The War Memorial (pictured to the right) is in the New Cemetery in Glaisnock Street. It was unveiled by Lt-Col Archibald McInnes Shaw of Ballochmyle on Saturday 25th June 1921. It is a column of white granite topped with a stylised crown and sphere on an octagonal base bearing bronze plaques with the names of 117 men associated with Cumnock. Is your ancestor among them? Get in touch with your memories.
The names are organised first by rank, then alphabetically.
Click below for all the names
Remembering WW1 soldiers with a connection to Cumnock in Ayrshire, Scotland, including those who survived and others not mentioned on the War Memorial. Researched by Cumnock History Group.
Introduction
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Friday, 4 May 2018
William Sloan
New Cumnock
| Name: | William Sloan |
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| Birth Place: | Cumnock |
| Residence: | New Cumnock |
| Death Date: | 15 Nov 1915 |
| Death Location: | Gallipoli |
| Enlistment Location: | Ayr |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) |
| Battalion: | Ayrshire (Earl of Carricks Own) (Hussars) Yeomanry |
| Number: | 1581 |
| Type of Casualty: | Died |
| Theatre of War: | Balkan Theatre |
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Friday, 20 April 2018
John A Hill
John Anderson Hill was born at 5 Lugar on the 5th Apr 1893 the eldest son son of Harry Hill and Catherine Hope.
1/ 5th KOSB
He wrote a letter home from Moudras Bay on Island of Lemnos in the Dardanelles in 1915
He was in hospital in Alexandria wounded but survived the war.
He was single and a housepainter when he died on 5th May 1924 at Stepends Cottage, Cumnock of tubercle of lungs.
1/ 5th KOSB
He wrote a letter home from Moudras Bay on Island of Lemnos in the Dardanelles in 1915
He was in hospital in Alexandria wounded but survived the war.
He was single and a housepainter when he died on 5th May 1924 at Stepends Cottage, Cumnock of tubercle of lungs.
List of casualties and survivors researched, in order of date of death
last update: 1 Dec 2017
162 fallen men and women
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
James Watt Rodger
James Watt Rodger was born on the 30th June 1881 in Inverkeillor in Fife. He was a gardener. He married Mary Cochrane, from Penpont in Dumfriesshire, in Cumnock in 1905. She was the daughter of local draper William Cochrane. They had one daughter Margaret (Madge Rodger) in 1907.
They lived in the house on Ayr Road called "Georgeville" which had been John Ballantine's photographic studio. It had a wonderful garden.
His army service record survives and he was an insurance agent and, elsewhere in the documents, a traveller.
He served in both the 2/4 Black Watch, no 7980 and the 14th A & SH.
John died in 1954.
They lived in the house on Ayr Road called "Georgeville" which had been John Ballantine's photographic studio. It had a wonderful garden.
His army service record survives and he was an insurance agent and, elsewhere in the documents, a traveller.
He served in both the 2/4 Black Watch, no 7980 and the 14th A & SH.
John died in 1954.
William Smith MM
William Smith was the son of William Smith and Janet McClymont, born in 1891 in New Cumnock. He was a gardener at Glaisnock House, Cloncaird Castle and Loch Fyne then Sundrum and then a chauffeur. He was awarded the MM in 1918. Soon after, his brother George Smith was killed in the war.
John Campbell Smith
John Campbell Smith was a 32 year old painter of Newark, New Jersey, USA when he enlisted in the RFA in Shoreditch on 4 Aug 1915. He was 5 ft 8 1/2 in with hazel eyes and auburn hair and a 35 and a 1/2 inch chest.
His next of kin was his mother Janet Smith of Waterside Row, Cumnock. He was born in Cumnock.
He served in France.
He was demobbed on 29 Oct 1919. He was of "very good character".
All this from his pension record.
He was born in Cumnock about 1883 the youngest son of Robert Smith and Janet Miller.
John Campbell Smith on the Cumnock Connections tree
His next of kin was his mother Janet Smith of Waterside Row, Cumnock. He was born in Cumnock.
