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dhubthaigh · Last edited by dhubthaigh on Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:58 pm; edited 1 time in total

Located in St. Margaret's Church, Forfar (Formerly West U.F. Church);

dhubthaigh · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:58 pm Post subject:

Adam Brown · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:08 pm Post subject:

One of the WW2 names caught my eye

WELSH, JOHN
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 13768
Date of Death: 14/12/1942
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, "V" Bty., Singapore Royal Artillery
Grave Reference: 9. K. 1.
Cemetery: CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Margaret J. Welsh, of Forfar, Angus; husband of Ernestina Welsh. Member Pharmaceutical Society.

Keptie · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:37 am Post subject: st margarets forfar

the courier and advertiser (angus edition) for 14th Feb 2018 reported that THE Rev Maggie Hunt in st Margaret's church with plans for the centre .

St Margaret's church in Forfar is to be DEMOLISHED for a new £1million multi purpose community centre.
The plans were given the go ahead at the meeting of the angus council development review committee . It would appear that a previous application had been refused but the church members came back to the council and pointed out that there were new buildings on the same section of road viz the Forfar police office , Forfar Library, Bank of Scotland, AG Barr and Ramsay ladders .
The church dates back to the 1880s

Patrick w Anderson

Keptie · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:56 pm Post subject: forfar

I found the Facebook page of ST MARGARETS CHURCH in FORFAR and asked them what they were to do with the war memorials in the church that were from the church and from merged churches and I was told that the church ITSELF was not to be DEMOLISHED but the existing Victorian SANTUARY area to build a new disabled access multi purpose centre to meet as a CHURCH and CENTRE for the community .

Hoping the EXISTING WAR MEMORIALS would be re-homed in the new building if not work with a appropriated organisations to preserve them .

pat w Anderson

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