Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Roxburgh
- Town
- Hawick
- County
- Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Miss Lilian J Pocock (Artist)
Mr James P Alison (Stone Carver) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25 September 1921
Attended by: Revd Dr J Rudge Wilson - Dedicated
Date: 25 September 1921
Attended by: Right Revd Dr McClymont, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Wilton Parish Church
Dickson Street
Hawick
Roxburgh
Borders
TD9 7AY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 50202 15284
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Pair of two light lancet arched windows, decorated as below, with accompanying tablet of Romans stone with a border of Caen stone. The windows were designed by and made by Miss Lilian J Pocock of London, the tablet by Mr James P Alison of Hawick. The First Light contains a depiction of soldiers and a King kneeling before Christ in Majesty with a battle scene below. The Second Light depicts Christ, cloaked and carrying a sword, blessing a kneeling warrior with figures bearing the Ark of the Covenant(?) below.
- Inscription
- TO THE HALLOWED AND GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO/ BY THE GRACE OF GOD GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ THESE WINDOWS ARE DEDICATED/ IN HUMBLE GRATITUDE A.D. 1920/ (NAMES)/ SO HE PASSED OVER/ AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTEHR SIDE/ HONOUR ALSO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THEM/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, John
Armstrong, H Leslie
Armstrong, Thomas
Banner, Thomas
Beattie, Robert
Bell, Thomas
Blake, George
Cameron, Roland
Carruthers, Richard
Charters, Elliot
See details for all 74 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 74
Served and returned: 0
Died: 74
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 37IN, width 60IN
Materials: Granite - Polished - Window
Measurements: width 57IN
Materials: Stained Glass
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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