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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013
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Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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 Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:32 pm Post subject: St Abbs UF Church - WWI Plaque & Roll |
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UKNIWM: 54125 & 54126
St Abbs - formerly known as Coldingham Shore - is a small fishing village in Coldingham parish.
Its United Free Church was built by the generosity of Andrew Usher, he of blended whisky fame, in 1892. It is currently closed - but apparently to be refurbished for use by weddings, conferences etc. by a private individual.
Conceivably these could be 'civic' memorials, but I've not come across an instance anywhere else in Berwickshire of a village putting up a memorial seperate from the parish one*. Also they were in the church and include a man on the Ayton civic memorial, so unless better information is obtained I suspect they should go in the church category for the moment.
(*except Eccles/Leitholm but that's a complicated situation)
St Abbs Church closed a few years ago, and these items were transferred to Coldingham Priory Parish Church which has recently undergone a large refurbishment - due to which, the roll has not yet been rehung on the wall.
Roll printed by J Melville & Sons, Edinburgh.
Delightfully, it goes around the village house-by-house.
Coldingham Priory Parish Church
St Abbs Church
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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013
Posts: 339
Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Transcription of Plaque
I've indicated the local civic memorial each individual appears on in red
1914 1919
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF ST ABBS
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
Thomas D Craig - HMS Spectrum - Coldingham*
William T Crow - Machine Gun Corps - Coldingham
William Dickson - The Royal Scots - Coldingham
Charles N Dunn - King's Own Scottish Borderers - Ayton
William Nisbet - The Royal Scots - Coldingham^
John SA Wilson - Royal Naval Division - Coldingham
*died at home in 1919 - listed on Coldingham civic memorial as being from HMS Halcyon
^probably the same man as John Nisbet Royal Scots son of William Nisbet of Eyemouth, given on Coldingham; although not definite |
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