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Largs St Columba’s Parish Church WW1

 
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spoons



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:03 pm    Post subject: Largs St Columba’s Parish Church WW1 Reply with quote

Not listed on UKNIWM

Located in St Columba's church on the seafront at Largs. OS Map Ref NS 202 595.

Note that this church is also the Largs Heritage Centre and is open in the summer months from 12noon till 4pm everyday except Wednesdays and Sundays from 2 to 4pm.

This memorial consists of a bronze plaque containing the names of those who died plus a window of seven stained glass lights by Douglas Strachan. The part of the church where this window is situated is known as the McTaggart chapel. The window records a story from Samuel II which concludes with a soldier pouring water on the ground to symbolise those whose lives have been sacrificed.




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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:59 pm    Post subject: unveiling report Reply with quote

Unveiled on Sunday the 7th of September. The bronze tablet was designed by Robert Lorimer and made by Robert Henshaw.

The 7 windows were unveiled by Mrs Donaldson of Rockland whose only son Lieutenant Cleweth Thomas Donaldson was killed in the war. The name panel was unveiled by Mrs Cuthbert Stewart, another mother of one who fell in the war, Lieutenant Ronald J. Stewart M.C.

Another memorial window was unveiled that day, to Captain (Rev.) Gavin Lang Pagan of the Royal Scots, in the South Aisle.



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:48 pm    Post subject: Re: unveiling report Reply with quote

DelBoy wrote:
Another memorial window was unveiled that day, to Captain (Rev.) Gavin Lang Pagan of the Royal Scots, in the South Aisle.


Rev. Pagan is commemorated on memorials in Edinburgh.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:33 pm    Post subject: WW1 - Pte. John H. Begg, H.L.I. Reply with quote

The Glasgow Herald, Friday, 27th. July, 1917.
"Deaths on Service.
BEGG.-
Killed in action on 15th July, Pte. John Howat Begg, H.L.I., only surviving son of Mrs Begg, Cumberland House, John Street, Largs."

Listed at Largs War Memorial:- http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=70260#70260

Also listed on the Largs Roll of Honour:-
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=6868
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:40 pm    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number Reply with quote

WMR 80587
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: DONALDSON, CLEWETH THOMAS LEE
Initials: CTL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps, 52nd Sqdn, and Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal)
Date of Death: 14/04/1917
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Archibald Falconer Donaldson and Jane Giliebrand Lee Donaldson.
Grave Reference: III A 8
Cemetery: Metz-En-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension.

Also named on Kelvinside Academy War Memorial.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mike Morley wrote:
Name: DONALDSON, CLEWETH THOMAS LEE
Initials: CTL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps, 52nd Sqdn, and Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal)
Date of Death: 14/04/1917
Age: 20
Additional Information: Son of Archibald Falconer Donaldson and Jane Giliebrand Lee Donaldson.
Grave Reference: III A 8
Cemetery: Metz-En-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension.

Also named on Kelvinside Academy War Memorial.


He and 2Lt S R Carder were killed whilst flying BE2e serial serial 7241. 52 Squadron flew ground attack sorties against the German spring offensive in March 1917.

There is a lot more information about him at http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/donaldson_c.html
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