Daily Record - Tuesday 02 February 1915 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19150202/082/0003 BRITAIN'S BRAVEST VILLAGE MEMORIAL CROSS OFFERED FOR PATRIOTISM

Dumfries and Galloway Standard 18 Feb 1922- 'The Bravest Village' the village of Mennock was awarded 2nd place in the 'Weekly Despatch' bravest village competition and has now been presented with a magificant bronze tablet, set in a polished alabaster slab, and bearing the names of those who answered Lord Kitchener's call to arms during the first six months of the war. The tablet is the gift presented by Messrs H.B. Sale, Ltd., bronze manufacturers, Birmingham. A committee has been appointed to make arrangements for the erection of the tablet in a suitable place in the village. Its acquistition was due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Walter Chusholm, who compiled the names, rank, and regiments of the village lads. The first place was gained by Knowlton, Kent, while the third went to the Orkney Islands.