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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Glasgow
Town
Glasgow
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
61978

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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

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Previous locations
  • Mounted below East Gallery. 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
Description
Two brass plaques, in wooden frames commemorating both world wars.
Inscription
WW1 Plaque: TO THE/GLORY OF GOD/AND IN UNFANDING MEMORY OF THE/MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION/WHO IN THE GREAT WAR/LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/IN DEFENCE OF ALL/THAT CHRIST'S PEOPLE HOLD DEAR/"MY SOUL/HATH THEM STILL IN REMEMBRANCE,/AND IS HUMBLED IN ME"/"THEY THAT DWELL UNDER/HIS SHADOW SHALL RETURN:/THEY SHALL REVIVE AS THE CORN WW2 Plaque: TO /THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN LOVING/REMEMBRANCE/OF THOSE FROM THIS/CONGREGATION/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE/SECOND GREAT WAR/1939-1945/(Two columns of names, 12 in total)/"FOR THOSE WE LOVE WITHIN THE VEIL/WHO ONCE WERE COMRADES OF OUR WAY/WE THANK THEE LORD FOR THEY HAVE WON TO CLOUDLESS DAY
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 12
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 12
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Names
    Order of information: Names
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass, Wood
Condition
History
c2000-2004: Relocated to Queens Park Parish Church (170 Queens Drive) 1949: Extended to include World War II 1920: Installed beneath East Gallery in Crosshill Queens Park Church (40 Queens Drive)
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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