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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:11 am    Post subject: Rothesay, Isle of Bute Reply with quote

Located on the Esplanade near the Pier, it is known locally as "The Angel".

This is looking toward the bay.
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These are the panels with the names in alphabetical order by year.




And the scene at it's dedication.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some more pics:
The memorial is located on the sea front beside the MacBrayne's car park/terminal.






Some additional WWI names:




The WWII panels:



An additional WWII name:


And a further additional WWII name and Rothesay's first casualty of WWII:


And also an additional plaque:




WWI ROLL OF HONOUR (in alphabetical order):
AGNEW RALPH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1917
ALEXANDER JOHN W. ROYAL NAVY LIEUTENANT R.N.R. 1918
ALEXANDER THOMAS W. ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY MAJOR 1918
ANDERSON JOHN U. COLDSTREAM GUARDS PRIVATE 1916
ASTLE JOHN G. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS PRIVATE 1918
BALLANTYNE W.G. ROYAL NAVY ASSISTANT PAY 1918
BAXTER HUGH AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1915
BEGG WILLIAM ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY SERGEANT 1917
BELL JOHN ROYAL SCOTS LANCE CORPORAL 1918
BLACK THOMAS C.A. AUSTRALIANS LIEUTENANT AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1916
BOAG A. FULLARTON ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS LIEUTENANT 1916
BOATH WILLIAM B. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS LANCE CORPORAL 1915
BOYD ADAM ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE 1917
BOYD NEIL ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SIGNALLER 1917
BOYLE HUGH ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1917
BRADY JAMES SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
BREMNER DAVID AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1918
BREMNER DONALD ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1918
BRISLAND ALEXANDER KING'S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT LANCE CORPORAL 1917
BROWN WILLIAM J. ROYAL NAVY ENGINEER 1917
BUCHANAN CHARLES ROYAL NAVY STOKER 1918
BUCHANAN DUGALD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
BUCHANAN GEORGE W.V. CAMERONIANS PRIVATE 1915
BUCHANAN WILLIAM HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CAPTAIN 1917
CALLAN ROBERT ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY DRIVER 1917
CAMERON HAROLD CANADIANS PRIVATE 1915
CAMPBELL ALEXANDER AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1918
CAMPBELL ALEXANDER C. CAMERONIANS SIGNALLER 1917
CAMPBELL CERSHOM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
CAMPBELL DAVID SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
CAMPBELL GEORGE M. GORDON HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT MILITARY MEDAL 1918
CAMPBELL HUGH SOUTH AFRICANS PRIVATE SOUTH AFRICAN SCOTTISH 1917
CAMPBELL JAMES GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
CARDWELL JAMES CAMERON HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL 1918
CHAPMAN JOHN D. ROYAL NAVY ENGINEER COMMANDER 1915
CHISHOLM ROBERT HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1918
CLARK STEWART LONDON R.B. LIEUTENANT 1918
COLLINS JAMES E. NIGERIA REGIMENT COLOUR SERGEANT 1918
CORRIGAN JAMES ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1915
CRAIG ARCHIBALD KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE 1917
CRAIG WILFRED A. YORKS & LANCS PRIVATE 1917
CUNNINGHAM ARCHIBALD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
CUNNINGHAM JAMES BEDFORD REGIMENT LIEUTENANT 1916
CUNNINGHAM THOMAS ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
CURRIE JOHN ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY WHEELWRIGHT 1917
DALL JOHN HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CAPTAIN REVEREND 1918
DAVIDSON JOHN J. CANADIANS PRIVATE 1916
DAVIDSON ROBERT CAMERONIANS PRIVATE 1916
DAWSON WILLIAM GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
