Kirkcolm War Memorial |
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DEDICATED IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS PARISH OF
KIRKCOLM WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 - 1918 |
CPL. THOMAS GRAHAM C.H. |
CPL. ALEX McCREADIE A. & S.H. |
LCE. CPL. ALEX W. CRAIG S.H. |
LCE. CPL. HUGH LIGHTBODY C.H. |
LCE. CPL. HUGH MCGIBNEY R.S.F. |
LCE. CPL. JOHN McMECKAN. M.M. C.E.F. |
BOM. ALEX PATERSON R.G.A |
GNR JOHN McINTYRE R.G.A. |
PTE. DAVID W. KILPATRICK G.H. |
PTE. SAMUEL A. KILPATRICK C.A.M.C. |
PTE. ALEX GIBSON K.O.S.B. |
GNR JOHN KYLE R.G.A. |
PTE. HUGH ROSS C.H. |
PTE. JAMES HAWTHORN S.H. |
PTE. WILLIAM MORROW A.E.F. |
PTE. HENRY STEWART R.S.F. |
PTE. HUGH STEWART R.S.F. |
PTE. DAVID WALLACE A. & S.H. |
PTE. JOHN McR. SIMPSON H.L.I |
L.. STR WILLIAM WALLACE R.N. |
D.K.H. JOHN PALMER R.N.R. |
1939 - 1945 |
O.S. WILLIAM HENDERSON R.N. |
A.C. JOHN R. McDOWALL R.A.F. |
D.R. MALCOLM SMITH D.C.M. R.A.S.O. |
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." |
The memorial is located in the Graveyard at Kirkcolm new cemetery
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Our thanks to Diana Henry for this transcription |