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Title
Scottish Air Ambulance Memorial
Date
1966
Accession number
PA4_GB_S013
Work type
Obelisk
Owner
Renfrewshire Council
Custodian
Renfrewshire Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque, front: THIS CAIRN IS / ERECTED BY THE / TOWN COUNCIL OF THE / ROYAL BURGH OF RENFREW / AS A TRIBUTE TO THE / MEN AND WOMEN OF THE / SCOTTISH / AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE / WHO OPERATED FROM RENFREW / AIRPORT IN ALL POSSIBLE WEATHER / CONDITIONS FROM 1933 UNTIL THE / AIRPORT CLOSED ON 30TH APRIL / 1966 AND WHO BY THEIR COURAGE / SKILL AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO / DUTY DROVE THE FEAR OF SERIOUS / ILLNESS FROM THE ISLANDS THE PLINTH / ON WHICH THE CAIRN STANDS CONTAINS / STONES FROM THE ISLANDS AND OTHER / PLACES WHICH THESE GALLANT AIRMEN / AND NURSES SERVED SO FAITHFULLY; plaque, rear: THIS CAIRN ALSO / PAYS HOMAGE TO THE / MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING / MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES AT ISLAY / WHEN ANSWERING A CALL FOR / HELP ON 28TH SEPTEMBER 1957. / CAPTAIN T M CALDERWOOD / RADIO OFFICER H MCGINLAY / NURSING SISTER J KENNEDY / The names of those / who in their lives fought for life, / Who wore at their hearts / the fire's centre. / Born of the sun, they travelled / a short while towards the sun / And left the vivid air / signed with their honour / Stephen Spender