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alexmaclennan
Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 151 Location: Just West of Glasgow
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:41 pm Post subject: Keil School in West Kirk, Dumbarton |
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West Kirk, Keil School WM
Church of Scotland
West Bridgend
Dumbarton
Scotland
G82 4AD
OSGB36: NS 390 754 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.7243N 4:34.7599W
Brass rectangular tablet. Keil School crest at top left.
Keil School was an independent secondary school with boarding and day pupils for around 200 pupils. It was an all-boys school up until 1978, when it became co-educational. Keil School closed in July 2000.
The inscription only makes sense if there are names from both the Great and Second World Wars. Possibly those from the LH and RH Columns are from the Great War and JOHN WEBSTER is from the Second World War.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN MEMORY OF THE BOYS OF THIS
SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1939-45
Two rows of names. Forename,middle initial and surname.
Left Hand Column
HAMISH ADAM
CLAUDE A. P. BENTLEY
PETER BENTLEY
DUNCAN BLAIR
WILLIAM CARSWELL
LAINDON CORNWELL
JOHN M. CRAWFORD
ANDREW C. DICK
WILLIAM GRANT
Right Hand Column
ALISTAIR MACLEAN
JAMES C. MACPHEDRAN
ANGUS MACRAE
DUNCAN C. MACTAVISH
JAMES H. MOUAT
DONALD P. MUNRO
LIONEL O. SMITH
ROBERT TAYLOR
IAN T. THOMSON
Centre below both rows
JOHN WEBSTER
“THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY
NIGHT AND DAY” _________________ alex maclennan |
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7774 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:07 am Post subject: |
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Alex - from a couple of names at random, Claude Bentley Lt. RN(21/6/1942) and James Mouat Sgt. Pilot RAF (6/6/1942), it would seem that this is a WW2 memorial.
Laindon Corwell is, I think, this man
CORNWELL, JOHN LAINDON JACKSON
Rank:Gunner
Service No:986085
Date of Death:05/03/1943
Age:22
Regiment/Service:Royal Artillery
3 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Panel ReferenceColumn 16.
MemorialSINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of William Cornwell, and of Martha L. Cornwell, of Troon, Ayrshire _________________ Ken |
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7774 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:25 am Post subject: |
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From what I can find out the school did not exist under this name and on the Dumbarton site until 1925 - so almost certainly a WW2 memorial. _________________ Ken |
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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I have seen the Second World War described in this way on other memoriials as The Great War 1939-1945. It isn't common but I don't know when WW2/Second World War became common terms.
Adam |
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