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alexmaclennan
Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 151 Location: Just West of Glasgow
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:11 am Post subject: Milngavie Golf Club |
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The Image quality is poor because of iPhone, lighting and very brightly shined Brass.
Milngavie Golf Club WM
Milngavie Golf Club
Laighpark
Milngavie
G62 8EP
OSGB36: NS 536 767 [100m precision]
Rectangular Brass tablets set into a wooden Frame. The WM is in the lounge bar/ Dining room to the right of the Main Entrance.
Decorated with a red thin line border around the edge of the tablet with celtic knots at edges. Two crossed Union Jack flags on standards centre top.
The inscription and names are in black
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN FROM
MILNGAVIE GOLF CLUB WHO SACRIFICED
THEIR LIVESIN THE GREAT WAR . 1914 - 1919.
Three columns of names.
Forename or initial, middle initial and surname.
Left Hand Column
JACK BATTISON
JAMES R. BRYCE
DAVID DUNCAN
ALEX FERGUSON
GEORGE HAMILTON
Centre Column
WILLIAM KER (only one R)
JOHN MOFFAT
WILFRID B. MOYES
ROBERT B. ROWLEY ORR
DAVID PATERSON
Right Hand Column
JAMES PATERSON
GEORGE RAESIDE
W. B. ROBERTSON
DUGALD BLUE
FRED R. H. HUTTON
Below the Great War Tablet is a smaller Brass tablet for the Second World War. It is decorated/ flanked by Brass Scrolls inscribed with 1939 and 1945
ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Two columns of names.
Forename or initial, middle initial and surname.
Left Hand Column
ROSS M. DALL
R. W. HOUSTON
T. G. F. RITCHIE
Right Hand Column
A. C. STRATHDEE
W. F. TAYLOR
IAIN WATT TORRANCE
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7760 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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"WILLIAM KER (only one R)"
Probably this man:
KER, WILLIAM
Rank:Lieutenant
Date of Death:13/11/1916
Age:24
Regiment/Service:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Hawke Bn. R.N. Div.
Panel ReferencePier and Face 1 A.
MemorialTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Charles and Florence Higginbotam Ker, of 115, Vincent St., Glasgow. B.A. Educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. _________________ Ken |
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Mike Morley
Joined: 17 Apr 2013 Posts: 8667 Location: Roberton, Lanarkshire
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Name: ORR, ROBERT BAIRD ROWLEY
Initials: RBR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps, 4th Sqdn, and 9th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Date of Death: 3/7/1917
Age: 30
Additional Information: Son of James Rowley Orr (Solicitor) and Annabelle Rowley Orr, of Leddriegreen, Strathblane, near Glasgow. Bachelor of Law, University of Glasgow.
Grave Reference: XIII A 6
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
Also named on Glasgow Academy War Memorial and in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. A short biographical note about Lt Orr can be found on the University's Roll of Honour: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=4125 |
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Mike Morley
Joined: 17 Apr 2013 Posts: 8667 Location: Roberton, Lanarkshire
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Name: BATTISON, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: 292828
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 8th Bn
Date of Death: 24/6/1918
Age: 21
Additional Information: Son of William Liddell Battison and Jessie Brown Wilson Battison, of Milngavie, Glasgow.
Grave Reference: II A 22
Cemetery: La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck.
Also named on Milngavie and Glasgow High School War Memorials. |
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Mike Morley
Joined: 17 Apr 2013 Posts: 8667 Location: Roberton, Lanarkshire
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Name: RAESIDE, GF
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 1st/4th Bn.
Awards: Military Cross
Date of Death: 9/4/1918
Grave Reference: III A 5
Cemetery: Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture.
Also named on Glasgow High School War Memorial. |
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