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TWECHAR WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Martin Edwards 2019

The Twechar and District War memorial can be found in the small hamlet, by the Roman wall, on the A8023. It takes the form of a rough hewn, celtic, cross set on a tapering plinth, block and stone block base with the lettering on three sides of the plinth in black and the whole being set in a paved and gravel surround; on the front face of the cross an inverted sword has been carved. There are 27 names listed for World War 1 and 7 for World War 2. The names have been sorted into alphabetical order within conflict for ease of reading and research.

Photograph Copyright © Russsell Edwards 2019

ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF
TWECHAR AND DISTRICT
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN HEROES
1914-1918

BARRETT

Charles

Private, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)

BURNS

Daniel

Private, Highland Light Infantry

CLENAGHAN

William

Private, Dorsetshire Regiment

COMRIE

Daniel

Private, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)

CREE

James

Private 275174, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action 10 October 1918. Aged 24. Born Twechar, Dumbartons, enlisted Kilsyth, Stirlingshire. Son of William and Martha Cree; husband of Helen Wilson Cree, of 94, Stone Place, Shotts, Lanarkshire. Buried in MONTAY-NEUVILLY ROAD CEMETERY, MONTAY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 21.

DAVIDSON

Andrew

Private, Seaforth Highlanders

DEANS

john Ewart

Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve

DIFFER

Edward

[Listed as Corporal on SDGW] Private S/40027, 10th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died 12 October 1917. Aged 20. Son of Patrick and Catherine Differ, of 25, Burnbrae, Twechar, Glasgow. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 141 to 143.

DITTY

William

Private 275119, 7th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action 24 July 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Twechar, enlisted Kilsyth, Lanarkshire. Son of Frederick and Margaret Ditty, of 101, Barrhill, Twechar, Glasgow. Buried in LA BELLE ALLIANCE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row C. Grave 3.

DOCHERTY

Ben

Private, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)

GIBSON

Davide

Private, Royal Irish Rifles

GUNNIES

Matthew

Private, Seaforth Highlanders

HORNE

Robert S

Lieutenant, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)

JOHNSTONE

William N

Lance Corporal 12231, "D" Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 29 July 1915. Aged 22. Born Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, resident Twechar, Dumbartonshire, enlisted Kilsyth, Stirlingshire. Son of George R. and Janet Semple Johnstone, of 124, Barrhill, Twechar, Glasgow. Buried in PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 7.

LAW

John

Canadians

LYONS

Denis

Private, Seaforth Highlanders

McEACHRAN

Peter

Sergeant, Seaforth Highlanders

McLELLAN

Frank

Lance Corporal, Gordon Highlanders

MUIR

Alexander

Private, King's Own Scottish Borderers

NEAVES

William

Private, Gordon Highlanders

REID

David

Private 275118, 11th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action 22 August 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Twechar, enlisted Kilsyth, Stirlingshire. Son of James Kay Reid, of "Glenmore," Horsborough Avenue, Kilsyth, Glasgow. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 141 to 143.

ROBERTSON

David

Private S/3827, "B" Company, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 14 July 1916. Aged 20. Son of Joseph and Jane Walker Menzies Robertson, of 21, Burnbrae, Twechar, Glasgow. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 15 C.

SCOTT

Robert

Quartermaster Sergeant, Seaforth Highlanders

STEVENSON

Joseph

Private S/5529, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 23 April 1917. Aged 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stevenson, of 101, Barr Hill Rows, Twechar, Glasgow. Buried in GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 11.

STEVENSON

Thomas

Sergeant, Seaforth Highlanders

WILSON

Robert

Private, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)

YOUNG

Hugh

Private S/6883, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 25 March 1918. Aged 30. Son of John Young, of Twechar; husband of Sarah Hoey (formerly Young), of 3 I, Canal Row, Twechar, Dumbartonshire. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row F. Grave 4.

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
IN MEMORY OF
THE FALLEN HEROES
IN THE WAR 1939-1945

ANDERSON

William [Barrie]

Ordinary Seaman P/SSX 27237, H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy. Died 14 October 1939. Son of George and Elizabeth Anderson, of Twechar, Dunbartonshire. No knoen grave. Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 33, Column 3.

CHALMERS, DFM

David

Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 984297, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 23 September 1944. Aged 44. Son of Alexander D. and Esther Chalmers; husband of Betty M. Chalmers, of New Southgate, Middlesex. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 24. Row E. Grave 14.

CURRIE

Walter

Trooper 7957552, North Irish Horse, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 23 May 1944. Aged 21. Son of Walter McDonald Currie and Rachel Currie, of Twechar Dunbartonshire. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row H. Grave 14.

LYNN

William

[Spelt LINN on CWGC] Private 2986052, 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 19 August 1943. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Grave lost. Special memorial Plot 9. Row M. Grave 4.

SHAW

Samuel

Private 2992044, 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died 15 May 1944. Aged 33. Son of Andrew and Margaret Shaw, of Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Elizabeth Shaw, of Ballymena. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row D. Grave 5.

TAYLOR

John

Private 2986669, 8th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died 3 March 1943. Aged 26. Son of William Stirling Taylor and Mary Robinson Taylor, of Twechar, Dunbartonshire. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia . Plot 12. Row D. Grave 10.

THOMSON

Joseph

Lance Corporal 2986576, 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Died of malaria while a Japanese Prisoner of War in Kuala Lumpur 21 April 1942. Aged 24. Son of John and Susan Thomson, of Twechar, Dunbartonshire. Buried in KUALA LUMPUR (CHERAS ROAD) CIVIL CEMETERY, Malaysia. Grave 810.

Last updated: 4 July, 2019

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