Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Langholm
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Archibald Hamilton of Glasgow (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 4 Sep 1921
Attended by: Earl of Dalkeith
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44170
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Current location
Langholm Parish Church
Caroline Street
Langholm
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG13 0AF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 36156 84463
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A RECTANGULAR HEADED WOODEN BACKBOARD. CARVED INSCRIPTION LATIN CROSS WITHIN A WREATH CARVED AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE BOARD. FOLIATE DESIGN INCISED AT THE TOP CORNERS OF THE PLAQUE AND RED COLOURED ORTHODOX CROSSES INCISED AT THE BOTTOM CORNERS.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS CONGREGATION WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, Thomas
Ballantyne, James
Ballantyne, Walter
Beattie, Walter
Beattie, Wm C
Bell, David
Bell, Dick
Bell, Robert M
Black, William
Blacklock, Tom
See details for all 58 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 58
Served and returned: 0
Died: 58
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 547MM, width 686MM
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- KIRK SESSION OF LANGHOLM PARISH CHURCH
- Reference
- Carlisle Journal 9/9/1921 page 5d
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1342
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