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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Monklands
Town
Airdrie
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 20 March 1921
    Attended by: Rev. J. C. Ormerod, M.A. of Hale, Cheshire, the former pastor
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
86751

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Current location

Ebenezer Evangelical Church
Broomknoll Street
Airdrie
Monklands
Strathclyde
ML6 0DG
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 76162 65361
Denomination: Nonconformist

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Description
Wall mounted, portrait oriented, nowy-headed wooden backboard incorporating a decoratively carved inner oval shaped frame supporting a plaque with raised inscription and names.
Inscription
1914 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 1918 / TO THE GLORY / OF GOD / AND IN EVERLASTING MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH / WHO MADE THE SUPREME / SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR / (22 NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aitken, Andrew D
Aitken, James
Anderson, William
Blackhall, Thomas A
Carswell, John
Carswell, Robert
Gilmour, John
Kennedy, Richard W H
Kennedy, William
Linning, William
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: Forename, initials, surname
    Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4099&mforum=warmemscot
  • The Scotsman', Monday 21st March 1921, page 9 "Airdrie In the Ebenezer Congregational Church, Airdrie, yesterday, the Rev. J. C. Ormerod, M.A., Hale, Cheshire, the former pastor, unveiled a memorial in the vestibule to the 22 men from the church who fell in the war."

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