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    Memorial

    Dumfries

    Overall View

    Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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    Current Location

    Beside St. John's Church, Lovers Walk, Dumfries, Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway, DG1 1LR, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NX 97512 76472

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    Type of Memorial
    Serviceman / Servicewoman
    WMR Reference Number
    5859
    Description
    Figure of Scottish soldier of the King's Own Scottish Borderers in service dress with head bowed and reversed rifle on square granite monument with pillar at each corner.
    Inscription
    On columns: (Names) On plinth: TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    467
    Died
    467
    Information shown
    Regiment, rank, forename, surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    336
    Died
    336
    Information shown
    Regiment, rank, forename, surname
    Order of names
    Surname
    War
    Korean War (1950-1953)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    War
    Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    War
    Vietnam War (1955-1975)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    War
    Afghanistan (2001-2014)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Costs
    £1,400
    Maintenance History
    2011: Name of Afghanistan casualty Joseph Pool added to memorial

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    9 Jul 1922

    General Sir Francis Davies KCB, General Officer commanding forces in Scotland

    Custodian
    Dumfries Town Council

    Components

    Figure

    Made from: Granite - Creetown


    Condition: Good


    Obelisk

    Height: 2940 mm

    Width: 1540 mm

    Depth: 1540 mm


    Made from: Granite - Creetown


    Condition: Good


    Steps

    Height: 270 mm

    Width: 1910 mm

    Depth: 1910 mm


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    • Scottish War Memorials Project-http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic543.html
    • Carlisle Journal 14/7/1922 page 5c
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • More on the Vietnam Casualty- L/Cpl Thomas Ross was lost in 1965 serving with 1st Bn Royal Australian Regiment. According to this website he is buried in Terendak Garrison Cemetery, Malacca, Malaysia 212612, Lance Corporal Thomas Ross, age 25, Died 12 Oct 1965 He's on Panel 4 of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. This is from the AWM Online Roll of Honour Thomas Ross Rank: Lance Corporal [L Cpl] Service Number: 212612 Unit: 1 RAR (RA INF) Service: Army Conflict: Vietnam, 1962-1975 Date of Death 12 October 1965 Place of Death: South Vietnam Cause of Death: Killed in action Next Of Kin: Mrs E S Ross, Mother at 27 Knowehead Road, Locharoriggs, Dunfries, Scotland (1965) http://www.vvaa.org.au/terendak.htm
    • The Scotsman 11 July 1922
    • Dumfries Courier 22 July 2011 page 16 about adding Joseph Pool, Afghanistan, onto the memorial
    • DETAILS OF THE POST 1945 CASUALTIES: SGT. JAMES B. ARMSTRONG, RAF, Malaya 1952. James Blacklock Armstrong – age 21 – Sergeant (4038565) 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Born 28 January 1931 in Troqueer, Dumfries. Lived at Carisbrooke, New Abbey Road Dumfries. Killed in Action on 3 May 1952 and buried in Cheras Road Christian Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Also named on an individual memorial in Maxwelltown West Church, Dumfries. On 3 May 1952, a Bristol Brigand B1 of 84 Squadron crashed South-East of RAF Butterworth. The aircraft was carrying out a strike against suspected terrorist positions near Chenedroh Lake Perak. After firing its rockets at the target, the outer section of the starboard wing broke away, the aircraft dived into the jungle and was destroyed by fire. The casualties were: Flying Officer (Pilot) Basil Alexander Dundonald Cochrane, Sergeant (Navigator) James Blacklock Armstrong, and Technician Cyril John Alexander Cox. BDR. STEPHEN GILBERT, RA, Afghanistan 2010. Stephen Raymond Gilbert – age 36 – Bombardier (25104748) 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Born 29 April 1974 in Dumfries. Son of Ray and Helen Gilbert. Husband of Jackie Gilbert Died of Wounds on 26 June 2010 at the New Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. Cemetery – Dumfries Crematorium. L/CPL. JOSEPH M. POOL, 1 SCOTS, Afghanistan 2010. Joseph McFarlane Pool – age 26 – Lance Corporal (25175213) 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, formerly 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers. Born 6 December 1983 in Dumfries. Son of Roderick and Stella Pool. Partner of Lynsey Houston Killed in Action on 5 September 2010 and buried in Knocknairshill Cemetery, Greenock, Renfrewshire. L/CPL. THOMAS ROSS, 1st BAT. R.A.R., Sth. Vietnam 1965. Thomas Ross – age 25 – Lance Corporal (212612) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Born 1940 in Dumfries. Lived at Maple Avenue, Lincluden, Dumfries. Son of William Ross and of Mrs. E.S. Ross of 27 Knowehead Road, Locharbriggs, Dumfries. Died of Wounds on 12 October 1965, from an enemy mine in Ben Cat, Bien Hoa Vietnam and buried in Terendak Military Cemetery, Malacca, Malaysia. PTE. IAN C. WALLACE, KOSB, Korea 1952. Ian Christie Wallace – age 20 – Private (22500902) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Born 19 July 1931 in Dumfries. Lived at Goldie Crescent, Nithside, Dumfries. Killed in Action on 5 April 1952 and buried in UN Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, South Korea.