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Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Kirkcaldy
Town
Methil
County
Fife
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 31 January 1926
    Attended by: Professor Milligan, ex-moderator of the Church of Scotland,
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
85088

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Current location

Wellesley Parish Church (prevously Methil Parish Church)
Wellesley Road
Methil
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY8 3BT
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 36979 99500
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Bronze Tablet on a mottled pink marble backboard, with 6 stained glass windows
Inscription
1914 1918/TO COMMEMORATE THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO FOR THEIR/COUNTRY AND FREEDOM'S SAKE WILLINGLY OFFERED THEMSELVES/[names in 3 columns]/"THEY SHALL BE MINE SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS/IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS"
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 90
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 90
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank,regiment, decorations
    Order of information: Regiment
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stainless Steel
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4221&mforum=warmemscot
  • The Scotsman Monday 1st February 1926. METHIL PARISH CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL Prof. Milligan, ex-moderator of the Church of Scotland, yesterday performed the dedication ceremony of the war memorial in the new Methil Parish Church, gifted by the Baird Trust, and opened Thursday last. The memorial takes place in the form of six stained glass windows, three in each transept, to the design of the Royal College of Art, Edinburgh. The names, 90 in number, are preserved on bronze tablets, framed in marble, in the vestibule. In the evening a thanksgiving service was also conducted by Professor Milligan.

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