Kilmarnock War Memorial
WM name reference IWM5962
Current Location:
Opposite The Dick Institute who keep the key for access when it is locked. Elmbank Avenue Kilmarnock Kilmarnock And Loudoun Strathclyde KA1 3BU
Description:
Hall of Remembrance with ionic pillars at the entrance. Inside there is a marble floor, There are 6 Bronze Plaques for WW1 and 2 for WW2 with names, also Brass Plaques for Korean war and Northern Ireland Casualties, and a Bronze Figure of Victory. The 850 WW1 names originally have subsequently been added to.
Campaign:
World War 1
World War 2
Inscription:
Exterior: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Plaque: IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THE MEN & WOMEN/ OF KILMARNOCK WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS Plaques, two to seven: (WW1 Names) Plaques, eight & nine: 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Plaque 10- IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE KOREAN WAR/[names] Plaque 11- IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN NORTHERN IRELAND/[name]
Surname | First Name | Date of Death | Name of Memorial(s) | |
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Abbott | Robert | 23-9-1943 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Bruce | Robert | 10-2-1944 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Clark | John | 23-6-1944 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Duncan | Andrew | 10-2-1944 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Gibson | Alexander | 22-8-1944 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Little | James | 10-2-1944 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
MacKenzie | Duncan | 29-4-1943 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Miller | Hugh | 18-4-1945 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
MacMaster | William | 4-10-1944 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Dunbar | John | 18-12-1914 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Green | Fred | 16-5-1915 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
McCabe | Hugh | 25-1-1915 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Ness | George | 25-1-1915 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Ness | William | 5-8-1917 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Peacock | James | 27-9-1915 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Quigley | Hugh | 17-6-1917 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Russell | William | 28-3-1918 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Sinclair | David | 16-5-1915 | Kilmarnock War Memorial | View |
Further information:
Find more information about a specific soldier visit findmypast. The Scots Guards are delighted that their Enlistment Books from 1840 to 1938 are now available at:
If you have information on a specific memorial please send it on to the Historical Committee. The Memorial information required is:
- Who or what formation of the Regiment is named on the memorial. What event, dates or other inscriptions on the memorial.
- The country, nearest town/city or other details of location.
- A description of the memorial with a photograph if possible.
- For bigger sites a copy of any advertising information or leaflets would be useful.
Please sent any information that you find to: Michael Campbell-Lamerton
As the information on the database builds up Michael Campbell-Lamerton will be sending regular updates to Archives at RHQ who remains the point of contact about for inquiries on past members of the Regiment.