DICKSON GEORGE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1916
DIXON JAMES H. SOUTH AFRICANS PRIVATE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY 1916
DOCHERTY JAMES ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE 1918
DOCTOR WILLIAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
DONALDSON GEORGE GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
DONALDSON PETER ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1917
DOWNIE JOHN LONDON SCOTTISH LANCE CORPORAL 1917
DRUMMOND JOSEPH ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY DRIVER 1918
DRYSDALE THOMAS J.H. NEW ZEALANDERS LIEUTENANT 1918
DUNCAN ALISTER CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
DUNCAN CHARLES ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY GUNNER 1917
DUNCAN NINIAN AUSTRALIANS CORPORAL A.I.F. 1917
EAGLESHAM DAVID AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1918
EDGAR ALEXANDER S. ROYAL AIR FORCE PRIVATE 1919
ENGLISH GEORGE NORTH LANCS PRIVATE 1917
FERGUSON DUNCAN BLACK WATCH SERGEANT 1916
FERGUSON MALCOLM HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1918
FISHER JOHN C. ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS CAPTAIN 1917
FLEMING GAVIN GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY 1916
FRASER JOHN M. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1918
FRIEL JAMES ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1918
GEDDES ALEXANDER CANADIANS PRIVATE 1916
GEMMILL JAMES MERCHANT NAVY STEWARD 1918
GILLIE DUNCAN DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1916
GOOD JOHN SCOTS GUARDS PRIVATE 1918
GRAHAM ROBERT ROYAL NAVY CAPTAIN 1916
GRIEVE GEORGE R. CANADIANS SAPPER 1915
HAIG JOHN DRAGOON GUARDS TROOPER 1919
HAMILTON THOMAS SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT 1916
HARVEY JACK ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE MILITARY MEDAL 1918
HARVEY WILLIAM ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1918
HARVIE ROBERT CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1915
INGRAM ALEXANDER R. LONDON REGIMENT CORPORAL 1917
JEFFREY JAMES NEW ZEALANDERS PRIVATE 1916
JOHNSTON ALEXANDER B. SCOTS GUARDS SIGNALLER 1917
JOHNSTON ARCHIBALD ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1916
KEAN ARCHIBALD WEST RIDING REGIMENT PRIVATE 1917
KEITH JAMES DRAGOON GUARDS CORPORAL 1918
KENNEDY DAVID CANADIANS CORPORAL 1917
KINCHIN PERCY D. GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1916
KINNAIRD JAMES NEW ZEALANDERS PRIVATE 1917
LAING WILLIAM ROYAL ENGINEERS SAPPER 1917
LAMONT DUNCAN ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1917
LAMONT JAMES CAMERONIANS PRIVATE 1916
LAUDER JAMES H. HANTS CORPORAL 1918
LAUDER WILLIAM BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 1917
LAVELLE DUNCAN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL MILITARY MEDAL 1918
LAVELLE JOHN KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE 1915
LAVELLE PETER HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1918
LAWSON JAMES B. CAMERONIANS CAPTAIN 1918
LEITCH NEIL ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS C.Q.M.S. DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL 1919
LINDSAY HARRY ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
LIVINGSTON DUNCAN C. MERCHANT NAVY BOSUN 1915
LIVINGSTON NEIL MERCHANT NAVY STEWARD 1915
LONIE WILLIAM HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1917
LOWE JAMES WILLIAM ROYAL ENGINEERS
LOWE MANSFIELD ROYAL SCOTS LANCE CORPORAL MILITARY MEDAL 11TH ROYAL SCOTS 1917
LUGTON W. MCA. AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE 1917
LYON ALEXANDER MACHINE GUN CORPS LANCE CORPORAL 1918
MACCRONE JOHN S.B. MERCHANT NAVY ENGINEER 1916
MACDONALD ANGUS GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1916
MACDONALD ROBERT MACHINE GUN CORPS PRIVATE 1918
MACKELLAR JAMES CANADIANS PRIVATE 1916
MACKELLAR WILLIAM K. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1915
MACKENZIE ARCHIBALD INNISKILLING FUSILIERS CORPORAL 1918
MACKENZIE DONALD A. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS LANCE CORPORAL 1918
MACKENZIE JOHN ROYAL NAVY ENGINEER 1916
MACKENZIE JOHN DRAGOON GUARDS TROOPER 1916
