
Pte Robert Crinean SH
L/Cpl James Cross RSF
Pte James Davers KOSB
Pte William Douglas KOSB
Pte Thomas Dunn KOSB
Pte Daniel Farnworth QOCH
Pte William Farnworth RSF
2nd Lieu Harold Foster RNVR
Pte Stephen Gibson KOSB
Pte James Gilchrist QOCH
L/Cpl John Gilchrist QOCH
Cpl James Goodall QOCH
Sgt Daniel Gordon QOCH
Pte George Griffin KOSB
Pte Robert Guthrie HLI
Pte John Foley KOSB
Tpr Samuel Guthrie Lanark Yeo
Sgt Andrew F Harkness KOSB
Cpl Thomas Hunter KOSB
Pte Robert Hutton QOCH
Sgt John Jackson KOSB
2nd Lieu James Kerr KOSB
Pte James Kirk KOSB
Pte John Leary QOCH
Pte William Leary Cyc Co
Pte William Lennox KOSB
Pte William Lightbody KOSB
Pte John Love West Yorks
Sgt Patrick McAtee KOSB
Pte William McBride KOSB
Pte Alex McCormick KOSB
Pte Joseph McDowall KOSB
Pte Andrew McIlroy KOSB
Pte Roderick McKnight KOSB
Pte William McKnight SH
Pte George McMillan RSF
Sgt James McMillan D.C.M. RSF
Pte James McMinn SG
Pte Joshua Mathieson A&SH
Pte Thomas Mathieson KOSB
Pte James Melvin KOSB
Pte Joseph Melvin KOSB
Pte Alex Millar KOSB
Pte James Wallace RSF
Pte Frank Milligan KOSB
Pte Robert Monteith KOSB
Sgt Tom Morrison KOSB
Pte Richard Morton RSF
Pte James Murray QOCH
Cpl James Nicol KOSB
L/Cpl Joseph Palner KOSB
Sgt Matthew Parker D.C.M. KOSB
Sgt Robert Parker KOSB
Pte William Paterson KOSB
Pte John Rafferty MGC
Pte William Rennie CAN
Pte William Shankland KOSB
Pte John Sharpe RH
Pte Thomas Sinnett KOSB
Pte Edward Smith QOCH
Cpl Richard Smith RE
Pte Thomas Spence SH
L/Cpl James Stewart KOSB
Pte James Stitt CAN
Pte Andrew Taylor KOSB
Pte Ernest Taylor MGC
Pte Joseph Taylor KOSB
Pte William Taylor KOSB
Pte Robert Threlfall HLI
Pte James Walker KOSB
Pte James Welsh KOSB
Pte Walter Wilson RSF
WW2
Robert Baird RN
R W Broadfoot RE
F/Sgt Andrew Burns RAF
Pte Robert Burns S Highrs
L/Cpl Thomas Douglas KOSB
Pte James Gilbertson AAC
Gnr Thomas Gray RA
Pte Charles W Grierson DLI
Sgt Charles Harper RAF
Pte David Houston KOSB
Pte John B Jardine KOSB
L/Cpl Peter Kenny KOSB
Gdsm Thomas D Maxwell S Guards
Pte Thomas Melvin RSF
Sgt John B McKnight
Sgt Robert E Scott RAF
Sgt George Wallace S Guards

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Robert, John and David Crinean were brothers.

Name: CRINEAN, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 20/04/1916
Service No: S/4239
Additional information: Son of Robert and Janet Crinean, of 8, Riverside Terrace, Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 37 and 64.
Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL

Name: CRINEAN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 20/06/1915
Service No: 1617
Additional information: Son of Robert and Janet Crinean, of Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 54.
Cemetery: LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY

Name: CRINEAN, DAVID LAIDLAW
Initials: D L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 14th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 08/09/1918
Service No: S/24439
Additional information: Son of Robert and Janet Crinean, of 8, Riverside Terrace, Kirkconnel, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. H. 9.
Cemetery: HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Kirkconnel Reply with quote

spoons wrote:
...its own website http://www.kirkconnel.org/html/cenotaph/cenotaphview1.htm


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:56 pm    Post subject: Pte. William Taylor Reply with quote

KevinStoke wrote:
WW1
Pte William Taylor KOSB


(Glasgow Herald 12th May 1915)
"News was received in Kirkconnel yesterday that Private William Taylor, K.O.S.B. had been killed in action. The information was sent by a comrade, who stated that he was bayoneted. Taylor leaves a widow and seven young children."

CWGC
TAYLOR, WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 16719
Date of Death: 06/05/1915
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 22.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Husband of Janet Taylor, of 10, Polvesch Terrace, Kirkconnel, Dumfries.

SNWM
Surname: TAYLOR
Firstname: William
Service Number: 16719
Date Death: 06/05/1915
Place of birth: Longbenton Northumberland
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
Rank: Pte
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Kirkconnel Reply with quote

DelBoy wrote:
Link no longer valid.


DB

I have now removed the link from the first entry.

Thanks

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:47 am    Post subject: memorial plans Reply with quote

A bit more on the memorial, expected cost was £550.



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

this memorial was vandalised in November 2011 and cleaned and restored immediately after. A man goes on trial this week.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The accused was cleared by a not proven verdict.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-21090062

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:52 pm    Post subject: Pte. Richard T. Morton Reply with quote

WW1
R.S.F.
Pte. Richard T. Morton

(The Scotsman 13th October 1915)
"Richard Morton, R.S.F., has died from wounds. He was 30 years of age, and resided at Kello Bank, Kirkconnel. He was employed as a miner at Fauldhead Colliery before enlisting, and leaves a widow and two children."

CWGC
MORTON, RICHARD T.
Rank: Private
Service No: 17868
Date of Death: 26/09/1915
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: I. F. 23.
Cemetery: BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Catrine Morton, of Galston, Ayrshire; husband of Janet Morton, of Halleaths Holm Farm Cottage, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire.

SNWM
Surname: MORTON
Firstname: Richard T
Service Number: 17868
Date Death: 26/09/1915
Place of birth: Bombay India
Other: 1st Bn.
SNWM roll: THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:15 am    Post subject: Pte. William McKnight Reply with quote

WW1
Pte. William McKnight, S.H.

(Glasgow Herald 27th May 1915)
"Private William McKnight, Seaforths, died on May 5th from the effects of gas poisoning, a dose of which he received on May 4. Private McKnight was a capitol shot, and was employed as a sniper. He was 31 years of age, was a widower, and leaves three young children. He was a native of Kirkconnel."

CWGC
McKNIGHT, W
Rank: Private
Service No: S/2810
Date of Death: 06/05/1915
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. D. 13.
Cemetery: HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Father of William McKnight, of 6, Nithside, Kirkconnel, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.

SNWM
Surname: McKNIGHT
Firstname: William
Service Number: S/2810
Date Death: 05/05/1915
Place of birth: Kirkconnel Dumfriesshire
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:30 pm    Post subject: Pte. James McMinn Reply with quote

WW1
Pte. James McMinn, SG

(Glasgow Herald 31st May 1915)
"Mr William McMinn, March House, Sanquhar, has received information that his son, Private James McMinn, Scots Guards, was killed on May 16. Private McMinn, who was 19 years of age, enlisted in November. He was previously a farm servant."

CWGC
McMINN, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 12126
Date of Death: 16/05/1915
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 3 and 4.
Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: McMINN
Firstname: James
Service Number: 12126
Date Death: 16/05/1915
Place of birth: Inqueer (?) Kirkcudbright
SNWM roll: SCOTS GUARDS
Rank: Gdsm
Theatre of death: F.& F.
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