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IanA
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:36 pm Post subject: Ayton United Free Church - Commemorative brass plaque |
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IanA
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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Placed at the rear of the kirk, this plaque says -
Remember the men of this church who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918.
George Allan
John F Bell
Robert Denholm
Charles N Dunn
James Edgar
William OW Edgar
Thomas Fairbairn MM
John Frater
Alexander Harvey
Joseph Harvey
Robert M Hume
James Purvis MM
George Redpath
Peter Swanston
Charles Watt
James Yule
Their name endureth unto all generations. |
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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Given there are 39 casualties on Ayton's Roll of Honour and the memorial communion table (and 42 on the civil memorial), but 16 casualities on this plaque... I would speculate this could well be from the United Free Church ('Summerhill' - later Ayton West Church of Scotland).
That would adhere to the sort of proportions found elsewhere in the county. I'll do some digging and see if I can turn-up anything to clarify this possibility. |
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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:27 am Post subject: |
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Found these articles which confirm it was the UF congregation memorial.
Unveiled by the famous Principal Cairns, a native of Ayton parish.
The Scotsman, 7th August 1923
AYTON - Principal DS Cairns DD, Moderator of the United Free Church, unveiled on Sunday evening a memorial tablet which has been erected in the vestibule of Ayton United Free Church - of which he was formerly minister - to the memory of the 16 men belonging to the congregation who fell in the war. Principal Cairns, in the course of a brief address...
The Scotsman, 8th August 1923
UF CHURCH MODERATOR IN BERWICKSHIRE - ... in the evening, after preaching at the thanksgiving service, he unveiled a beautiful war memorial tablet in the prescence of a large company. He was assisted by his senior colleagues, the venerable Rev William Wilson, now in his 88th year, by the Rev JJ Marshall L Aiken BD, minister of the parish and an old friend, and by the Rev WDO Rose MA, the present minister of the congregation. In the afternoon... |
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:56 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the confirmation of the paque coming from the former UF church. I have now amended the title.
Regards
Adam |
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stuartn
Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 11:36 am Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number |
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WMR 78808 |
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