The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Keptie

The Dunnichen parish church near Letham in Angus is now joint with the Letham Parish church in letham .

Within this Dunnichen Parish church there is a War Memorial communion table made of wood and on top of this table are two War Memorial Plaques . One to the Great War and this one for the Second World War of 1939 -1945

The metal plaque reads " Also in Loving Memory of Those Who Fell in the Second World War 1939 -1945 "

There are EIGHT casualties listed from the Dunnichen Parish Church :

Charles ADAM

George ANGUS

David BUICK

Alex Mc ARTHUR

Gerald RAMSAY

William Hunter ROBERTSON

Jack RODGER

John SHEPHERD

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dhubthaigh · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 2:06 pm Post subject:

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PAT ANDERSON

Keptie · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: dunnichen WW2

This Dunnichen church war memorial plaque is on the Dunnichen Church communion table within the church . During the recent years this church merged with Letham Parish church and there was some talk in the area that the Dunnichen church which is the third on the site would be closed and sold but Ive not heard of any further in this topic and the minister for Letham moved from the Parish so maybe that idea has closed for the time being !

Patrick W Anderson

Keptie

The Church of Scotland has directed that the DUNNICHEN CHURCH be closed during the month of AUGUST 2011 and the Church of Scotland will then put the church up for sale .

Dunnichen , Kirkden and Letham is now one congregation with only Dunnichen and Letham churches in use as Kirkden was closed in the 1950s and its roof removed but the WW 1 war memorial in that Kirkden church left in situ )

patrick w anderson

Keptie · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:50 pm Post subject: Dunnichen Kirk nr letham angus

Today I contacted Angus Councillor and Letham (dunnichen) church elder David Lumgair and asked him about the War Memorial communion table in Dunnichen church and he said that they were deciding on what to do with the items . I told him about the War memorial table with the WW1 WW2 memorial plaques on the top and he was not aware of there being any on the top of the table . He is now to look into the matter now that he is aware of there being war memorial plaques on the top of the Communion table !

pat w anderson

Keptie · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:49 am Post subject: Dunnichen church

I have today managed to get into the Letham Church of Scotland church in the village to see the rededicated church ( and renovated church with no old pews etc) .

This Letham church has in the church the Communion table that was formerly in Dunnichen church when it closed last year after 150 or so years .

The communion table has the names of the Dunnichen Church who laid down their Lives in WW1 and in WW2 .

I am very pleased that the church in Letham have kept this Communion table /War Memorial to the fallen of these two world wars

Patrick W Anderson

DelBoy · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:26 am Post subject: Pte. Charles Adam

CWGC
ADAM, CHARLES
Rank: Private
Service No: 2756173
Date of Death: 21/11/1941
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 8. C. 3.
Cemetery: TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles Lindsay Adam and Jane Anderson Fleming Adam, of Letham, Angus.

SNWM
Surname: ADAM
Firstname: Charles
Service number: 2756173
Date of death: 21/11/1941
Place of birth: Angus
SNWM roll: THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT) and THE TYNESIDE SCOTTISH
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death: Middle East

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