Scottish Sports Clubs War Memorials

[brownag]

I’ve got a list of war memorials for Scottish sports clubs. I reckon there’s got to be more than this out there. Does anyone know of any others? I’ve got these from the UKNIWM site and newspapers, and the Tait memorial hole was mentioned on this forum before.

Athletics - Greenock, Glen Park Harriers, Orangefield Clubhouse, UKNIWM No. 5968

Bowling - Eaglesfield, Eaglesfield Bowling Club, Eaglesfield Bowling Club, UKNIWM No. 44121

Bowling - Musselburgh, Musselburgh Memorial Bowling Club, UKNIWM No. 44828

Cricket - Glasgow, Poloc Cricket Club, Poloc Cricket Club Clubhouse, Pollock Country Park, UKNIWM No. 44589

Curling - Penicuik, Curling Club, In Town Hall, UKNIWM No. 44690

Football - Edinburgh, Heart of Midlothain FC, Haymarket , UKNIWM No. 1351

Rugby (thanks Derek) - Hawick, Hawick R.F.C., Great War, Hawick Museum, UKNIWM No. 44285

Football - Jedburgh, Jedforest Football Club, Riverside Park in 1922. Does it still exist?

Football - Brora, Brora Rangers F.C., G.A. Sutherland Memorial Pavillion in 1921

Football - Brora, Brora Rangers F.C., G.A. Sutherland Memorial Cup in 1921

Golf – Edinburgh, Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society, Bruntsfield GC Club House, 32 Barnton Avenue, UKNIWM No. 6034

Golf – Elie, Elie Golf Club, UKNIWM No. 5731

Golf – Hawick, Hawick Golf Club, Great War, Club House, UKNIWM No. 44283

Golf – Hawick, Hawick Golf Club, WW2, Club House, UKNIWM No. 44284

Golf – Nairn, Nairn Golf Club, Great War , Golf Club, UKNIWM No. 5900

Golf – Nairn, Nairn Golf Club, Second Great War , Golf Club, UKNIWM No. 5901

Golf – St Andrews, Old Course, F.G. Tait Memorial Hole, Hole 16, Freddie Tait

Golf – St Andrews, Royal and Ancient Golf Club, Great War, Royal and Ancient Golf Club, UKNIWM No. 44407

Golf – St Andrews, Royal and Ancient Golf Club, WW2 Royal and Ancient Golf Club, UKNIWM No. 44408

Mountaineering - Carbost, Glen Brittle Mountaineers Memorial Hut, Foot of the Black Cuillin Ridge, UKNIWM No. 44785

Rugby - Edinburgh, Scottish Rugby Union, Murrayfield Stadium UKNIWM No. 2047

Regards

Adam

[Derek Robertson]

Football - Hawick, Hawick F.C., Great War, Hawick Museum, UKNIWM No. 44285

Interesting that this memorial is listed although it is wrongly attributed as a "football" memorial whereas it is actually a Rugby Union Memorial.

The memorial consists of a hand written list of the members of Hawick Rugby Club who served during the Great War. I was fortunate enough to have a small part in its rescue from obscurity about 7 years ago.

For some reason it had been removed from the Hawick Clubrooms and put into storage under the main stand many many moons ago. It was only in conversation with one of the oldest club supporters that he remembered a Roll of Honour hanging in the clubrooms and we instigated a search.

The Roll of Honour was subsequently found, cleaned up and donated to the local museum. But how it came to be "lost" in the first place to possibly one of the proudest rugby clubs in the country remains a mystery to me.

There must be a great number of Rolls of Honour lost over the years.

[brownag]

Derek

Thanks for pointing out the Football / rugby mistake. I've come across a few errors in the UKNIWM database which must be down to someone in London making a mistake in transcribing someones handwriting and not knowing the local spelling.

When I get a chance I'm going to have a good look through the 'Scotsman' archive for 1920-1924. They had a section for unveiling of war memorials, that's where I got the Jedburgh one. It will be interesting to see how many have survived.

I'm sure there is a plaque in one of the Edinburgh swimming pools to members of a swimming club, I think it might be the Warrander one. I'll have to try and check it out.

Given the number of sports clubs up and down the country I'm sure there must be (or must have been) more memorials.

Thanks again

Adam

[Derek Robertson]

Adam,

Yes, there have to be many more sports club Rolls not mentioned in the list but I don't know of any. The 2 Hawick ones that I'm familiar with are mentioned.

The Memorial at Murrayfield still stands but it doesn't list any names which is a pity.