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East King Street, HELENSBURGH, G84 7BU

The centre, which is located on Image, used to be called the Victoria Infirmary.

The buildings visible ahead are the Image

T/104573 DRIVER A. K. MC CONNELL ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 2ND AUGUST 1941 AGE 23 HAPPY, SMILING ALWAYS CONTENT LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER HE WENT

LIEUTENANT J. E. POLMONT. RNVR. H.M.S. “SPARTIATE” 3RD OCTOBER 1942 AGE 34 AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM HMS Spartiate appears to have been a shore-based establishment, responsible for security and safety on the River Clyde. While the headquarters was based in Glasgow, the patrols were based along the river, and this may account for reports which place HMS Spartiate at locations other than Glasgow, including Helensburgh https://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/HMSSpartiate.

The cemetery, which is Category B listed https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB34824 contains 41 Commonwealth War Graves and many other notable memorials.

The inscription on the near side commemorates "John Ure, LL.D., born at Glasgow, 19th July 1824, died at Helensburgh, 1st August 1901", and his wife Isabella Gibb (b. at Glasgow, 10th May 1828; d. at Helensburgh 15th Feb 1915). As noted on the base of the monument, the stone is "the property of John Ure, Cairndhu House and his family". Image was designed by the architect William Leiper, and was built for the John Ure who is named here; he was the Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1880 to 1883. The far side of the memorial commemorates his son, "the Right Honourable Alexander Ure, P.C., G.B.E., LL.D., Baron Strathclyde of Sandyford, Solicitor General 1905-1909, Lord Advocate 1909-1913, Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session 1913-1920" (b. 24th Feb 1853, d. 2nd Oct 1928), and Alexander's wife Margaret McDowall Steven (b. 20th Nov 1855, d. 25th June 1940). Other members of the family are named in inscriptions on the remaining sides.

One of the 41 Commonwealth War Graves within the cemetery. 1678 PRIVATE D. DRUMMOND ARG. & SUTH’D HIGHRS. 18TH JANUARY 1915 AGE 19 NOT ONCE OR TWICE IN OUR FAIR ISLAND’S STORY THE PATH OF DUTY IS THE WAY TO GLORY

S/24040 PRIVATE J. SPEIRS CAMERON HIGHLANDERS 11TH MARCH 1920 AGE 40 R.I.P.

"In memory of James Whitelaw Hamilton R.S.A., Helensburgh, born at Glasgow 26 Nov 1860, died 17 Sept 1932" (some sources give the 16th as his date of death). The artist James Whitelaw Hamilton was an associate of the Glasgow Boys, but he himself is not generally seen as being fully a part of that movement. See http://artuk.org/discover/artists/hamilton-james-whitelaw-18601932 (at ArtUK) for a selection of his works. His younger sister Margaret (Maggie) Hamilton was married to the architect Alexander Nisbet Paterson, who was responsible for Helensburgh's Image, and also, in part, for the Image, which is located nearby. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/tagged/architect:Alexander+Nisbet+Paterson for other works. It is worth noting that the couple's daughter Mary Viola Paterson was also an artist. The small bronze detail on the lower part of the memorial represents the badge of the Highland Light Infantry; the accompanying inscription commemorates James' son Arthur Leslie Hamilton, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia in 1918.

4356 SERJEANT M. MAC DONALD ROYAL SCOTS 9TH FEBRUARY 1916 AGE 54 UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS & THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY Serjeant MacDonald completed 25 years service. He served in the Egyptian Campaign (1884) and South African War with the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards and 3rd Battalion Royal Scots.