He served in France.
He was demobbed on 29 Oct 1919. He was of "very good character".
All this from his pension record.
He was born in Cumnock about 1883 the youngest son of Robert Smith and Janet Miller.
John Campbell Smith on the Cumnock Connections tree
James Dunsmore Bain
James Dunsmore Bain brother of Joe Bain
His pension record survives. He enlisted very early on, on 27th August 1914, in Cumnock having been recruited by Sergeant John Sykes. He was 24 years and 10 months and a miner. He had previously served in the 5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (RSF). However he was discharged after only 32 days, according to King’s Regulations because of a hernia. He was 5 ft 7 in with brown hair and eyes.
His next of kin was his wife Violet (née) Wilson whom he had married in Cumnock on the 26th January 1912. Her address in 1914 was 7 Waterside Row.
He was the brother of Joe Bain, a weel-kent figure in Cumnock.
James was married again in 1949 after Violet died to Elizabeth Cooper the widow of James Hamilton.
James died in Cumnock in 1976.
Birth Date
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abt 1890
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Birth Place
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Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
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Marriage Date
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26 Jan 1913
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Marriage Place
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Old Cumnock
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Age
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24
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Document Year
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1914
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Regimental Number
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12263
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Regiment Name
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Royal Scots Fusiliers
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Form Title
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Short Service Attestation
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Number of Images
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9
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Other Records
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James Bain - Self - Royal Scots Fusiliers 12263
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David McCowan Hill
The youngest son of former Cumnock Provost William Hill and his wife Jeanie McCowan, he was born at Hartfield Cottage in Ayr Road on 23 February 1889.
He was a Lieutenant in the Cyclist Corps of the KOSB in 1916
He married Mary Robson Spears in 1919 in Old or New Kilpatrick and died there in 1969.
He was awarded the OBE in
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He was a Lieutenant in the Cyclist Corps of the KOSB in 1916
He married Mary Robson Spears in 1919 in Old or New Kilpatrick and died there in 1969.
He was awarded the OBE in
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John Hassan
John was born in Johnstone about 1880 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire to Henry Hassan and Helen Brogan.
He married Thomasina Thomson in Cumnock in 1908 and they had 2 children Henry 1909 and Mary 1915
He was a tilework labourer in 1908 and 1911.
They lived in Garallan Row in 1911 at no. 26 and on army papers in 1915 at no. 5
He enlisted in April 1915 in the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was employed as a fireman.
He was posted missing after the Battle of Loos on 26 Sep 1915 but not officially declared dead until October 1916. Thomasina received a pension on 18/6 for herself and the 2 children from Jun 1916. Her address in November 1916 was 5 Townfoot.
He is not on Cumnock War memorial so perhaps Thomasina moved away from Cumnock soon afterwards. She married Robert Cockburn Carson and died in Glasgow in 1946
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on CC tree
He married Thomasina Thomson in Cumnock in 1908 and they had 2 children Henry 1909 and Mary 1915
He was a tilework labourer in 1908 and 1911.
They lived in Garallan Row in 1911 at no. 26 and on army papers in 1915 at no. 5
He enlisted in April 1915 in the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was employed as a fireman.
He was posted missing after the Battle of Loos on 26 Sep 1915 but not officially declared dead until October 1916. Thomasina received a pension on 18/6 for herself and the 2 children from Jun 1916. Her address in November 1916 was 5 Townfoot.
He is not on Cumnock War memorial so perhaps Thomasina moved away from Cumnock soon afterwards. She married Robert Cockburn Carson and died in Glasgow in 1946
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on CC tree
John Cameron
John Cameron was born in Glaisnock Street, Cumnock on 28th November 1885.
He was a stonemason and worked on the construction of the Crichton West Church.
He married Agnes McCall in 1908
They emigrated to Canada with her brother in 1911.
He enlisted in the CEF in Vancouver on the 4th January 1916 when he was 30 years and 2 months old. He had sandy hair and blue eyes and was 5 ft 8 in.
