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Birmingham Medal Co
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D.B Smith
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Borg Grech
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Royal Humane Society
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Zetland Curling Club
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Match reported in Falkirk Herald on 10 Feb 1848 (p2b)
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William Herbert
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Joined the Clackmannanshire Constabulary 12th December 1925 and retired from Stirling & Clackmannan Police Force on 31st December 1955. The museum collection includes his letter of application to join the police service, a certificate of retiral, newspaper cuttings regarding his retiral, a letter of commendation, 1939-45 Defence medal and the Police Long service & Good Conduct Medal.
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Camelon Curling Club
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Alfred Jamieson
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Winner of the Liddle Jubilee Medal at the Northern School in 1898.
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Burr Photo Co.
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Owen Conlan, QPM
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Constable Owen Conlan was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 2000.
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Margaret Owens
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Warrington & Co
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J P Henderson
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James Turnbull
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Won a gold medal for curling, presented by the Earl and Countess of Southesk. Game took place on 31 December 1860 on Dunmore Pond.
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William Moir
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Winner of gold medallion, Airth Shooting Club, 1900 (medal in object collection). Moir was a gamekeeper on an estate in the Airth/Dunmore area. He came from Topps House, Carronbridge.
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Thomas Reape
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Robert Bilsland McGregor
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Bobby McGregor (b 1944) was an Olympic swimmer, born in Helensburgh and moved to Falkirk aged 3. He won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 for 100 yds freestyle, and in 1966 won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica and gold at the European Championships. He worked as an architect in Glasgow
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David Gold
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David Gold was born in Falkirk on 29th November 1892, the son of David Gold, manager of the Crown Stables/Garage in Newmarket Street. On leaving school he was employed as a grocer’s boy and then a vanman and at the age of 22 years and 2 months joined the Stirlingshire Constabulary. In the register he was noted as a Protestant, 5ft 9ins tall, auburn hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion.
On 18th October 1915 he resigned from the police to join the army. He served as a gunlayer in the Royal Garrison Artillery and subsequently suffered from hearing problems. He attained the rank of sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery, rescuing three wounded men under fire near Vimy Ridge in April 1917. He rejoined the police in 1919 and was presented by them with a silver basket to celebrate his award of the MM. He also received a certificate from Falkirk Burgh Council. His first wife, Jane Brown, died on 17th August 1921. He then married Agnes Braid and had the following children: David Gold 3.3.1923 William Braid 26.4.1924 Alice Hardie Brown 15.9.1926 His police record was as follows: appointed 22.2.1915 prob. Stirling 3.3.1915 3rd class 15.5.1915 Falkirk Council 1.6.1915 Resigned to join army 18.10.1915 Rejoined Falkirk 20.1.1919 Bucklyvie 27.7.1928 Killearn 26.2.1932 Grangemouth 13.12.1934 Retired on pension 20.12.1949 In 1934 he moved to Grangemouth and was given a police house in Newhouse Road and remained there until he retired from the force in 1949. At the age of 56, in September 1950 he joined BHC as commissionaire at No. 1 Administrative Block. He retired from this post in January 1962 and died just two weeks later on 23rd January. David Gold was born in Falkirk on 29th November 1892, the son of David Gold, manager of the Crown Stables/Garage in Newmarket Street. On leaving school he was employed as a grocer's boy and then a vanman and at the age of 22 years and 2 months joined the Stirlingshire Constabulary. In the register he was noted as a Protestant, 5ft 9ins tall, auburn hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. On 18th October 1915 he resigned from the police to join the army. He served as a gunlayer in the Royal Garrison Artillery and subsequently suffered from hearing problems. He attained the rank of sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery, rescuing three wounded men under fire near Vimy Ridge in April 1917. He rejoined the police in 1919 and was presented by them with a silver basket to celebrate his award of the MM. He also received a certificate from Falkirk Burgh Council. His first wife, Jane Brown, died on 17th August 1921. He then married Agnes Braid and had the following children: David Gold 3.3.1923 William Braid 26.4.1924 Alice Hardie Brown 15.9.1926 His police record was as follows: appointed 22.2.1915 prob. Stirling 3.3.1915 3rd class 15.5.1915 Falkirk Council 1.6.1915 Resigned to join army 18.10.1915 Rejoined Falkirk 20.1.1919 Bucklyvie 27.7.1928 Killearn 26.2.1932 Grangemouth 13.12.1934 Retired on pension 20.12.1949 In 1934 he moved to Grangemouth and was given a police house in Newhouse Road and remained there until he retired from the force in 1949. At the age of 56, in September 1950 he joined BHC as commissionaire at No. 1 Administrative Block. He retired from this post in January 1962 and died just two weeks later on 23rd January |
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John Aitken
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Dr John Aitken LID; FRS; FRSE (1839-1919) of Ardenlea, Falkirk was a Climatologist. He was awarded the royal medal by the Royal Society of London, in 1917. He did his experiments mostly on equipment he made and designed himself, in the laboratory in his home. He conducted experiments on the condensation of atmospheric water vapour, and discovered microscopic particles, which are now named Aitken nuclei. Work published in the journals of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. According to a letter from the Science Museum asking about him, he was a fellow of the Royal Society, corresponded with Lord Kelvin on scientific matters, and was published in Nature.
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Cochrane & French
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