Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Renfrew
Town
Renfrew
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
Dr Macgregor Chalmers (Architect)
Benno Schotz (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 1921
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
55137

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Current location
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Previous locations
  • Current location of memorial unknown- closed as a Church in 2013- converted to flats 2017/2018
    Renfrew Old Parish Church
    High Street
    Renfrew
    Renfrew
    Strathclyde
    PA4
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: NS 50802 67546
    Denomination: Church of Scotland
Description
Marble tablet in two joined parts - with WW1 on top part and WW2 on bottom. set into a wall with a decorative metal flower vase each side. The WW1 inscription and names framed with a bronze border of laurel and decorated with a cross, wreath and medieval ship
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OPF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR MCMXIV-MCMXIX/ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THEN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" AND IN THE WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Airlie, John
Bain, William
Barr, Alfred P
Burns, James D
Burns, Robert
Calder, Daniel
Calder, Duncan E
Campbell, Malcolm
Campbell, Peter
Constable, John
See details for all 68 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 46
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 46
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 22
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 22
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: height 1350mm, width 900mm
    Materials: Marble
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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