
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Badenoch And Strathspey
- Town
- Kingussie
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Messrs. Kemp, of London (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: December 1916
Attended by: Ex-Provost James MacDonald - Dedicated
Date: 1925
Attended by: Reinstated after the fire in 1925 according to The Mound of the Court - Dedicated
Date: 1921
Attended by: The Mound of the Court says both window and plaque were installed in 1921 - Dedicated
Date: December 1916
Attended by: Rev. D. Macfarlane - Show More (3)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 78566
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Current location
North East end of High Street
setback slightly from road
St. Columba's Church
High Street
Kingussie
Badenoch And Strathspey
Highland
PH21 1HY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NH 76079 00695
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Stained glass memorial window, a single light representing the Crucifixion. The original window was smaller than the present full height window.
- Inscription
- Surely He / hath borne our griefs and / carried our sorrows Great love hath no man than this, that / a man lay down his life for his friends. In proud and loving memory / of men of Badenoch who / fell in the Great War 1914-18) / this windows is dedicated.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Glass
- Window
- Condition
- Men of Badenoch
- WMO ID: 262115
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 02-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Interior of church was gutted by a fire in November 1924 The window was restored some years later by the original sponsor
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- IN MEMORY OF A BRAVE FIFE FACTOR. St. Andrews Citizen - Saturday 30 December 1916 British Newspaper Archive www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000775/19161230/055/0003
- The Mound of the Court A brief history of Kingussie Parish Church John Robertson 2015
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