Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Angus
- Town
- Brechin
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- D Waterson ARA (Calligrapher)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 25April 1920
Attended by: Revd Chas. Simmers
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 85793
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Current location
6
Brechin Cathedral
Church Street
Brechin
Angus
Tayside
DD9 6EU
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 59625 60091
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- Maison Dieu Church
Witchden Road
Brechin
Angus
Tayside
DD9 7HA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: United Free Church
- Maison Dieu Church
- Description
- Richly illuminated roll of honour in a glazed wooden frame. Note that there are plans, in February 2020, to close the Cathedral on it's 800th anniversary due to the cost of roof repairs, and merge with Gardner Memorial Church. This is currently under discussion.
- Inscription
- MAISON DIEU/THEY WHO/ARE HERE/COMMEMORATED/Members of this Church were numbered among those/who at the call of King and Country left all that was/dear to them endured hardship faced danger and/finally passed from the sight of man by the path of/duty and self-sacrifice giving up their own lives that others/might live in freedom. Their Name Liveth For Ever/[names in 2 columns]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Gellatly, Fred
Graham, Charles
Jaffray, Robert
Jones, George R
Massie, Leonard
Petrie, William
Pyott, James
Robertson, James E
Walker, George
Walker, Joseph
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Roll of honour
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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