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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wigtown
- Town
- Stranraer
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72110
Current location
Trinity Church (the former St Andrew's Church)
London Road
Stranraer
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway
DG9 8EP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 06425 60674
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- St Ninians' Church
Stranraer
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: United Free Church
- St Ninians' Church
- Description
- Brass Plaque with oval top, inscribed flags top centre, inscription inscribed in black
- Inscription
- TABLET OF HONOUR/To Perpetuate the Memoryof Those from this Church/Who Sacrificed their Lives to Commemorate the Self Sacricing Spirit of those/Who Served in His Majesty's Forces/During The Great War/[names]/NOT SOME POOR REMNANT OF THE MORTAL SPAN/BUT CLOUDLESS YOUTH/GIFTS OF THE SPRING AND MORN THEY GAVE/IN SACRIFICE TO GOD AND MAN/[names of those who served & returned]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adair, William M
Aitken, Hugh
Anderson, Frederick L
Anderson, Norman M
Connel, David
Cumming, Herbert P
Cuthbertson, Alexr. S
Douglas, James
Fraser, Duncan
Gibson, Robert
See details for all 40 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: 34
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank (for the fallen), regiment (for the fallen), decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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