MACKENZIE MURDOCH INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT 1918
MACKIRDY C.D.S. HUSSARS LIEUTENANT 1918
MACKIRDY PETER M. ROYAL NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER 1915
MACLAINE JOHN B. AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1916
MACLAINE SAMUEL A. AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1916
MACLEAN DONALD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL 1914
MACLENNAN JOHN GORDON HIGHLANDERS MAJOR 1916
MACPHAIL NEIL GORDON HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT 1919
MACPHAIL ROBERT ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
MATTHEWS ROBERT ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
MCALLISTER JAMES SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
MCALOON J. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1915
MCALPINE DANIEL Y. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1917
MCALPINE JAMES M. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS LIEUTENANT 1916
MCARRAVY JAMES SEA SCOUTS SEA SCOUT 1918
MCARTHUR DANIEL MACHINE GUN CORPS PRIVATE 1916
MCARTHUR JAMES ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1917
MCAULAY WILLIAM YEOMANRY TROOPER 1917
MCBRIDE PETER BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 1915
MCCABE ANDREW BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 1918
MCCOLL ANGUS ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE 1918
MCCORD JOHN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS LANCE CORPORAL 1918
MCDONALD HUGH ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS LANCE CORPORAL 1918
MCDONALD MALCOLM SCOTS GREYS LANCE CORPORAL 1918
MCDOUGALL DUNCAN BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 1916
MCFADYEN ARCHIBALD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE MILITARY MEDAL 1917
MCFARLANE ANDREW ROYAL NAVY SEAMAN 1917
MCGILP ALEXANDER ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1917
MCGLINCHY JAMES MERCHANT NAVY FIREMAN 1917
MCGREGOR DUNCAN ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY DRIVER 1917
MCGREGOR JOHN C. DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY LANCE CORPORAL 1917
MCGUIRE JOHN NEW ZEALANDERS PRIVATE 1917
MCHAFFIE ARTHUR D. INDIAN ARMY LIEUTENANT 1917
MCINNES ALEXANDER MCN. ROYAL NAVY SEAMAN 1917
MCINTOSH ROBERT MACHINE GUN CORPS PRIVATE 1918
MCINTYRE ROBERT SMITH AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1919
MCIVER JAMES M. ROYAL NAVY CHIEF CARPENTER 1918
MCKAY WILLIAM ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY DRIVER 1917
MCKEITH ALEXANDER ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1915
MCKIRDY THOMAS ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1919
MCLACHLAN HUGH SOUTH WALES BORDERERS PRIVATE 1915
MCLACHLAN JOHN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
MCLACHLAN THOMAS M. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1915
MCLEAN HUGH H. KING'S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT PRIVATE 1918
MCLEAN JOHN CANADIANS PRIVATE 1918
MCLEAN NEIL ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1916
MCLEAN WALTER ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
MCLELLAN ALEXANDER KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS CORPORAL 1917
MCLELLAN JOHN AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1918
MCLEOD JOHN ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1917
MCNAB JAMES HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1916
MCNAIR GEORGE MCF. ROYAL NAVY LIEUTENANT R.N.R. 1919
MCNEIL JOHN GORDON HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT 1917
MCNEIL JOSEPH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1916
MCTAGGART JOHN ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1918
MCTAGGART WILLIAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1915
MCVICAR PETER DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY CORPORAL 1917
MILLER JOHN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
MILLER JOHN MCG. WEST YORKS LIEUTENANT 1916
MILLER ROBERT C. CANADIANS LANCE CORPORAL 1916
MOODIE FREDERICK H. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
MORRISON DAVID CANADIANS LIEUTENANT 1916
MORRISON JOHN HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1917
