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Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Angus
Town
Restenneth, by Forfar
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
85784

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Current location

Angus Archives
Hunter Library
Restenneth Priory
Restenneth
by Forfar
Angus
Tayside
DD8 2SZ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 48221 51589
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • United Free Church
    Dalhousie Street
    Edzell
    Angus
    Tayside
    DD9 7TG
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: NO 59930 69110
    Denomination: United Free Church
  • held privately
    Edzell
    Angus
    Tayside
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
A sheet of black art paper with 30 photographs with hand written captions attached, in a glazed wooden frame. These photographs were found to be deteriorating when the Roll of Honour arrived at Angus Archives in 2017, and have been detached for safe storage. The Roll of Honour was in a glazed wooden frame.
Inscription
[names]
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 30
    Served and returned: 30
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Photograph/s
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood, Glass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=9894&mforum=warmemscot
  • The original images- now stored at Angus Archives- [a pdf document]- archive.angus.gov.uk/historyaa/gallery/WWI/Edzell-WWI.pdf
  • Sgt Alex[ander] Smith, Black Watch RSM P[eter] Kemley Seaforth Highlanders L/Cpl Cha[rle]s Jackson, Black Watch Pte James Reid, Black Watch Spr H[arry] Crighton, MM Royal Engineers L/Cpl J[oseph] Valentine, Black Watch* Cpl Stewart G Cameron, Gordon Highlanders* Dvr Ja[mes]s Jolly RFA Trpr W[ilia]m Smith, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry* Sgt Alexander P Yeats RFA Pte Douglas Ramsay, Cameron Highlanders Engineer [ERA] Ja[me]s Fairweather, RNR And[rew] Eddie, RNR Pte Frank Silver, Gordon Highlanders* Rev T C Sturrock Scottish Churches Huts Captain S[mith] Cameron, Black Watch Sgt R Smith, Black Watch Dvr James Keith, RFA Cpl J Lindsay Duncan, Labour Corps Flt Sgt James Silver, RAF Pte Geo[rge] Silver, Aus Imp Forces Spr Ja[me]s Duncan, Royal Engineers Pte G[eorge] Keir, Black Watch Air Mech George Byars, RAF Trooper Dav[id] Jolly, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Cpl Ja[me]s W Ritchie Fife and Forfar Yeomanry* Pte And[rew] Jolly, Labour Corps Pte Frank Duncan, MM Black Watch Pte Geo[rge] C Ritchie, Canadian Contingent* Pte William Campbell, Royal Scots The asterisks indicate men on the Edzell War Memorial.

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