Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Glasgow
- Town
- Glasgow
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17 April 1921
Attended by: Sir Charles Cleland performed the unveiling - Dedicated
Date: 17 April 1921
Attended by: Reverend D. Kater performed the dedication - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 87219
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Current location
It was hanging in this Police office in the late 1990s
Maryhill Police Station
1380 Maryhill Road
Wyndford
Glasgow
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G20 9TX
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 57027 68611
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Maryhill Police Station
Court Hall
Gairbraid Avenue
Maryhill Road
Glasgow
Glasgow
Strathclyde
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Maryhill Police Station
- Description
- Ornate bronze plaque, with the City of Glasgow Police crest top-centre, beneath which the lettering of the names and inscription are repousse. The plaque is fixed to an oak nowy-headed backboard.
- Inscription
- (names)/ IN HONOUR OF THOSE MEMBERS/ OF THE MARYHILL DIVISION OF/ THE CITY OF GLASGOW POLICE/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ ON ACTIVE SERVICE 1914-1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, Thomas
Collins, William
Douglas, John
Dutton, Issachar
Mccleod, Kenneth
Mckay, John A
Pigott, John
See details for all 7 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Military rank, forenames, surnames, Regiment, date of death
Order of information: In descending order of rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Police Scotland (Maryhill Police)
- Reference
- Milngavie and Bearsden Herald 22/4/1921 (page 7) reported the unveiling.
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