Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
Perth
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Presented
    Date: 1921
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
82152

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Current location

St John's Kirk
St John's Place
Perth
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH1 5SZ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 11943 23544
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Four light stained glass window with tracery, and with a rectangulaar brass dedication plaque below. The window portrays Truth, Sacrifice, Immortality and Liberty and is rich in symbolism, with poppies signifying death, briar in the background symbolising suffering and ivy representing immortality. Note that from the end of the 16th century until the 1920's the current St John's Kirk was divided into East and West Kirks. Thus this memorial is on its original site.
Inscription
From left to right the figures in the 4 lights of the window are headed [in Latin]- VERITAS, SACRIFICIUM, IMMORTALITAS, LIBERTAS Brass Plaque-THIS WINDOW WAS ERECTED/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN CONNECTED WITH/ST JOHNS EAST PARISH CHURCH WHO/FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/[names in 4 columns]/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Crichton, David
Cummings, Charles E
Cuthbert, Henry
Cuthbert, James
Forbes, David
Forbes, William D
Gloag, Louis D
Keay, Robert N
Kennedy, William
Martin, Charles
See details for all 28 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 28
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 28
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Glass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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