NEW CUMNOCK - SCOTLAND
War Memorial
War Memorial
Sapper George MUIR 5578
Born: New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Enlisted: 10-5-1916, Cessnock, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Storeman 1st Australian Tunnelling Company Departed Australia 25-10-1916 Died 20-9-1917, Belgium aged 42years Son of George and Janet Murdoch Muir. Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 27 |
Private Alexander STEPHENS 163
Born: Wick, Caithness, Scotland Enlisted: 12-2-1915, Perth, Western Australia Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farm Hand 28th Battalion Australian Infantry Killed in Action 29-7-1916, France Son of Mrs. Alexina Nisbet, of 91, Cannel Park, New Cumnock, Ayrshire. Resting: Courcelette British Cemetery, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 114 |
October 2017 - After some 10years of negotiation between his present day Family and East Ayrshire Council, the name of Alexander Stephens was added to the village Memorial - Niall Love