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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 6 September 1924
Attended by: Mrs W H Coats of Woodside, Paisley and Miss Emma Waters (daughter of one of the fallen)
Dedicated
Date: 6 September 1924
Attended by: Rev Dr A M MacLean of Paisley Abbey
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WM Reference

90273

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Current location

Paisley Grammar School
Crossflat Crescent; Mckerrell Street
Paisley
Renfrew
Strathclyde
PA1 3RR
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 49121 64094
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

An oak rector's chair, oak screen and platform and two bronze names plaques

Inscription

At the top of the memorial-TO THE MEMORY/OF/THE FORMER PUPILS OF THIS SCHOOL/WHO FELL/IN THE TWO GREAT WARS 1914-1918 & 1939-1945 Carved in relief in wood above each WW1 Plaque 1914-1918

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Abercrombie, Balfour S
Allan, Ivan L S
Allison, John
Anderson, George
Andrew, John
Barclay, J George
Barr, Hugh
Begg, Alexander J
Begg, William P
Boyd, George V M
See details for all 108 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 108
Served and returned: 0
Died: 108
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: surname

Components

Seat
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
Screen
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Glasgow Herald 8 September 1924- unveiling report
Names List Transcription- Pte. J. Balfour S. Abercrombie 7th Black Watch Lieut. Ivan L.S. Allan 7th K.O.S.B. Lieut. John Allison 14th A. & S.H. Pte. George Anderson 1st Border Regiment Corpl. John Andrew 17th H.L.I. Lieut. J. George Barclay 6th A. & S.H. Capt. Hugh Barr R.A.M.C. Lieut. Alexander J. Begg M.C. 17th H.L.I. Capt. William P. Begg R.G.A. Lieut. James D. Boyd M.C. R.F.A. Capt. George V.M. Boyd 17th H.L.I. Lieut. Henry G. Brunsdon 9th Royal Scots Capt. A.S. Buchanan 10th Seaforths Lieut. William Burrell R.N.V.R. Lieut. Stewart Caldwell R.A.F. Corpl. Peter McL. Campbell M.M. R.E. Pte. James Chivers R.A.S.C. Lt.-Col. James Clark C.B. D.L. 9th A. & S.H. Pte. Thomas Coats 17th H.L.I. Lieut. William E. Coats 17th Royal Scots Capt. John Connell R.A.M.C. Major Andrew G. Cowan 74th Punjabis Corpl. David Craig 5th Gordons Lieut. Kenneth G. Crawford 4th Royal Scots Fusiliers Lieut. Robert Crawford 3rd H.L.I. Lieut. William M. Crawford 12th H.L.I. Lieut. Adam S. Cumming 5th A. & S.H. Cpl. A. Cuthbertson 6th Camerons Pte. David Davidson 9th H.L.I. Pte. Philip C. Easson Somerset L.I. Lieut. David R. Ferguson R.E. Pte. J.C. Finlayson 1st Camerons Lieut. A. Abercrombie Gardner 6th A. & S.H. Pte. David Garven London Scottish Lieut. James R. Gibb 5th A. & S.H. Lieut. A.A. Gilchrist 1st Camerons Pte. Cameron R. Gribben 4th Camerons C.S.M. J.L. Hamilton London Scottish Lieut. James S. Herd M.G.C. Lieut. Frederick L. Hislop 6th A. & S.H. Major Matthew Hodgart M.C. R.E. Gunner Andrew B. Jackson M.M.G.C. Capt. George Jackson 18th H.L.I. Capt. William Jaffrey M.C. 6th A. & S.H. Sgt. I. Harley Keir 7th Camerons Pte. John W. Kelso 6th A. & S.H. Capt. Fred M. Lang 6th A. & S.H. Pte. Hugh M. Lang 9th H.L.I. Pte. John G. Lang 2nd Royal Scots Pte. Robert H. Lang 5th King’s Own Regt. Pte. John O. Lawson 2nd K.O.S.B. Engineer William Lewis R.N.V.R. Pte. James F. Livingston 16th H.L.I. Pte. Joseph McL. Lochhead 13th H.L.I. Capt. Arthur Logan 4th R.S. Fusiliers Lieut. John Logan 4th R.S. Fusiliers Pte. Ernest P. Lorimer 8th A. & S.H. Gunner James MacArthur R.G.A. Pte. David McCreath M.G.C. Pte. Edward C. McDowall 9th H.L.I. Lieut. Richard R.F. McGibbon 16th H.L.I. Pte. John F. McGregor 8th A. & S.H. Sergt. Hugh R. McGrogan R.G.A. Sergt. A. Waddel MacKay R.E. Pte. Alexander McKendrick 17th H.L.I. Lieut. Archd. McLardie 5th A. & S.H. Pte. Alex. McNab 6th Gordons Pte. James Macnab 9th H.L.I. Lieut. A. Gordon McNeil R.A.F. Lieut. Hamish McWilliam 2nd Black Watch Pte. J. McL. Marshall 6th Camerons Lieut. J. Wilson Millar 6th A. & S.H. Lieut. Robert S. Millar 6th A. & S.H. Pte. Nathaniel J. Muir 14th A. & S.H. Artf-Engineer Arthur L. Murray R.N. Lieut. John Murray 6th A. & S.H. Lieut. Norman M. Paton 1st Gordons Lieut. William T.C. Philips 9th Royal Scots Corpl. D.R. Ramsay 7th Camerons Capt. T. Ernest Reid 9th Black Watch Lieut. Robert Reid 9th K.O.S.B. Pte. Peter W. Reid 9th H.L.I. Lieut. Sydney A. Richardson R.F.A. Fleet Surgeon J. Neil Robertson R.N. Corpl. Charles D. Rolland 17th H.L.I. Lieut. Frederick J.G. Rolland 8th K.O.S.B. Gunner James Ross R.F.A. Pte. Adam Scott 16th H.L.I. Corpl. Gilbert Scott D.C.M. 2nd A. & S.H. Capt. Hugh McL. Scott 17th H.L.I. Pte. David Semple 9th H.L.I. Capt. J.A.G. Shanks M.C. 6th A. & S.H. Cpl. R. Sheridan M.M. 5th Cameronians Sapper George G. Stewart R.E. Pte. William Storm 7th Seaforths Capt. Hugh C. Storrie R.A.M.C. Pte. Walter McA. Tagg 2nd A. & S.H. Lieut. William C. Taylor M.G.C. Pte. Campbell G. Thomson 9th H.L.I. Cpl. William Thomson 9th H.L.I. Sgt. William A. Walton 9th H.L.I. Lieut. William Nisbet Waters 6th A. & S.H. Lieut. J.S. Whyte M.C. 5th Cameronians Trooper William C. Wilson 5th Aus. L.H. Trooper Joseph Woolley Aus. L.H.A. Capt. Angus Urquhart 16th Worcester Regiment Lieut. Andrew G. Young 6th A. & S.H. Pte. J. MacL. H. Young 2nd Scots Guards

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