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A SILENT YET SPEAKING WITNESS

War Memorials in churches, schools,

works and other public buildings

In 2014 and for the following five years we will be commemorating the events associated with the

First World War. The ramifications of the war were immense and are still reflected in modern

society. There are still tangible physical markers to the devastation reaped on the population of the

Falkirk district – memorials that were designed to remind us of the cost in human lives and suffering.

War memorials were erected in every town and village in prominent, often tranquil, locations. These

form the focus of communal remembrance.

The men and women who served during the war were often members of smaller close-knit groups,

such as churches, clubs or works. These too were concerned to preserve the memory of the

contribution made to the great fight for liberty and freedom. The memorials tend to be smaller in

scale, and offer a greater diversity in form. They range from bronze or stone plaques, to iron gates,

stained glass windows, beds in hospitals, paper scrolls, books and furniture such as tables. They are

generally less accessible than the village memorials and so we hope that by bringing them together in

this inventory we can highlight their role in the community’s expiation of the horrors of war. Second

World War memorials have been included as part of the same project.

The work of collecting and collating the information is being undertaken by Geoff Bailey, Keeper of

Archaeology & Local History, based in Callendar House. At this stage it is a “work in progress” and

we would welcome help from the public. If you are able to contribute to the material we would be

pleased to hear from you – contact geoff.bailey@falkirkcommunitytrust.org

We have also been in touch with groups, such as Falkirk Old and St Modan’s Church, and Larbert

Church, who are compiling information about the people on these memorials. This is a lengthy

process and may take several years. The individuals listed on the memorials were not just names and

so we hope to be able to incorporate this additional information into the records over the coming

years.

The website will be updated at regular intervals to keep everyone informed of the progress of the

work.

The inventory has been laid out more or less according to the old parishes, that is:

Bo’ness – Carriden Parish Church, St Andrew’s Church, Bo’ness Old Church, Craigmailen Church

Bothkennar – Bothkennar Parish Church,

Denny – St Alexander’s Church, Dunipace Parish Church, Dunipace UF Church, Bonnybridge Parish

Church, Carrongrove Paper mill.

Falkirk – Falkirk Old & St Modan’s, Christ Church, EU Church, Grahams Rd Church, Falkirk West

Church, Erskine Church, St James Church, Irving Church (& St John’s Camelon), Falkirk Masonic

Temple, Falkirk Infirmary, Falkirk High School, Falkirk Iron Works, Laurieston School, St Andrew’s

Church, Carmuirs merchant Navy, etc

Grangemouth – Kerse Church, Grangemouth West Church, Charing cross Church, Muirhead’s

Woodyard, Grangemouth Rachabite Hall

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Larbert – Larbert parish Church, Stenhouse Parish Church, Carron Church, Tryst Golf Club

Muiravonside –

Polmont – Polmont Old Church, Wallacestone Methodist Church, Redding Church

Slamannan – Heroes’ Park

Red lettering reflects work still to be done or checked.

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The "Ode of Remembrance" is taken from Laurence Binyon’s poem, "For the Fallen", which was

first published in The Times in September 1914. The poem honoured the British war dead of that

time, and in particular the British Expeditionary Force, which by then already had high casualty rates

on the developing Western Front. The poem was published when the Battle of the Marne was

foremost in people's minds. Over time, the third and fourth stanzas of the poem (although often just

the fourth) were claimed as a tribute to all casualties of war, regardless of state.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;

They sit no more at familiar tables of home;

They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;

They sleep beyond England’s foam

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BO’NESS.

Carriden Parish Church (SMR287)

A white marble plaque with raised centre and brass

ovolo frame. It rests on an oak shelf on the wall of the

north aisle. There is a wooden panel between it and the

shelf bearing a stanza from Binyon’s Ode of

Remembrance: “THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS

WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD:/ AGE SHALL

NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS

CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN

AND IN THE MORNING,/ WE WILL REMEMBER

THEM.” The upper section of the marble plaque has a

colourful central panel depicting St George slaying the

dragon. To the left of this is a small bronze plaque with

“IHS” and to the right “AΩ”. Below these in gold

lettering is “+ TO THE GLORY OF GOD + IN/

MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES

IN THE GREAT/ WAR + MCMXIV – MCMXVIII.”

Finally there is a large bronze panel bearing the names of

the soldiers.

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There are two stained glass memorial

windows from the Second World War.

Beside these a small brass-plated plaque

reads “THESE MEMORIAL WINDOWS

ARE ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF

GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE

WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE

WORLD WAR MCMXXXIX –

MCMXLVI.”

[three columns of names].

(1) The baby Jesus is shown in a manger in

the stable with Mary kneeling in prayer to the

right and Joseph standing carrying a staff.

Three shepherds descend the hill in the

background with two winged angels above

and a star at the top with the word “Alpha”.

At the bottom of the widow it reads “To the

Glory/ of God”. This window was erected by

Rev. William Dundas for his wife Harriet and

infant daughter May.

(2) Red-robed Jesus ascending with a winged angel behind. Three disciples look up from the

foreground with an open book on the bottom right. Above all is the word “Omega”.

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St Andrew’s Church (SMR296)

The war memorial at St Andrew’s takes the form of a stained glass window set in the north gable.

This is a large 5-light window over the gallery. The central light is the widest and shares the same

scene as those immediately to either side depicting a seated Christ on a small grassy knoll with

children at his feet and people around the sides. He is dressed in a red robe with his left armed raised.

This represents the Sermon on the Mount and amongst the listeners is a Roman soldier. The left-hand

light has a pointed arch and shows a man in blue robes beside a diagonal wooden cross, he has a book

in his left hand and his head is haloed. His name is written below “S. Andrew” together with his

symbol of the red lion. The right-hand light contains a saint in plate armour and a yellow skirt, a

sword in his right hand, identified as “Michael” with weighing scales. The small tracery openings at

the top of the window have, from left to right – alpha; a thistle; the red lion rampant of Scotland on

the yellow background; a unicorn facing right; a crown over a helm over the Scottish shield; a unicorn

facing left; the Scottish saltire flag; a thistle; omega.

Towards the bottom is a panel with “Greater love hath no man than this ROBERT N BROWN. JAMES M RHYNAS. JOHN E.K. M MACKAY. DAVID GRANT.

ROBERT W DOTT. ALEXANDER VALENTINE. THOMAS MCLAREN. RICHARD W. HAMILTON.

ALEXANDER GRANT .ANDREW WRIGHT. MALCOLM PAUL. THOMAS LEISHMAN.

JOHN HASTINGS. JOHN BUCHANAN. THOMAS SIMPSON. JAMES A.MCKAY.

ROBERT LEISHMAN. ALEXANDER GRANT. WILLIAM WALLACE. HUGH ORR.

SAMUEL C MCGREGOR. WILLIAM C GRANT. JOSIAH B. WEST. JOHN ROBERTSON.

MATTHEW PAUL. ALEXANDER M.B. HARLEY. JAMES CLARK. JOHN STANLEY.

In memory of members and adherents of this congregation who gave their lives in the great war.”

The Falkirk Herald report of 2 August 1919 suggests that this window was made by Oscar Paterson &

Co, 216 Bath Street, Glasgow, at a cost of £299. It was unveiled on 16 October 1920 with ministers

Barnett, Falconer and Alexander officiating.

After the Second World War a loudspeaker/amplifier system was installed to replace the church bell

as a memorial to those members of the congregation who had died in that conflict. In addition a

bronze plaque with the names of those killed in both wars was commissioned – 28 in the Great War

and 8 in the Second. This is now on one of the columns of the chancel arch. It is a modern upright

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rectangular oak panel with cut corners and arched top containing the bronze plaque. The arch is

decorated with thistles and a saltire. Carved on the wooden frame is “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN

GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEMBERS AND ADHERENTS/ OF THIS CONGREGATION/

WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN TWO WARS”. The names then appear on the brass

panel. The first section is headed “1914-1918/ NORTH

WINDOW” and repeats the names given above. The second

section is “1939-1945/ CHIMING INSTALLATION/

ANDREW LAPSLEY/ WM. HASTINGS/ T.G. LEISHMAN/

R. NELSON/ ANDREW R. GRAY/ JOHN GRANT/

WILLIAM E. FOOT”

There are also two rolls

of honour for the men

and women of the

congregation who

served in the wars.

Both hang on the east

wall. That for the First

World War is in a plain

wooden frame and the

word “killed” has been

added in red ink next to

those who died. That

for the Second World War includes a panel for those killed.

This is a colourful piece of paper set in a simple wooden

frame, the top of which is fretted with a saltire set in a shield.

It was the work of David Clark, the session clerk.

Bo’ness Old Parish Church (SMR284)

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The war memorial in this church takes the form of stained glass windows. Those for the First World

War are in the east aisle:

(1) A knight (St George) in plate armour with chain mail detailing holds an upright lance in his right

hand and an elongated triangular shield bearing the cross of St George in his left. He has a blue cloak

and yellow locks of hair protrude from under his helm. The lance rests on brown earth studded with

plants. A purple-winged angle looks down from above with a ribbon bearing the words “PUT ON

THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD”. The scroll at the foot reads “TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND

IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH/ WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE

WAR 1914-1919”.

(2) The knight of (3) is seen getting up off his back with his left hand pushing against the earth and

his right raised for assistance. He is bathed in a bright light that has given a pale blue hue to the

armour and greyed his hair. This light emanates from a pink-winged angel, who stand above him with

a laurel wreath in its left hand and its right hand stretched towards that of the knight. Above the

angel is a ribbon “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND/ I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN

OF LIFE”. Below the knight his sword lies on the earth and a scroll reads “THESE WINDOWS

ARE PLACE HERE/ BY THE CONGREGATION AND FRIENDS”

Those for the Second World War are in the west aisle:

(3) An airman dressed in thick boots, gloves, helmet, goggles, etc, stands in front of his aeroplane

with a piece of paper in his left hand. Searchlight beams intersect the blue sky behind and stars dot

the upper area. Above and surrounding his head is the winged logo of the RAF with a roundel

bearing the Latin motto “PER AR DUA AD ATRA”. At his feet are the words (carried over from (4)

“THEY/ WERE/ STRONGER/ THAN/ LIONS/ OF THE ROYAL/ AIR FORCE AND THE/

AIRMEN OF THIS/ PARISH & CONGREGATION/”.

(4) St George stands with a pink-bladed sword in his right hand and an upright spear in his left. He is

wearing plate armour and a white robe sporting Christian crosses. At his feet is an abject green

dragon and to either side of his shoulders a white eagle, with prominent yellow beaks, swoops down.

Above him is a heraldic lion. His feet rest on a roundel containing a flying plane caught in the beams

of searchlights. An interlaced ribbon reads “THEY WERE/ SWIFTER THAN/ EAGLES” and

continues “TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND/ A TRIBUTE TO/ THE VALOUR”.

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An oak cupboard/altar with sliding front doors stands against the east wall. The central door contains

two rectangular brass plaques. Carved in the wood is “IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ MEMBERS AND

ADHERENTS/ OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO GACE THEIR LIVES/ 1939/ 1945/ AD

MAJORUM DEI GLORIUM”. The plaques have the names: GEORGE ALLAN THOMAS LAPSLEY

HENRY MCE ANDERSON GAVIN MARSHALL

GEORGE BALLANTYNE WILLIAM M’BETH

JAMES BELL JOHN MCGILLIVRAY

HUGH BERNARD THOMAS M’NEILL

JAMES M BRECHIN ARCHIBALD MEIKLE

DAVID BURNETT JAMES G MURRAY

JAMES DENHOLM WALTER NEWTON

JAMES FERGUSON DANIEL NIMMO

ROBERT FORBES PETER MCL PARK

JAMES GRANT PETER POW

JOHN GRANT JOHN ROBERTSON

GEORGE GRAY WILLIAM M SCULLION

WILLIAM HANNAH JAMES SIMPSON

ROBERT HEGGIE MATTHEW STEWART

JAMES HENDERSON WILLIAM G STEWART

PETER JAMES INNES WILLIAM WALLACE

ALEXANDER KENNEDY DAVID WARDROPE

BARBARA KIRKWOOD JOHN WHITE

JOHN LAPSLEY

Craigmailen Church (SMR294)

A rectangular brass plaque attached to the east wall: “1939 1945/

SURGEON LIEUT. ROBERT TROUP RNVR/ CAPTAIN

WILLIAM BELL INDIAN ARMY/ L/CPL. ALEX. DEAS

ROYAL ENGINEERS/ PTE. DAVID BOWIE BELL ROYAL

SCOTS/ PTE. NEIL LIVINGSTONE CAMERONIANS/ F/O.

JAMES ALAN ROBERTSON RAF/ IN REMEMBRANCE”

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BOTHKENNAR

Bothkennar Parish Church (SMR253)

The memorial is placed in the wall to the west of the pulpit and takes the form of a large rectangular

brass plate let into a broad corniced oak frame. The lettering and decoration on the brass is inlaid in

black. The border is a simple geometric Celtic interlace. At the top is an angelic figure holding a

laurel wreath, and below “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE

MEN/ OF THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/”.

Beneath the names are the words in red – “DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.”

The names number forty, and are as follows:- JAMES ADAMSON R.F.A. WILLIAM MURDOCH R.E.

ROBERT BAILLIE R.F.A. ALEXANDER McCULLOCH A. & S.H.

ALEXANDER BAIRD K.O.S.B. ROBERT McCULLOCH A. & S.H.

ALEXANDER BUIST A. & S.H. ROBERT McCULLOCH A. & S.H.

ROBERT CARMICHAEL R.E. WILLIAM McGREGOR A. & S.H.

THOMAS COWAN R.S. ANDREW McKENDRICK BLACK WATCH

PETER DAVIE BLACK WATCH DAVID McLUCKIE K.O.S.B.

EDWARD EASTON A. & S.H. JOHN McLUCKIE K.O.S.B.

WILLIAM FORSYTH CANADIANS JAMES PENMAN A. & S.H.

DAVID HUSKIE R.F.A. PETER PENMAN A. & S.H.

JAMES HUSKIE A. & S.H. JAMES PROVAN K.O.S.B.

THOMAS JARDINE R.S. ALEXANDER RAE CAMERONS

ALEXANDER KEMP A. & S.H. PETER RAE M.G.C.

DANIEL KEMP R.N.D. JOHN SIM A. & S.H.

DAVID LAING GORDONS WILLIAM STIRLING A. & S.H.

THOMAS LAING SEAFORTHS JAMES STODDART A. & S.H.

ADAM LAIRD A. & S.H. GEORGE WALLACE R.N.D.

JOHN LAIRD R.S.F. JOHN WATSON R.N.D.

MALCOLM LAIRD A. & S.H. WILLIAM WAUGH K.O.S.B.

HENRY MILLAR SEAFORTHS DAVID WILSON R.N.D.

The memorial was unveiled by Rev. Mr Farish

in October 1920, the congregation rising to its

feet and remaining standing for the space of

one minute, ex-Servicemen standing to

attention. It was viewed after the service by

the relatives of the fallen.

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DENNY

St Alexander’s Church (SMR1467)

The memorials in St Alexander’s Church take the form of an altar and three stained glass windows.

The altar was designed by Mr J. Menart, Glasgow, using Belgian, Serbian, and Italian marble. From

the base to the highest point it measures 17 feet, while the maximum breadth is 10 feet. The marble

was brought in sections from Belgium and fitting into position under Charles Stirling, assisted by

several willing helpers from the congregation. At the altar rails, on the gospel side, is a marble slab

containing the names, thirty-five in all of the young men of the congregation who were killed or died

on service in the war. The names are as follows:-

Arthur Grant, Patrick NcNeil, Lawrence Hannan, Patrick Murphy, Frank Mitchell, John Coyle, Joseph

Coyle, Charles A. Hamill, Joseph McNeil, Thomas Conroy, Edward O'Hanlon, John McCulloch, John

McGeachie, Patrick Sweeney, John McCann, Patrick Collins, Owen Boyle, James Boyle, Michael

Murray, Dennis Curran, Wm. Brophy, John Mullen, Henry Madden, Michael McVicar, Jas. Kelly,

Patrick McGrorty, James Coyle, James Dunnigan, John Higgins, Felix MClaughlan, Edward Sinclair,

John McGlade, Patrick McAteer, Christopher Scally, William Cannon.

