
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Town
- Kilmarnock
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 98829
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Current location
On the wall of the entrance to the Main Stand (Gate 5)
Kilmarnock Football Club
Rugby Park
Rugby Crescent
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock And Loudoun
Strathclyde
KA1 2DP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 42017 37423
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular polished black marble tablet, with incised gold lettering. (Each of the casualties is also commemorated on separate tablets within the Memorial Garden at the Club, which record their dates of death - see our record 98830).
- Inscription
- In Memory of the Signed Players of Kilmarnock Football Club/ who were Killed In Action during the The Two World Wars/ 1914-1918/ (names)/ 1939-1945/ (name)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barrie, Alexander
Maxwell, James
Mccurdie, Alexander
Mckellar, Daniel
Rollo, John
Slimmon, David
Thomson, Benjamin
Vickers, Charles
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, decorations, military unit, additional
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, Military unit
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height c600mm, width c900mm
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- Condition
- History
- Formerly hung on a boundary wall, the memorial was moved in 2021 to the more prominent location at the entrance to the main gate.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Kilmarnock Football Club
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