Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
Kinross
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 1 February 1916
    Attended by: Bishop of St Andrews
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
81874

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Current location

St Paul's Church
Muirs
Kinross
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
KY13 8AY
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 11722 03054
Denomination: Scottish Episcopal

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Description
Brass Plaque
Inscription
To the Glory of God and/IN BELOVED MEMORY OF/William Keay Falconer/LIEUT 1ST ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS/only son of William Keay Falconer/SHERIFF CLERK & COUNTY CLERK OF/KINROSS-SHIRE/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION NEAR/Ypres, Belgium 25th April 1915/AGED 20 YEARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Falconer, William Keay
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: 1
    Order of information: surname, forenames, relationships, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=8577&mforum=warmemscot
  • BLAIRGOWRIE ADVERTISER: 05.02.1916 CASUALTIES MEMORIAL TABLET TO LIEUT. W. KEAY-FALCONER A dedication service was held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Kinross, on Tuesday morning, when the Bishop of St. Andrew's dedicated a brass tablet which has been put up in the church in the memory of Lieut. William Keay-Falconer, 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only son of Mr William Keay-Falconer, Sheriff Clerk and County Clerk of Kinross-shire, who was killed in action near Ypres, 25th April, 1915, aged 20 years. The deceased was a nephew of Mrs Macintosh, Allan Street, Blairgowrie.

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