At the top and foot of the slab are suitable inscriptions, the whole being cut out in gold lettering. At

the opposite side of the altar rails is another marble slab, similar in design, on which is given the

deceased pastors of the congregation of the parish, as follows:-

Rev. John McDonald, died 29th January 1866, age 52; Right Rev. Mgr. Robert Clapperton, died 26th

September, 1906, age 75; Rev. Peter Ward; Very Rev. Wm. Canon O'Neill. died 8th September 1908,

age 57; Very Rev. Jos. Canon Hannan, died 27th May 1903, aged 52; Very Rev. Ptk. Canon Shivers,

died 12th October 1916, age 59.

The three new stained glass windows are a tribute from the children of the congregation. Two of

these windows are Gothic, one on each side of the altar, showing St Alexander and St Patrick

respectively. The third is circular, depicting the crucifixion, and it has been artistically worked into

the design of the altar. It is understood that the total cost of the memorials exceeds £1000.

The altar was unveiled in August 1921 and dedicated by Father Giles. The choir gave a rendering of

the Mass of St Cecilia.

Denny Parish Church

(SMR424)

A white marble plaque set in a

relatively plain and pure veined

frame with slight pediment and

chamfered sides. This is fixed to the

wall in the entrance lobby opposite to

the main doors.

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND

IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF

THE MEN OF THIS/

CONGREGATION WHO FELL IN

THE GREAT WAR, 1914-19./

LIEUT. A.M. NEISH M.C., A.&S.H. SGT. R. HILLHOUSE, MAC. GUN CORPS.

PTE. J. BLAIKIE “ PTE. W. BAIL “

SIGR. C. BENNIE “ STAFF SGT, R.A. LOCHHEAD, R.F.A.

PTE. J. CLEMENT “ CPL. J. F. KAY, R.F.A.

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“ P. CLEMENT “ “ G.CUMMING, ROYAL HLDS.

“ A. LORIMER “ PTE. A. LORIMER “

“ J. Mc. L. NELSON “ L.CPL. J. NEILSON, R.MUN.FUS.

“ A. NEILSON “ H.M. L.I. BRYSON, ROYAL NAVY

PTE. J. FORFAR, CAM. HLDS H.M. G.D. LOCHHEAD “

“ H. WALKER - - A.B. A. MACKENZIE “

“ D. HALKETT, COLD. GDS PTE. C. HERMISTON, ROYAL SCOTS

“ J. SCOTT, EAST. LANCS. “ R. SMITH “

“ J. DONALDSON, GORD. HLDS. CPL. A. WATTERS “

“ A. DUGUILD “ PTE. T. SCOTT, R. WEST KENTS

“ W. GILLESPIE “ “ J. DYER, SEA. HLDS.

“ D. DONALDSON “ “ A. MOCHRIE “

“ J. STEWART “ “ T. SMITH “

“ D. ANDERSON, GREN. GDS. “ A. MARSHALL, SCOTS GDS.

“IN THE SIGHT OF THE UNWISE THEY SEEMED TO DIE BUT/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR

EVERMORE.”

Dunipace Parish Church (Denovan) (SMR1751)

In commemoration of the fifty-five men of the parish of

Dunipace who fell in the war, the Celtic Cross erected near

the main gateway to Dunipace Parish Church was unveiled

and dedicated in July 1921. When the congregation first

considered the erection of a memorial, it was intended only

for members of the church who made the supreme sacrifice,

but later it was decided to include the men of the parish

irrespective of creed or denomination.

Designed by Mr. P. McGregor Chalmers, LL.D., Glasgow,

and executed by Messrs Wm. Roberts and Son, sculptors,

Falkirk, the cross is of Creetown stone, and the cairn is of

whinstone from Northfield Quarry. Set in the cairn is a

bronze plaque, the work of the Carron Company, containing

the names of the men and their regiments, arranged

alphabetically. Sitting amidst the sylvan surroundings of the

ancient church, the whole formed an impressive tribute to

the glorious dead. It was moved to Dunipace UF Church

c1990.

The service in the church was conducted by Rev. John

Fairley, assisted by Rev. C.I. Jeans, at the conclusion of which the unveiling ceremony was performed

by the Duke of Montrose by lifting the Bible which held in position the large Union Jack that covered

the names. The silence that followed the falling of the flag was broken by the playing of the

"Lament" by Pipe Major Esplin, and the sounding of the "Last Post" by MR. W. Mcalls. The

inscription on the bronze plate of the memorial is as follows: "To the glory of God and in loving

memory of the men who gave their lives in the Great War" and below are the words: "Their name

liveth for evermore". The following are the names and regiments of the men whose names appear on

the memorial:-

A. and S.H. - Johnathon Baird, William Baird, George Brock, David Crawford, John Cunningham,

James Easton, William Gillespie, William Keddie, James McArthur, Alexander McEwan, John

McGlade, Archibald McKenzie, John Park, Leonard Planner, James Sharp, Daniel Smith, James

Thomson, John Tunstall, Henry Turnbull.

Cameron Highlanders - William Dewar, James Forfar, Robert Thursby.

Dorsets - Alexander Smith, Daniel Tennant.

Gordon Highlanders - James Cunningham, William Gillespie, David Paterson.

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Highland Light Infantry - James Blair, Harry Harris, William Reid, Thomas Tough.

Irish Guards - Patrick McGrorty.

Northumberland Fusiliers - Duncan Busby, James Comrie.

Royal Engineers - Robert Gillespie.

Royal Garrison Artillery - William Ashwwod.

Royal Highlanders - Thomas Allan, James Fergus, Peter Hannay, Maxwell Reid.

Royal Irish Rifles - Patrick McAteer.

Royal Navy - William Quinn.

Royal Naval Division - Arthur Reid.

Royal Scots - Thomas Hogg, David Johnston, Henry Madden, Richard McKay, Robert Penman.

Royal Scots Fusiliers - Samuel Kerr.

Royal W. Kents - James Kelly, Peter McDonald, Michael McVicar.

Seaforth Highlanders - Charles Burns, John Johnstone, William Martin."

Dunipace UF Church (SMR1605)

The war memorial erected to perpetuate the memory of those men of the congregation who fell in the

Great War was unveiled and dedicated by the Rev. Dr. Ewing, M.C., Edinburgh, in September 1921.

The names of the men were read: Thomas R. Allan, George Anderson, David Anderson, William

Ashwood, Thomas F. Bedford, Robert Cameron, Albert Scott, Alex. Smith, David Crawford, William

M. Dewar, William Durham, William H, Gillespie, Walker Herd, Samuel Kerr, Richard R. McKay,

Arch. W. McKenzie, William Martin, John Park, Robert Penman, James Thomson, and Henry

Turnbull.” The congregation stood when the names were being read and remained standing during

the unveiling ceremony.

The memorial, erected in the vestibule immediately facing the main door, takes the form of a mural

tablet in bronze, designed and executed by Messrs Tonks and Co., of Birmingham. At the top of the

tablet are the years 1914 and 1918, whilst between the years is a laurel wreath. At the foot are the

words “Greater love hath no man than this.” The centre of the tablet contains the list of the fallen.

Denny West Church (SMR1124)

A brass plaque with

plain line borders

and protruding

squares at the

corners containing

rosettes. It is set

onto a veined white

marble mount. The

central panel has a

rusticated

background and two

sprigs of laurel at the

top with “1914” and

“1919” to either

side. Below this are

the words “TO THE

GLORY OF GOD/

AND IN

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GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS CHURCH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT

WAR/ JAMES BRODIE DONALD LIDDELL ROBERT M

CPHAIL

ABRAHAM BROWN JOHN LOCKHART ALEXANDER REID

PETER C. DURWARD M.M. WILLIAM MARSHALL JOHN SCOBIE

ALLAN C. KERR WILLIAM MITCHELL WILLIAM WRIGHT

ALEXANDER MCCANN”

Below this is a small rectangular plaque with leaf terminals and ribbons containing the dates “1939”

and “1945”. There are two names in the panel: “THOMAS PAUL

JOHN WEAVER”

Broompark Church (SMR)

The monument from Broompark Church is now in Westpark between two window lights on the wall

separating the nave and the vestibule. For this installation the backing plaque had to be reduced

slightly in size. It is of white marble with black lettering, and has a square central panel with an

upright rectangular panel to either side.

The central one reads: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN/ UNFADING MEMORY OF THE

MEN OF THIS/ CONGREGATION WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-

1919./ A.C.CHALMERS./ JAMES FERGUS/ THOMAS HOGG./ ANDREW KERR./ GEORGE KERR./

THOMAS KERR./ CHARLES C. LAMBERT./ JAMES MITCHELL./ JOHN S. NISBET./ JAMES

THOMSON./ ROBERT WHYTE./ JOHN WILLIAMSON./ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN

THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.”

The left hand panel: “IN HONOUR, ALSO OF/ THOSE WHO SERVED/ DAVID ADAM./ JOHN

ADAM./ CHARLES ALEXANDER./ WM

. ANDERSON./ JAMES BAILLIE./ WM

. BAILLIE./ R.J. BAILLIE./

HUGH BAXTER./ JAMES BAXTER./ JOHN BAXTER./ W.E.C. BROWN./ JOHN COUSLAND./ HUGH

CRAIG./ ALEX. CRAMB./ JAMES DELANEY./ GEORGE DRUMMOND./ JAMES EARL./ JAMES

FERGUSON./ WM. FERGUSON.” The right panel: “IN HONOUR, ALSO OF/ THOSE WHO SERVED/ PETER FERGUSON./ W

M.

GIBSON./ JOHN GRAY./ JAMES HAUGH./ JAMES HEPBURN./ WM

. HOWIE./ PETER KEMP./ ALEX.

KERR./ CHARLES LAIRD./ WM

. LAIRD./ JAMES NISBET./ GEORGE SMITH./ J. GRAHAM STARK./

PETER WESTWATER./ ROBERT WESTWATER./ FRANCIS WHYTE./ ALEX. WILLIAMSON.”

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A second monument was erected

after the Second World War and is

now re-erected at the south-west end

of the nave in Westpark Church. It

takes the form of a large wooden

tablet with panelled Ionic pilasters

below a deep cornice. The panel in

the centre is topped by a carved

wooden wreath and has the words:

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND

IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF

THE MEN/ OF THIS

CONGREGATION/ JAMES

HAUGH/ ANDREW R HEPBURN/

JAMES LAMBERT/ JAMES

MILLAR/ WHO GAVE THEIR

LIVES INTHE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945”. Along the bottom is the additional line “AT THE

GOING DOWN OF THE SUN WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM”.

Bonnybridge Parish Church (SMR778)

Bonnybridge Parish Church currently has two sets of plaques for the First and Second World Wars in

its vestibule. Those on the right (east) are from St Helen’s Church in High Bonnybridge where the

First World War plaque was erected in 1935 The equivalent plaque for the parish church was

unveiled in 1920, with the Second World War memorial added in 1960..

ST HELEN’S

A rectangular phosphor-bronze plaque: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY

OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US/ DURING THE SECOND WORLD

WAR 1939-1945/ DAVID BRYSON ROBERT IRVINE

JAMES CAMPBELL WALTER MANN

JOHN FERGUSON ALAN MCGIBBON

JAMES FRASER WILLIAM MCGIBBON

ALAN GODDARD JOHN MACNAB

JAMES GRINDLAY DAVID STEWART

GEORGE IRVINE HANSON ROBERT THOMSON

COLIN MCNAB WEIR

Their name Liveth Evermore

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Another larger rectangular phosphor-bronze plaque with art nouvou borders.

“ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS

AB J FERGUSON 1914 1918 PTE J MACKAY

AB J GRAY

ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS ROYAL ENGINEERS

PTE J HUXTABLE PTE W KIRK SAPPER O EVANS

PTE A MACKAY

ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PTE J PORTEOUS ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

L/CPL A CRUSE PTE P SINCALIR DRIVER D HOLMES

PTE A LOW

PTE J LOW GORDON HIGHLANDERS WEST YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY

PTE J MCAINSH PTE J BRODIE PE J FAWCETT

PTE M MACKAY PTE S MCPHERSON

CSM C MONRO PTE WT SMITH NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT

PTE A RUTHERORD PTE J KIRKLAND

PTE J SEATON KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS

CPL J YOUNG PTE A MCGILLIVRAY CANADIAN CONTINGENT

PTE T YOUNG L/CPL J MINFORD PNR J MCKIM

DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI”

BONNYBRIDGE PARISH

A rectangular plaque of polished brass mounted on marble. In the two top corners are laurel wreaths,

and there are Maltese crosses in the lower ones. A roundel at the top centre shows a burning bush. It

is attached to a rectangular white marble plaque veined with pink.

“1914 1919/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN

AND LADS OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR FREEDOM AND HUMANITY

IN THE GREAT WAR/ WILLIAM AITKEN JAMES GILLIES

PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

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JAMES BUCHANAN ROBERT GRAHAM

PTE ROYAL WEST KENTS SAPPER ROYAL ENGINEERS

THOMAS DUNCAN JAMES HENDERSON

PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

CAMPBELL FERGUSON WILLIAM HENDERSON

PTE ROYAL SCOTS PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

DAVID FERNIE DANIEL HOLMES

SGT ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SGT ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

THOMAS GOODWIN JAMES JOSS MM

L/CPL GORDON HIGHLANDERS PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

JOHN G GILLESPIE J LAURANCE

PTE 9TH

HLI PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

JAMES MITCHELL CLARKE PORTEOUS

PTE 11TH

HERTFORDHIRE REGT SGT 12TH

HLI

JAMES SCOTT NATHANAEL F REID

PTE ROYAL SCOTTS PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

PETER MCAUSLIN PETER SINCLAIR

PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS PTE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS

HENRY MCALPINE DAVID STALKER

SEAMAN HMS POWERFUL PTE ROYAL WEST KENTS

JOHN MCCALLUM MM DUNCAN STALKER

CPL ROYAL WEST KENTS PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

JAMES MCCLAY ALEXANDER STEWART

PTE SCOTS GUARDS PTE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS

FRANCIS MCWATT ROBERT STEWART

PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS PTE 18TH

HLI

WILLIAM WATSON MM

CPL ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

RICHARD WALKER

L/CPL ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

BERTIE YOUNG

L/CPL ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”

The memorial tablet was unveiled by Rev James Steel, the retired minister of the parish, and

dedicated by Rev Duncan McCorkindale in April 1921. Following the address there was a silence,

while Piper A. McNeilage played the lament, “Lochaber no More.” and Bugler E. Wardrop sounded

the “Last Post”. The service was brought to a close with the singing of hymn 339 – “For all the

Saints” – the National Anthem, and the Benediction.

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Below this is a second brass plaque with laurel leaves at either end with the dates 1939 and 1945.

“ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD-WAR WALTER JOHNSTON DAVID MILLER JOHN M

CI ANDERSON

L/C RAOC PTE RAOC FLIGHT ENGINEER RAF

HUGH WREN ALASTAIR RS RITCHIE JAMES FRASER

SERGT RAF VR O/CD ROYAL NAVY LES 25B ROYAL NAVY

Carrongrove Papermill (SMR1189)

The brass plaque used to stand on the east wall in the entrance

porch to Carronglen House, which was the main administration

block for the paper mill. There is a wreath at the top and the

busts of the king and queen occur at the base. A crown, swags

and leaf fronds are used as decoration.

