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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Angus
- Town
- Montrose
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14 October 1923
Attended by: Earl of Airlie, M.C. - Dedicated
Date: 14 October 1923
Attended by: Revs. John S. Robertson, B.D. and Hugh Callan, M.A., ministers of the Church. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57857
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Current location
127
Old and St Andrew's Parish Church
High Street
Montrose
Angus
Tayside
DD10 8QN
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 71466 57755
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Oak board with decorative leaf border. At the top is a wreath with a cross between its ends and the dates of the war each side. All lettering is carved.
- Inscription
- +/1914 - 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/[names in 4 columns]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alexander, George
Allan, Alfred
Annat, William
Beattie, Francis
Beattie, Frederick
Birse, William
Black, James
Black, William
Burgess, Robert
Burgess, Samuel
See details for all 81 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 81
Served and returned: 0
Died: 81
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4829&mforum=warmemscot
- Montrose, Arbroath and Brechin review; and Forfar and Kincardineshire advertiser. - Friday 19 October 1923 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001969/19231019/085/0006 Montrose Parish Church War Memorial Unveiled by the Earl of Airlie. AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.
- Montrose Standard - Friday 12 October 1923 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002751/19231012/001/0001 MONTROSE PARISH CHURCH. SUNDAY Morning at 11. Unveiling of the WAR MEMORIAL by the Earl of Airlie, M.C.
- Dundee Courier - Wednesday 27 June 1923 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19230627/055/0004 MONTROSE PARISH CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL
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