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KF Kelly
Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 16
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:38 pm Post subject: Kirkliston, Niddry |
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Are there any memorials in Niddry or Kirkliston near Linlithgow?
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Malcolm
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 184 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: Kirkliston |
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Kirkliston certainly has a Memorial but I don't have a photo yet.
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Kirkliston memorial is now posted. It falls within the City of Edinburgh boundaries so it is posted there.
I have also moved this topic to the requests section.
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KF Kelly
Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 16
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Adam, Malcolm
Thank you for the information. I am researching a soldier killed in the Great war - Pte. P McCavigan 1st Btn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was born in or near Niddry. There are variations in the name spelling but I wondered if he was listed on any local memorial. The birth register spelling is McCavagan, he is listed on the CWGC register as McCavigan and on the SNWM as McGavagan.
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:28 am Post subject: |
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Kevin
I had look at a map and thought Winchburgh would be a better bet than Kirkliston. I searched on 'Winchburgh War memorial' in Google and lo and behold:
http://www.winchburgh-memorial.co.uk/index.html
If you look up the Roll of Honour it lists Pte McGavigan but doesn't give any more information than you already have.
Date of Birth: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown
Family: Unknown
Home Details: Unknown
Number: 20318
Regiment: 1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Death Details: Died 1st July 1916
Burial Details: Unknown
At least it confirms he was local to that area and he is commemorated on a memorial.
It is a new memorial and quite unusual, a Napoleonic Drummer.
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KF Kelly
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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Adam,
Thank you very much for the information. A number of my own relatives lived in Winchburgh but it never occurred to me to look there. I have the birth register extract for Patrick McCavagan on my computer at home. He was born in 1886 and was most likely a shale miner. I have a picture of him with my grandfather and a great uncle taken about 1912. He is buried in the Ancre Cemetery and I was able to visit there last year.
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