“PRO/ PATRIA/ 1914 [monogram for CGP Co Ltd] 1918/ TO

THE ETERNAL MEMORY/ AND PERPETUAL GLORY/ OF

THE MEN FROM/ CARRONGROVE PAPER Co Ltd/ WHO

FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/

SG CPL THOMAS ALLAN PTE JAMES DRYSDALE PTE HENRY McKENZIE

PTE JAMES BRODIE LIEUT WM McD. FARMER PTE ARCHD McKENZIE

DVR WILLIAM BROPHY PTE JAMES FERGUS SERGT JAMES RAE

CPL ABRAHAM BROWN PTE WILLIAM GILLESPIE L/CPL JOHN ROBERTSON

PTE JOHN CUNNINGHAM PTE DAVID HALKETT PTE THOMAS SCOTT

PTE DAVID DONALDSON PTE JAMES LAWERANCE PTE HENRY WALKER

PTE JAMES DONALDSON PTE JAMES MILLER SERGT JOHN WILLIAMSON

CHIEF ENGR ERNEST R WHYTE RNAS

ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED LIEUT H.R.P. ADAM SERGT JAMES GOODSIR PTE JAMES McLUSKIE

AIR MECH DANIEL ADAM CPL ALEXANDER GOODSIR TROOPER JOHN McMILLAN

PTE JAMES AINSLIE PTE WILLIAM P. GORDON PTE PATRICK MALDEN

PTE CHARLES ALEXANDER PTE MATTHEW GRAY PTE WILLIAM MEALES

L CPL JAMES ALLAN PTE ROBERT HAIR PTE ROBERT MURRAY

PTE JOHN ALLAN PTE JOHN HAIR PTE ROBERT NEWLANDS

PTE HENRY ARNOTT COMS GEORGE HENDERSON SERGT GEORGE PATERSON

SERGT WILLIAM BLAIKIE AB WILLIAM HERBURN PTE JOHN PEDDIE

PTE THOMAS BRADBURY PTE ROBERT HUNTER SERGT CHARLES W. PEEBLES

PTE JOSEPH BRADBURY PTE ANDREW JARVIS PTE GEORGE SCOTT

PTE JOHN BRODIE SERGT WILLIAM KAY PTE WILLIAM SCOTT

PTE ROBERT BRODIE GNR ROBERT KAY M.M. PTE WILLIAM SHARP

AB JAMES BUCHANAN PTE GEORGE KAY AB JAMES SIMPSON

PTE JOHN COLLYER M.M. PTE WILLIAM KELLY PTE GEORGE SKINNER

PTE SAMUEL COLLYER PIONEER WILLIAM KERR AB HUGH SMITH

PTE JOSEPH COOK PTE WILLIAM KERR PTE DAVID SNEDDON

GNR HUGH CRAIG SAPPER WILLIAM KING GNR ADAM STANNERS

PTE JOHN DEWAR L CPL DAVID LAW PTE DAVID STEVENSON

GNR JOHN DRUMMOND CAPT GEORGE McCROW SERGT J STRACHAN DCM MM MSM

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PTE JOHN DUNCAN PTE JOHN McGLINCHY SERGT LEWIS STRACHAN

SIG JOSEPH DYER GNR JAMES McGRORY GNR HENRY STRACHAN

OS ALEXANDER FISHER SERGT FRANK McGUIRE PTE HUGH THOMSON

PTE GEORGE FORSYTH DVR ARCHIBALD McGURK PTE JOHN WHELTON

SERTG WILLIAM GAULD CPL JOHN McINTOSH PTE LESLIE WYNESS

L CPL ALFRED GAULD PTE JAMES McKENZIE PTE JOHN WYNESS

PTE JOHN GAULD LDG SIG THOMAS McKINLEY PTE PETER WYNESS

PTE JAMES GAULD DVR ANDREW WHITE”

It is intended to incorporate the plaque into a freestanding structure facing the road to Fintry.

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FALKIRK

Falkirk Old and St. Modan’s Parish Church

Falkirk Parish Church (SMR425)

The war memorial takes the form of a triumphal arch or

canopy over the door from the lobby to the main hall of the

church. It is of fine grained Blaxter sandstone which

contrasts with the plaster walls. There is much beading

with slightly art deco detailing. The individual bronze

letters over the door “1914-1919/ TO THE GLORY OF

GOD AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS

CONGREGATION WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR”

are flanked in the supports by bronze laurel wreaths.

Below each of these are long vertical bronze panels with

the names of the fallen, to which small plaques have been

added on the pilaster bases. The oak panelled door has a

lattice-patterned leaded glass panel with a central laurel

wreath. The monument was designed by JG Callander,

architect, Falkirk, and the work was undertaken by Messrs

P McLauchlan, Larbert – stonework; Charles Henshaw,

Edinburgh – brasswork; McKay & Bain, Larbert –

woodwork.

2ND

LT. JAMES COWAN MM

2ND

LT. HORSBURGH GIBSON

2ND

LT. R S MORRISON

CAPT. WILLIAM S O’MAY MC

LT. JOSEPH T PATON

CAPT. ELLIS G PITCAIRN

2ND

LT. ROBERT S ROBERTSON

LT. FRANK W SAUNDERS

PTE WILLIAM AITKENHEAD

PTE WILLIAM ANDERSON

PTE ALEX ANNAND

PTE JAMES ARBUCKLE

DVR ALEX BAIRD

SPR DAVID BELL

PTE WILLIAM BENNIE

PTE GEORGE BENNIE

PTE WILLIAM G BLACK

FLT SGT D H P BLACK

LCE CPL WILSON B BOWLER

CPL JOHN BROWN

LCE CPL MATTHEW BROWN

PTE CHARLES BRYCE

PTE JAMES BRYCE

PTE CHARLES BRYCE

PTE JOHN BUCHANAN

PTE WILLIAM CHEEPE

PTE ALEX CHRISTIE

PTE JOHN DAVIDSON

PTE JOHN DOW

PTE ALEX EADIE

SGT ROBERT T FERNIE

GNR JAMES FRASER

PTE JOHN FRASER

PTE WILLIAM FRASER

PTE ANDREW GANLY

GNR MATTHEW H GRAHAM

PTE JAMES GRINDLAY

CPL ROBERT A HALL

PTE JAMES HALL

PTE HUGH HARE

PTE JAMES HARVEY

PTE ALEX HASTIE

PTE JAMES B HAY

PTE JOHN G HOTCHKISS

LCE CPL WILLIAM KIRK

LCE CPL FRED J MILNE

PTE MATTHEW McCALLUM

PTE JOHN McGILCHRIST

PTE DUNCAN McGREGOR

PTE ALEX B McINTYRE

PTE JAMES McKINLAY

PTE THOMAS McKINLAY

PTE DUNCAN MACLACHLAN

PTE JOHN McLEOD

PTE WALTER McLEOD

PTE WILLIAM McLEOD

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SGT J.A. McLEOD

LCE CPL JOHN McPHIE

LCE CPL WILLIAM McPHIE

PTE CHARLES NAPIER

PTE ROBERT NAPIER

1ST

AM JOHN NEILSON

PTE Wm B.G. NICOLL

CPL W.B. NOBLE

PTE DANIEL O’MAY

SIG SAMUEL POLLOCK

PTE ROBERT PROUDFOOT

PTE WILLIAM A REID

SGT J.C.RIGGS

PTE PETER RITCHIE

PTE ALEX ROBB

SIG WILFRID ROBERTSON

PTE ANDREW RULE

PTE JAMES RUSSELL

PTE ANDREW SCOTT

PTE ROBERT SCOTT

PTE HENRY SMITH

PTE JAMES SPROUL

PTE DAVID STEWART

PTE JAMES TAYLOR

PTE HARRY TAYLOR

PTE WILLIAM TAYLOR

SGT WILLIAM TAYLOR

PTE LEWIS THOMSON

PTE ALEX WALKER

PTE JOHN WALKER

PTE WILLIAM WALKER

A.B. GEORGE WATSON RND

PTE JAMES WILSON

PTE JOHN YOUNG

PTE ALEX LEARMONTH

CPL ROBERT LEISHMAN

LCE CPL ROBERT LESLIE

Unveiled in April 1923 by General Sir Francis Davies K.C.B., K.C.M.G, K.C.V.O., accompanied by

his aide-de-camp, Lt M A J Malcolm, and Major Scott, officer-commanding, Stirling Castle. It had

been draped in the Union Jack.

A carved wooden table in the vestibule was dedicated at the re-opening of the church in August 1952

to the service men who lost their lives in the Second World War.

St Modan’s Church (SMR208)

The central window in the chancel apse was installed as a memorial to the men of the congregation

who gave their lives in the two world wars. It measures 8ft by 2ft 6ins and was executed by William

Wilson of Edinburgh, c1950, for a cost of c£225. The artist provided the following description:

“The subject of the proposed window is Christ the Redeemer, and shows the Figure of our Lord freed

from the Cross, symbolising His triumph over death. The green of the Cross suggests the Tree of Life

and rises from the Water of Life. Figures of the Martyrs, Saints Peter, Andrew, Catherine, Stephen

and Paul, surround the Cross in adoration. The symbol of the Pelican signifying Sacrifice completes

the design. The text is from Rev. V.,v.9.”

It was part of a ttriptych representing the Baptism, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of our Lord.

The following annotation was supplied “This window is dedicated to the Glory of God and in memory

of the men of this church who fell in the two world wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. Also as a thank

offering for the preservation of those who by the Grace of God returned from the War”

Christ Church, Falkirk (SMR941)

The memorial in the south transept or Lady Chapel of the church is now in the form of an oak cabinet.

In the centre is a painted copy of Perugino’s Crucifixion, which was gifted in 1918 by a member of

the congregation as the original monument (and dedicated by the Bishop of Edinburgh in February

1918 - the first in the Falkirk district). Subsequently a tablet or screen was built around this and

completed in November 1920, paid for by Miss Wilson of South Bantaskine. On All Saints Days

“After the sermon by the rector, Rev. J.M. Ballard, the cross-bearer and choir proceeded to the

memorial, which was dedicated with prayer, and unveiled by the donor. The unveiling ceremony was

followed by the singing of the familiar hymn, “For all the saints.” There was a splendid turnout of the

congregation at the service, which was most impressive throughout."

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“1914 IN MEMORIAM 1919”

“Grant.them.O.Lord.eternal.rest/

and.let.light.perpetual.shine.upon.them.”

“The.souls.of.the.Righteous/ are.in.the.hand.of.God.”

On either side of the colourful painting the names of the dead appear on panels in gold lettering:

“NEIL MCLAUCHLAN PRESTON FLEMING ARCHIBALD MCNAB JOHN MCN. MCGREGOR

J.W. MCKINLAY JAMES MAYS

H.W. MCKINLAY HENRY ISON

JACK BISHOP ALEXANDER BAIRD

HARRY STRAND ARTHUR M. KENNARD

THOMAS SMITH W. SCOTT MONCRIEFF

CHARLES BARRON DAVID FINNIE

JOHN MCCULLOCH THOMAS BLACK

ARTHUR MCLAUCHLAN WILLIAM LAIRD

CHARLES NAPIER DONALD R FRASER

ROBERT NAPIER J.F. WHINCOP

WILLIAM MILLS JAMES HAY

PETER FLEMING WILLIAM GALBRAITH

GEORGE FORGIE JAMES HILL

J. DOUGAL THOMAS HILL

HUGH CONNELL ALEXANDER SMITH

After the Second World War hinged S-arched oak leaves or doors were added to either end of the

screen. On the inside of these outer panels, above the dates 1939-45, more names were placed:

DAVID MILLAR J CALDERWOOD ALLAN

ARCHIBALD MORRISON JOHN BENSLEY

JOHN MUNRO MURRAY BURT

ARTHUR SADLER DAVID FORBES

HUGH DE LANCEY SAMWELL ST.JOHN FORBES

TOM SP INK ROBIN FRASER

WILLIAM STEPHENSON KENNETH GEORGE

KENNETH WEBSTER ALASTAIR JAMIESON”

For further information on the church contact: http://www.christchurchfalkirk.org.uk/

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EU Church, Meeks Rd (SMR1466)

A large rectangular brass plaque is now in Falkirk Museum (1999-80-1). It was a simple reeded

border with flower-headed square panels at each corner. In the centre top are laurel sprigs tied with a

ribbon

"1914 1919/ TO THE MEMORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ MEN

FROM THIS CHURCH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ ARNOT, R. HAY, J.A. MURCHIE, Z.

BENNIE, W. HOTCHKISS, J.G. PHILIP, G.

COCKBURN, A. LOGAN, G. RAE, J.D.B.

DAWSON, W.H. MAILLER, D. ROBERTSON, G.

DODDS, J. MCKELL, A.S. SCOBIE, W.

DODDS, M.A. MOIR, J. SUMMERS, G.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE".

The plaque was made by Archibald Hamilton of Glasgow as is shown by a stamp on the side.

A large white marble plaque; rectangular with a central arched protrusion on the top; also in Falkirk

Museum (1999-80-3).

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THIS/

CONGREGATION WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945." “PTE ARCHIBALD D AITKEN. PARACHUTE REGT (AIRBORNE)

PTE ROY SIMPSON. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

SIGNALMAN GEORGE SANDERSON. ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS

GUNNER WILLIAM WILSON. ROYAL ARTILLERY

PTE JAMES McLACHLAN. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

PTE CHARLES SMITH. NORTHUMBERLANDS

3RD RADIO OFFICER ANDREW NIMMO. MERCHANT NAVY

SEAMAN GEORGE LAPSLEY HANNAH. ROYAL NAVY

CPL ERIC ARCHIBALD. ROYAL ENGINEERS.”

Andrew Nimmo died on 15.9.1941 serving on the SS Empire Eland.

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Grahams Rd Church (SMR1434)

A pipe organ was unveiled in March 1924 and dedicated to the memory of twenty-four men of the

congregation who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. The unveiling ceremony was

performed by the Rev. Lieut-Colonel T. L. Beveridge, a former minister of the congregation. The

congregation remained standing in silent sympathy while he pulled the cord which operated the veil,

and revealed to those present the members’ tribute to the fallen. Before descending from the pulpit to

place a large laurel wreath on the keyboard of the organ, he said: “To the glory of God and in memory

of our comrades who have failed to answer the call, I unveil this, our memorial and our emblem of

thanksgiving.” The names on the roll were read out by Lieut. H.S. Sanderson, two members

responding as against the twenty-four who fell. The two members who were present and answered

the roll were Air Mechanic Wm. Howden, R.A.F., and Pte. Wm. Wright, R.A.M.C.

The memorial organ was erected at a cost of £1216. The woodwork was completed in oak, while the

pipes were silverised. The keyboard had 24 stops and six composition pedals, the organ itself being

described as a two manual and pedal instrument. Blown by an electric motor, the instrument was

installed by Messrs Ingram & Co., Edinburgh, to the specifications of Mr. D. Thomson, Mus. Bae,

Falkirk.

The tablet bearing the names of the fallen was also in oak, situated in the centre of the pipes,

immediately above the pulpit. It was surmounted by a carved laurel wreath with the following

inscription: “To the glory of God and the memory of the men of this congregation who fell in the

Great War, 1914 – 1918.” The names of the twenty-four men and their respective regiments were

then set out in a single column, below which was the simple tribute, “Greater love hath no man than

this.” The following are the names of the fallen, comprising four officers, four no commissioned

officers and sixteen private soldiers:- Captain Robert Lapsley Hannah, M.C., 12th H.L.I.

Sec.-Lieut. James Mellis, 5th G.H.

Sec.-Lieut. John Niven, R.F.A.

Sec.-Lieut. Kenneth James Niven, 11th A. & S. H.

Sergt. Quintin Wilson, 1st R.S.F.

L-Corpl. John Anderson, 1/5th G.D.

L-Corpl. Henry Wallace Maxwell, 401st R.E.

L-Corpl. John Prentice Sanderson, 2nd A. & S. H.

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Pte. James Gaul, 7th A. & S. H.

Pte. Robert Lapsley Gibson, 12th A. & S.H.

Pte. David Marshall Hannah, 14th A. & S. H.

Pte. Thomas Hastings, 7th A. & S. H.

Pte. Richard Kidston, 9th R.S.

Pte. Peter Morton Kidston, 2nd R.H.

Pte. Robert Lawson, 1st A. & S. H.

Pte John Maxwell, 12th M.G.C.

Pte. Peter Miller, 2nd A. & S. H.

Pte. Alex. McIntyre, 1st R.S.F.

Pte. William Laing Russell, 17th H.L.I.

Pte. John Russell, 1st G.H.

Pte. Malcolm Sharpe, 7th A. & S. H.

Pte. James Taylor, 7th A. & S. H.

Pte. William Turnbull, 6th R.H.

Pte. Alex Wallace, 3rd R.H.

The church was demolished in 1989.

A separate bronze strip with leaf terminals containing the dates 1939 and 1945. "ALSO IN THE

SECOND WORLD WAR/ ALEXANDER W SUMMERS G/ McKELL J WHIGHAM GB/ WE

WILL REMEMBER THEM”. It is now in Falkirk Museum.

Falkirk West Church (SMR281)

The wall tablet to perpetuate the memory of the members of

the congregation who fell in the war was unveiled by Capt.

H.J. Kennard, R.N. of Kershill at the West U.F. Church in

December 1920. It was of brass upon a white marble

background. Inscribed upon the plate, in black and red

letters, were the names of the fifteen men of the congregation

who made the supreme sacrifice.

