Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
Town
Falkland
County
Fife
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Malayan Emergency (1948-1960), Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: November 2014
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
83462

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Current location

Brunton Green
Falkland
Fife
KY15 7DJ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 25248 07318
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Large brickwork stone of remembrance featuring a large rectangular grey tablet including the dedication and names. Memorial erected on Brunton Green. This was intended as a replacement for the original Parish plaque (our reference 83381) following its relocation from the War Memorial Institute and the adding of 20 extra WW1 names, 4 extra WW2 names (to those on the Church memorial-our reference 83379) and the need to commemorate a post war name- Flight Lieutenant David Murray Birrell 19 May 1922- 21 November 1949, based at RAF Kai Tak, buried at Kranji Military Cemetery, Singapore
Inscription
REMEMBER/ FIRST WORLD WAR/ (NAMES)/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ (NAMES)/ OTHER CONFLICTS/ (NAMES)/ DZIEKUJE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, William
Bett, John
Birrell, David
Black, William
Brewster, James
Burgon, William
Burt, Harry
Caira, Daniel
Cation, Andrew
Cation, George
See details for all 77 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 57
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 57
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 17
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 17
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service, decorations
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service
    Order of information: surname
  • Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=9084&mforum=warmemscot
  • Further research has revealed that the identification of David Hall on the new Falkland memorial, as Private David Hall, Black Watch from Dundee is incorrect. The correct identification is: 2562372 Private David Wylie Hall 58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (2nd Central Ontario Regiment) Died of wounds on 28 August 1918 in a Canadian Field Ambulance Aged c34 Only son of William Hall of Falkland Buried in Achicourt Road Cemetery, Achicourt, Pas de Calais, grave reference D26 The correct identification was made following discovery of an entry by his father in the Dundee, Perth, Forfar and Fife People's Journal, issue 21 September 1918. The war memorial plaques in Falkland Kirk and in the War Memorial Institute (now in the Falkland Community Hall) just listed the name David Hall and, in searching for a local connection, Private Hall, BW, from Dundee was (incorrectly) indentified. David Wylie Hall had been working as a butler in New York and travelled to Toronto in July 1917 to enlist in the CEF.

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