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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Midlothian
- Town
- Borthwick
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5644
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Current location
Borthwick Church
Borthwick Castle Road
Borthwick
Midlothian
Lothian
EH23 4QY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 36882 59630
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Pair of gates with associated bronze plaques on the gateposts. The gates have the start and end years respectively and a plaque with dedicatory wording.
- Inscription
- (Left gate): 1914/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF ALL WHO WENT/ FORTH FROM THIS PARISH TO SERVE. (Right gate): 1919/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR Left Hand Plaque- W.R.A.F./[name]/ROYAL SCOTS/[names]/K.O.S.B./[names]/SCOTS GUARDS/[names]/BLACK WATCH (R.H.)/[names]/SCOTTISH RIFLES/[name]/M.G.C./[name]/"GREATER LOVE HATH/NO MAN THAN THIS Right Hand Plaque- CAMERONS/[names]/H.L.I./[names]/SEAFORTHS/[names]/R.S.F./[names]/A & S H/[name]/R.F.A./[name]/WELSH REGT/[name]/"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitken, Mary
Aitken, R
Anderson, T
Bryce, R R
Cunningham, A
Cunningham, F
Cunningham, J W
Cunningham, W
Duncanson, J
Duncanson, W
See details for all 38 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: 0
Died: 38
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, initials of forenames
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gates
Measurements: height 2160mm
Materials: Wrought Iron - Plaques
Measurements: height 850mm, width 380mm
Materials: Bronze
- Gates
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CHURCH
- Reference
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