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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Lectern or desk
- District
- Perth And Kinross
- Town
- Alyth
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Falklands Conflict (1982)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 31 October 1948
Attended by: Revd J Sibblad Clark, Minister of the Church
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82146
Current location
St Ninian's Church
St Ninian's oad
Alyth
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH11 8AP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 24697 48326
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Oak Lectern with the Dedication on the front face and the names on the other 2 sides. The Falklands name is just added to the end without explanation, so research/local knowledge is needed!
- Inscription
- upper lettering; TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH/WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 lower lettering; "THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS/ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- ?, Charles
Blair, Duncan
Brodie, Douglas
Buick, Jessie A
Chapman, William
Donald, James
Easton, Brian
Easton, Brian
Howitt, Robert
Keay, William
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Falklands Conflict (1982)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Lectern
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Oak
- Lectern
- Condition
- Alyth Parish WW2 + Falklands Lectern
- WMO ID: 269550
- Condition: Good [last updated on 09-01-2020]
- 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=1290&mforum=warmemscot
- UK Roll of Honour Citation for Brian Easton, the Falklands Casualty
- The Scotsman - Monday 01 November 1948 In Alyth High Parish Church yesterday a war memorial to the 18 men and one woman connected with the church, who lost their lives in the second world war, was dedicated by the Rev. J. Sibbald Clark, minister of the church. The memorial consists of an oak floor lectern. ADP
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