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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Dundee
Town
Dundee
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Thoms and Wilkie of Dundee (Designer)
H H Martyn and Co. (Makers)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 20 November 1921
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
62103

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Current location

St Mary's Church
Nethergate
Dundee
Dundee
Tayside
DD1 4BW
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 40130 30120
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Elaborately decorated wooden memorial with regimental badge at the top, above a figure in a niche holding a sword and a wreath. The Dedication is on a Bronze Plaque, below which is a Drop down front with names of casualties inscribed on steel sheets.
Inscription
Bronze Plaque: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD/ MEMORY OF LT. COL. HARRY WALKER, C.M.G., T.D., OFFICERS, NON-COMMISS-/ ENED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/ FOURTH BATTALION THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS) WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919./ LIVING OR DEAD WE ARE COMRADES/ PRO PATRIA On steel sheets: Roll of Fallen Soldiers,/ 4th Battalion (City of Dundee)/ The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)/ and the/ 4/5th Battalion (Angus & Dundee)/ The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)/ "Their Name Liveth for Evermore"/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 917
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 917
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date of death ,service number, decorations
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Steel
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Scottish War Memorials Project [has a full set of images of the plaques] warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic6374.html
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission Lieutenant Colonel H Walker www.cwgc.org
  • Blairgowrie Advertiser Saturday 26th November 1921 A memorial to the 916 officers and men of the 4th Black Watch who fell in the war was unveiled on Sunday in St Mary`s Parish Church,Dundee.

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