The brass plaque was transferred to St Andrews Church and

is now fixed to the wall to the east of the organ (the marble

was disposed of). It is rectangular with an arched central

section. Within the arch crossed union flags are engraved

with the dates 1914 and 1919 to either side. Below is a

ribbon containing the words "TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN/ EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE

MEN FROM THIS CONGREGATION WHO/ LAID

DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR”.

HENRY ANDREW, WILLIAM E. ARNOT, ROBERT

CAMPBELL, JAMES A. DAWSON, JOHN R.M. FERGUSON, ALEXANDER S. GREENHILL,

HENRY MUNDIE, JOHN A. RENNIE, JAMES M. SMELLIE, GRAHAME H. WADE, JAMES H.

WATSON, JOHN E. WAUGH, THOMAS WAUGH, WILLIAM M. WHYTOCK AND WILLIAM

WINCHCOLE.

At the foot of the tablet the following inscription appears:- "MAY WE IN FAITH AND HONOUR

KEEP THAT PEACE FOR WHICH THEY PAID."

The memorial was erected by Messrs W. Roberts and Son, sculptors, Falkirk.

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After the Second World War a second brass plaque was installed,

also with an arched centre. It has a simple beaded border and

there is an interlaced Celtic Cross at the top.

“TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/

THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/

PATRICK NIMMO/ RONALD ALEXANDER PHILP/

WILLIAM BAIRD FERNIE/ JAMES MANDERSON

ROBERTS/ DONALD MCINTOSH/ ROBERT MATHISEON

D.S.O., O.B.E., T.D./ ROBERT PATERSON D.C.M./

GEORGTE ROBERTSON NIMMO M.C./ JAMES RUSSELL

NIMMO D.S.O./ WILLIAM McGILL/ THOMAS WALLACE

CUNNINGHAM/ ROBERT HARLEY MATHIESON/ JAMES

PHILLIPS/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/

THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS"

Erskine Church (SMR1457)

A rectangular wall plaque made of composite stone. The border is of a plain black polished stone

overlain with a broad band of green Elterwater mottled stone. The whole is polished in an “eggshell”

finish. The border is enriched by a “reed and ribbon” moulding in bronze with seven reeds crossed by

a ribbon device. The main panel is of Hoptonwood stone (a variety of marble from Derbyshire) of a

fawn colour, with the inscription carved into it. The first word “THEY” is contained in a bronze

laurel wreath. The plaque is mounted on the north wall of the aisle a little forward of the west gallery

and was designed by Alex. Black, I.A., architect, Falkirk

“THEY/ WHOSE NAMES/ ARE SET FORTH BELOW/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING

AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ 1915

PTE JOHN COWAN ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS

SERGT WILLIAM DICK ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS

PTE THOMAS HETHERINGTON SEAFORTH

HIGHLANDERS

PTE JAMES A LIDDELL CAMERON HIGHLANDERS

PTE WILLIAM MILLAN HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY

1916

PTE HARRY BEGG ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS

PTE JOHN BROWN ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS

PTE JOHN HETHERINGTON HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY

PTE RICHARD LEISHMAN ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT

PTE HENRY MEEK GORDON HIGHLANDERS

CPL ANDREW M MORRISON HIGHLAND LIGHT

INFANTRY

PTE JAMES STEWART ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS

SAPPER JAMES WALKER ROYAL ENGINEERS

1917

PTE WILLIAM FLEMING HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY

PTE JAMES HAY ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS

L/CORPL WILLIAM KIRK GORDON HIGHLANDERS

SUB-LIEUT JAMES McCULLOCH ROYAL NAVAL

RESERVES

PTE CHARLES WYLIE ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS

PTE HUGH B WILSON KINGS OWN SCO BORDERERS

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1918

PTE THOMAS AITKEN ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS

L/CORPL JOHN BURNS SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS

GUNNER JAMES CRAWFORD THE TANK CORPS

GUNNER JAMES B GALBRAITH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

PTE JOHN KEMP THE ROYAL SCOTS

LIEUT ROBERT MORRISON MACHINE GUN CORPS

CAPTAIN JOHN NELSON SS DUVA

THEIR FELLOW MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION/ HAVE ERECTED THIS

MEMORIAL/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AS A THANKSGIVING/ THAT SUCH MEN WERE OF

THEIR NUMBER”

In the vestibule of the church was an illuminated roll of honour bearing the names of all the members

of the congregation who served in the war, the work of W. Donaldson, Falkirk. Mrs Mungal, the

oldest member of the congregation, was accompanied by Miss Dunsmuir, the youngest child in the

Sabbath school, to perform the unveiling ceremony in May 1921. “As the huge Union Jack that had

obscured the memorial from view fluttered softly to one side, a tense hush fell upon the audience,

broken after a moment's pause by the opening noise of a pathetic lament on the bagpipes, played by

Pipe-Major McLaughlan, Camelon. During the playing the congregation remained standing with

bowed heads, and thereafter Mr. Dean gave the dedication prayer. Immediately after the benediction

a voluntary was played on the organ, the audience again paying tribute to the glorious dead by

standing solemnly the while…”

St James Church (SMR122)

Captain H. J. Kennard, R.N., of Kersehill House, unveiled a memorial to the men who fell in the form

of a beautiful carved tablet made of oak. The Rev. James Gillan, D.D., also unveiled and dedicated a

memorial communion table. The tablet consists of three panels encased in a solid oak frame. The

centre panel bears the figure of an angel – emblem of victory – while the two side panels contain the

names in gold gilt of the 20 men who gave their lives in the war. The tablet has also the words carved

– “More than conquerors through Christ” and above the names of the men the inscription – “To the

glory of God and in honoured memory of the men of this congregation who fell in the Great War –

1914 – 1919.” The communion table is of solid oak, the side panels of which have each carved stalks

of wheat and a cluster of grapes, while the one panel has the carved text – “I am the Bread of Life.”,

and the other, “I am the True Vine.” The centre panel of the tablet and the whole of the beautifully

carved work was executed as a gift to St James’ by Miss Helen Wilson of South Bantaskine. The oak

memorial tablet and the communion table were furnished by Messrs Graham and Morton, Falkirk.

Their work has also evoked much satisfaction.

At the unveiling in December 1921 the Roll Call was read by Mr. Robert Harvey, the guard of honour

being furnished by Messrs Hugh McNiven and William Lamont, all ex-servicemen, and wearing their

medals. The names of the twenty men inscribed on the tablet as follows:- John Archibald, Thos. S.

Abercrombie, Arch. Breingan, James Ferguson Brown, David M. Blain, Wm. Cameron, Isaac Dalziel,

John Downie, David Hay, Charles Laird, James McLellan, Walter McNie, Dundas Simpson

MacKnight, Wm. Napier, And. Nicol, Geo. Seaton, Alex Sellars, Thomas Sim, And. Spence, and

Alex. Towers.

Irving Church (SMR1412)

St John’s Church (SMR955)

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A plain rectangular brass plaque with a small cross engraved in a circle at the top left corner. The

sheer number of names, 265 in all, gives the memorial a quiet dignity. Originally in St John’s Parish

Church, it occupied the south-west corner of the church, at the end of the vestry aisle and was

mounted on a marble frame. It is now affixed to the wall fronting the east gallery in the Irving

Church.

After it was unveiled by Pte John Blackburn of the 1st Camelon Company Boys’ Brigade the names

on the memorial were read out by Rev Headrick. It was then dedicated by Rev Robert Agnew in

March 1924. It was gifted by the children of Camelon parish Church Sunday School.

“GIVING THANKS TO GOD FOR THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE CAMELON/ MEN

WHO ENTERED INTO REST IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ ALEXANDER ABBOTT SAMUEL CONGDON ROBERT EDWARDS PHILIP HIGGINS

JAMES ADAMS ANDREW COOPER JOHN EWING JAMES HILL

JAMES AIGO ALEXR CORDINER WILLM FERGUSON JOHN HOWE

STEWART AITKEN WILLIAM COOPER GEORGE FISH WILLM HOWITT

THOMAS AITKEN GEORGE COX JAMES FLEMING JAMES HUNTER

WILLIAM AITKEN JOHN COX THOMAS FORSYTH ROBERT HUNTER

HENRY ALLAN JOHN COX J. FOTHERINGHAM JOHN JACKSON

JOHN ALLAN WILLIAM COX P. FOTHERINGHAM WILLIAM JAMES

WILLIAM ALLAN JOHN COYLE GEORGE GARDNER WALTER JAMIESON

WILLIAM ANDERSON JOHN CRUICKSHANKS ROBERT GEMMELL WILLM JAMIESON

ROBERT BAIRD JAMES CURRIE CAMERON GILCHRIST WILLM JOHNSTON

JOHN BALLANTYNE GEO. CADENHEAD PETER GILLESPIE JOHN KELLY

JOHN W. BALLANTYNE PETER DAVIE DAVID GLEN JOHN KELSO

THOMAS BEATTIE WILLIAM DAWSON ALEXANDER GOW GEORGE KERR

CHARLES BINNIE WILLM DELAHUNTY GEORGE GRAHAM JAMES KERR

ALEXANDER BLACK PETER DEVOY ROBERT GRAHAM JOHN KNOX

THOMAS BOWES JOHN DICK WILLM GRINDLAY WILLIAM LAING

JOHN BOYD WILLIAM DICK WILLM GRINDLAY ALEXR LAIRD

JAMES BRYSON DAVID DICKSON JAMES GUNN JAMES LAIRD

JOHN BURNS ROBERT DICKSON PATRICK GUNN GEORGE LAURIE

DAVID BURT JOHN DOCHERTY JOHN HALL JOHN LAVINS

DAVID BURT JAMES DONALDSON CHAS. HAMILTON HENRY LEES

DAVID BURT JAMES DONALDSON WILLM HARDIE ARCHIBALD LEES

JOHN BURT CHARLES DONNELLY THOMAS HARRIER FERGUS LIDDLE

JAMES BROWN MICHL DONNELLY PETER HARRISON JAMES LIDDLE

JAMES BROWN JOHN DOUGLAS THOMAS HARROWER CHARLES LISTER

WILLIAM CALDER WM DUGUILD WILLM HARROWER ROBERT LISTER

ANGUS CAVENS ROBERT DUNBAR DAVID HAY JAMES LOGAN

JAMES CHRISTIE MICHAEL DUNN JOHN HAY JOHN MARSHALL

JAMES COGGONS DAVID EADIE WILLM HEPBURN WILLM MARSHALL

WILLM MASON ROBERT MCGEE GEORGE NICOL JAS. ROBERTSON

WILLM MASON JOHN MCGOLDRICK WILLIAM NICOL WILLM. ROBERTSON

JAMES MAYO GEORGE MCINTYRE WILLIAM NORRIE WLLIAM ROBERTS

JOHN MELDRUM MALM. MCKECHNIE J. MILLER ORR ANDREW ROSS

GEORGE MERCER ALEXR. MCKENZIE WILLIAM O’HARA WILLIAM ROSS

PETER MERRILEES DAVID MCLACHLAN WILLM. OLIPHANT WILLIAM ROSS

PETER MERRILEES DUNCAN MCLACHLAN GEORGE O’NEILL WILLIAM J. ROSS

ALEXR MILLER GEORGE MCLAY THOMAS ORMAN EBENR. RUSSELL

DAVID MILLER WILLIAM MCLAY JOHN O’SHEA JAMES RUSSELL

JOHN MILLER JEFFREY MCLAY WILLM. PACKMAN JOHN RUSSELL

ROBERT MILLER THOMAS MCLEAN JAMES PARLANE WILLM. RUSSELL

JOHN MINFORD DAVID MCLELLAN WILLM. PATERSON WALTER SCOTT

JAS. MONTGOMERY DUNCAN MCLEISH ALEXR. PATERSON WILLIAM SCOTT

JOHN MORRISON ALEXR. MACLEOD WILLM. PATERSON ANDREW SHANKS

ROBT. MORRISON ALEXR. MACLEOD JAMES PURCELL ALEXANDER SHAW

JOHN MUIRHEAD WILLM. MACLEOD WILLM. POLLOCK JAMES SHAW

JOHN R. MUIRHEAD JAMES MCMILLAN THOMAS REAP HENRY SHIRRA

GEORGE MUNRO OLIVER MCNAB JAMES REID JAMES SMILLIE

PETER MURDOCH ROBT. MCNAUGHT HUGH RICHARDSON HUGH SMILLIE

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HENRY MCANSH WILLM. MCNEILL HERBT. RICMOND JAMES SMITH

ROBERT MCARA WILLM. MCNIEL JAMES RILEY ROBERT SMITH

JOHN MCCOLL JOHN MCNICOL GEORGE RISK WILLIAM SMITH

JOHN MCCREDDEN HUGH MCPHAIL ALEXANDER RISK ROBT. SOMERVILLE

ROBT MCCURDIE JOHN MCRIDDEN JOHN RISK JAMES STEWART

SAML MCCURDIE JAMES NASH JOHN RISK JAMES STEWART

ROBT MCDIARMID PETER NELSON ROBERT RISK JOHN STEWART

JAS. MCFARLANE ROBERT NELSON JOHN ROGERS WILLIAM STEWART

JOHN MCFEAT JAMES NUNN WILLIAM ROGERS FRANS. STEVENSON

ANDREW MCGARR FREDERICK NUNN ANDW. ROBERTSON JAMES STOBBIE

GEORGE MCGEE DAVID NICOL DAVID ROBERTSON JAMES STOCKS

JAMES TAYLOR

ALEXANDER

TAYLOR

HARRY TAYLOR

WILLM. THOMPSON

WALTER THOMPSON

JAMES TOWERS

WALTER TOWERS

EDWARD TRAYNOR

JAMES TRAYNOR

PETER TRAYNOR

JAMES VING

JAMES WATSON

ANGUS WARDROPE

ROBERT WEBSTER

ROBERT WHITE

ROBERT WHITE

PETER WHITELAW

JOHN WILLIAMSON

ARCHIBALD

WILSON

JOHN WILSON

ROBERT WILSON

ROBERT WILSON

THOMAS WILSOM

THOMAS WILSON

DANIEL YOUNG

WE WHO LOVED AND HONOURED THEM HAVE DEDICATED THIS RECORD OF THE GALLANT

DEAD”

Rectangular brass plaque with a milled surface engraved with red and black lettering:

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF

THOSE MEMBERS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN

DEFENCE OF FREEDOM/ 1939-1945/

SERGEANT RONALD BAIRD R.A.F.V.R.

PRIVATE WILLIAM ECKFORD A. & S.H.

PRIVATE THOMAS MARSHALL A. & S.H.

CAPTAIN IAN E.A. MUNDIE R.A.

WIREMAN DONALD MCLEOD R.N.

PRIVATE WILLIAM ROBERTS A. & S.H.

S/LIEUT. ROBERT S. WARNER R.N.V.R.

“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”.

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A stained glass window was gifted to St John’s Church in 1924 by Miss BH Wilson of South

Bantaskine in memory of her nephew “George Cadenhead and the men of Camelon who fell in the

Great War.” It is of three lights and was designed by Meredith William of Edinburgh.

At the same time a new pulpit of fumed oak was installed, designed and carved by the donor, Miss

Helen Wilson, South Bantaskine, "in memory of George Cadenhead, May, 1915; Douglas Reid,

October 1917; and Bernard Tennent, August 1918, who gave their lives for God, King, and country."

Falkirk Masonic Temple (SMR2064)

The memorial is on the east wall of the main hall or Temple and consists of a rectangular brass plaque

set on a white marble surround. The sides of the surround are indented, as is the base where five

tassels are fixed to either end. The top has a central triangular pediment containing a brass ornament

showing a vertical arrow(?) with outstretched wings at the base, a square and compass in a heart in the

centre and a flaming terminal. The rectangular brass plaque has inset lettered and decorative panels.

The decoration includes the all-seeing eye, the Sun, the crescent moon and oak leaves. The lettering

reads: “+IN FATH+IN HOPE+IN CHARITY+/ SACRED TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ THE

BRETHREN OF LODGE/ CALLENDAR No 588, WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT/

WAR+1914+1918+/ TRUE.TO.THEIR.GOD.THEIR.KING.THEIR.COUNTRY.”

Falkirk Infirmary (SMR1565)

The memorial gates were gifted when the infirmary was still in Thornhill Road and were moved to the

new site in late 1931, appearing prominently in the photographs of the opening on 18 January 1932.

