Brown, George Douglas b. January 26, 1869 d. August 28, 1902 Author. His fame rests on his novel "The House with the Green Shutters" (1901), an unflinching look at the narrowness of life in a small Scottish hamlet. The book was the first notable example of Realism in 20th Century Scottish Literature and drew comparisons to the work of Balzac and Robert Louis Stevenson. Brown was born in the village of Ochiltree in Ayrshire, Scotland. The illegitimate son of a local farmer, he was raised by his unschooled mother and endured much of the scorn and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Cuninghame, William James Montgomery b. May 20, 1834 d. November 11, 1893 Crimean War Victoria Cross Recipient. During the Crimean War, he served as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). On November 20,1854, he along with Lieutenant Claude Thomas Bourchier were with a party detailed to drive the Russians from some rifle pits. Waiting until after dark, they advanced on the pits and launched a surprise attack. They drove the Russian riflemen from their cover, but in the fierce...[Read More] (Bio by: Whispers From The Grave) Kirkmichael Churchyard, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Pollock, James Dalgleish b. June 3, 1890 d. May 10, 1958 World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. He was a young 25 year old corporal in The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, British Army during World War I. On September 27, 1915, near the Hohenzollern Redoubt, the enemy's bombers were successfully blowing up the trench known as "Little Willie" and rapidly moving toward the Redoubt. Without regard to his own safety he saved his colleagues from certain death by climbing out of the trench and bombing German infiltrators out of the British lines. Though he...[Read More] (Bio by: Whispers From The Grave) Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland
b. January 26, 1869 d. August 28, 1902
