Soldier's Departure and Glasgow Victoria Cross holders

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Reference WMO/271520

Address:

Glasgow Central Station

Gordon Street

Glasgow

G1 3SL

Scotland

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
  • Non-Specific Conflict
  • Other
  • Post-1945 War or Conflict
About the memorial: Black Marble tablet with incised gold lettering on the wall above the buffer stops on Platform 1. Between 14 August 2021 and 19 May 2022 this became a far more complicated memorial. There is now also a tablet to Victoria Cross winners and lots of little tablets.
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The Original Tablet-ON THESE PLATFORMS,/IN TWO WORLD WARS,/HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF/SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN SAID/GOODBYE TO THEIR FAMILIIES/SOME FOR THE LAST TIME; The added VC tablet at top centre- VICTORIA CROSS/IN MEMORY OF/SOME VICTORIA CROSS/RECIPIENTS FROM GLASGOW/AND THE WEST OF SCOTLAND New Tablet bottom left- THIS MEMORIAL WALL WAS UNVEILED ON/SUNDAY THE 5TH MAY 2022 (V/E DAY) BY/MR ANDREW MCFARLANE/THE VICE DEAN OF GUILD OF THE/MERCHANTS HOUSE OF GLASGOW/& LIEUTENANT GENERAL (Rtd)/SIR ANDREW GREGORY/K.B.E. C.B. D.L. CONTROLLER/SSAFA- THE ARMED FORCES CHARITY ; New Tablet bottom centre-VETERANS/IN MEMORY OF VETERANS/PAST AND PRESENT; New Tablet bottom right- THESE SPONSORED PLAQUES IN MEMORY OF/VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENTS AND VETERANS/ARE THE BRAINCHILD OF MR DREW BURNS/GLASGOW CENTRAL STATION MANAGER/AND MR TERRY MCCOURT- 2 PARA VETERAN/THE MONEY RAISED FOR EACH PLAQUE HELPED/FUND THE STATIONS ROUTES OUT OF/HOMELESSNESS OF WHICH THERE ARE 5/RECIPIENTS, AND IN ADDITION SSAFA/GLASGOW AND RENFREWSHIRE BRANCH

