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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Glasgow
- Town
- Glasgow
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61966
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Current location
Queens Park Parish Church
170 Queens Drive
Glasgow
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G42 8QZ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 579 625
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- East side windows. Formerly known as Queens Park High Church
Crosshill Queens Park Church
40 Queens Drive
Glasgow
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G42 8DD
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 584 621
Denomination: Unknown - Crosshill Victoria Church
34 Dixon Avenue
Glasgow
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G42
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 583 624
Denomination: Church of Scotland - Show More (1)
- East side windows. Formerly known as Queens Park High Church
- Description
- Lancet stained-glass window with two lights, both with double cone border. Light: Angels kneeling beside image of the Victoria United Free Church in centre. Above and below are decorative shields bearing names of dead. The dedication is on banners in versals lettering. Light: Figure in religious robes centred holding a portal depicting dawn over a tank and battlefield.
- Inscription
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ (Names)/ AND IN THE MORNING/ 1864 1929/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- Condition
- Crosshill Victoria United Free Church
- WMO ID: 147576
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 10-08-2013]
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- History
- c2000-2004: Crosshill Queens Park Church (40 Queens Drive) is redeveloped into flats. Window is relocated to Queens Park Parish Church(170 Queens Drive). 1975: Relocated to Crosshill Queens Park Church at 40 Queens Drive (formerly Queens Park High Church). Decorative borders added. 1931: Window installed in Crosshill Victoria Church at 34 Dixon Avenue. 1929: Victoria United Free Church at Pollokshaws Road and Victoria Road is destroyed by fire.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Our website 61971 www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.61971/fromUkniwmSearch/1
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland 164489 canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/164489/digital_images/glasgow+40+queen+s+drive+queen+s+park+church+and+hall/
- Scottish Church Heritage Research www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/5483/name/Crosshill+Victoria+C+of+S+Glasgow+Strathclyde
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