Ardrossan Academy

WW1 Names View - Taken by John Houston 07 Sep 2010

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Ardrossan Academy - Taken by jrah60 for Scottish War Memorials Project 07 Sep 2010

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Reference WMO/259498

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Ardrossan Academy

Sorbie Road

Ardrossan

KA22 8AR

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 Copper
Timber Oak

Lettering: Raised

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)
Second World War (1939-1945)

About the memorial: Copper Plaque on an oak backboard. The WW2 names are added on to the two sides of the memorial with WW1 names at centre. A 1922 newspaper report indicates the original WW1 memorial may have been bronze on marble. So it looks as if the memorial may have been remade in 1949 to cover both conflicts, rather than just make a separate WW2 plaque. Currently the full history is not known, to be able to confirm that scenario. The school was previously sited in South Crescent in the buildings which until c2010 housed St. Peter’s Primary School. As the school population expanded a new site was needed and the Academy moved to its present site in Sorbie Road, the official opening of the new school taking place on October 6, 1933.

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On the 13th March 1942 Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell, RAF a former pupil of the Academy was awarded the Victoria Cross (posthumous). He met his death at Brest 1941.
The following is the citation from the London Gazette of 13 March 1942.

“ROYAL AIR FORCE
The KING has been graciously pleased to confer the VICTORIA CROSS on the under-mentioned officer in recognition of most conspicuous bravery:-
Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell (72446), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (deceased), No 22 Squadron.
The following details are given in "The London Gazette," of 13th March, 1942:
Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell was the pilot of a Beaufort aircraft detailed to attack an enemy battle cruiser in Brest Harbour at first light on the morning of the 6th April, 1941. The ship was in a position protected by a stone mole bending round it, and rising ground behind on which stood batteries of guns. Other batteries clustered thickly round the two arms of land which encircled the outer harbour, while three heavily armed anti-aircraft ships moored nearby guarded the cruiser. Even if an aircraft penetrated these formidable defences it would be almost impossible, after attacking at low level, to avoid crashing into the rising ground beyond. Knowing all this, Flying Officer Campbell ran the gauntlet of the defences and launched a torpedo at point-blank range, severely damaging the battle cruiser below water-line, so that she was obliged to return to the dock whence she had come only the day before. By pressing home the attack at close quarters in the face of withering fire, on a course fraught with extreme peril, this officer displayed valour of the highest order.”

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1914 1918/IN MEMORY OF THOSE/OF THE ACADEMY/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/[names in 2 columns]/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Left Hand Side Column-ALSO IN THE/1939/[names] Right Hand Side Column-WORLD WAR/1945/[names]/"THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD"

Names:

WW1- COLUMN 1- Adamson Robert T./Adamson George A./Alexander Archd. C.E./ Alston John/Armour Andrew B./Blair Hector/Blair John/Blakely John D./ Brown J. Ritchie/Bruce James A./Chrystie James A./Clark Wm. F.H./ Cunningham James/Donaldson Francis T./Ewing Douglas/Fleming William/ Fulton Andrew/Gibb James Shirra/Goodwin Matt. D./Hamilton George B./ Higgins Hugh/Hill Stephen B./Hofmeyr Richd. D./Jack James M./Kerr John Peter/ Kerr John A.C./Lauchland Raymond COLUMN 2-Linton H. McEwan/MacDonald Geo. C./MacGavin Robert C./McIlroy James/ McKay Douglas/Meadows C. Bentley/Menzies William/Miller James B.S./ Muir Alex./Neill Robert/Neill Thos. W.R./Ogden Charles F./Oliphant William/ Rankin John/Ritchie Wm. J./Robertson Jas. S./Sillars H.F. Lionel/Simpson James D./ Smith James R./Stevens J. Bright/Stevenson Geo. Arthur/Todd James C./ Urquhart Ian S./Wallace Hugh/Wallace Tom/Watson P. Seton/Watt Edwin H. WW2- LEFT HAND SIDE-Adam William G./Adams William G./Aird Alexander S./Allan James/ Bell William/Barr Ralph A.W./Bodin Hugh A./Bradley Ian D./Campbell Alexander B./ Campbell Kenneth /Cairns Thomas R./Carswell James A.C./Coleman Sidney K./ Cowan Walter D./Cumming George S./Deans Ernest/Deans George/Dickie William/ Eastabrook Richard/Fleming Archibald J./Freedman Joseph G./Gillespie William/ Henderson Alexander D./Henry Walter/Hogarth Alexander/Hoskins Norman/ Hughes William N./Hunter Donald G./Hunter James/Irvine Thomas G./Jack Robert R/Jenkins Martin/Kelly James/Kelly Robert RIGHT HAND SIDE-Kerr Matthew/Laird James B./Latta John F./MacGregor Ian B./ McGreish Joseph C./McInnes John H./MacMillan Alan/McMillan Alexander D./ McQueen Ronald/MacTavish Gordon/Maule P. Ritchie/Mellor John G./Merrie John W./ Miller Alexander M./Montgomerie Hugh M./Montgomerie William A.L./ Morrison Samuel/Muir John/Parker Ronald H./Pritchard John/Robertson Robert W. Ross Eric S./Roy Matthew I./Seggie George C./Shearer Robert W./Sheffield Joseph/ Simpson Alexander/Simpson Ernest R./Wards William M./Watson Thomas M./ Wilson Robert/Yuille John B.

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