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Ayrshire Constabulary WW1 (LOST)
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Having been erected in December 1921, "built into the interior wall of one of the rooms forming the new portion of the County Constabulary headquarters" in Charlotte Street, the Ayrshire Constabulary WW1 memorial was later moved to a new site within the building. In 1968 Ayr Burgh Police (whose former HQ was at Ayr Town Hall) and Kilmarnock Burgh Police (whose former headquarters was at Sturrock Street, Kilmarnock) amalgamated with Ayrshire Constabulary. At the time the enlarged Ayrshire Constabulary subsequently moved its HQ to King's Street (and became part of Strathclyde Police) in 1975, its World War 1 memorial was left in situ on a chimney breast at Charlotte Street, which was owned by the Local Authority. During subsequent alterations to the premises in Charlotte Street, a partition wall was erected in the vicinity of where the memorial had been. In the course of researching Ayrshire Constabulary's World War casualties, Mr Alasdair Malcolm became aware of speculation that the original WW1 memorial might still be in situ, behind the partition wall at Charlotte Street. At his instigation, and with the permission of the Local Authority, in October 2020 a camera was inserted through the partition wall, to investigate whether this was so. Unfortunately, it was established that the chimney breast on which the memorial had hung is no longer present, having been removed during the late 1970s renovation of the Charlotte Street building. Whilst it is feasible that the intact memorial was safely relocated to an unknown site at that time, very thorough and extensive enquiries carried out by Alasdair Malcolm have uncovered no trace of its existence since. As the memorial has not been seen since the Charlotte Street renovations in the 1970s, the likelihood is therefore that it was destroyed during those works.
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Is the memorial accessible to the public?
Yes - always
Yes - restricted times
Yes - by appointment
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Has the memorial been subject to any accidental or malicious damage in the last five years?
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Do you think the site is at significant risk of accidental or malicious damage in the next 2 years?
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Are there any known planning applications or issues related to this memorial?
None
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