Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Falkirk
- Town
- Larbert
- County
- Central
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17 September 1922
Attended by: Rev. Thomas C MacAulay - Rededicated
Date: 11 November 1951
Attended by: Rev. B. Munro Murray, M.A., former minister of the Church - Unveiled
Date: 11 November 1951
Attended by: Rev. B. Munro Murray, M.A., former minister of the Church - Dedicated
Date: 17 September 1922
Attended by: Rev. Thomas C MacAulay - Show More (3)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
East wall of church.
Larbert West Parish Church
Main Street
Larbert
Falkirk
Central
FK5 3JF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 86320 82696
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Stone tablet in wooden frame. Dedication at top, WW1 names and WW2 names at bottom (which are an addition). Inscribed cross in centre. All lettering is inscribed in black.
- Inscription
- 1914 1919 IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN FROM THIS CONGREGATION / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US / IN THE GREAT WARS / (names) LEST WE FORGET 1939 1939
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adam, John
Aitken, Daniel G. S.
Binnie, James
Cummings, Alex. M.
Fowler, Richard
Graham, James
Grant, Francis M.
Grant, John
Heggison, Robert
Johnston, George
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank (officers only), forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: surname THEN forenames - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forename, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Frame
- Condition
- Larbert West Church WW1+2
- WMO ID: 271225
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Image- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=8417&mforum=warmemscot
- Falkirk Herald - Saturday 10 November 1951 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000733/19511110/066/0004 LARBERT WEST CHURCH 11.45 a.m.— Unveiling and Dedication of Memorial to Members of the Church who fell in the 1939-45 Campaign by the Rev. N. MUNRO MURRAY. M.A., former minister of the Church. No Evening Service.
- Falkirk Herald - Saturday 23 September 1922 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000468/19220923/156/0006 WEST U. F. CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL.
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