The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

anne park · Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:38 pm Post subject: Double Thankful Villages

I watched TV the other night and there was a piece on about Double Thankful Villages ...they made mention about villages with no war memorials as they had no men who died in WWI or WWII does Scotland have some Double Thankful Villages?
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David McNay · Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:04 pm Post subject:

I believe there are no Thankful Villages in Scotland.

anne park · Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:20 pm Post subject: Double Thankful Villages

Thanks for getting back. That's sad for Scotland that it does not qualify for that really special award....
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kinnethmont · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1649 Location: Aberdeenshire

I believe that Thankful Village is a term that really relates to England and Wales.

If you are looking for a Scots parish with no casualties during WW2, Glass is one.
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DelBoy · Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:05 am Post subject: thankful revisited

I think we had a chat about this a few years ago.... ah, it was 4 years ago! see here

There are some parishes/villages with no memorial, but that's not to say people with a strong connection to the area did not perish in the world wars and are perhaps listed elswhere, if at all?

Derek.

anne park · Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:05 am Post subject: Glass is Thankful

Yes I did know that Glass had no names for WWII. I know were here to look for info about War Memorials so thanks for getting back.
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