Glasgow - Imperial Tobacco Company

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Reference WMO/128070

Address:

City Park

368 Alexandra Parade

Glasgow

G31 3AU

Scotland

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Four Plaques mounted within the stairwell inside the foyer of the City Park building on the left hand side after the main entrance. The plaques commemorate the employees who died in the First and Second World Wars as follows: 1. Stephen Mitchell & Son branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company 1914/19; 2. W.D. & H.O. Wills Glasgow House 1914/19; 3. F & J Smith branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company 1914/19 (this is a wooden board with the latin motto in a ribbon at the top, then the dates flanking the company monogram, then the dedication/names); 4. W.D. & H.O. Wills at Glasgow 1939/45. City Park was originally the Imperial Tobacco Company factory and offices, completed in 1953. It is a Grade B Listed Building and is now a Business Park.
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1. IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF THE MEN EMPLOYED/BY THE/STEPHEN MITCHELL/& SON BRANCH OF THE/IMPERIAL TOBACCO/COMPANY LTD WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/[14 names in 2 columns] 2. IN GRATEFUL/MEMORY OF THE MEN/OF THE W.D. & H.O. WILLS/GLASGOW HOUSE WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/[7 names] 3. PRO PATRIA AMORE/ 1914 1919/IN HONOUR OF THE MEN FROM/F & J SMITH/BRANCH OF THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO./(OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND) LTD/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/[names] 4. 1939 1945/IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF THOSE EMPLOYED/BY W.D. & H.O. WILLS/AT GLASGOW WHO/LOST THEIR LIVES/IN THE WORLD WAR/[7 names]

1. STEPHEN MITCHELL & CO PLAQUE Column 1-Davie R/Hutchison T/Kelly J/Kerr D/Letters H/Letters J/Miller W J N Column 2-Muir S/Muir T/Murray G/McDonald D/McGhee A/McIsaac D/Whitecross J 2. WD & HO WILLS WW1-CLIFTON H/ELDER G/GALLOWAY R B/HUNTER A/JOHNSTON A/MEARNS G/O'NEILL L H 3. THE F & J SMITH BOARD Brawley, H. Private 5th Camerons /Campbell, J. 2nd Lieut. 10th Scott. Rifles /Dobson, J.H. Sergt. 159th Brigade R.F.A. /Findlay, M. Private 7th Scott. Rifles /Forsyth, J.R. Signlr. 5th Camerons /Gardner, J. Private 4rd Seaforths /Gillespie, W. Private 1st Royal Scots Fus. /Hamilton, J.S. L.Corp. 8/10th Gordons /Harper, J.C. L.Corp. 1/7th Scott. Rifles /Liddle, H.D. Private 8th A. & S. Hdrs. /Low, J. Private 1/6th Gordons /MacDonald, S. Lieut. 4th Royal Scots /MacGregor, A. Private 5th Camerons /Sheerin, J. Private 8th Scott. Rifles /Smith, J. 2nd Lieut. 6th Royal Hdrs. /Watson, J. Sergt. 5th Camerons 4. WD & HO WILLS WW2- BLYTH J.C./FORYSTH W W/HUNTER S/MAKINS J W/SCOTT W/WALKER J T/MCWHINNIE J McA

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