Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Stirling
Town
Stirling
County
Central
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 01 April 1920
    Attended by: Provost Russell performed the unveiling; attendees included serving officers and relatives of the deceased
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88627

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Current location

Lobby
Stirling Police Office (Randolphfield House)
St Ninian's Road
Stirling
Stirling
Central
FK8 2HD
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 79436 92498
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Falkirk Police Office
    West Bridge Street
    Falkirk
    Falkirk
    Central
    FK1 5AP
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: NS 88516 80065
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Rectangular oak-framed brass plaque, with the Stirlingshire Constabulary crest engraved at top-centre. The inscription below is in engraved black lettering.
Inscription
STIRLINGSHIRE CONSTABULARY/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS/ OF THIS FORCE WHO DIED IN/ DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Buchanan, Benjamin
Campbell, Lachlan
Craig, Alexander
Forbes, Alexander C
Fortune, Daniel
Graham, Archibald J
Hutchison, John
Learmonth, John M
Mccartney, William
Nairn, David J
See details for all 12 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 12
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 12
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, initial, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Condition
History
Stirlingshire Constabulary's WW1 and WW2 war memorials were erected in their Victorian-age HQ at West Street, Falkirk. (In 1938 Stirling Burgh Police was absorbed into the Constabulary. In 1949 Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Constabularies merged to become Stirling and Clackmannan Constabulary; in 1975 that Constabulary was renamed Central Scotland Police, whose HQ was established at Randolphfield House). Before the former Police Station in West Street, Falkirk was demolished in 2003, the war memorials from that building were moved to Randolphfield House . (In 2013 Central Scotland Police became part of Police Scotland, and Randolphfield House became Stirling Police Office). Following the refurbishment of the foyer at Randolphfield House, the war memorials of Central Scotland Police's heritage forces, including Stirlingshire Constabulary, were brought together into one place, and the current display created.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Police Scotland
Reference
  • The Scotsman 2/4/1920 (page 4) reported that the plaque had been unveiled at Falkirk Police Office. The report mentioned that "... of 41 members of the force in the Falkirk area who had enlisted 12 had laid down their lives in the cause of King and country".
  • An image of the memorial (mentioning its current location in Stirling Police Station), along with biographical data re the casualties it commemorates, are on the website heartofscotlandancestry.co.uk/call-two-duties-stirlingshire-constabulary-great-war/

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