Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- Clydebank
- Town
- Old Kilpatrick
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Small park alongside Forth and Clyde Canal
South of Glen Lusset Bar and The Old Kilpatrick War Memorial.
Dumbarton Road
Old Kilpatrick
Clydebank
Strathclyde
G60 5DF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 46625 72549
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tree (still sapling in 2019) planted near Old Kilpatrick War Memorial with plaque on top of wooden post.
- Inscription
- In Memory Of / Pte. John McGarry / Died in Active Service / 8th November 1972
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Mcgarry, John
See details - Commemorations
- Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Components
- Tree
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Tree
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- KILLED ON LAST DAY OF DUTY IN ULSTER www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19730512/042/0003 A 19-YEAR-OLD Scottish soldier was accidentally shot dead by a comrade while operating a road block on the outskirts of Newry on his last day of duty in Northern Ireland, an Inquest heard yesterday. Belfast Telegraph - Saturday 12 May 1973
- List of Fallen Where No Place of Burial is Recorded www.nivets.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?13345-List-of-Fallen-Where-No-Place-of-Burial-is-Recorded
- A list of deaths of servicemen/women of the British Army while on 'Op Banner' (Northern Ireland), where the death was due to terrorism or otherwise
- Northern Ireland Veterans Association www.nivets.org.uk/ROH/certs/M0752.pdf In Memory of Private JOHN ALLAN McGarry 24122346, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Who died, age 20, on 28 November 1972 Killed in a friendly fire incident. REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR When they talk of Ulster, Tell them of us who died and say, For their tomorrow, We gave our today. Commemorated in perpetuity by the Northern Ireland Veterans Association
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