Arbroath Abbey WW1

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 6 June 1920
Attended by: Rev Professor Kay, DSO , DD , BSc, St Andrews University
Dedicated
Date: 6 June 1920
Attended by: Rev Professor Kay, DSO , DD , BSc, St Andrews University
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WM Reference

81274

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Current location

The Old & Abbey Church
Abbey Street
Arbroath
Angus
Tayside
DD11 1EE
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 64265 41272
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description

Brass Plaque on wooden backboard

Inscription

+/To the Glory of God/AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO LAID/DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/[names in 2 columns]/"Greater love hath no man than this, that/a man lay down his life for his friends."

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Christie, Andrew Douglas
Easton, Walteer
Eccles, Albert E
Foulisd, William M
Gill, Frank
Gill, Robert
Harris, John Sword
Kinnear, Ronald William
Marshall, George
Meek, Alexander
See details for all 22 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood

Condition

Arbroath Abbey WW1
WMO ID: 267702
Condition: Good [last updated on 31-10-2019]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4656&mforum=warmemscot
THE SCOTSMAN: 07.06.1920 ABBEY CHURCH, ARBROATH The Re. Professor Kay, D.S.O., D.D., B.Sc., St AndrewsUniversity, yesterday afternoon unveiled and dedicated a brass tablet in Abbey Parish Church, Arbroath. The tablet has inscribed on it the names of 22 men connected with the congregation who fell in the war.

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