Bottom Set -Row 6 Number 1- 24632230/Gunner James Simpson/42nd (Alem Hanza Bty)/Royal Artillery (1982-1992); Number 2-20342/Sgt Patrick Slavin/2nd Bn- Royal Scots/(K.I.A. 13/11/1916)/Aged 39; Number 3- 243092/Gunner DONALD SMITH/Royal Field Artillery/(1915-1919); Number 4-S/18170/Sgt JAMES H SPEIRS (MM)/7th Bn- Cameron Highlanders/K.I.A. 20/08/1917 Aged 31; Number 5- 556391/Pte SIMON SYNKIEWIER/9th (Russian) Labour Bn/Labour Corps/(1917-1919); Number 6- Sgt FRANK TELFORD/1st Bn- Cameronians (S.R.)/Indian Army (Chindits)/(1943-1945); Number 7- 10380/Bombardier FREDERICK G. TERRY/Royal Field Artillery/(1910-1920); Number 8-23505/A Sgt ALEXANDER .../2nd Bn- Royal Scots/(Enl-1915)/(Died 1960); Number 9- 2nd Lt WALTER D.J. TULL/23rd Bn Duke of Cambridges Own/K.I.A. 25/03/1918 Aged 29; Number 10- 22307289/Pte GEORGE WALKER/Durham Light Infantry/(1950-1958); Number 11- W/801012/Cpl TRACY WALKER/W.R.A.C./(1985-1989); Number 12- D981257 JML/POMEA (ML)/JOHN L B WARDLAW/MCM10/Royal Navy (1984-1996); Number 13- 25007847/C Sgt NEIL WARNOCK/Queens Own Highlander/(1991-2013); Number 14- 24652499/Gdsn ANDREW WASON/1st Bn- Scots Guards/(1983-1992); Number 15- 14742130/Pte DAVID DAVIDSON WHITE/Seaforth Highlanders/(K.I.A. 04/11/1944)/Aged 17; Number 16- 24824792/Cpl MARK WRIGHT/2 Para (1989-2002); Row 5- Number 1- 24699966/L Cpl David Murphy/144 Para Field Amb.- R.A.M.C./(1985-1994); Number 2-S/3845/Pte David Murray/11th BN-Argyll/&/Sutherland Highlanders/(K.I.A. 10/12/1915) Aged 28; Number 3- 212075/Lt EDWARD H MURRAY/3rd Indian Corps- Royal Signals/(Born 1921-Died 2021); Number 4-R107725/Chief Petty Officer/ALFRED V NEWTON/H.M.S. Battle/(1939-1946); Number 5- W/801009/Cpl ELIZABETH NEWTON/W.R.A.C./(1985-1998); Number 6-S/9104/L Cpl GEORGE NISBET/1st Bn- Seaforth Highlanders/K.I.A. 20/09/1918/Aged 26; Number 7- 551218/Maj. TAM NOBLE (M.I.D. FALKLANDS 1982)/"Fae Paisley" 3 Para (1976-2006); Number 8-24396932/S Sgt ALAN O'NEILL/Royal Logistics Corps (1978-2002); Number 9- 24684001/LCpl JAMES PRESTON/Royal Logistics Corps (1996-2000); Number 10- 22433364/Sapper HENRY PURCELL/300 Sqdn-Para Eng./(1950-1956); Number 11- ALL RANKS-City of Glasgow- (The Boys Brigade)/16th Bn- Highland Light Infantry/Motto: Steadfast & Sure/(Formed;02/09/1914); Number 12- P048498P/Marine 1st Class/DEREK REID/45/Royal Marine Commando/(1985-1992); Number 13- 24569970/WO2 GARETH RICHARDS/Royal Engineers (1980-2004); Number 14- 22524098/Sgt ANDREW ROBERTSON/Royal Army Ordnance Corps/(1944-1962); Number 15- PS/10898/L Cpl LEIGH ROOSE M.M./9th Bn-Royal Fusiliers/K.I.A. 20/09/1918; Number 16- 14429234/Sgt JOHN T SCRIVIN/10th Bn-Highland Light Infantry/(1943-1946); Row 4- Number 1- 24739039/Maj MAC DONALD (QVRM)/Royal Logistics Corps (1996-2024); Number 2-Petty Officer/JOHN (Jock) MCDONALD/(Died: 13/11/1972) Number 3-25050345/Sgt ANDREW MCGUIRE/1st Bn- Royal Highland Fusiliers/(1996-2009); Number 4-Cpl JOHN MCKERRELL/R.A.F./(1945-1954); Number 5- B9377/Pte John McLaughlin/11th Bn- Highland Light Infantry/(K.I.A. 10/05/1917); Number 6- 201979/Gunner DONNIE MCLEOD/466t Bty-Royal Field Artillery/K.I.A. 06/10/1917 Aged 35 Number 7- 23102975/L Cpl TERENCE MALLOY MCMANUS/Highland Light Infantry/(1955-1975); Number 8- 24834340/Sgt TERRY MCMANUS/Royal Engineers/(1989-1997); Number 9- 23013358/Signalman JOSEPH MCMENEMY/12th Air Fmtn- R.A.F. Wahn/(1954-1956); Number 10- Pte ARCHIE MCMILLAN/1 7th Bn- Argyll/&/Sutherland Highlanders/(K.I.A. 23/11/1917)/Aged 23; Number 11- D221004K/WEM (R) 1/SCOTT MCNEILL/H.M.S YORK/(1989-1999); Number 12- 14273265/Pte JAMES MCPHILEMY/1st Bn. K.O.S.B./K.I.A.-17/06/1944/(Aged 20); Number 13- 2301/Pte THOMAS MEEK/11th Bn- Highland Light Infantry/(K.I.A. 13/08/1915) Aged 38; Number 14- J8206876/S.A.C.-JAMES W MILNE/56.72 Squadron- R.A.F./(1981-1988); Number 15- 24293929/Pte ROBERT MONTGOMERY/1st Bn- K.O.S.B./(1972-1978); Number 16- 24525798/Cpl RALPH MURPHY/80 Sgdn- 71st R.E. Regt (V) (1979-1998) Row 3- Number 1- 152977/Gunner DAVID M JACK/440th Siege Bty-Royal Garrison Artillery/(1916-1919); Number 2- 24652705/C Sgt TAM JAMES/1st Bn- Scots Guards/(1983-2010); Number 3- 25184717/Sapper CRAIG JAMES/22nd Eng Regt/3 Armd Eng Sqdn R.E. (2004-2009); Number 4- 285250/Pte PETER JOHNSTONE/6th Bn- Seaforth Highlanders/(K.I.A. 16/05/1917)/Aged 29; Number 5- 24697314/Cpl MATT KENNEDY/2 Para (1984-1999); Number 6- 24356864/Bombardier IAN KERR/13th Bty-19 Field Regt/Royal Artillery (1975-1985); Number 7- 23349969/L Cpl FRANK KIERNAN/HQ Company Royal Signals/(1955-1957); Number 8- 25050228/WO2 TERRY LOWE/1st Bn- Royal Highland Fusiliers/(1990-2015); Number 9- 23846533/Cpl GEORGE MCATEER/1st Bn- Cameronians (S.R.)/(1960-1968); Number 10- 32422529/Rifleman PETER MCCOURT/2nd Bn- Cameronians (S.R.)/(1929-1956); Number 11- 24532041/Sgt TERRY MCCOURT (Snr)/2 Para (1988-2000); Number 12- 25084672/Sgt TERRY MCCCOURT (Jnr)/2 Para (1998-2012); Number 13- Q1055836/Cpl SHAUNA MCCOURT/Royal Army Dental Corps/(2007-2023); Number 14- 3313968/Pte NEIL MCCRIMMON/2nd Bn- Highland Light Infantry Number 15- 14077249/ Cpl THOMAS MCDONAGH/Gordon Highlanders/(1945-1948)/R.A.M.C. (1961-1987); Number 16- 24141373/ Gdsn. D.J. MACDONALD/1st Bn- Scots Guards/(1970-1973);

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