Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 SEPTEMBER 1876

ARDROSSAN ATHLETIC GAMES

These games were held in a field at Paisley Street, Ardrossan, on Saturday afternoon. Several of the events were very keenly contested and attracted a considerable degree of interest.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 SEPTEMBER 1879

THEFT

At Kilmarnock Sheriff Criminal Court yesterday, DONALD McDONALD, a sailor on tramp, pleaded guilty to the theft of some articles of clothing from the ship BETSY NICOL, in Ardrossan Harbour, on the 22nd or 23rd instant, and having been previously convicted, was sentenced to sixty days’ imprisonment.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 SEPTEMBER 1879

SEAMAN DROWNED AND NARROW ESCAPE

The brig MARY WILSON, of Ardrossan, encountered the full fury of the gale on Monday night while off the Irish coast. She was bound from Ardrossan to Dublin, and took shelter in Belfast Lough till Monday morning.

On the same night two seamen, named McWhan and McCrae, were seated at the starboard quarter, when both were washed overboard by a heavy sea. Strange to say, McCrae was washed back on deck again, and seizing a rope thereby saved himself; but McWhan was never seen again, and owing to the darkness of the night and the heavy sea nothing could be done to save him. He belonged to Saltcoats, and was 18 years of age.

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CASUALTIES OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on service, Private DAVID SHANKS ANDERSON, (26), 8th Seaforth Highlanders – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – son of Mr Thomas Anderson, water manager, Winton Street, Ardrossan.

Died on service, on 26 September, 1915, from wounds received the previous day, Private GEORGE ANDERSON, (21), 9th Battalion Black Watch – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – son of Mr T. Anderson, water manager, Winton Street, Ardrossan.

The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald subsequently reported: -

“Private George Anderson, of the 9th Battalion Black Watch, as recorded in our columns a few weeks ago, was wounded in the operations in France on 25 September and died the following day. He was 21 years of age.

Private David Anderson was attached to the 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, and was killed in the same action. He was 26 years of age.

Deep sympathy is felt for Mr T. Anderson, in the death of his two sons.”

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CASUALTY OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on service, Private THOMAS CLINTON, (23), Seaforth Highlanders – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – son of Edward and Mary Clinton, 81 Princes Street, Ardrossan.

The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald subsequently reported: -

“Mr and Mrs Clinton, 81 Princes Street, Ardrossan, have received a letter from the Rev. William Crawford, chaplain at the front, to say that their son, Private Thomas Clinton (4660), 8th Seaforth Highlanders, has been killed in action in France.

Private Clinton, who was 23 years of age, joined the Army in September, 1914, and was drafted out to France in June last.

Prior to enlistment he was employed as a carpenter in the Ardrossan Shipyard, where he had been for eight years.

In his letter, the Rev. William Crawford writes: -

“I regret to convey to you the sad intelligence of your son’s death. He was killed instantly in the great fight on September 25th. His loss is keenly felt, for he was not only a splendid soldier, but bore high character. I wish to convey to you the deep sympathy of the Battalion in your great and irretrievable loss. Your son has given his lift to his country.

He was buried on the battlefield along with many of his comrades.”

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CASUALTY OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on Service, Gunner WILLIAM DICKIE, (38), Royal Horse Artillery – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – born at West Kilbride; enlisted at Ardrossan; son of Thomas and Barbara Dickie; husband of Elizabeth Dickie, West Kilbride.

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CASUALTY OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on Service, Sergeant GEORGE FREDERICK GOULDTHORP, (33), Service No. S/4896, 9th Battalion Black Watch – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – born at Barton-on-Humber; enlisted at Ardrossan; son of John and Sarah Jane Gouldthorp, 46 Marsh Lane, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire.

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CASUALTY OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on service, Private ROBERT KERR, (24), 9TH Battalion Black Watch – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – son of the late Duncan and Elizabeth Kerr, 170 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan.

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CASUALTY OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on service, Private DUNCAN KILLIN, (21), 9th Battalion Black Watch – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – son of John and Elizabeth Killin, 14 Alpine Terrace, Ardrossan.

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CASUALTY OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on service, Private JOHN LEITCH, 9th Battalion Black Watch – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – son of James Leitch, Ardrossan.

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CASUALTY OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on service, Lance Corporal JAMES LESLIE, (26), Service No. S/4341, 9th Battalion Black Watch –Theatre of war, France and Flanders – born at Glasgow; enlisted at Ardrossan.

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CASUALTY OF WAR
25 SEPTEMBER 1915

Died on service, Private JOHN B. McALLISTER, Service No. S/4902, 9th Battalion Black Watch – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – born at Ardrossan; enlisted at Ardrossan; son of James and Mary McAllister, Fir Cottage, Brodick, Arran.