Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Aberdeen
- Town
- Bucksburn
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Bro. W. A. Steele (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 9 November 1921
Attended by: Colonel Farquharson, Provincial Grand Master of West Aberdeenshire - Dedicated
Date: 9 November 1921
Attended by: Rev, J, Ure, Chaplain - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83995
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Current location
12
Lodge St. John No. 795
St John's Road
Bucksburn
City Of Aberdeen
Grampian
AB21 9AL
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 89642 09837
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Wall mounted oak board with an arched frame with columns at each side.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY / OF / THE BRETHREN OF THIS LODGE / ST. JOHN BUCKSBURN NO. 795 / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR (names)/1914 / (masonic symbol) / 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Crichton, A. S.
Dunbar, Robert M.
Gerrard, John
Mackie, George
Mackie, William T.
Malcolm, James
Paterson, James L.
Robb, George
Swapp, John
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 11 November 1921 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19211111/011/0003 MASONIC MEMORIAL. BUCKSBURN LODGE TABLET UNVEILED. In memory of the brethren of Lodge St John (No. 795), BucKsburn, who fell in the war, a tablet was on Wednesday night unveiled at the lodge by Colonel Farquharson, Provincial Grand Master of West Aberdeenshire. Prior to the unveiling a dedication prayer was offered and an address given by the Rev. J. Ure, chaplain. The tablet is the work of Bro. W. A- Steele, and is beautifully executed in oak The following are the names inscribed upon it: — (names)
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