Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Moray
- Town
- Buckie
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 23 April 1922
Attended by: Rev. William Morton - Unveiled
Date: 23 April 1922
Attended by: Rev. William Morton - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Buckie South and West Church
High Street/East Cathcart
Buckie
Moray
Grampian
AB56 1AR
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 42638 65441
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- Buckie West Church
West Church Street/Cluny Place junction
Buckie
Moray
Grampian
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 42457 65548
Denomination: United Free Church
- Buckie West Church
- Description
- Brass Plaque in wooden frame. The lettering is inscribed in black but with many red leading letters.
- Inscription
- 1914 1919 TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO DIED IN THE WAR (WW1 names) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Condition
- Buckie West Church WW1
- WMO ID: 270854
- Condition: Good [last updated on 13-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 25 April 1922 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19220425/082/0006 BUCKIE U.F. WAR MEMORIAL. At the forenoon service on Sunday in the West U.F. Church, Buckie, a memorial the men of the congregation who fell in the war was unveiled. The Rev. William Morton conducted the service, and in the course of sermon, referred fittingly to those the congregation who made the supreme sacrifice the war.
- POWiS Buckie Former West Church www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/7932/name/Buckie+Former+West+Church+Buckie+Grampian This former church is a large building fronting West Church Street in Buckie's town centre. It was built in the 19th century but closed as a church when the congregation united with South Church in Buckie. It later became a community centre for a time but was sold in 1990, afterwhich it was converted into private flats.
- Canmore ID 276791 canmore.org.uk/site/276791/buckie-west-church-street-united-free-church Buckie, West Church Street, United Free Church
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