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Orchardhill Parish Church Giffnock, 12 Church Road, Giffnock, G46 6JR

UKNIWM: Not Listed
OS Grid Ref: NS 563587

Also, there is a Memorial Hall opened 1962.

Situated just outside the Glasgow boundary, in the East Renfrewshire village of Giffnock, and set above Fenwick Road at Church Road, Orchardhill Church was built on a rise above fruit-growing orchards and farmland.... hence the name Orchardhill. www.orchardhill.org.uk

The church has WW1 & WW2 memorial plaques, also a large WW2 Roll of Honour album which lists all the names of the members who served during WW2 plus a photograph of each person.

The WW1 plaque is inscribed as follows:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS CONGRGATION WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 OF WHOM THOSE NAMED BELOW HAVE PASSED FROM THE SIGHT OF OUR EYES BUT WILL NEVER LOSE THE LOVE OF OUR HEARTS.

Robertson T. Anderson
David Willis Binnie
John S. Brown
John C.L. Caird
Robert Gibson
George Grainger
Jack Gray
John Leslie Gray
Douglas W. Haldane
John D. Kennedy
David Leed
William J. Lindsay
James McGregor
Ronald G. Murray
William H. Murray
Wallace C. Paterson
Robert Scott
R. Shirley Scott
Thomas Toshack
David Steel Walker
Thomas White
David Young

NAUGHT BROKEN SAVE THIS BODY LOST BUT BREATH

The WW2 plaque is inscribed as follows:

1939 – 1945
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE FROM THIS CHURCH WHO SACRIFICED
THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Hamish Barrowman
Stanley Bolden MM
William Bissett DFM
William McL. Grant
Maurice J. Hood DSC
Eric R. Knox
John E. Ledingham
W. Stanley Linn
John W. McCulloch
William McI. Dalziel
James Milligan
Charles G. Morrison
Andrew L. Peddie
Wm. Connell Thomson
James F. Wilson
Norman McL. Anderson

“THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD”

“AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”

The list above gives the details of the men who fell in WW2. The list was the one presented to the District Clerk (1st) Renfrewshire, 8/5/54, with a view to adding the names to the Civic War Memorial.

Roll of Honour of all who served in the Second World War

I would like to thank Isabella, Church Officer, for allowing me access to the church.

John Houston

David McNay · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:10 pm Post subject:

That list of men submitted is fantastic, and one of them is on my Union Bank of Scotland list.

Adam Brown · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:40 am Post subject:

See also this thread

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=9809

Thanks

Adam

Mike Morley · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:37 pm Post subject:

Name: LEED, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 209th Sqdn; and 1st/2nd Bn. Hampshire Regiment
Date of Death: 12/8/1918
Age: 20
Additional Information: formerly 10th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders. Son of Robert Leed, of 12, Tremaine Rd., Giffnock, Glasgow.
Memorial: Arras Flying Services Memorial.

Also named on Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour and Giffnock War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:50 pm Post subject:

Name: SCOTT, ROBERT SHIRLEY
Initials: RS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Service Number: S/25884
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders, 4th Bn
Date of Death: 21/3/1918
Age: 19
Additional Information: Son of A. Maclean Scott, of 6, Park Rd., Giffnock, Glasgow.
Panel Reference: Bay 8
Memorial: Arras Memorial.

Also named on Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour and Giffnock War Memorial.

Mike Morley · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 2:24 pm Post subject:

Name: TOSHACK, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch), 8th Coy. "C" Bn.
Secondary Regiment: East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 9th Bn.
Date of Death: 11/04/1917
Age: 27
Additional information: Son of Robert and Alice Toshack, of "Knoweside," 66, Kilmarnock Rd., Giffnock, Renfrewshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 10.
Memorial: Arras Memorial

Also named on Giffnock War Memorial and Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour.

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:24 pm Post subject:

Name: ANDERSON, ROBERTSON TOPPING
Initials: R T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Hdrs.) Bn.
Awards: Military Cross
Date of Death: 24/10/1918
Age: 22
Additional information: Son of A. R. and Margaret Connell Anderson, of 9, Queen's Terrace, Prestwick, Ayrshire. Native of Shawlands, Glasgow.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 1.
Cemetery: Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay.

He is also named on the following memorials: Glasgow High School, Giffnock, Newton Mearns Church and the Donaldson Line Memorial. There is also an individual memorial to him within Newton Mearns Parish Church.