Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Renfrew
- Town
- Paisley
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 90422
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Current location
In the coffee shop
Paisley Abbey
Abbey Close
Paisley
Renfrew
Strathclyde
PA1 1JQ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 48559 63954
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- Abbey Close United Free Church Mission
Paisley
Renfrew
Strathclyde
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: United Free Church
- Abbey Close United Free Church Mission
- Description
- Brass Plaque with inscribed lettering- mainly in black, but some leading letters are red.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY /OF THE LADS CONNECTED WITH /ABBEY CLOSE UNITED FREE /CHURCH MISSION. WHO FELL IN /THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. [names]/"FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Byars, John
Fleming, Alexander
Fraser, James
Mccracken, William
Munro, James
Murray, Robert
Peebles, Hugh
Roy, William
Shepherd, Joseph
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=7734&mforum=warmemscot
- John Byars 6th A & S H Alexander Fleming 2nd Cameron His James Fraser 1st Cameron His James Munro 2nd A & S H Robert Murray 1st Gordon His William McCracken 9th Lancers Hugh Peebles R N D William Roy 2nd H L I Joseph Shepherd R G A
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