To the right of the main vehicular gate is a disused pedestrian gate bearing a phosphor-bronze plaque

in two segments. The upper reads “FALKIRK & DISTRICT/ INFIRMARY” and the lower “THESE

GATES ARE DEDICATED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ FORMER PUPILS OF FALKIRK HIGH

SCHOOL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918”.

The main gates are of cast iron of simple design with wrought iron leaf terminals.

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The infirmary received many items during and after the war in

memory of individuals, societies and businesses. For the

victory commemorations the timber firm of Muirheads

appropriately gifted a 50ft wooden flagstaff. Beds were

endowed by the pupils of Falkirk High School.

Falkirk High School (SMR1133)

In March 1920 it was noted that some 546 former pupils of Falkirk High School had served in the

war. The names of those killed - numbering about 80 were published in the Falkirk Herald. A large pedimented rectangular cast bronze plaque with arched centre set in a contrasting wooden

frame. This frame is a replacement for the original one of verte antique marble. The border has a

stylised laurel wreath with ribbons, terminating at the bottom left with a square containing a lion

rampant in a shield surrounded by a circular wreath and on the right by the similarly located British

ensign- representative of the Army and Navy. An oval panel at the top has the letter X above the

monogram FHS, with thistles to either side. The work was executed by Mr Charles Henshaw,

Edinburgh, under the supervision of Mr Robert Wilson, A.R.I.B.A., Falkirk.

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“1914 1919/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE FORMER/

PUPILS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/

ALEXANDER ABBOT L.CPL. SEAFORTHS WILLIAM S. JOHNSTON LIEUT. A.&.S.H.

EDWARD WM. ANDERSON PTE. H.L.I. JOHN KINNIBURGH PTE. H.L.I.

RONALD M. ANDERSON L.CPL. K.O.S.B. WILLIAM KIRK L.CPL. GORDONS

ALEXANDER S. ANDREW PTE. C.E.F JAMES S. LAMB PTE. CAMERONS

WALTER D. ANDREW SGT. E.AF.S.C. EDWARD LAWLESS PTE. CAMERONS

WILLIAM E. ARNOT 3RD

ENGR. H.M.T “LADOGA” RICHARD A. LEISHMAN L.CPL. A&S.H.

DAVID H.P. BLACK F.SGT. R.A.F. JOHN G. LIDDELL 2ND

LT. R.A.F.

WILLIAM G. BLACK PTE. A.&S.H. JAMES MACGREGOR 2ND

LT. R. SCOTS

FRANK B BLACKMAN L.CPL. R.H. ALAN F. MCARTHUR H.QS. R.F.A.

THOMAS BUNYAN CPL. H.L.I. KENNETH MCDONALD LT. R.E

ATT R.A.F.

JOHN A. CARMICHAEL PTE. R.SCOTS WILLIAM MCDONALD L.CPL. SEAFORTHS

WILLIAM J. CHRISTIE L.CPL. SEAFORTHS WILLIAM J.B. MCKENDRICK CPL. A.&S.H.

JOHN COCHRANE L.CPL. SEAFORTHS WILLIAM MCPHIE L.CPL. SEAFORTHS

ROBERT S. DOBBIE SGT. R.A.F. MATTHEW MARSHALL LIEUT. R. SCOTS

WM. FORBES FORSYTH 2ND

LT. R. SCOTS ALEXANDER MARTIN PTE. R.SCOTS

D. REGINALD FRASER SGT. CAMERONS JOHN MARTIN 2ND

ENGR. S.S. “GEO”

ANDREW B. GARDNER PTE R. FUS. WILLIAM MILLAN PTE. H.L.I.

JAMES MCN. GARDNER TPR. DRAGOON GDS. DAVID H. MILLAR 2

ND LT. R. SCOTS

JAMES GAUL PTE. A.&S.H. FREDERICK J. MILNE L.CPL. GORDONS

CAMERON GILCHRIST PTE. R.H. ANDREW M. MORRISON CPL. H.L.I.

J. GORDON GILLESPIE PTE H.L.I. ROBERT MORRISON 2ND

LT. M.G.C.

MATTHEW H. GRAHAM GNR. R.F.A. ROBERT S. MORRISON 2ND

LT. R.H.

CLEMENT P. HAGUE L.CPL. R.SCOTS HENRY MUNDIE SGT. A.&S.H.

SYDNEY G. HAGUE CAPT. (M..C.) BEDFORDS ANDREW NICOL 2ND

LT. K.O.S.B.

DAVID M. HANNAH PTE. A.&S.H. JAMES C. NICOL L.CPL. C.E.F.

WILLIAM HARROWER SGT. R.E. WILLIAM NICOLSON 2ND

LT. R.S.F.

JOHN G. HOTCHKISS PTE CAMERONS KENNETH J. NIVEN 2ND

LT. A.&S.H.

ALEXANDER HUNTER 2ND

LT. LANCS. FUS. WM. BALLOCH NOBLE CPL. R.H.

JOSPEH HUNTER PTE. H.L.I. WILLIAM S. O’MAY CAPT. (M.C.) H.L.I.

ROBERT G. HUNTER LIEUT. A.&S.H. G. DEAS PAGE SAPR. R.E.

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GILBERT WILKIE L.CPL. SCOT. RIFS. JOHN WILSON CPL. SEAFORTHS

CHARLES WILSON PTE. R. SCOTS JOHN W.M. YOUNG PTE. R.H.

CHARLES G. PATRICK PTE. SEAFORTHS

JOHN D.B. RAE SAPR. CAN. ENGRS.

WM. ALEXANDER REID PTE. GORDONS

WM. LEONARD REID CAPT. DORSETS

GEORGE REID LIEUT. R.F.A.

JOHN A RENNIE 2ND

LT. DEVONS

ROBERT RINTOUL PTE. S.A.F. SCOTS

WILFRED ROBERTSON PTE. A.&S.H.

W.J.J.ARMSTRONG P. ROSS SAPR. R.E.

HUGH M. RULE PTE. A.&S.H.

DAVID W. RUSSELL PTE R.S.F.

JAMES H. SCOTT PTE E. LANCS.

ANDREW B. SIMPSON PTE. R.A.M.C.

HAROLD J. SIMPSON PTE. C.E.F.

ROBERT STARK PTE. R. SCOTS

THOMAS STRANG SAPR. R.E.

JAMES TAYLOR CPL. GORDONS

PETER TAYLOR 2ND

LT. SCOTS RIFS.

WILLIAM G. TAYLOR PTE A.&S.H.

THOMAS TOUCH PTE. H.L.I.

GEORGE URE SGT. H.L.I.

GEORGE K. WALKER PTE. SCOTS GDS.

JAMES WALKER SAPR. R.E.

JOHN WALKER SGT. R.E.

ROBERT K. WALKER SAPR. R.E.

JAMES H. WATSON CPL. A.I.F.

J. DOUGLAS D. WATT PTE. R. SCOTS

JOHN E. WAUGH L.CPL. A&S.H.

THOMAS WAUGH CPL. H.L.I.

WILLIAM WHYTOCK SGT. LEINSTERS

THEIR NAME LIVETH TO ALL GENERATIONS”

The plaque was unveiled in the hall of Falkirk High School in September 1921. The ceremony was

performed by the Rev. James Aitchison, senior minister of Erskine U.F. Church, Falkirk, who, as

chairman of the Falkirk Burgh School Board, was largely instrumental in the founding of the school.

He drew aside the Union Jack which had covered it, after which the "Last Post" was sounded, the

members of the gathering standing at attention during the roll call. The song "Heroes Departed" was

then rendered under Mr Love's leadership. W.B. Niven, president of the High School Club, then

asked Mr Wm. Brown, vice-president of the Stirlingshire Education Authority, to take over the care of

the memorial on behalf of the authority. In doing so, Mr Niven expressed the hope that the memorial

would serve as a source of inspiration to those who were associated with the school in future years.

The following Monday morning the whole of the children of the Primary and Secondary Schools were

mustered in the playground, and were thereafter marched slowly past the memorial. The boys paid

tribute to the memory of the former pupils by reverently saluting the memorial as they filed past.

Falkirk Iron Company (SMR700)

In February 1921 the Falkirk Iron Company opened Ashwood Convalescent Home in Ferntower

Road, Crieff, to be utilised as a house for invalid workers in the service of the company. This, both

management and the workforce believed, would be the finest type of memorial to commemorate the

sacrifice of the men connected with the works who fell in the Great War.

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The Works already had a Benevolent Fund to make provision for ordinary cases of sickness and

accident. It had sufficient credit to cover the initial expense and the directors of the Company added a

contribution towards the cost of furnishing and maintenance. The Fund had previously sent

recuperating patients to Kilmun. Ashwood would be open all year round and was put under the

charge of a resident matron

Robert Kidston, general manager of the Company, unveiled a memorial tablet in bronze at the

building bearing the following inscription:

“Ashwood House – Purchased in 1920 by the Employees of the Falkirk Iron Company, as a

Convalescent Home, in remembrance of their fellow workmen who laid down their lives in the Great

War, 1914-1919.”

The House is situated in the high part of Crieff, near the Hydropathic, in the shelter of the Knock. It

contained three public and seven bedrooms, and offices, in half an acre of ground.

Laurieston School (SMR1936)

The memorial tablet was erected at the head of the central stairway in the Laurieston Public School by

the staff and scholars in memory of the former pupils who fell in the great war, and in honour of those

who served and survived. It was unveiled by Lieut. Col. Alan Stein. M.C. in September 1920. The

tablet is of a simple design, being of brass, and mounted upon a marble slab. On it are inscribed the

names of 411 former pupils who enlisted and served. Of this number no fewer than 82 made the

supreme sacrifice. The names of the fallen are inscribed above the survivors, and are surmounted by

the following appropriate inscription.

“Laurieston School – Erected in grateful memory of the former pupils who fell in the Great War –

1914-1919. Also in honour of those who served.” The tablet is the work of Mr Arch. Hamilton, 70

Glassford Street, Glasgow.

As part of the proceedings relatives of eighty-two fallen heroes were presented with a photograph of

the tablet. It was re-erected in the entrance to the Community Wing in November 1993 and re-

dedicated by Rev. RJ McDowall.

A rectangular polished brass plaque with red and black lettering. On the left hand side is the figure of

Britannia holding a large Union flag with blue and red enamel.

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“LAURIESTON SCHOOL/ ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FORMER PUPILS

WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR ==== 1914 1919/

FREW JAS. JACK GARDNER JOHNSTON ALEX. KAY JAS.

ANDERSON WM. CAMPBELL RBT. DOUGAL JOHN DCM HENDERSON JOHN

BEGG HENRY CHALMERS JOHN FERGUSON JAS. HUNTER THOS.

BLACK PETER COCHRANE JOHN M. GIBSON JOHN IRVINE JAS.

BOYD JOHN CONNELL HUGH H. GIBSON WM. JOHNSTON JAS.

BRAID ANDW. COOPER WM. GRANT ALEX. LEISHMAN RICHD.

BRAND JAS. COPLAND JAS. GRANT WM C. MAIN JOHN

BROWN WM.

MACKAY JAS. MILLER JOHN MCMARTIN JOHN

MARTIN JAS. MORRISON JOHN MM MCINTYRE JOHN PROVAN WM.

MASTERTON WM. MUIR ALEX. MCLAY JAS. RANKINE JOHN

MELLIS JOHN MYLES WM. MCQUEEN RBT. RANKINE RBT.

MITCHELL JOS. MCBRIDE THOS. NEIL THOS. RANKINE WM.

MOODIE JAS. MACDONALD ALEX PRATTIS WM. L. REILLY JAS. MM

MORRIS JAS. F. MC MACDONALD KEN. PROVAN CHAS. REILLY RBT.

MCGREGOR JOHN

SEYMOUR RBT. SEYMOUR THOMAS WALKER GEO.

RICHMOND HERBT. SORLEY ANDW. TROTTER CHAS.

ROBERTSON MATT. STEVENSON WALKER WM.

RULE ANDW. STEWART WM. W. WALKER WM.

SIME JOHN D. STRATHIE JAS. WEST PETER

SIMONS WM. SUTHERLAND JOHN WEST THOS.

SLIGO JAS. SWAN JOHN WILLIAMSON JAS.

WILSON THOS.

ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED

ADAMS GEO. CAMPBELL JOHN DEMPSTER GEO. GIBSON ALEX.

ANDERSON DAV. CAMPBELL JOHN A DEVINE JAS K. GIBSON DAV.

ANDERSON THOS. CAMPBELL PETER DICK RBT. GIBSON JAS.

ANDERSON WM CAMPBELL RICHD. DICK WM B. GILLESPIE FRANK C.

ARNOT JOHN CAMPBELL ROBY. DICKSON WM. GILLESPIE JOHN MM.

ARNOT NEIL CAMPBELL SAM. DINGWALL JOHN GILLES[IE WM.

BAIRD CHAS. CHALMERS THOS. DONOGHUE FRANK GLOGLEY JAS.

BAIRD DUNCAN CLARK ALEX. DOUGALL HUGH GLOGLEY JOHN

BAIRD JAS. CLARK MATT. DOUGALL THOS. GLOGLY RBT.

BAIRD JOHN CLARK WM. DOUGALL WM. MM. GRANT ALEX.

BAIRD JOHN C. COCKBURN RBT. DOUGLAS WM. GRANT JOHN

BAIRD WM. CONNELL ALEX. DRUMMOND ALEX. GRANT LEWIS

BALLANTINE JOHN CONNELL JOHN DRUMMOND HENRY HAMILTON CHAS.

BALLANTINE WM. CONNELL WM. DRUMMOND TELFER HAMILTON JAS. F.

BELL ALEX. COOPER WM. DRYBURGH DAV. HAMILTON JOHN

BELL HUGH COPLAND JOHN DUNDAS THOS. HAMILTON WM.

BELL JANET COPLAND SAM EDWARDS DAV. HARLEY CHAS

BELL ROBT. COUTTS JOHN EDWARDS RBT. HARLEY JOHN

BINNIE WM. CROWE DON. FERGUSON ADAM D. HARLEY THOS.

BLACKHALL JN. DCM. CROWE MARGT. FERGUSON DAV. HARLEY THOS.

BLACKHALL THOS. CROWE RBT. FERGUSON HUGH HARRISON JAS. B.

BOYD JOHN CUMMINGS CHAS. FERRIE JOHN HEEPS THOS.

BRAID ANDW. CUMMINGS GEO. FLEMING WM. HENDERSON ALEX.

BROWN ALEX. CUMMINGS JAS. M. FRASER WM. HENDERSON DON.

BROWN ALEX. CUNNINGHAM ARCHD. FREW RBT. HENDERSON GEO

BROWN WM. CUNNINGHAM JOHN FREW RBT. HORNE WM.

BURDEN JAS CUNNINGHAM JN M. DCM. FULTON JAS. HUNTER JAS.

BURDEN JOHN DALGLEICH LAW FULTON JOHN IMRIE WM.

BURNSIDE ALEX. DALGLEISH WM. FULTON RBT. MSM. IRVINE JOHN A.

CAMERON ALEX. DAVIDSON JOHN GARDINER JAS. IRVINE WM.

CAMPBELL JACK

SHIELDS ALEX.

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JACK DAV. N. MITCHELL DAV. L. MCINTOSH DON. PATON RBT.

JACKSON WALTER MITCHELL HARRY J. MCINTOSH JOHN PEAT WM.

JOHNSTON THOS. MITCHELL HERBT. J. MCINTYRE DON. MM BAR OMG. POLLOCK JAS.

KEIR ADAM MONTGOMERY ANDW. MCINTYRE WM. PORTEOUS BEN.

KEIR DAV. MOODIE RBT. MACKAY WM. PORTEOUS JOHN P.

KEIR JOHN ASM. MOODIE RBT MM. MCKENZIE DRUMMOND PORTEOUS JOHN R.

KEIR RBT. MOODIE WM. MCKENZIE GEO. PRATTIS JAS.

KELLY THOS. MORRIS WM. MCKENZIE J. D. PRATTIS JOHN

KYDD GEO. W. MORRISON ALEX. MCLACHLAN JAS. MCP. PRENTICE GEO.

KYDD JAS. MORRISON CHAS. C. MCLACHLAN RBT. PRICE FRED

KYDD JOHN MORRISON JAS. MACLAINE COLIN PROVAN ALEX.

