post-1945
On Sunday 18th August 2024, the war memorial was re-dedicated after the addition of Guardsman James Reynolds to the names of the Bridge of Weir fallen.
James had been killed on Mount Tumbledown on 14th June 1982, the final day of the Falklands War. Bridge of Weir Community Council through its chair Andrew Curley, initiated the idea that his name be added to the memorial. A proposal was compiled with the help of the supporters listed below, to which Renfrewshire Council consented and commissioned the name to be added in July 2024.
Supporters:
- Major-General Alastair Bruce OBE DL VR, Governor of Edinburgh Castle;
- Colonel Peter McCarthy, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire;
- Natalie Don, MSP, Minister For Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise;
- Norman MacDonald, Chairman of the Royal British Legion Scotland, Bridge of Weir and District Branch;
- Andrew Curley, Chair, Bridge of Weir Community Council, resident of Gryffe Castle, initiator of the idea for the proposal;
- Susan Flintoff ACIB VR, Chief Executive and Keeper of the Rolls, Scottish National War Memorial;
- Councillor James MacLaren, Bishopton, Bridge of Weir & Langbank;
- Prof Gordon Masterton, OBE DL, Chair of Bridge of Weir Memorial Society for this website, co-author of ‘Supreme Sacrifice: A Small Village and the Great War’, Birlinn, 2016, and compiler of the proposal to Renfrewshire Council.
TO CITE THIS PAGE: MLA style: "Bridge of Weir Memorial". bridgeofweirmemorial.co.uk. Date of viewing. http://www.bridgeofweirmemorial.co.uk/post1945.html
Bridge of Weir Memorial 18 August 2024