Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Dunfermline
- Town
- Dunfermline
- County
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr John Fraser (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13 November 1921
Attended by: RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN - Dedicated
Date: 13 November 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58285
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Current location
St Andrew Erskine Church
Robertson Road
Dunfermline
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 0BF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- Co-operative Funeral Services
Dewar Street
Dunfermline
Dunfermline
Fife
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - St Andrew Erskine Church
Pilmuir Street
Dunfermline
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7EB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of Scotland - In the vestibule
St Andrew's Church
Chapel Street
Dunfermline
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7AW
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 090 870
Denomination: Church of Scotland - Show More (2)
- Co-operative Funeral Services
- Description
- Brass plaque in an oak frame. The base projects to form a table. Backboard is surmounted by a carved and draped cross. The memorial was restored before its move in 2018, at which time the frame was lost. The Cross was lost when it was moved to the Co-operative Funeral parlour.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN GRATEFUL/REMEMBRANCE OF/[names in 2 columns]/WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitken, Daniel
Anderson, John
Armour, Alexander
Arnot, Adam
Blyth, Thomas
Bower, Robert
Bowman, David
Bowman, William
Boyd, Robert
Cassells, William
See details for all 37 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 37
Served and returned: 0
Died: 37
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 2896mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Dunfermline Press 19 November 1921
- War Memorials Trust Bulletin, February 2019, page 9
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