Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Nithsdale
Town
Keir
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 28th September 1920
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44332

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Current location

alongside WW2 memorial
Keir Village Hall
Keir
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG3 4DE
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 85908 93077
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Not on dispay
    in storage.
    Penpont Church
    Penpont
    Nithsdale
    Dumfries And Galloway
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: NX 849 945
    Denomination: Church of Scotland
  • Keir Church
    Keir
    Nithsdale
    Dumfries And Galloway
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: NX 860 932
    Denomination: Church of Scotland
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Description
Brass plaque with inscription in red and black lettering
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, Robert
Boyes, James Joseph
Boyes, Robert
Hartigan, James
Hyslop, Robert
Hyslop, William Douglas
Kerr, Robert
Maxwell, John
Mcallister, John
Mcallister, William
See details for all 13 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 13
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 13
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename, surname
    Order of information: year died
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2982
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=81917 (for the Roll of Honour): The Dumfries and Galloway Standard of 26 April 1916 makes reference to a Christmas packet being sent 'for each soldier on the parish roll of honour'. A minute book of the Keir Women's Guild of 19 November 1916 refers to 'the 36 men on the roll of honour'. Several other newspaper articles on the Keir Parish Work Parties refer to the roll. This memorial would presumably have been in the parish church (now closed for worship and in private hands). Investigations by Gladys Cuttle have failed to discover the fate of the roll of honour.

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