KYDD WM. MORRISON JAS. MCLAY ALEX MM. PROVAN RBT.

LEARMONTH GEO. MORRISON RBT. MCLAY CHAS. RAMSAY JACK

LEARMONTH JOHN MORRISON THOS. MCLAY JAS. RANKINE DON.

LIVINGSTON ALEX. MCQ. MORRISON WALTER MCLEOD DAV. RANKINE JAS.

LIVINGSTON JAS. MORRISON WM. MCMARTIN JOHN RANKINE PETER

LOCKHART ARCH. MCBETH JOS MCMARTIN JOHN RANKINE THOS.

MARSHALL WM. MCBRIDE WM. MCMARTIN RBT. RANKINE THOS.

MARTIN ALEX. MACDONALD HECTOR MCMILLAN ANDW. REILLY ALEX.

MASTERTON THOS. MCDOUGALL THOS. MCQUEEN J. S. RENNIE DAV.

MAXWELL COLIN MCFARLANE ROD. MM. BAR MCQUEEN JAS. REVIE RBT.

MAXWELL THOS. MCFARLANE WM MCQUEEN WM. RICHARDSON ED. G.

MAXWELL WALTER MACFARLANE IRVINE PATERSON DAN. R. RICHARDSON JAS.

MAXWELL WM MACFARLANE WM. PATERSON DAV. M. RICHARDSON LILY

MILLER DAV. P. MCGINLAY JAS. PATERSON JAS. RICHARDSON MARY

MILLER JOHN H. SEN. MCGINLEY JOHN PATERSON JOHN RICHARDSON NETTY

MILLER JOHN H. JUN. MCGINLEY RBT. PATERSON JOHN RICHMOND JAS

MILLER RBT. MCGINLEY WALTER PATERSON RBT. DCM RICHMOND JOHN

MILLER WM. MCGOWAN JOHN PATERSON RBT. ROBERTS DAV.

MITCHELL ALEX. MCGREGOR CHAS. PATRSON WALTER ROBERTS JAS.

ROBERTS JOHN SINCLAIR RBT. SWAN RBT.

ROBERTSON HUGH S. SINCLAIR WM. TAYLOR HENRY DCM.

ROBERTSON JOHN SLIGO ALEX. TAYLOR MARTIN

ROBERTSON MITCHL. SLIGO JAS. TAYLOR RBT. M.R.

ROBERTSON RBT. SMART RBT C. TAYLOR WM. R.

ROBERTSON WM. SMITH ALEX. TODD JAS.

ROBINSON JAS. SMITH ALEX. H.S. TROTTER JAS.

ROBINSON WM. SMITH JAC. L. TURNBULL CHAS.

RONALD ARCHD. SMITH JOHN TURNBULL JAS.

RONALD JAS. SORLEY JOHN TURNBULL JOHN

ROSS JOHN SPENCE JOHN WADDELL THOS J.A.

ROSS RICHD. STEEL ALEX. WADDELL WM.

ROSS RBT. STEEL JAS. WALKER CHAS.

ROSS SAM. STEEL JOHN WALKER JOHN

ROY ANDW. STEELE ALEX. WALKER RBT. S.

ROY DAV. STEELE JAS WALKER THOS.

ROY WM. STEELE JOHN MCK. WARDROPE JOHN R. MC.

RULE ALEX. STEWART CHAS. WATSON JOHN

RULE THOS. STEWART DAN.R. DCM. WAUGH ADAM

SAVOY PETER STEWART DAV. WELTON MARK A.

SHARP DAV. STEWART JAS. WEST JOHN

SHIELDS ALEX. STEWART JOHN WILLIAMSON JOHN

SIBBALD RBT. STEWART RBT. WILLIAMSON RBT

SIBBALD WM. STEWART WM. WILLIAMSON WM

SILCOCK DAV. STODDART CHAS. WILSON RBT

SILCOCK JOHN STODDART JAS. MCL. WRIGHT ALEX.

SIMONS DAV. STODDART JOHN WRIGHT JAS.

SIMPSON GEO. STRATHIE JAS. WRIGHT JOHN

SIMPSON WM. STRATHIE JOHN WRIGHT WM.

SINCLAIR JAS. STRUTHERS PETER YATES ALEX.

YOUNG ANDW.

WALKER JAS.

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Camelon Parish Church (St John’s) (SMR955)

The lives of two hundred and sixty-three men belonging to the quoad sacra parish of Camelon were

sacrificed in defence of King and country during the great war of 1914-1918. To perpetuate their

memory a beautifully designed scroll memorial was unveiled by Colonel Robertson, V.C., O.B.E., at

an impressive ceremony held in Camelon Parish Church in January 1921. The memorial, which was

erected in the centre of the church directly in front of the choir place and in full view of the

congregation, is encased in a handsome oak frame. The scroll design, by Mr S. Arch. D. Webster, is

simple but effective, and the names of the fallen are inscribed over a background of blue and white,

representing the sky. Above the 263 names there is the inscription "Giving thanks to God for the

honoured memory of the Camelon men who entered into rest in the Great War. 1914-1918." while

underneath are the words "We who loved and honoured them have dedicated this record of the gallant

dead."

St Andrew’s Church (SMR 931)

34 members of the congregation are commemorated on the

memorial in this church, which was unveiled by Miss Orr of

Kinnaird in April 1921. The memorial takes the form of two

panels inserted in the organ case, one at either side of the

pulpit, and in full view of the congregation. The panels are of

oak with carved surrounds, and surmounting each is a large

Saint Andrew’s cross in blue and white relief. The surrounds

are also relieved by touches of blue, while the lettering is of

ebony. The inscription they bear and the names of the fallen

are as follows: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND THE

HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS

CONGREGATION/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE

GREAT WAR,/ 1914-1919.” “ROBERT BELL, DAVID P. BLACK, EDWARD S. BROWN,

EDWARD J. BRYSON, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, JAMES

CLARK, JOHN COCHRANE, PETER COCHRANE, COLIN

CURRIE, ANDREW B. GARDNER, JAMES GARDNER,

WILLIAM S. JOHNSTON, JAMES LIDDELL, GEORGE McAULAY, CHARLES McCALL, SENR.,

CHARLES MCCALL, JUNR., HENRY MCCALL, FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH”.

WILLIAM McKENDRICK, JOSEPH McLEAN, GEORGE McMURTRIE, ALEXANDER MACPHERSON,

JOHN MARTIN, WILLIAM MARTIN, ARTHUR R. ORR, WILLIAM PATERSON, WILLIAM PENDER,

ROBERT SIMPSON, THOMAS STRANG, PETER TAYLOR, GEORGE K. WALKER, JOHN WALKER, J.

DOUGLAS D. WATT, THOMAS WAUGH, GILBERT WILKIE, LEST WE FORGET.”

The church roll of honour, which contains the names of 173 men and women who served in the war,

was unveiled at the same time as the tablet, and the service was conducted by the Rev. J.B. Johnston,

B.D. It takes the form of a parchment, suitably mounted and in a simple oak frame, and is placed in

the main vestibule of the church. The list of names has an architectural setting in the style of Late

French Renaissance, and the whole is executed in delicate colourings. The royal coat-of-arms, with a

group of flags, is the distinctive point of the design, and to right and left are cartouches containing the

crest of the church and the figure of St Andrew. Throughout the work is full of features symbolical of

the church’s part in the war and of the achievements of the fighting forces. It was the work of Robert

Wilson, A.R.I.B.A., who gave his time freely. He had held a commission during the war in the Royal

Engineers, and was a member and deacon of St Andrew’s U.F. Church.

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Carmuirs Merchant Navy War Memorial (SMR2069)

A large steel anchor with splayed

terminals stands erect in a fenced

enclosure adjacent to the Carmuirs

Co-op. It was dedicated to the

Merchant Navy in 2010 and

appropriately fronts on to Mariner

Street. Links of the chain extend

from the top to the ground. A

metal plaque at its foot reads:

“IN HONOUR OF THOSE MEN/

AND WOMEN OF

THE/MERCHANT NAVY/

FROM THE DISTRICT OF

FALKIRK/ WHO SERVED

THEIR COUNTRY/ IN TIMES OF PERIL/ MANY OF WHOM MADE/ THE ULTIMATE

SACRIFICE/ NOVEMBER 2010”

Falkirk Baptist Church (SMR1101)

64 men from the congregation joined up. One of the deacons, George Donaldson, was killed in

Palestine in November 1917. The Roll of Honour (20th list) printed in the Scottish Baptist Magazine

in 1918 gives the name of 9 men from Falkirk Baptist Church who died. In January 1919 discussions

started on a suitable war memorial and two brass plates were considered – one bearing the names of

those who had served and the other the names of those killed. A memorial committee was set up in

1923, but no plates were produced.

Bainsford Church (SMR2041)

The memorial to the men of Bainsford Church who gave their lives in the Second World War takes

the form of a baptismal font and bears a bronze tablet suitably inscribed with the names of the fallen.

The font is of a specially selected oak to harmonise with the Communion table and chairs and is of a

design to suit ecclesiastical purposes. The inscription on the tablet is as follows:- “To the glory of

God, and in memory of William Foley, John King, Laurence McDonald, George Milroy, Andrew L.

Mochar, Richard Montgomery, James Scott, George Scott, George Shirra, William Simpson, Robert

Todd, James Waddell, George Whyte, who gave their lives in the Second World War, 1939 – 1945.”

Andrew Simpson, a senior elder, the father of one of the fallen, unveiled the memorial in June 1951.

The Rev. J. M. McAllister, minister of the church, dedicated the font and then read the names of the

fallen. Two minutes silence was observed and the silence was broken with the buglers sounding the

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“Last Post”. A prayer followed and the “Reveille” was sounded by George Fowler, Capt. of 2nd

Polmont Boys' Brigade and Alexander Myles, R.N.

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GRANGEMOUTH

Kerse Church (SMR884)

The First World War memorial is placed to the

north of the chancel arch. It consists of a veined

white marble rectangular tablet set into a cast

bronze frame decorated with bay leaves placed on a

sandstone plaque with a bead and rod border. The

dedication on the tablet is in bronze relief, and the

names of the fallen in gold lettering. The tablet is

surmounted by an open cast bronze laurel wreath

with a gold cross in the upper aperture. It was

designed by Dr P McGregor Chalmers, Glasgow.

The dedication service in May 1921 was conducted

by Rev. W A Knowles, Dalton, the first minister of

the church.

The inscription begins in large black letters “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/

WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ MCMXIV- MCMXIX THE/ COMMUNION TABLE IS/

DEDICATED/”

And continues in smaller gold lettering: RONALD M. ANDERSON WILLIAM NICOLSON

EDWARD W. ANDERSON JAMES A. RALPH

HENRY BROCK ROBERT ROBERTSON

ANDREW DOUGALL JAMES SHARP

WILLIAM DRYSDALE JOHN SHORT

DAVID S. HAMILTON EDWARD SMITH M.M. M.S.M.

JOHN HOGG JAMES STEWART

PETER KEMP ALEXANDER STRANG

JAMES KEMP JOSEPH STRANG

ROBERT KEMP ARCHIBALD A. TAYLOR

ARCHIBALD LEARMONTH JOHN REID TAYLOR

ROBERT MARSHALL ANDREW B. THOMSON

PETER MILNE DAVID M. WALKER

WILLIAM MILNE ROBERT WALLACE

ROBERT MITCHELL

“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR IS

FRIENDS”.”

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The oak communion table referred to is placed in the chancel. The table is richly carved with a design

of grapes and vine leaves round the cornice, the Cross in the centre panel, and ornate panels to right

and left.

A little to its north and at a lower

level is the bronze panel

commemorating the Second

World War. It is rectangular with

a low arched centre with raised

lettering and decoration set on an

unpolished background. The

decoration consists of an eternal

flame burning atop a pole born urn

crossed by two sprigs of laurel on

either side of the inscription.

These rich motifs contrast with the

plain borders and rusticated back.

The inscription is:

“1939-1945/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF THIS

CONGREGATION/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/. DAVID BAIN, M.N.

ROBERT M. BUCHAN , R.A.F.

ALEXANDER CAMERON, M.N.

WILLIAM C. MILLAR, M.N.

JOSPEH A. WARNER, 2ND

A.&S.H.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”

The name of the manufacturer is stamped on the bottom right corner - ROSSORLK Co Ltd, London,

WC1”.

Dundas Church (SMR100)

This memorial is now fixed to the wall

just to the south of the chancel arch of

Abbotsgrange Church. A rectangular

brass plaque with plain borders

punctuated by square rosettes. The

cast inscription reads:

1914 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF/

GOD AND IN HONOUR/ OF THE

66 MEN AND 4 NURSES/ FROM

THIS CONGREGATION WHO/

SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR - /

AND NOTABLY IN THE

AFFECTIONATE/ REMEBRANCE

OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO

MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE/

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AITKEN. JAS 2

ND LT C.H.

BAXTER. GORDON GNR R.G.A.

BAXTER. JOHN R. A.I.F.

DONALD. THOS. J. PTE S.H.

GILBERT. EDWARD L.CPL G.H.

LAWRIE. THOS. PTE K.O.Y.L.I.

MILLAR. DAVID H. 2ND

LT R.S.

MITCHELL. JOHN T. GNR. R.F.A.

Mc.LEOD. JOSEPH PTE R.S.F.

PEDDIE. WM. B. RIFLEMAN Q.O.W.R.

SCADE. JAMES PTE C.H.

SMITH. JAMES PTE C.H.

THOMSON. ALEX. SAPPER R.E.

AND IN MEMORY OF WHOM THE/ CHANCEL WINDOWS ARE ERECTED”.

Grangemouth West Church (SMR880)

The memorial was a large oblong of bronze set in a frame of green Swedish marble, the tone being

rich, soft and warm. The letters stand out in bold relief in sunken rectangular panels, and the border is

similarly executed with black paint in the background. The ornate border has a flowing scroll of

Tudor roses and leaves. Some of the flower heads have fixing screws at their centres. It was executed

by Messrs Allan and Sons, 4 George Place, Edinburgh, to a drawing by, and under the

superintendence of, Mr John Kinross, A.R.S.R..

Beneath the superscription “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE BELONGING/ TO THIS

CONGREGATION/ WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919" the following names

were inscribed:-

Pte. J.C. ALLWART, 17th H.L.I.

Sgt. R.S.BURNS, 1st C.H.

Pte. D. CLARK,10th A. & S.H.

Lt. W.T. GALBRAITH, R.F.C.

Pte. J. INKSTER, 1st G.H.

Pte. W. LAMOND, H.C.B.

Pte. R. MATHEW, R.N.

Pte. R. MERCER, 1/6th R.H.

R. McGEOCH, 7th A. & S.H.

Lt. J. MACGOWAN, R.A.M.C.

Pte. C. PATERSON, 1st G.H.

Sgt. A.R. TAYLOR, 10th A & S.H.

Lt. R. WATT, 11th R.F.

Below there was the epitaph "BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH,/ AND I WILL GIVE THEE A

CROWN OF LIFE”.

The memorial was unveiled in the church, but later fixed in the vestibule. At the ceremony in

November 1920 it was covered by the Union Jack, and then unveiled by Mrs Mitchell, one of the

oldest workers in the church. “The congregation remained standing while Mr Riddick read over the

names engraved on the tablet. All present were deeply moved. The organist gave a beautiful

rendering of "The Flowers of the Forest" and after the benediction had been pronounced the "Last

Post" was sounded by Bugler Peter McKellar, late of the 7th Scottish Rifles, the haunting notes of the

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familiar call striking a chord

of deepest pathos. With the

singing of the National

Anthem, a very touching and

memorable service came to a

close.”

After the church was

demolished the bronze table

found its way into the

collections of the

Grangemouth Heritage Trust

and is currently (2013) fixed

to the wall of the entrance

foyer. The marble has been

replaced by a simple wooden

picture frame.

A second plaque, presumably from this

church, was set up after the Second World

War. It is a rectangular brass plaque with

raised lettering, the background painted

black. There is a simple beaded border,

now placed within a wide wooden (oak?)

frame and attached to the wall near the

entrance to the Grangemouth Heritage

Trust.

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN

GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN

OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO LAID DOWN

THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND

WORLD WAR 1939-1945/

PTE. ALEXANDER SYDSERFF DAVIDSON 7

TH A. & S.H.

