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CRAIL WAR MEMORIAL |
© Susan Eldridge July 2003
Location: The gates to the Parish Church of Crail
OS Ref: 59 NO610 079
Date: 19th November 1921
The memorials are either side of the gateway into the Parish Church
There are 44 names from the First World War and 20 from the Second World War
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CRAIL WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919
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William ABBIE Arnold J. BEVERIDGE John S. BONTHRONE Alexander S. CARSTAIRS James DUNCAN Robert GAY John HITCHON John JOHNSON John LORIMER? David MACKIE Frederick MACKENZIE John ? MELDRUM George R MITCHELL Thomas MORRIS John MURRAY William S PATTERSON Alexander ROBERTSON William SIMPSON John SMITH David SWANKIE Thomas *ENTE? John WOODCOCK |
David E BEATY David R? BLAIR George BONTER John C DOWIE George GAY William HANNAH William JAMIESON James LINSAY Andrew B McCRAE William MACKIE David ? MARTIN John G. MELDRUM Alexander R. MORRIS Donald MORRISON George Cc miles Robert RITCHIE John SIME? Robert SKINNER James D SPENCE Robert SWANKIE George WATSON William WOODCOCK |
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
DEDICATED 19th NOVEMBER 1921
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF CRAIL
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
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Alexander ADAMS Frank ALLAN George BOYTER Duncan CAMPBELL John B CAMPBELL William CHAPLAIN George DE*AP Harry GRAY Robert GREE* Jack HENDERSON John W KE*BNE Mortimer PEEBLE Robert PEEBLE David MASON? Archibald MOFFAT William SH*** Robert TAYLOR David WALLACE Ian R WALLACE Christopher WOODCOCK |
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE
DEDICATED 14TH AUGUST 1949
Some of the names were difficult to decipher from the photos I took,
if anyone can help out with queries or correct mistakes please e mail.
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CRAIL CHURCHYARD
© Susan Eldridge July 2003
Behind the church is the cemetery containing over 20 burials from the Second World War, most are shown in the photo above but some are elsewhere in the cemetery.
During both wars there was an active airfield just to the east of Crail, between 1939 - 1947 this was the base for the Royal Naval Air Squadron HMS Jackdaw where torpedo training took place. 16 personal from HMS Jackdaw are buried here.
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From HMS Jackdaw Walter Cliffe ATKINSON Air Mech 1st Class 1945. Sec.G.Grave32. Stephen BLAKEY Petty Officer of Otley, Yorks 1944 Sec.G.Grave29 Geoffrey BREWIS Sub Lieut of Benton, Northumberland 1942 Sec.G.Grave27 Walter Claude BROADBURN Sub Lieut 1942 Sec.G.Grave30 William Henry BURTON Air Mech 1st Class Ripley Derbyshire 1941 Sec.G.Grave24 Robert Stirling CAMPBELL Sub Lieut of Liverpool 1942 Sec.G.Grave4. Neville Addison Fyers CHEESMAN Lieut of Cheltenham 1941 Sec.G.Grave25 Frederick Arthur COOKE Air Mech 1st Class 1941. Sec.G.Grave23 Alfred CULSHAW midshipman of Liverpool 1945 Sec.G.Grave12 Hugh De Graaff HUNTER Lieut of Crail 1942 Sec.G.Grave28 Robert Douglas McCABE Sub Lieut of New Zealand 1942 Sec.G.Grave7 Harold (Harry) Arthur POLLEY Radio Mech of Orpington Kent Sec.G.Grave7 Eric George SARGENT Leading Airman of Marden Kent Sec.G.Grave10 Ronald Walter SMIRTHWAITE Air Mech 1st Class Sec.G.Grave1 John Edward THORPE Sub Lieut of Watford, Herts Sec.G.Grave5 Kenneth WILCOX photographer Sec.G.Grave3
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Alexander BARNETT S.S. Rattray Head (Leith). of Orkney 1941 Sec.G.Grave23 William Ronald CONSTABLE Pilot Officer RAF of Crail 1941 Sec.F.Grave28 Andrew Hannah CUNNINGHAM Sergt RAF of Edinburgh 1941 Sec.F.Grave31 Ralph Kirkpatrick IMPEY Lieut Malayan RNVR 1942 Sec.G.Grave26 David MASON Pte Home Guard of Crail 1942 Sec.F.Grave34 Ernest McCARRON Gunner Royal Artillery of Liverpool 1941 Sec.G.Grave2 Sheila Rose McCORMACK Wren RN 1942 Sec.G.Grave6 Edward Alexander STRACHAN Lieut Col Life Guards of Crail 1945 Sec.A.Grave36
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