Category Archives: Stirling

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is located on the western side of the Perth Road roundabout in the town center of Dunblane. Near the church grounds stands a small statue of a bear and a fox, commemorating the sixteen children and their teacher who tragically lost their lives in the Dunblane Primary School Massacre on MarchContinue reading “Remembering Alice Victoria Plimmer”

Cambuskenneth Abbey dates back to the reign of David I of Scotland in the 12th century. Besides the tower, there are few visible remains of the once-grand Abbey. The most famous burial at the site is James III and Margaret of Denmark; their grave is marked by an impressive monument. In comparison, the grave ofContinue reading “Remembering Christina McArthur Hunter”

The Lecropt Kirk is a beautiful neo-Gothic church located on the edge of Bridge of Allan. From the churchyard, visitors can enjoy stunning views across the Forth Valley towards Abbey Craig, the Wallace Monument, Stirling City, and the Campsie Fells. Mary McKechnie is laid to rest in a family plot in the churchyard. She tragicallyContinue reading “Remembering Mary McKechnie”

George rests in Mars Wark Cemetery in a familial grave. He succumbed to “influenza and pulmonary congestion” on February 26th 1919 at his home at 22 Alexandra Place, Stirling aged forty-three. The headstone is in good condition. George was born on January 19th 1876 in Benholm, Kincardineshire to Andrew and Mary-Ann (nee Milne). He spentContinue reading “Remembering George Smith Knowles”

Today, I returned to Logie Cemetery to locate the grave of nine-year-old Catherine McNeil Nicoll. Catherine died on the 29th of December 1918 at Mile Brae Cottage, Bridge of Allan, of bronchitis following influenza. She lies in Row D1, grave 46, in the cemetery’s northwest corner. From what I could see, there was no headstone.Continue reading “Remembering Catherine McNeil Nicoll”

As with all public health crises, medics on the front line put their lives at risk on a daily basis. The Spanish flu pandemic was no exception. Nurse Jessie McClymont is one of many nurses who contracted Spanish flu caring for infected patients and tragically lost her life. She rests in a familial grave inContinue reading “Remembering Jane (Jeanie) McClymont”

William died on the 3rd of February 1919 at the Endell Street Military Hospital in St Giles, Bloomsbury, London aged twenty-four. Influenza and pneumonia were recorded on the death registration. His body was repatriated to his home in Kilmadock, Doune, Stirlingshire. He is interred in Kilmadock Cemetery, his grave marked by a Commonwealth War GravesContinue reading “Remembering William McLeod”

Isabella rests in Mar’s Wark Cemetery. She died on the 7th of December 1918 at Broomfield, Newhouse, Stirling aged seventeen. She shares a lair with her two year old sister Grace and her parents. The grave is located close to the Castle Wynd entrance to the cemetery and is marked by an eloquent Celtic crossContinue reading “Remembering Isabella Porter”

James rests in a familial lair in Bannockburn Cemetery. He died aged twenty-two of complications from influenza including lobar pneumonia and cardiac failure on the 26th of October 1918. He contracted Spanish flu whilst on leave from the war. His grave is cared for the by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. James was born outContinue reading “Remembering James Campbell (Stevens)”