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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 5071 Location: Blairgowrie, Perthshire
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:42 am Post subject: ST. MADOES PARISH CHURCH |
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Recently found the following article in the local press. I photographed the Parish Great War Memorial outside the church in 2007 but there was no access to church at this time. I later contacted a church member who assured there were no memorials inside the church. This vase may still exist somewhere, perhaps in storage, and further enquiry will have to be made;
PERTHSHIRE ADVERTISER 04.06.1921
GLENCARSE
DEDICATING WAR MEMORIAL VASE
Amongst the many war memorials which have been raised to the memory of the men who gave their lives for their country that to be dedicated in St. Madoes Parish Church on Sunday has its own especial charm. The money for it was collected by an ex-service man from his comrades-in-arms, and the memorial is thus a tribute from the men who served and returned to their fellow soldiers who fell. No memorial can have such a peculiar charm nor would any other tribute have been so much appreciated by those whom we all delight to honour. The memorial takes the form of a vase for the Communion Table and bears the names of five men connected with the congregation during the years of war. The inscription runs:- “Presented in memory of their fallen comrades to St. Madoes Parish Church by the members who served in the Great War, 1914-1919. William M’Cann, Charles M’Cabe, Frank Fairweather, John A. Maxwell, Herbert W. Leitham”. The vase is to be dedicated at the morning service on Sunday by the Rev. F. W. Langlands, B.D., minister of Eastwood, Glasgow.
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Mark
It may well still exist but because it isn't a plaque on the wall the member of the church may not have realised the significance.
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Adam Brown wrote: | Mark
It may well still exist but because it isn't a plaque on the wall the member of the church may not have realised the significance.
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Adam |
Absolutely, and reinforces my own motto of getting in and checking personally.
Mark |
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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Also have an entry relating to St. Madoes Church RoH from Perthshire Advertiser: 12.08.1920. Do not have this copied or photographed but pretty sure there were no names mentioned. Pity, that might have given more of a clue for the mysterious John Binn casualty. |
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Photos courtesy of David Dykes;
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:14 am Post subject: |
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From David's e-mail;
"I contacted the Minister and he very kindly let me see it and take a couple of photos, which are attached. Apparently the vase was found in a cupboard and was really tarnished. One of the parishioners took the time to clean it, and it is now in place on the Communion Table in the church". |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Of the five men named, four are on the Parish War Memorial and have been identified by "Delboy"
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1427&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
I think that this is the one who is not:
McCANN, WILLIAM.
Rank:Private
Service No:6735
Date of Death:17/10/1914
Age:34
Regiment/Service:Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference:IX. G. 8.
Cemetery:STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Edward and Jane McCann, of Balbriggan, Co. Dublin; husband of Jane Band Don (formerly McCann), of Chance Inn, Glencarse, Perthshire. _________________ Ken |
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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Kenneth Morrison wrote: | Of the five men named, four are on the Parish War Memorial and have been identified by "Delboy"
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1427&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
I think that this is the one who is not:
McCANN, WILLIAM.
Rank:Private
Service No:6735
Date of Death:17/10/1914
Age:34
Regiment/Service:Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference:IX. G. 8.
Cemetery:STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Edward and Jane McCann, of Balbriggan, Co. Dublin; husband of Jane Band Don (formerly McCann), of Chance Inn, Glencarse, Perthshire. |
McCann is commemorated on the Errol Parish Memorial.
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL: 14.11.1914
HE DIED NOBLY
GLENCARSE SOLDIER KILLED
Information has been received of the death, in action, of Private W. M'Cann, of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, son-in-law of Mr David Band, Chance Inn, Glencarse...................... |
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