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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Town
- Galashiels
- County
- Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: February 1921
Attended by: Revd Lachlan McLean Watt DD, of Edinburgh
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 76429
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Current location
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- St Aidan's Church
Gala Park Road
Galashiels
Ettrick And Lauderdale
Borders
TD1 1EU
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 49121 36066
Denomination: Church of Scotland - Ladhope Parish Church
Ladhope Vale
Galashiels
Ettrick And Lauderdale
Borders
TD1 1BT
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of Scotland - Show More (1)
- St Aidan's Church
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque with rounded top with Scottish flag saltire. Inscription includes dedication and below roll of honour surrounded by decorative border. Brass plaque mounted on marble backing, with one additional name
- Inscription
- 1914 1919/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO FELL/IN THE GREAT WAR/[21 names]/The leaves of the tree were for the/healing of the nations/FOR KING & COUNTRY/AND/JAMES S MILLAR HLI At the base of the backboard-
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brotherstone, William
Brown, John E
Brownlee, John Y
Dick, David M
Dick, James
Henry, Peter
Housler, Archie P
Hunter, William
Kyle, James H
Millar, James S
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Plaque
- Condition
- Ladhope Parish Church (?)
- WMO ID: 257723
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=6603&mforum=warmemscot
- U tube film of the memorial- www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv4jLRs5WWo (at 6 minutes 24 seconds in)
- The Scotsman 14 February 1921- GALASHIELS In Ladhope Parish Church, Galashiels, a memorial tablet bearing the names of 53 men connected with the congregation who fell in the war was unveiled by the Rev. Lachlan M'Lean Watt, D.D., Edinburgh
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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