FIREMAN JOHN FLANNIGAN MERCHANT NAVY

SERGEANT JOHN GRASSOM ROYAL AIR FORCE

MARINE ENGR JAMES HUTCHISON MERCHANT NAVY

PTE. JAMES RAMAGE SNEDDON JOHNSTON 2ND

A. & S. H.

PETTY OFFICER DAVID RUSSELL ROYAL NAVY

“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”.”

Charing Cross Church (SMR885)

A white marble tablet faced with a smaller tablet of polished brass. 38 names of those killed were cut

out and filled with black, contrasting with the white and red of the border. The dedication read: “To

the glory of God and in loving memory of the brave young men belonging to this church who gave

their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918.” The names are: “Hugh P.S. Allan, John Adams, William

Brown, William N Combe, Peter Campbell, William Cruikshank, Robert P Charleston, Donald

Campbell, Fred Grant, David Graham, Samuel Gray, William Hector, John Hector, Thomas Inkster,

Robert Inkster, David Kemp, William Kay, George Kay, James Harry Keir, James WS Kerr, Roy F

Millar, George M Millar, Peter Murray, James McLean, William Oliphant, David Oliphant, John

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Oliphant, Wm ES Ripsley, Alex Ross, Wm T Smeall, John Smith, Thomas Smith, David Sneddon,

James Urquhart, David Wilson, Alex Bruce Walmsley, Hugh Young, Alexander Young.

Underneath are the words: “They counted not their lives dear.”

The plaque was temporarily fixed to the front of the pulpit for the unveiling ceremony in June 1921.

Rev. T Fraser read the names of the fallen and Mrs Houston unveiled the memorial. The last Post was

sounded and then Rev. Dr McLean Watt spoke. Present were the Boys’ Brigade, a contingent of

sailors from an Admiralty ship in Grangemouth Docks, and ex-servicemen as well as church officials

and the congregation. The tablet was soon moved to the vestibule facing the right-hand outer door.

A simple rectangular brass plaque

with plain lined border, now set into

a plain picture frame and mounted

onto the wall at the entrance to the

Grangemouth Heritage Trust. The

lettering is engraved and picked out

in black.

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND

IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE

YOUNG MEN OF THIS

CONGREGATION/ WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD

WARS./

1914-1918 1939-1945

JOHN ADAMS ROBERT INKSTER JOHN OLIPHANT JAMES BINNIE

HUGH ALLAN THOMAS INKSTER WILLIAM OLIPHANT JOHN CAMPBELL

WILLIAM BROWN GEORGE KAY WILLIAM RIPLEY DAVID GAIRNS

DONALD CAMPBELL WILLIAM KAY ALEXANDER ROSS ROBERT KINCAID

PETER CAMPBELL DAVID KEMP WILLIAM SMEALL DUNCAN McKERRACHER

ROBERT CHARLESTON HARRY KERR JOHN SMITH ARCHIBALD McLAREN

WILLIAM COMBE JAMES KERR THOMAS SMITH GEORGE SIMPSON

WILLIAM CRUIKSHANK GEORGE MILLAR DAVID SNEDDON

DAVID GRAHAM ROY MILLAR JAMES URQUHART

FRED. GRANT PETER MURRAY ALEXANDER WALMSLEY

SAMUEL GRAY JAMES McLEAN DAVID WILSON

JOHN HECTOR DAVID OLIPHANT ALEXANDER YOUNG

WILLIAM HECTOR HUGH YOUNG

THEY COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR”

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Zetland Parish Church SMR276)

A rectangular white marble plaque with a broad

deeply carved border of ovolo set in the corners

with acanthus leaves and with a sprig of laurel

along the bottom. The upper part of the panel

shows a crowned angel kneeling to either side of a

shield, which they support and which bears the

initials “ihs” surmounted by a crown.

The main text reads:

“+ ERECTED BY THIS CONGREGATION/

TO COMMEORATE WITH THANKS TO/

ALMIGHTY GOD THE SACRIFICE OF NINE

&/

FORTY OF ITS MEMBERS AND

ADHERENTS/

WHO SERVED ON LAND AND SEA IN THE/

GREAT WAR 1914-1919 AND WHO FELL IN/

BATTLE DIED OF WOUNDS OR

SUCCUMBED/

TO ILLNESS CONTRACTED IN SERVICE/

A. BROWN A.& S.H. W. KERR S.H. A. RAMSAY R.N.D.

J.BURNS A. & S.H. T. LEISHMAN W.R. J. RAMSAY R.N.D.

D. CAMPBELL A. & S.H. W. LEISHMAN C.P. G. ROBB G.H.

G. CAMPBELL N.Z.F. T. MARTIN A. & S.H. A. ROBERTSON A. & S.H.

T. COLLINS A. & S.H. G. MARSHALL G.H. J. SMITH G.S.

R.M. DENNISTOUN, M.M. R. MATHIE, M.M. S.R. JAS. SMITH G.S.

T. DENNISTOUN, M.M. R.S. J. MEIKLE R.S. W. SMITH G.H.

J. GARDINER A. & S.H. T. MEIKLE R.S. J. STRATHIE R.E.

J.H. GEDDES R.H. R. MACKAY A. & S.H. W. STEVENSON R.N.D.

G. GRAHAM R.H. J. MCAINSH L.S. J.C.SUTHERLAND R.G.A.

A. HAMILTON A. & S.H. A. MCGEOCH R.F.A. J. SWORD A. & S.H.

A. HENDRIE A. & S.H. J.M.MCLAUCHLAN H.L.I. J. TOCHER R.N.

J. HENDRIE G.H. A. MCPHEE P.P.C.L.I. J. WALKER S.R.

R. HOWIESON R.E. T. MCPHERSON R.N.D. T. WARDLAW A. & S.H.

R. JAMIESON G.H. T. NEILL CHES. R. D. WATSON G.H.

J. KERR G.H. A. PETRIE A. & S.H. R. WILSON R.N.D.

J. STEVENSON H.M.S. QUEEN MARY.

“BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, AND I/ WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE.””

Kerse Church (now Abbotsgrange) (SMR884)

The memorials take the form of an oak communion table placed in the chancel, and a marble tablet on

the wall between the chancel and the choir door. The table is richly carved with a design of grapes

and vine leaves round the cornice, the Cross in the centre panel, and ornate panels to right and left.

The veined white marble tablet has a bronze border of bay leaves an inch from the edge, the

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dedication in bronze relief, and the names of the fallen in gold lettering. On the wall immediately

above is a wreath of laurel leaves, also bronze, surmounted by a gold cross. These were designed by

Dr P McGregor Chalmers, Glasgow.

The names on the tablet are as follows, preceded by the words:- "To the glory of God, in memory of

those who fell in the war, MCMXIV-MCMXIX, the communion table is dedicated": - Ronald M

Anderson, Edward W Anderson, Henry Brock, Andrew Dougall, William Drysdale, David S

Hamilton, John Hogg, Peter Kemp, James Kemp, Robert Kemp, Archibald Learmonth, Robert

Marshall, Peter Milne, William Milne, Robert Mitchell, William Nicolson, James A Ralph, Robert

Robertson, James Sharp, John Short, Edward Smith, MM., MSM., James Stewart, Alex Strang,

Joseph Strang, Archibald A Taylor, John Reid Taylor, Andrew B Thomson, David M Walker, Robert

Wallace. At the foot of the tablet are the lines:- "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay

down his life for his friends".

Rev. W A Knowles, Dalton, the first minister of the church, conducted the dedication service and rev

Mr Brown performed the unveiling in May 1921.

St Mary’s Episcopalian Church (SMR1472)

A polychrome rood is suspended from the chancel arch of this

church. It was gifted by a member of the congregation whose

son was killed in the Second World War to honour all of those

who did not return. The dominant colour is pale blue. In the

centre is the crucifix and to either side is a full length figure of

a man and a woman.

Above Christ’s head is a curving white ribbon inscribed

“INRI” and along the basal bar “GOD SO LOVED THE

WORLD”

Muirhead’s Woodyard

Thick vertical brass tablet with a dappled background

and polished flat finish to the borders. There is a

rectangular inset at the top right, in art deco style,

containing a cross.

“TO THE SACRED MEMORY/ OF THE EMPLOYEES OF/

MUIRHEAD & SONS LTD/ GRANGEMOUTH

SAWMILLS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE

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SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45/ ROBERT ANDERSON

WILLIAM MARSHALL

A.L. CAMPBELL

GEORGE RUSSELL

JOHN JOHNSTONE

WILLIAM DICKSON

ARCHIE MARSHALL

WILLIAM IMRIE

ROBERT BUCHAN, D.F.C.

“THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVER”.”

It is now in the foyer of the Grangemouth Heritage Trust.

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Located half way up the stairs in the West Area Amenities Block (WAAB), which faces Beancross

Road. It is a metal (cast iron with coating?) plaque imitating in form wall memorials in churches with

bottom brackets and a pedimented arched top.

A square panel in the pediment contains a lion,

and there are laurel sprigs down the sides.

“IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD/

SCOTTISH DYES WORKS/ IN MEMORY

OF THOSE EMPLOYEES/ WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES/ ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN

THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ W. COWAN

J. CUNNINGHAM

S. HARRISON

J. LOWRIE

A.W. MULHALL

D.S.MCGREGOR

W. MCQUEEN

J. ROBERTS

J. SNEDDON

A. TODD”

Grangemouth Rechabite Hall (SMR1717)

The memorial was executed by the firm of Archibald Hamilton, Glasgow, in the form of a tablet of

polished brass, inset in a pillowed oak frame. The insignia of the Gem of the Forth Tent, I.O.R.,

surrounded the design, within a wreath of thistles, and a scroll coloured with red and blue. A figure of

Britannia at the left side holding the wreath of victory in outstretched hand, with the Union Jack also

in colour, dominates the design. The lettering reads:- “In everlasting remembrance of the members of

this tent who gave their lives in the Great War.” Then came the names of the dead, and beneath “And

in commemoration of the other 220 members who responded to their country’s call.” The dates 1914

– 1919 and the quotation “Their names liveth for evermore” appears in gilt lettering along the bottom

of the oak frame.

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The names on the memorial are:- John Brunton, Robert Charleston, David Clark, Andrew Dougal,

William Fleming, Gordon Graham, David Hamilton, William Hector, Samuel Horne, Robert W.

Inkster, Thomas Inkster, Robert Jamieson, John Jamieson, Thomas Laidlaw, David Kemp, Duncan

Macdonald, Archibald McGeoch, Robert Mathie, J. Millgrew, Thomas Moodie, William Murdoch,

Alexander Nicholson, James Ralph, Alex. Ramsay, J. Scada, Andrew Scott, James Sharp, James

Smith, Edward Wilson, David Wilson, Robert Watt, Hugh Young, Samuel Gray.”

It was unveiled in November 1921 by Bro. Thomas Stewart. Those present included delegates from

all sub districts.

The present location of this monument is unknown. The Rechabite Hall, which stood off Lumley

Street, was demolished in the 1960s.

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LARBERT

Larbert Parish Church (SMR127)

“THE OAK SCREEN IN THE CHANCEL WAS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/

AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914-1918 MAJOR J.F. JONES A.&S.H. PTE. WM. JARVIE A.&S.H.

LIEUT. JOHN GEORGE SHERRIFF “ PTE. DONALD JENKINS “

C.S.M. THOMAS INGLIS “ PTE. DAVID JOHNMAN “

SGT. FRED REID “ PTE. ANDREW JOHNSTON “

SGT. ALEX. TASKER “ PTE. WM. KERR “

SGT. JOHN THOMSON “ PTE. FRANCIS LORN “

CPL. ANDREW MCCOWAN “ PTE. HUGH MARTIN “

CPL. HENRY PHILIP “ PTE. J.E. MENZIES “

CPL. THOS. ROBB “ PTE. T.B. MILLER “

L/CPL. J.E. GIBSON “ PTE. JOHN MCDONALD “

L/CPL ROWLAND HILL “ PTE. DUNCAN MCLACHLAN “

L/CPL ROBERT MURRAY “ PTE. M. MCNICOL “

L/CPL. JAMES STEELE “ PTE. WM. PHILIP “

PTE. WM. ARMIT “ PTE. ALEX. ROBERTSON “

PTE. JAMES BAIRD “ PTE. JAMES SCOTT “

PTE. ABNER BORTHWICK “ PTE. JOHN SCOTT “

PTE. G.F. BROCK “ PTE. JAMES SCOTT “

PTE. DONALD CAMERON “ PTE. J.W.STODDART “

PTE. JAMES COWAN “ PTE. ROBT. TAYLOR “

PTE. ALEX. ESSLEMONT “ PTE. J.M.JOINER AUSTRALIAN –ER FORCE

PTE. THOS. FOOTE “ PTE. EBEN. RENNIE M.M. CAMERON HDRS

PTE. WM. STEWART CAMERON HIGHRS PTE WM HUNTER K.O.S.B.

PTE. ROBERT THURSBY “ PTE JAMES SCOTT E. LANCS REGIMENT

SGT ROBERT EDGAR CANADIANS L/CPL JOHN GRANT LANCS FUSILIERS

PTE. CHAS. MAITLAND “ L/CPL WALTER HOTSON LONDON REGT

PTE. GEORGE MCDOUGAL “ L/CPL JOHN HASTINGS M.G.C.

CPL. FRANCIS CROMBIE GORDON HIGHRS PTE JOS. BLAIR ---

L/CPL WM. DICKMAN “ PTE ANDREW GARDNER

L/CPL THOS. MENZIES “ 2ND LT ALEX A SHERRIFF 1ST NORTHAMPTS.

L/CPL GEO RITCHIE “ LT --- MILLAR NORTHUMBERLAND FUS.

PTE ANDREW AITKEN “ AM GRAHAM THOMSON R.A.F.

PTE JOHN ANDERSON “ PTE ALEX BINNIE R.A.M.C.

PTE JAS FERGUSON “ CPL WILLIAM ANDERSON R.A.S.C.

PTE FRANCIS GRANT “ PTE ALEX LOGAN ---

PTE RICHARD PATERSON “ PTE JAMES B McILROY ROYAL BERKS REGT

SGT GEORGE MITCHELL H.L.I. PTE SA WHITE ---

PTE ALEX COOK “ SPR DAVID EWING ROYAL ENGINEERS

PTE JAMES GARDNER “ SPR WM REID “

PTE ROBT HODGE “ LT GEO REID ROYAL FIELD ARTILLIERY

PTE ARCH LENNOX “ GNR DAN. BUCHANAN “

TROOPER WALTER SCOTT HUSSARS GNR WE GIBSON “

PTE THOS FORRESTER K.O.S.B. GNR AF McARTHUR “

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DVR JOS. BALFOUR RFA. PTE SAM GRAY ROYAL SCOTS

PTE JOHN COCKBURN BLACK WATCH (RH) PTE N.D. RANKINE “

PTE ALEX. GENTLES “ PTE WM. SCOTT “

PTE DAVID GLANVILLE “ PTE CHAS. JOHNSTON RSF

PTE THOMAS HANNAH “ PTE JOHN RAMSAY “

PTE JOHN MCFARLANE “ CAPT A. ROXBURGHE ORR SG

AB JOHN DAVIE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION PTE THOMAS GARDNER SCOTTISH HORSE

AB J.A. FERGUSON “ CPL WM. LEWIS CAMERONIANS (SR)

AB ALEX GIBB “ PTE WM. GOOD “

AB ROBERT HILL “ L/CPL ROBERT WATSON MM SH

AB HECTOR MCPHAIL “ PTE HUGH HAMILTON “

AB WM. REID “ PTE WM MCDONALD “

AB EBEN. REID “ PTE DUGALD RANKINE “

AB WM. SINCLAIR “ PTE DAVID RUNCIMAN “

AB WM. TASKER “ PTE HENRY THOMSON “

AB JAMES QUINN “ PTE THOS. WHITTET “

CHF.S FULTON GILLESPIE RNVR PTE JOHN WOOD YORKS & LANCS LI

CPL ROBERT WAUGH ROYAL SCOTS SGT ROBERT STEWART DOBBIE RAF

PTE ROBERT BROWN “

PTE THOMAS COWAN MM “

PTE WM. FERGUSON “

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE

WORLD WAR 1939-1945”

SGT RONNIE BAIRD RAF CAPT JAMES BRUCE JONES A&SH

L/CPL WM BALLANTYNE BLACK WATCH CAPT REID BRUCE JONES A&SH

PTE THOMAS DYER RAOC S/LIEUT ROBERT C KAY FLEET AIR ARM RNVR

P/TPR DAVID C FAIRWEATHER 1ST SAS SIG ROBERT M KELLY RN

DANIEL GRIFFITHS MN SGT ANDREW KIRKWOOD A&SH

P/O THOMAS HAIG JNR RAF FRED MACHEN MN

FSG/O HUGH M. MATHESON RAFVR SGT/O JAMES MCINTYRE RAFVR

ENG/O JOSEH MITCHELL MN LAC HUGH MCLEOD RAF

GNR CHARLES MORRISON RA PTE WILLIAM MCLUCKIE RASC

SGT MCKENZIE MUIRHEAD RAFVR GNR DAVID Y. MCPHAIL RA

CAPT NORMAN R. MUNN 2ND CAMERONIANS STOKER WILLIAM N. NEISH RN

PTE EDWARD MCCALLUM 6TH AIRBOURNE REG SGT/PILOT DAVID L REID RAFVR

P/O WILLIAM G. SINGER RAF

CPL JAMES F.G WYLLIE A&SH

JAMES C. YOUNG MN

N/SIS AGNES M.G.YOUNG MA--VAR NURSING SERVICE

THIER NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”

Larbert West Church (SMR0131)

The memorial - a stone plaque with black lettering set into a rectangular cast brass frame - was

unveiled on 17 September 1922. The border contains simple line decoration punctuated with small

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thistle rosettes. The inside edge of

the frame forms a short cross, the

spandrels of which contain the dates

1914, 1919, 1939 and 1945. A

ribbon along the bottom reads

“LEST WE FORGET”. The main

inscription is:

“IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF

THE MEN FROM THIS

CONGREGATION/ WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN THE

GREAT WAR/ JOHN ADAM SCOT, RIF.

