Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- North East Fife
- Town
- Cupar
- County
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 January 1920
Attended by: Mr D B Duncan, Postmaster
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 80005
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Current location
69
Post Office
Crossgate
Cupar
North East Fife
Fife
KY15 5AS
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 37554 14533
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Hand drawn illustrated Roll of Honour in a glazed wooden frame. Of the casualties William Anderson was born at Crail, and John Andrews was born at Dundalk (Ireland) and later lived at Dundee.
- Inscription
- CUPAR POSTAL/ROLL OF HONOUR/CUPAR POST OFFICE STAFF WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/[names]/HONOURS/PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT/[names]/IN THE GREAT WAR THESE DIED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, William
Andrews, John
Carstairs, James Grant
Duncan, John
Howie, David Cassels
Swinton, David
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 22
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations, theatre of war served in, date of death, manner of death, civilian occupation, additional
Order of information: Undefined - Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Roll of honour
- Condition
- Cupar Post Office WW1 Roll of Honour
- WMO ID: 265024
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 16-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3639&mforum=warmemscot
- catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem229
- Has a transcription-www.royalmailmemorials.com/memorial/cupar-war-memorial
- Dundee Advertiser 7 Jan 1920
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