MURDOCH JAMES LABOUR CORPS PRIVATE 1918
MURRAY ALEXANDER ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PRIVATE 1918
NEIL JOHN MACHINE GUN CORPS LIEUTENANT MILITARY CROSS 1918
NETHERCOTE JAMES D. AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE 1919
NETHERCOTE JOHN D. AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F. 1918
NEWALL JAMES GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
NICHOL WILLIAM K. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1916
NUTTALL JAMES CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
OLIPHANT GEORGE S. CANADIANS PRIVATE 1918
PERSTON WILLIAM BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 1918
PULLAR THOMAS HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY LIEUTENANT 1918
RANKIN GORDON D. SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
REID WILLIAM SOUTH AFRICANS PRIVATE S.A.I.F. 1917
RICHARDSON WALTER W. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS PRIVATE MILITARY MEDAL 1918
RIGG FREDERICK ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1917
RIPPEY ANDREW ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY BOMBADIER 1917
RITCHIE JOSEPH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE 1917
ROBERTSON JOHN ROYAL DRAGOONS TROOPER 1917
ROBINSON JOHN A. ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY BOMBADIER 1917
ROLLO WILLIAM CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1915
RUSSELL DONALD ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY DRIVER 1917
SEMPLE GEORGE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE 1918
SHARP MATTHEW LONDON REGIMENT LIEUTENANT MILITARY CROSS 1918
SINCLAIR ARCHIBALD G. ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY DRIVER 1917
SINCLAIR GEORGE W. ROYAL ENGINEERS SAPPER 1919
SINCLAIR JAMES SOUTH AFRICANS PRIVATE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE 1916
SINCLAIR JOHN ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1919
SMITH ALEXANDER CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1918
SMITH ANGUS MACHINE GUN CORPS PRIVATE 1918
SMITH JOHN MCD. CAMERONIANS LIEUTENANT 1916
SPEIRS GRAHAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT 1918
SPENCE JAMES ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE 1917
SQUAIR ROBERT H. SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS LIEUTENANT 1917
STARK JOHN P. ROYAL NAVY ENGINEER 1915
STEVENSON FRANK ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY DRIVER 1917
STEWART ALEXANDER O. ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE 1917
STEWART HENRY J. CAMERONIANS PIPER 1919
SUTHERLAND NOEL SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS LIEUTENANT 1917
SWANSON JAMES GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY 1915
TAGGART JOHN ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION 1918
TAYLOR ROBERT T. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS LIEUTENANT 1917
THOMPSON DANIEL J.E. ROYAL SCOTS SIGNALLER 1918
THOMPSON DUGALD ROYAL SCOTS SERGEANT 1916
THOMSON ADRIAN J.B. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL 1915
TOOLE EDWARD CANADIANS CORPORAL 1918
TYRE WILLIAM CAMERONIANS PRIVATE 1915
UCLOW WILLIAM LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS CORPORAL 1917
WARREN WILLIAM D. LONDON REGIMENT LIEUTENANT 1917
WEIR DUGALD MCC. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
WEIR JAMES ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER 1916
WEIR JOHN ALEXANDER ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE 1915
WEIR JOHN MCKINLAY ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE 1915
WEIR ROBERT ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
WEIR WILLIAM R. ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE 1917
WHYTE ARTHUR ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS DRIVER 1918
WHYTE THOMAS CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 1917
WILSON ALLAN B. ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY BOMBADIER MILITARY MEDAL 1918
WOODBURN ANDREW KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS LANCE CORPORAL 1915
YOUNG JOHN ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY DRIVER 1917



