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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2010 3:04 pm    Post subject: Re: CAMERON Reply with quote

john burnett wrote:
Mrs Aase Goldsmith advises that she had a good look round the church, both inside and outside, and there are NO war memorials.
So this can be removed from to do list.


John,

Many thanks for the information. Cameron was included as a parish 'pending enquiries'. 3 to go ?

rgds.,
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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2010 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Revised list - 1st May, 2010;

1. Crossgates - War Memorial Institute (UKNIWM Ref No. 44474)
2. Kingseat - within the church (UKNIWM Ref No. 46445)
3. *Torryburn - within the church ?, or could be the one in Torryburn School UKNIWM Ref No. 583030 (28 names)

*Civil Parish
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Funnily enough I was at Cameron Church by chance yesterday evening. It was closed and unfortunately the windows had blinds and I couldn't see in but from what I could see it looked quite a plain church so I'm happy that Mrs Goldsmith didn't find anything.

I did find a Great War CWGC grave and a name of a Second World War casualty on headstone in the churchyard so it looks like the community did lose at least one man from each war.

Cameron is a scattered community but it is not near any other large communities other than nearby St Andrews and it is a parish in its own right. I think we should not rule Cameron out completely yet. There is a village hall too.

When I get a chance I'll get the names from Cameron here to see if we can place them on another memorial.

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adam Brown wrote:
There is a village hall too. Adam


Whereabouts is the hall ?
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mark

It's beside the A915 south of St Andrews here

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That googlemaps streetview is incredible. Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's very handy! I'd had a quick look before going so I knew that the church was off another road and could look out for the sign on that road.

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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:16 pm    Post subject: Fife Reply with quote

I have photos of the inside of Cameron Parish Church Mrs Aase Goldsmith sent me. I can post them if required. The only memorials are for former Ministers. The only CWGC grave is for Reekie and is already on the Scottish War Graves website.
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John

No, no need for the other memorials in Cameron Church. I don't think there will be another memorial there. I think it may be worth someone checking out the village hall though.

I didn't realise the Reekie grave was posted. There is another grave, not a CWGC one, which commemorates a Second World War death whcih I will upload as soon as I can

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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:02 pm    Post subject: Fife Reply with quote

I received the following information from Mrs Aase Goldsmith who in turn received it via her vast network of contacts!
"The hall wasn’t built till 1926 (when J.P. (the contact) was 3 years old) – and the hall has no war memorial either. He has no idea where any Cameron casualties might be remembered …

And he confirmed that, the little garden outside the cemetry was his father’s garden, when he was church beadle and lived in the house by the church (now used for children’s playgroup).

He also confirmed that, Cameron was a large parish but not many people live there now – and it is still the biggest Community Council area in Fife. And that only two churches in Scotland have farm names on the pews …! "
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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent information John. Perhaps we should rule Cameron out then and accept that some parishes don't have a war memorial.

Thanks to you and to Mrs Goldsmith for taking the time to delve deeper.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:20 pm    Post subject: Fife Reply with quote

The following has a stained glass window war memorial. Thanks to Rev J Hopewell for the information.
St Andrews, Rosyth Naval Dockyard Church.

Googling found this, "On 21 November 1946 a WRNS memorial window was dedicated in St Andrew's Church, Rosyth Dockyard."
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The attached Parish Profile shows the interior of Kingseath Parish Church. The War Memorial can be seen on the wall behind the altar table;

http://www.dunfermlinepresbytery.org.uk/documents/ParishProfile14609.pdf
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Balmerino WM now transcribed

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:35 pm    Post subject: Kingskettle Parish & U.F. Churches Reply with quote

Noticed in an unrelated newspaper article that the Parish and U.F. Churches in Kingskettle, Fife had stained glass windows as Great War Memorials.
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