Kirkconnel Church WW2

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Nithsdale
Town: Kirkconnel
County: Dumfries And Galloway
Country: Scotland
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 72177

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Current location

Parish Church
Main Street
Kirkconnel
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG4 6NE
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 72811 12298
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description

White Marble Tablet with a gold cross in a green wreath at top centre, on black marble backboard

Inscription

1939 1945/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE/MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/AND PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/[names]/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Baird, Robert
Broadfoot, Robert W
Burns, Andrew
Burns, Robert
Douglas, Thomas
Gilbertson, James
Gray, Thomas
Grierson, Charles W
Harper, Charles
Houston, David
See details for all 17 names

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5179

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