Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Kirkcaldy
Town
Auchtertool
County
Fife
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
MESSRS JAMES BALLANTINE (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 13 November 1921
    Attended by: Mr D Rolland, grieve at Linnhead Farm, who lost two sons in the war.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
56501

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Current location

In the south gable
Auchtertool Parish Church
Auchtertool
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY2 5XQ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 20761 90184
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Stained glass window depicting figures. Inscription near the base of the window. The figures represent the crowning of the warrior. A seated soldier in armour receives a laurel wreath from an angel. Two angels at the base of the light support a scroll with the dedicatory inscription and names on it.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND/ PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1919/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aird, William
Aitken, William
Anderson, John
Braid, Thomas
Brown, John
Bruce, James
Cormack, Kenneth
Davidson, Robert
Duffy, Ebenezer
Fairgrieve, Peter
See details for all 32 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 32
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 32
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: width 1219mm
    Materials: Stained Glass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2902&mforum=warmemscot
  • The Scotsman - Tuesday 15 November 1921 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19211115/224/0007 AUCHTERTOOL. ~ The war memorial to the fallen of the Church and Parish of Auchtertool, Fife was unveiled and dedicated in presence of a large gathering of parishioners . The memorial takes the form of a stained-glass window designed by Mr James Ballantine, F. S. A. Scot., Edinburgh, and representing "The fallen .. warrior receiving from an angel the crown of victory." It bears the names of 32 soldiers, and was unveiled by Mr D. Holland the father of two of the fallen soldiers. The preacher was Rev. Dr Macmillan, of Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow, a former minister of the parish, and he was assisted in the service by Rev. J. S. W. Irvine, B. D., the present minister. At the close of the service "The Flowers of the Forest" was played by a piper, and "The Last Post" was sounded by two buglers.
  • Fifeshire Advertiser 19 November 1921 "Memoral Window at Auchtertool" A beautiful ceremony took place on Sunday afternoon in Auchtertool Parish Church at the unveiling of a war memorial stained glass window. Rev JSW Irvine minister of the church preached to a specially large congregation. The unveiling was performed by Mr D Rolland, grieve at Linnhead Farm, who lost two sons in the war. The subject of the window is "Crowning the Warrior", a kneeling soldier receiving a crown of laurel wreaths from a angel. There are over 40 names on the memorial of men from the parish who fell in the war, including a large number from Cowdenbeath, a part of which is in the parish of Auchtertool.

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