The Scottish War Memorials Project

Keptie · Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 350 Location: Angus

AUCHMITHIE CHURCH near Arbroath was a Church Of Scotland church until the 1980s .

The Eastern Forfarshire Directory and Arbroath Year Book for 1922 shows the Minister of AUCHMITHIE CHURCH as being Robert Ingram, BD and he would have been possibly the minister of the kirk when the Metal ( brass ) plaque War Memorial to the Casualties of the Great War was erected on the church wall.

SIX named casualties listed :

- Who gave their lives for their Country in the Great War . 1914-1919 -

There is an additional Metal (Brass ) plaque regarding the ONE casualty who lost his life in the World War - 1939 -1945 .

During the 1980s the church became "St Peters Scottish Episcopal Church " at Auchmithie .

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Patrick W Anderson

Keptie · Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 350 Location: Angus

Plaques read :

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF

Sgt Alexander MARSHALL ,MM.

Pte James CARGILL

Pte James CADOGAN

Pte William PATON

Pte George REID

Pte Henry SPINK
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there is an additional plaque for 1939-1945 :

ALSO OF :

Able Seaman Joseph Thomson SWANKIE

WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 .

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WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR . 1914- 1919

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The church used to be open to the public during the summer daytime but I had to track down a keyholder as there is now a very large padlock on the main door .

patrick w anderson

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Adam Brown · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:13 pm Post subject:

SWANKIE, JOSEPH THOMSON
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Goodall
Date of Death: 29/04/1945
Service No: C/JX 353265
Additional information: Son of James and Agnes Swankie, of Auchmithie, Angus.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 81, 1.
Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

Note his date of death just days before VE Day. The Captain Class Frigate HMS 'Goodall' was the last Royal Navy warship to be lost in the European theatre of operations during the Second World War when it was torpedoed by U-286 off Murmansk. A.B. Swankie was one of 112 men lost in the sinking. U-286 was then sunk on the same day by three RN ships with the loss of 51 men.

He is also listed on the Arbroath War Memorial

Adam
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john burnett · Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 483 Location: Fife

Thanks to Keptie for the photos.

Keptie · Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 350 Location: Angus

With the kindness of a nearby keyholder I got access to this church to photograph the War Memorials inside the former Church Of Scotland but now in use as a Scottish Episcopal Church known as St Peters , Auchmithie.

Don't know if the church was sold or what but it ceased to be a Church of Scotland church well after these two war memorials were unveiled etc.

Thank you again to John ( Burnett) for his kindness and time in transfering my emailed photos to this section of the War mems website.

Patrick w anderson