WWII ROLL OF HONOUR (in alphabetical order):
ALSTON JOHN ROYAL AIR FORCE LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN
BELL ALEXANDER C. ROYAL AIR FORCE W/SG
BLACK NEIL ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
BROWN ROBERT ROYAL ARTILLERY BOMBADIER
BROWNLIE RONALD C. ROYAL NAVY FLEET AIR ARM
BRUCE ALISTAIR F. ROYAL AIR FORCE PILOT OFFICER
CAMPBELL ALEXANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS LIEUTENANT
CAMPBELL JAMES R. ROYAL AIR FORCE PILOT OFFICER R.A.F.V.R.
CAMPBELL JOHN ROYAL ENGINEERS SAPPER
CHRISTIE ROBERT ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT PILOT
CRAWFORD D. ROYAL ARTILLERY GUNNER
CURRIE ANDREW GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
DAVIDSON GEORGE ROYAL NAVY SEAMAN
DICK A.G. ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT R.A.F.V.R.
DOCHERTY ARCHIBALD AIRBORNE DIVISION LANCE CORPORAL 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
DOCHERTY WILLIAM ROYAL AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT
DUFF WILLIAM SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
DUNN GEORGE CLARK PARACHUTE REGIMENT PRIVATE 12TH PARACHUTE BATTALION
GALT JAMES MERCHANT NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
GILCHRIST JOHN ROYAL ARTILLERY SERGEANT
GLEN ROBERT MERCHANT NAVY SECOND OFFICER
GORDON JOHN R.S. ROYAL AIR FORCE PILOT OFFICER
GRANT WILLIAM HUTCHISON ROYAL ARTILLERY SECOND LIEUTENANT
GRAY ALEXANDER ROYAL NAVY JX158263 H.M.S. ROYAL OAK 14TH OCTOBER 1939
HEATON DANIEL MCFIE MERCHANT NAVY STEWARD
INNES WILLIAM ROYAL AIR FORCE OBSERVOR
IRVINE CHARLES ROYAL NAVY LEADING STOKER
JEFFREY JOHN ROYAL ARTILLERY W/SGT
JOHNSTONE HUGH MERCHANT NAVY STEWARD
KENNEDY ANGUS CHESHIRE REGIMENT PRIVATE
KENNEDY JOSEPH O. ROYAL AIR FORCE CORPORAL
KERR DAVID GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
LAMONT JAMES ROYAL MARINES
LAUDER ROBERT MERCHANT NAVY STEWARD
LECKIE ALEXANDER G. ROYAL ARTILLERY LANCE BOMBADIER
LECKIE HECTOR MCK. ROYAL NAVY PETTY OFFICER
LOCHLIN JAMES ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
MACDONALD WILLIAM J. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MACMILLAN JOHN D. NEW ZEALANDERS GUNNER 1ST N.Z.E.F.
MACRAE JOHN SCOTS GUARDS MAJOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
MCALPINE HUGH ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
MCALPINE JOHN MERCHANT NAVY STEWARD
MCARTHUR JAMES ROYAL ARTILLERY GUNNER
MCCALLUM DUNCAN MERCHANT NAVY
MCCALMAN IAN T.J. MERCHANT NAVY CAPTAIN
MCCRUDEN DOUGLAS HAIG-HAIG ROYAL ARTILLERY SIGNALLER
MCDERMOTT JOHN A. ROYAL ARTILLERY GUNNER
MCGAW ROBERT SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MCGREGOR ALEXANDER ROYAL ARTILLERY GUNNER
MCILROY JAMES M. ROYAL ARTILLERY GUNNER
MCKEITH PETER MERCHANT NAVY CABIN BOY
MCKINVEN DANIEL MERCHANT NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
MCLACHLAN WILLIAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MCLELLAN JOHN ROYAL ARTILLERY GUNNER
MCMILLAN EBENEZER HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CORPORAL
MCMILLAN ROBERT A. ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN ROYAL NAVAL PATROL SERVICE
MCNICHOLL RICHARD ROYAL NAVY LEADING SEAMAN
MORRELL MICHAEL CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MULLEN THOMAS ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
MURRAY WILLIAM F. GREEN HOWARDS LANCE CORPORAL
NEIL HARRY ARTHUR ROYAL AIR FORCE OBSERVOR R.A.F.V.R.
NEIL THOMAS AIRD ROYAL NAVY ORDINARY SEAMAN
PATERSON JOHN S. ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT
PEACOCK IAN S. PRIVATE
PINKERTON JOHN ROYAL ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PRIVATE
PLANCK ANDREW W. ROYAL ARTILLERY SERGEANT
REID ANDREW ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS CORPORAL
REID JAMES MERCHANT NAVY OFFICER
REYNOLDS J.B. ROYAL NAVY LEADING STOKER
ROBERTSON JOHN R. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE
ROSS JAMES S. BLACK WATCH LANCE CORPORAL
SHAW DANIEL ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN ROYAL NAVAL PATROL SERVICE
SLAVEN MAURICE ROYAL ARTILLERY PRIVATE
SMITH ROBERT MERCHANT NAVY ENGINEER OFFICER
SPEIRS ANGUS MCQUEEN ROYAL NAVY LIEUTENANT R.N.R.
STEWART DAVID A. MERCHANT NAVY CHIEF ENGINEER
STIVEN JOHN G. ROYAL AIR FORCE LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN R.A.F.V.R.
THOMSON ARTHUR H.C. YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT LANCE SERGEANT
THORBURN ARCHIBALD
THORBURN DAVID
THORBURN THOMAS
VERDI WILLIAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
WEIR ALISTAIR ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
WELSH MICHAEL K.O.R. CORPORAL
WELSH PETER P.C. PRIVATE
WHYTE HUGH MORRISON ROYAL NAVY LEADING STEWARD
WHYTEFORD JAMES C. COMMANDOS


