Cardross WWI and WWII War Memorial

[mbriscoe]

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Unusually the names are combined for WWi and WWIi with nothing to indicate which war they are from - I suspect the memorial was built after WWII but not been able find any date.

 

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Cardross War Memorial, Main Road, Cardross

The memorial just reads (i.e. does not identify location etc)

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
1914 – 1919
1939 – 1945

There are eight plates each with five names, does not distinguish between WWI and WWII names – i.e. 40 names

One holder of the VC commemorated on first plate.

Site Type WAR MEMORIAL (20TH CENTURY)
Canmore ID 197775
Site Number NS37NW 39
NGR NS 34511 77598
Council ARGYLL AND BUTE
Parish CARDROSS (ARGYLL AND BUTE)
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District DUMBARTON
Former County DUNBARTONSHIRE

 

 

 

 

 

[Malcolm12hl]

Cardross was bombed on the night of 5 May 1941.  The church was among the buildings hit (if memory serves, its ruins have been preserved as a memorial), so perhaps an earlier war memorial was destroyed at the same time.

[mbriscoe]

3 minutes ago, Malcolm12hl said:

Cardross was bombed on the night of 5 May 1941.  The church was among the buildings hit (if memory serves, its ruins have been preserved as a memorial), so perhaps an earlier war memorial was destroyed at the same time.

 

Yes seen the ruin of the church I think.  That could explain it, I will see it any newspaper reports on the church to see if they mention war memorial being destroyed.