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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kirkcaldy
- Town
- Burntisland
- County
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 56507
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Current location
St Columba's Church
East Leven Street
Burntisland
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY3 9DX
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 23350 85705
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- St Andrews Church
Burntisland
Kirkcaldy
Fife
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- St Andrews Church
- Description
- Marble tablet with inscription in black lettering. Two carved column are to the left and right of the inscription. Crossed swords with wreath and cross in the middle are carved at the top of the tablet. The tablet is pedimented and sits on 2 corbels
- Inscription
- On the Pediment: TO THE GLORY OF GOD On the tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES) / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alexander, John S
Barclay, George
Ewing, James
Gourlay, William M
Henderson, James
Langlands, Alexander
Meldrum, Robert
Meldrum, William
Rodger, George
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 863mm, width 990mm
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1275&mforum=warmemscot
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