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The sculptor Charles Pilkington Jackson's business papers are lodged at the National Library in Edinburgh, Accession 7445. Some of his correspondance over the Rothesay memorial can be found in Box 2, File 75. According to the letters the pedestal is of grey Aberdeen granite. An open competition was held for the design of the memorial and the assesor was the Glasgow architect Mr. John Keppie A.R.S.A. According to one letter dated 28/6/1921 Jackson was initially awarded second place in the competition for his statue of Saint Columba holding a celtic cross aloft. If this had been selected I think it would have been the only Scottish war memorial to feature a full scale statue of the original patron saint. Presumably first place was taken by Messers. Charles E. Tweedie of Edinburgh who must then have given Jackson the commission for their own design. In a press release prepared by Jackson he describes the figure of the angel as representing 'Sacrifice'.

I also took some notes from a small booklet 'Burgh of Rothesay and Island of Bute War Memorial, 1914 - 1919' which is in the town library:

'Immediately on declaration of war the reserves and territorials mobilised and on Wednesday 12th August 1914 300 men, 130 horses, 4 guns, waggons and ammunition of the Bute Battery sailed for Greenock for training in Inverness...
On 9th October the first wounded returned to Mount Stuart which the Marquess of Bute gave up for a hospital...
On 21st October 1914 Corporal Donald MacLean became the first Bute man to fall...
In 1917 Bute lost 109 men, the largest toll in any one year...
In 1919 there were fourteen further deaths, mostly due to illness...
Over 300 Bute men died by the end of WWI.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:04 pm    Post subject: Rothesay War Memorial Reply with quote

I think my my great uncle may be one of the names on the Memorial by the ferry terminal. He is James Gemmill, Merchant Marine, died 1918. I was hoping someone could point me to some records which could give me some information about him, how and where he died etc. I visited Rothesay last year and got a lot of detail about my grandfather and their home but nothing on his brother James. The museum curator was on holiday and the stand-in not very knowledgable. I will visit again next summer. I have tried numerous web sites to no avail and will visit the Mitchell Library at some stage.

Here's hoping

Tom
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tom,
Drop in at the Rothesay Library. They have a good deal of local information in printed form, but they also have the old newspapers on microfilm. What a treasure they are! They also have the censuses and probably some information I'm unaware of. Email them to let them know you're coming and find out more about what they hold. The Bute Sons & Daughters are quite helpful as well. They are online.

Mike Morrison
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:20 pm    Post subject: Rothesay War Memorial Reply with quote

Thanks Mike, I will go to the museum again next time I go to Scotland. I have just spoken to my mum about this and she said that when her uncle James (the one on the memorial, we think?) was a kid, he saved another child from drowning and was presented with a bravery medal which is in the Rothesay museum. All heresay I must add, so I will have to visit now won't I?

Tom
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank-you for this chain of letters. I always wanted to know about my Grandad's brother from Rothesay who was killed in the First World War - well, thanks to your Memorial, I can see William Dawson (on the 1917 face) - and yes, he was in the Gordons.

I also found his grave at:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=283915

Thankyou to you people who publish this sort of information.

Best wishes,
Brian Dawson (Sydney)
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brian

Great to know people like you are finding the project useful. If you have any information about your grandfather i.e. date of birth, parents, family etc which you could add here that would be great.

Thanks

Adam
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:34 am    Post subject: Dawson - Rothesay Reply with quote

Thanks Adam - yes, I'm now receiving more information from the researchers at the Gordons Museum and they are sending me the War Diary page copies that recorded events in early April 1917 when my grand-uncle was K-in-A. I'm also looking forward to the 1911 Scottish Census being published so I can find out his last address. His 1901 address was 3 Logie Place, Rothesay - so I'll find out (after 27 March 2011) if the family were still there in 1911.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

S/7116 John McLachlan 11th Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders on this memorial is also on the Barry (Carnoustie) war memorial.

