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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Cunninghame
Town
Ardrossan
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), VC or GC Recipients
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 29 May 1922
    Attended by: Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston KCB, DSO, MP
  • Rededicated
    Date: 8 April 1949
    Attended by: Revd T K Potts
  • Unveiled
    Date: 8 Apr 1949
    Attended by: Rt Hon The Earl of Eglinton
  • Show More (2)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76559

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Current location

Ardrossan Academy
Sorbie Road
Ardrossan
Cunninghame
Strathclyde
KA22 8AR
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Ardrossan Academy
    South Crescent
    Ardrossan
    Cunninghame
    Strathclyde
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Copper Plaque on an oak backboard. The WW2 names are added on to the two sides of the memorial with WW1 names at centre. A 1922 newspaper report indicates the original WW1 memorial may have been bronze on marble. So it looks as if the memorial may have been remade in 1949 to cover both conflicts, rather than just make a separate WW2 plaque. Currently the full history is not known, to be able to confirm that scenario. See also our references 458 and 69026 for other memorials which include Kenneth Campbell VC at Sedbergh School, Cumbria: his education after Ardrossan before he went to Cambridge University.
Inscription
1914 1918/IN MEMORY OF THOSE/OF THE ACADEMY/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/[names in 2 columns]/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Left Hand Side Column-ALSO IN THE/1939/[names] Right Hand Side Column-WORLD WAR/1945/[names]/"THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adam, William G
Adams, William G
Adamson, George A
Adamson, Robert T
Aird, Alexander S
Alexander, Archd. C E
Aliston, John
Allan, James
Armour, Andrew B
Barr, Ralph A W
See details for all 120 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 54
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 54
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 66
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 66
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Copper
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Green
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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