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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Clydesdale
Town
Kirkmuirhill
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
86610

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Current location

Parish Church
Carlisle Road
Kirkmuirhill
Clydesdale
Strathclyde
ML11 9RB
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 79958 42925
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Brass Plaque in wooden frame for WW1, with a linked and matching brass plaque in wooden frame below
Inscription
1914 1918/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS CONGREGATION OR ASSOCIATED/WITH THE DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING/AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/[names in 5 columns]/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"//AND IN THE SECOND WORLD-WAR 1939-1945/[names in 5 columns]/"AT THE GOING SOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Archibald, James
Baillie, John
Baird, Hugh
Baxter, Thomas
Billingham, James
Brown, Frank
Brown, James
Burnside, James H
Clark, James G
Dempster, Andrew
See details for all 51 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 32
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 32
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, decorations
    Order of information: surname THEN forename
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 19
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 19
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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