James Brown was the Headmaster of Auchinraith School, who sadly lost his life fighting in WW1. Captain of the 6th Scottish Rifles, much was written of his, especially after it became known he rallied on the rest of his Blantyre soldiers, onwards, just before being hit. In 1915, William Park, one of the Blantyre soldiers […]
James Brown, was the third headmaster at Auchinraith Primary School at the start of the 20th Century. A remarkable man, whose tale needs told here, as a mark of respect for what he did for us. James Brown came to Blantyre in 1900 from a town near Campbeltown. Unmarried, he lived with his sister at […]
The 15th June 2015, will see the 100th anniversary of Blantyre man, Captain James Brown killed in action during WW1. On the evening of Wednesday 10th June 201 at 7pm, at High Blantyre Cenotaph, Blantyre man Gordon Cook presented a detailed presentation and commemorative service to remember heroic Captain Brown of the Cameronians, who was […]