McLachlan was born in Rothesay, by the time of the war he resided at 147 Kinloch Street, Carnoustie. He was wounded three times, suffered from shell shock and trench fever. McLachlan went missing in action on the 22nd of August 1917 aged 32, he is presumed to have died on that date.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although there is no obvious connection to Rothesay, this man's mother lived in Criagmore just outside Rothesay in 1917

WEIR, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st/8th Bn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 27/12/1917
Service No: 302476
Additional information: Husband of Margaret Weir, of 125 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: BROOKWOOD (UNITED KINGDOM 1914-1918) MEMORIAL

He died of an illness contracted on war service at Trent Bridge Military Hospital, Nottingham
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:02 pm    Post subject: Sig. Daniel John Edward Thompson Reply with quote

jamiemcginlay wrote:
THOMPSON DANIEL J.E. ROYAL SCOTS SIGNALLER 1918


(Glasgow Herald 1st May 1918)
"Killed on service on 16th April, signaller Daniel John Edward Thompson, Royal Scots, aged 24 years, youngest and only surviving son of the late Daniel Thompson, bootmaker, and Mrs Thompson, 34 East Princes Street, Rothesay"

CWGC
Name: THOMPSON, DANIEL J. E.
Initials: D J E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 16/04/1918
Service No: 370122
Additional information: Son of Sarah Thompson, of 34, East Princes St., Rothesay.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 22.
Cemetery: ST. VENANT-ROBECQ ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, ROBECQ

SNWM
Surname: THOMPSON
Firstname: Daniel J E
Service Number: 370122
Date Death: 16/04/1918
Place of birth: Rothesay, Bute
Other: 9th Bn. formerly 5513 H.L.I.
SNWM roll: THE ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: F.& F.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:01 am    Post subject: LAC John Alston Reply with quote

jamiemcginlay wrote:
ALSTON JOHN ROYAL AIR FORCE LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN


(Glasgow Herald 6th October 1945)
"On 19th July 1945, while a prisoner of war in Japanese hands, A.C.1 John Alston, dearly beloved son of the late J.W. Alston, plumber, Motherwell, and of Mrs Alston, 19 Argyle Place, Rothesay, and beloved brother of Emily and Betty."

CWGC
Name: ALSTON, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 30
Date of Death: 19/07/1945
Service No: 1069946
Additional information: Son of John William and Annie Alston, of Rothesay, Buteshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. F. 18.
Cemetery: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY

SNWM
Surname: ALSTON
Firstname: John
Service number: 1069946
Date of death: 19/07/1945
Place of birth: Lanarkshire
SNWM roll: ROYAL AIR FORCE and DOMINION AIR FORCES
Rank: L A C
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:39 am    Post subject: Pte. William Verdi Reply with quote

jamiemcginlay wrote:
VERDI WILLIAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE


Grave at Shanwell on SWGP

CWGC
Name: VERDI, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Date of Death: 30/05/1942
Service No: 2984669
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C.2. Grave 44.
Cemetery: CARNOUSTIE (SHANWELL) CEMETERY

SNWM
Surname: VERDI
Firstname: William
Service number: 2984669
Date of death: 30/05/1942
Place of birth: Glasgow
SNWM roll: THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS (PRINCESS LOUISE'S)
Rank: Pte
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:13 am    Post subject: Sgt. Andrew Williamson Plank (or) Planck Reply with quote

jamiemcginlay wrote:
PLANCK ANDREW W. ROYAL ARTILLERY SERGEANT


He is Planck on the memorial but on the war return, CWGC & SNWM he is recorded as Plank.

A wee bit of research shows Andrew was born Andrew Williamson Plank in 1912 in Rothesay, his parents however were married as Mr & Mrs Planck in 1905 in but were recorded as Plank in the 1911 census, from then on the name stays as Plank.

Andrews' grandfather was a merchant Seaman called John Planck. I think he was the first of his family in Scotland as his parents don't appear on the census. They were called Jacob Planck (a farmer) and Sophia Didish.

So it's odd that he is remembered on the memorial with his parents original Germanic surname he was not born with.

CWGC
Name: PLANK, ANDREW WILLIAMSON
Initials: A W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 61 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 13/06/1944
Service No: 799234
Additional information: Son of William and Catherine Plank; husband of Agnes A. Plank, of Springburn, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. A. 9.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

SNWM
Surname: PLANK
Firstname: Andrew W
Service number: 799234
Date of death: 13/06/1944
Place of birth: Isle of Bute
SNWM roll: ROYAL ARTILLERY
Rank: Sgt
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