CASUALTY OF WAR 20 MAY 1917 GEORGE McSHERRY , (33) – 9TH Highland Light Infantry – was killed on 20th May 1917 – Theatre of war, France and Flanders. The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald subsequently reported:- “Mr. and Mrs. McSherry, Grange Road, Stevenston, have received word that their son, Priv...

CASUALTY OF WAR
20 MAY 1917

ROBERT DUNLOP, (20) - 9th Highland Light Infantry – was killed on 20th May 1917 – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – son of John and Elizabeth Dunlop, ‘Ravenston’, Gladstone Road, Saltcoats.

CASUALTY OF WAR 20 MAY 1917 CHARLES RAE , (19) – 5/6th Battalion Cameronians – was killed on 20th May 1917 – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – son of Mr. and Mrs. Mercer, Saltcoats, and brother of Bella, Margaret, and Rachael. The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald subsequently reported:- “Intima...

ARDROSSAN SHIP TORPEDOED 20 MAY 1917 The cargo vessel LADY PATRICIA, built by Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, and launched in December 1915, was torpedoed by U-Boat 46 about 90 Miles west of the Skelligs, off County Kerry, Ireland. She was serving as a Q Ship, which is a heavily armed ...

GLASGOW HERALD 19 MAY 1922 LAUNCH AT ARDROSSAN The Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company have launched the closed shelter steamer BAYESKIMO , of 1250 tons deadweight, 210 feet in length, 33 feet 6 inches in breadth, 14 feet 9 inches in depth, and of a designed speed of 10 knots. The triple exp...

GLASGOW HERALD 19 MAY 1880 CHARGE OF RESET OF THEFT COMMITTED FIVE YEARS AGO At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday, ISAAC IRVINE, a shoemaker, residing in Welltrees, Maybole, and MARY GRAY, WHITE, or IRVINE, his wife, were charged with having in June 1875, in Auchenharvie Row, Saltcoats, resetted a ...

GLASGOW HERALD
19 MAY 1917

DEATH ON SERVICE

WRIGHT: Killed in action, on the 23rd of April, Private NORMAN TURNBULL WRIGHT, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders aged 21 years, youngest son of A. Wright, Law View, West Kilbride, late overseer, G.P.O., Glasgow.

LAUNCH AT ARDROSSAN 18 MAY 1855 The wooden two-master sailing brig ANNE DUNCAN, built by Barr & Shearer, Ardrossan, for John Walker, Glasgow, was launched at Ardrossan Harbour. [Additional details can be obtained via the following link:- http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&buil...

GLASGOW HERALD 18 MAY 1925 FOOTBALL SCOTTISH JUNIOR ASSOCIATION At a meeting of the Emergency Committee of the Scottish Junior Football Association in Glasgow a protest by Shieldmuir Celtic against Peter Gibson, the right-half back of St. Anthony’s, arising out of the semi-final tie between the club...

GLASGOW HERALD 17 MAY 1946 LAUNCH AT ARDROSSAN The coastal cargo steamer, ULSTER DUCHESS, built by Ardrossan Dockyard Limited for the Belfast Steamship Company Limited was launched yesterday. The new vessel was christened by Mrs. Nutting, wife of Captain A. R. S. Nutting, OBE, MC, vice-chairman of C...

GLASGOW HERALD 17 MAY 1917 WOUNDED SOLDIER’S SON KILLED JAMES MAGUIRE, (18), residing at Arthur Street, Stevenston, was killed last night on the Glasgow and South-Western Railway between Saltcoats and Stevenston. He was crossing the railway along with a younger boy, and failed to observe the approac...

GLASGOW HERALD 17 MAY 1921 WAR MEMORIALS In Erskine United Free Church, Saltcoats, on Sunday two memorial tablets in brass were unveiled and dedicated – one in remembrance of eight young men of the congregation who fell in the great war, and the other in honour of those who served, numbering 47. The...