Introduction

In 2014 the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, Cumnock History Group began researching the names on the Cumnock War Memorial plus other men and women with Cumnock connections mentioned on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or in the Cumnock Chronicle of the time. The research is not limited to those who died but also to men and women who served, using family history information.

The group would like to appeal to individuals with knowledge of family members for photographs of the soldier, either in uniform or not, and photos of medals or other memorabilia eg letters sent home from the Front. If you would be prepared to share these on this site, please email the web manager info@cumnockhistorygroup.org The group is willing to share any copies of documents found with the soldier's descendants.

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Andrew Sloan

Andrew Sloan of Ochiltree enrolled in Ayrshire Yeomanry in 1904 aged 18. He was working for farmer Hugh Sloan (his father) at Carbello Crossing. He was 5 ft 5  and 3/4 and had a chest measurement of 34 inches.
Discharged in 11 Apr 1916 under para 392 (XXI) King's regulations - the termination of his period of service. This Andrew Sloan married Grace Findlay and died in Twynholm in 1983, so …
                             
  who is Trooper Andrew Sloan on the War Memorial? There are only two WW1 casualties called Andrew Sloan: one  from Cathcart and one from Motherwell. Neither have Ayrshire or farming connections.




Posted by at
Labels: , , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)