In Memoriam for Cenotaph Centenary RUTHERGLEN

Lest We Forget

No longer in our lives
Forever in our hearts

Love Always, Dorothy

We are all walking in the footsteps of the bravest of the brave.

My heart aches for all you went through and glows with pride for all you achieved.

Thinking of my granny and grandpa James and Ellen Kelly of the Lest We Forget and Rutherglen Ladies FC who raised funds for ex-servicemen and their families.

In my heart always, though I never knew them my Irish granny and grandpa who lived in Rutherglen from 1914, Valentine and Dorothy Connor. Grandpa served with the Irish Guards during WW1 and was "very severely wounded in action" at the Somme. He always walked with a limp but despite this had to do heavy labouring work at the Caledonian Pottery till it closed in 1928. Then at the notorious White's Chemical Works and lastly until he died at the age of 67 in 1953, three weeks after I was born, he was the park keeper at Bankhead Paddling Pond, Rutherglen.

Always remembered. Always Loved. We'll Meet Again
Love Always, Dorothy Ellen