Memorial
Airdrie Academy WW1
Current Location
Airdrie Academy, South Commonhead Avenue, Airdrie, Monklands, ML6 6NX, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
NS 76113 66478
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 85621
- Description
- Marble memorial tablet with the names of 153 former boy pupils and 2 girl pupils who died in WW1 (the latter in air raids). The memorial consists of six highly polished inscription panels bearing the names with the declaration and epitaph in the top and bottom centre of the tablet, with pilasters and surrounds in Grecian tinos of green stone. The whole is surmounted with a moulded label forming the pediment for the school crest, bearing the Airdrie coat of arms, "Vigilantibus" with "1914-1918" in high burnished brass.
- Inscription
- Centre top panel- THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED IN LOVING/HONOURED AND ENDURING MEMORY OF THE FORMER/PUPILS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES/FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR On the bottom centre panel, the epitaph-THEY SUFFERED AND DIED TO SAVE US AND WE/WITH GRATITUDE ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEBT WE OWE/FOR OUR DELIVERANCE
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 155
- Died
- 155
- Information shown
- surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, year of death, decorations
- Order of names
- surname
- Additional Information
- 153 former boy pupils, and two girl pupils who were killed in air raids- 1 a WAAC and one a Queen Mary's Nurse
- Maker(s)
Messrs. Robert Douglas and Sons, sculptors, Airdrie and Dumfries, Makers
Ceremonies
Unveiled
10 November 1928
Mrs McMurdo, Dunnvale, Airdrie and of Auldgirth, Dumfriesshire, who had a very deep personal interest in the Memorial
Dedicated
10 November 1928
Rev. Charles Campbell. B.D.
Previous Location(s)
Airdrie Academy, South Commonhead Avenue, Airdrie, Monklands, ML6 6NX, Scotland
Year of move
2006
Reason for move
Move to new school built on the playing fields of this school
Airdrie Academy, Cairnhill Road, Airdrie, Monklands, Scotland
Year of move
1941
Reason for move
Move to new premises
Components
- Tablet
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good
- Plaques / Panels with names
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good
- Plaques / Panels with names
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good
- Detail
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Frame
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- Coatbridge Express - Wednesday 14 November 1928 -UNVEILING ACADEMY WAR MEMORIAL
- Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser - Saturday 17 November 1928 -UNVEILING ACADEMY WAR MEMORIAL
- Glasgow Herald 12 November 1928- AIRDRIE SCHOOL MEMORIAL