Girvan and District Great War Project is working in partnership with Legion Scotland Maybole Branch and Le Souvenir Francais to help raise funds to erect a permanent memorial to the 31 crew members of the French vessel, the SS Longwy which was torpedoed and sank off the Ayrshire coast in November 1917. All 31 crew were lost and no memorial exists for them either in here or France. Only 2 graves exist and the memorial would be placed between the 2 French crosses in Girvan Doune Cemetery. The remainder of the crew lie in eternity out at sea. There are tens of thousands of Scots who lie in France from WW1. Lets show our mark of respect to these boys who lie far from home.