He died in Vancouver in 1939.
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He was a stonemason and worked on the construction of the Crichton West Church.
He married Agnes McCall in 1908
They emigrated to Canada with her brother in 1911.
He enlisted in the CEF in Vancouver on the 4th January 1916 when he was 30 years and 2 months old. He had sandy hair and blue eyes and was 5 ft 8 in.
He died in Vancouver in 1939.
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William Hillhouse Purdie
William Hillhouse Purdie was born in Cumnock in 1888 and named after his maternal grandfather. His parents were James Purdie a saddler and Elizabeth Hillhouse daughter of William Hillhouse a tailor in Ochiltree. Sadly his mother Elizabeth died in 1890 leaving father James with 4 small children.
In the 1891 census his father is living in Townhead street with his mother in law and a niece helping out
1891 census
James Purdie 38 saddler
Jeanie Purdie 8
Adam Purdie 6
Jessie Purdie 4
Wm Purdie 2
Jeanie Blackburn 50
Lizzie J Dunbar 21
In 1896 James marries again to a widow Mrs Isabella Granger who had a fancy goods shop in Glaisnock Street. Her husband Andrew a tobacconist had died age 28 leaving her with 2 daughters Hannah and Jessie.
William enlisted in the local regiment the 1/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers. He died on the 18th September 1915 of dysentery aboard the HMS Aquitania while serving in Gallipoli.
His father, stepmother and sisters Jeanie and Jessie all received payments in his will.
He is remembered on Patna war memorial and on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.
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In the 1891 census his father is living in Townhead street with his mother in law and a niece helping out
1891 census
James Purdie 38 saddler
Jeanie Purdie 8
Adam Purdie 6
Jessie Purdie 4
Wm Purdie 2
Jeanie Blackburn 50
Lizzie J Dunbar 21
In 1896 James marries again to a widow Mrs Isabella Granger who had a fancy goods shop in Glaisnock Street. Her husband Andrew a tobacconist had died age 28 leaving her with 2 daughters Hannah and Jessie.
William enlisted in the local regiment the 1/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers. He died on the 18th September 1915 of dysentery aboard the HMS Aquitania while serving in Gallipoli.
His father, stepmother and sisters Jeanie and Jessie all received payments in his will.
He is remembered on Patna war memorial and on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.
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George Welsh Murray
George Murray was born in Cumnock in 1893 to draper David Murray and his wife Grace Welsh.
His service record survives and shows he enlisted on the 4th September 1914 age 21 in the General Service Corps. He was an engineer. He was recruited by J Dykes and Dr McQueen passed him fit so service.
He was 5ft 7in with grey eyes and brown hair.
He transferred to the RSF and in 1915 it was reported in the Chronicle that he had been slightly wounded on the face and left hand.
He was later transferred to the RSC in November 1917.
He married Mary McMillan on the 14th November 1916 in Glasgow and they had a son David in 1918.
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His service record survives and shows he enlisted on the 4th September 1914 age 21 in the General Service Corps. He was an engineer. He was recruited by J Dykes and Dr McQueen passed him fit so service.
He was 5ft 7in with grey eyes and brown hair.
He transferred to the RSF and in 1915 it was reported in the Chronicle that he had been slightly wounded on the face and left hand.
He was later transferred to the RSC in November 1917.
He married Mary McMillan on the 14th November 1916 in Glasgow and they had a son David in 1918.
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Ronald C Bain
Private Robert Ronald Cochrane Bain (known as Ronald) was the eldest son of Cumnock born George Bain. His mother Jean Sturrock was from Kilmarnock. He was born in London in 1892.
An announcement of his death and an obituary was printed in the Cumnock Chronicle of 15 Sep 1916.
He had been missing since the battle of Loos 25-26 September 1915 but not declared dead until September the following year.
He had worked for a time for his uncle Marcus Bain at Ballochmyle Quarriers.
This is his entry on Ruvigny's roll of honour. (Think his birthdate is a year out)
Monday, 12 March 2018
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