DANIEL G.S.

AITKEN, A. & S.H.

JAMES BINNIE, A. & S.H.

JAMES GRAHAM, A. & S.H.

FRANICS H. GRANT, GORDON HRS. JOHN GRANT, LANC. FUS.

ROBERT HEGGISON, GORDON HRS. GEORGE JOHNSTON, R.S. FUS.

L/CPL. JOHN LAVERIE, CAM. HRS. ARCHIBALD LENNOX, H.L.I.

L/CPL. JOHN MCLAREN, SCOT. RIF. JAMES SHIRRA, 11TH

HUSSARS.

JOHN TAYLOR, E. YORKS. WILLIAM THOMSON, A. & S.H.

ALEX. S. WALKER, GORDON HRS. CAPT. GRAHAME H. WADE, A. & S.H.

LIEUT. MALCOLM R. WALKER, A. & S.H.

F/SGT. RICHARD FOWLER

F/LT ALEX. M. CUMMINGS

The frame and the last two names were added after the Second World War and were dedicated on

Remembrance Day 1951.

Stenhouse Parish Church [McLaren Memorial Church] (SMR130)

A carved oak communion table made to designs by Sir J.J. Burnet, the architect of the church and

manse. The figures of Jesus, St Andrew and St George were modelled by William Vickers and carved

by Mr Porter, the foreman carver with Wyllie & Lochhead Ltd. The colouring was carried out by a

Glasgow artist after studying the east window.

The communion table occupies the raised dressed red sandstone plinth of its predecessor. The table

top over-sails the sides and caps the tops of three niches. These niches have fretwork canopies and

are located at the two front corners and in the centre of the front face. Each is occupied by a carved

painted wooden figure. On the left is St Andrew carrying his cross; in the centre is Christ with his

arms outstretched and a kneeling angel praying to either side; and on the right is St George in armour

holding his sword with the point resting on the ground. Between each figure is a panel containing

nine shields, the centre one being slightly larger than the rest. A name is carved in relief on each

shield except the central one, which bears a longer sentence. There are nine further shields on the

south end of the table and ten on the north. The background between the shields is filled with gilded

oak leaves and acorns. A broad vine band with berries forms a cornice scroll along the top.

The greater part of the cost was provided by a legacy from Lt John George Sherriff of Stenhouse, one

of those commemorated on the holy table. It was dedicated and unveiled by Rev. James MacGibbon,

M.C., D.D., minister of Glasgow Cathedral, in March 1921.

In July 1948 six more names were added for the Second World War, the carving also undertaken by

Mr Porter.

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[Front left]

ARCHIBALD/ FAIR. PTE./ 12TH

R. SCOTS

ALEXANDE/R HILL/ SERGT. MAJ/ R.F.A.

JAMES/ HILL/ GUNNER/ R.F.A.

ARCHIBALD S./ HUNTER/ CAPT./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

TO/ THE MEN/ OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1919./

ROBERT G. HUNTER/ LIEUT./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

THOMAS/ INGLIS/ CPL./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

WILLIAM/ KEMP/ MECH./ R.A.F.

DAVID M./ LANGLANDS/ PTE./ 18TH

WELSH REGT.

[Front right]

JOSPEH/ LEWIS/ PTE./ K.O.Y.L.I.

KENNETH/ MCDONALD/ LIEUT./ R.A.F.

DAVID/ MCEWAN/ L.CPL./ 7

TH A.&S.H.

WILLIAM/ MCEWAN/ PTE./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS

FRIENDS

GEORGE/ MACFARLANE/ PIPE MAJ./ R. HIGHRS.

JAMES/ MITCHELL/ L.S./ M.M. R.N.D.

COLIN H./ NISBET/ L.CPL./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

ROBERT S/ PARKER/ L.CPL./ GORD. HIGHRS.

THERE IS ONLY ONE HOLY ONE/ LORD JESUS/ CHRIST IN WHOM ARE WE

[South end]

HARRY/ PRESTON/ PTE./ R.N.D.

ROBERT/ REID/ PTE./ --- SCOTS

ALEXANDER N./ SHERRIFF/ 2ND

LIEUT./ 14TH

------

JOHN G./ SHERRIFF/ LIEUT./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

JOHN/ TAYLOR/ SGT./ -----

ROBERT/ TAYLOR/ PTE./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

DAVID F./ WILSON/ PTE./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

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DANIEL/ WHYTE/ PTE./ 10TH

A.&S.H.

HENRY/ WHYTE/ ---/ 2ND

A.&S.H.

[North end]

JAMES/ CAMPBELL/ PTE./ 2ND

R.SCOTS

JOHN A./ CARMICHAEL/ PTE./ 12TH

R.SCOTS

ANDREW/ CHESNEY/ PTE./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

ROSS/ DALGETTY/ PTE./ 12TH

R.SCOTS

JAMES T.K./ DEA. M.A./ PTE./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

ANDREW/ DICK/ L//CPL./ 11TH

A.&S.H.

JOHN/ DICK/ PTE./ 7TH

A.&S.H.

ADRIAN C./ DOUGLAS/ A.B./ R.N.

JAMES/ DUNCAN/ PTE./ 35 CAMERONS

JOHN/ DUNCAN/ PTE./ 8TH

R.SCOTS

On the plinth along the front face another six shields have been added: 1939-1945

GEORGE/ BROOKES/ L//T/ R.N

DAVID/ BRUCE/ PTE./ BLK.WATCH

THOMAS/ MCLEAN/ SGT./ R.A.F.

JAMES/ STEWART/ GNR./ R.A.

ALAN/ SMITH/ SGT./ R.A.F./

JAMES/ WATSON/ CPL./ 1ST

AIRBORNE

Carron UF Church (SMR1789)

The war memorial from Carron Church was transferred to Stenhouse & Carron Parish Church after

their union in 1963 and is now fixed to its south wall towards the east end of the aisle. It was unveiled

by Colonel Henry Wade, C.M.G., D.S.O., Edinburgh, in March 1921. The memorial is of white

Sicilian marble and is the work of Mr Roberts, Falkirk. It consists of a rectangular plaque sandwiched

between Corinthian pilasters from which hang laurel festoons. The flat cornice has denticulated and

ovolo bands. On either end of the entablature are the dates 1914 and 1919. The dates 1939 and 1945

occur towards the bottoms of the pilasters. The main tablet has black lettering that reads: “TO THE

GLORY OF GOD AND INEVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN FROM THIS

CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR TRUTH LIBERTY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE

WAR./ BENJAMIN BUCHANAN, S. HORSE. JAMES H. LAING, A. & S.H.

JAMES A. S. BURGESS, R.A.M.C. ROBERT MCCAIG, R.N.D.

JOHN CRAWFORD, S.R. ROBERT MCGREGOR, R.F.A.

WILLIAM DICK, A. & S.H. ALBERT MILNE, G.H.

JAMES DUNCAN, A. & S.H. THOMAS RAE, R.N.D.

THOMAS GALBRAITH, R.A.S.C. DAVID W. RUSSELL, R.S.F.

W. ISAAC GODSON, R.E. ROBERT SMITH, A. & S.H.

CLEMENT P. HAGUE, R.S. ROBERT STARK, R.S.

SYDNEY C. HAGUE, BED. REGT. ROBERT STEWART, A. & S.H.

FRANCIS HOWDEN, A. & S.H. GEORGE WALKER, G.H.

JOHN J. WILSON, A. & S.H.

“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/

IAN CUNNINGHAM, R.A.F.

DAVID ALLAN, A. & S.H. JAMES D. LETHAM, R.A.

JAMES D. CUMMING, R.A.F. ALEXANDER M. THOMSON, R.S.F.

WALTER HALL, R.N. THOMAS L. LAING, R.A.F. JAMES WILSON, M.N.”

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Tryst Golf Club

Two phosphor-bronze plaques are attached to the

whitewashed raised panel on the white harled north wall of

the club house for the Tryst Golf course, overlooking a

public footpath. A hood-mould, following the shape of the

plaques is painted black. The upper plaque has an arched

centre containing crossed golf clubs surrounded by thistles.

The broad border is a simple “chain” interlace pattern.

“1914 1919/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE/

MEMBERS OF THIS CLUB WHO LAID/ DOWN

THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ JAMES BURNS ANDREW B. M

CCRAE

JAMES T.K. DEA JOHN NIVEN

ROBERT S. DOBBIE GEORGE REID

DONALD R. FRASER EBENEZER RENNIE

JOHN HAYES JOHN A. RENNIE

ARCHIBALD S. HUNTER ALEXR. N. SHERRIFF

ROBERT G. HUNTER JOHN G. SHERRIFF

JAMES F. JONES JOHN SUTHERLAND

THOMAS B. MILLER GRAHAM H. WADE

J. DOUGLAS WATT

THEY PLAYED THE GAME”

The lower panel is rectangular and has the same interlace border.

“AND THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945. A. M

CK. CUMMINGS THOMAS LAING

THOMAS DOUGALL JAMES MCINTYRE

JAMES BRUCE JONES IAN E.A. MUNDIE

ROBERT C KAY GEORGE R. NIMMO

JAMES F.G. WYLLIE”

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POLMONT

Polmont Old Parish Church (SMR257)

This memorial stands at the foot of

the north tower to the right of the

main east door. It is placed

centrally to the tower and covers

the bottom of its lancet window. It

is made from a durable close-

grained sandstone whose dull grey

colour contrasts with the warm

honeysuckle colour of the ashlar

masonry of the building. The

backing or reredos has gently

sloping sides and is set on a plain

shallow platform or step. The

bottom moulding of the reredos

provides the stand for a simple

stone plinth to which a rectangular

brass plaque is attached. The

central part of the base of this

plaque is indented. It bears a short

inscription and the names of the dead:

“THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN HONOURED MEMORY

OF THE MEN OF POLMONT PARISH/ CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT

WAR. MAJOR MORRIS, JAMES F. PTE JEFFREY, THOMAS M. PTE PENMAN, ROBERT

CAPT MCPHAIL, WILLIAM A. L-CPL JOHNSTON, JAMES PTE SCOTT, JAMES

2ND LT RICHARDSON, ROBERT PTE LAING, WILLIAM L-CPL SCOTT, JAMES N.

A.B. ANDERSON, COLIN PTE LAPERE, WILLIAM R. PTE SCOTT, WILLIAM

PTE BAIN, DANIEL PTE MCALLEESE, THOMAS CPL SHUTT, MATTHEW

PTE BROTHWICK, HUGH L-CPL MCDONALD, DONALD PTE SMITH, JOHN

L-CPL BORTHWICK, JOHN PTE MCDONALD, JAMES PTE STEEL, ALEXANDER

L-CPL BRECHIN, GEORGE PTE MCINTYRE, JOHN PTE STEVENSON, ADAM

PTE BUCHAN, ADAM K. PTE MCMILLN, JAMES CPL STEVENSON, JOHN

PTE BURRELL, ADAM PTE MCNEE, WILLIAM CPL STIRLING, JOHN R.

PTE CARMICHAEL, CHARLES PTE MARTIN, JAMES PTE STRATHIE, JAMES

L-CPL CLARK, ROBERT PTE MAXWELL, GEORGE PTE SWINTON, ALEXANDER

GUNNER COCHRANE, JOHN PTE MILL, JAMES PTE TAYLOR, JOHN

SAPPER DICK, JAMES SAPPER MILLER, JOHN PTE THOMSON, JASPER A.W.

PTE DUNLOP, JOHN A.B. MILLER, LESLIE PTE WALKER, WALTER

CPL EDGAR, JOHN PTE MORRISON, JAMES PTE WALKER, WILLIAM

GUNNER GENTLEMAN, ROBERT PTE MURRAY, JOHN PTE WEIR, ANTHONY

PTE GIBB, ROBERT PTE NIMMO. PETER PTE WHITE, ARCHIBALD

PTE GIBB, WILLIAM PTE PEEBLES, HECTOR CPL WILSON, JOHN

PTE HUNTER, THOMAS PTE YOUNG, ARCHIBALD

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH”

Above the plaque is a small brass decorative mount having a shield containing St Andrew and his

cross, surrounded by laurel sprigs. Below are the individual numerals “1914-1919.”

For Major James Fitz Morris see Calatria.

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Wallacestone Methodist Church (SMR832)

A small rectangular brass plaque attached to

an oak panel with a beaded border and

slightly raised central top. This creates space

for a small wooden laurel wreath. The

lettering on the plaque is picked out in black,

with significant capitals in red.

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF

THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. PETER BENNIE DUNCAN MCLUCKIE

ANDREW EASTON JAMES PENDER.

WILLIAM MCAULEY ALEXANDER THOMSON

A second plaque has been added below this:

1939 ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1945

JOHN GRAY GEORGE MYLES

WILLIAM P. SHANKS

THOMAS T CUMMING ALEXANDER MCE.WALKER

Redding Church (SMR829)

To perpetuate the memory of members of the lodge who fell in the Great War, the brothers of the

Reddingmuir Lodge No. 2329, A.U., of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds erected a memorial

tablet in the interior of the Redding Mission Church, Polmont. It is erected in a prominent position on

the left side of the pulpit. The tablet is of polished white marble and bears the names, together with

the regiment and date on which they fell, of no fewer than nineteen brothers of the lodge. The

rectangular white marble wall tablet is set between squat Corinthian pilasters mounted on brackets.

On the entablature above are the initials “L.O.A.S.” for Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds. The main

plaque reads:

“ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL REDDINGMUIR LODGE NO. 2329 A.U./ IN

MEMORY OF THE BROTHERS WHO HAVE FALLEN DURING THE WAR. 1914-1919/ BRO. JOHN BAIN, C.H., 25 SEPT. 1914 BRO. THOMAS TURNBULL, C.H., 26 OCT. 1917

“ PETER NIMMO, A. & S.H., 25 JAN. 1915 “ COLIN ANDERSON, R.N.D., 26 JAN. 1918

“ WILLIAM COOPER, A. & S.H., 25 APR. 1915 “ JAMES MCDONALD, A. & S.H., 21 MAR 1918

“ JOHN SMITH, A.S.C., 19 JAN. 1916 “ WILLIAM FORRESTER, C.H., 26 JULY 1918

“ JOHN ROBERTSON, R.F.A., 12 AUG. 1916 “ JAMES DICK, R.E., 27 SEPT. 1918

“ GEORGE MAXWELL, R.W., 25 AUG. 1916 “ JAMES MORRISON, R.S.F., 3 OCT. 1918

“ JOHN RAMSAY, R.N.D., 13 NOV. 1916 “ ROBERT SHEPHERD, A.M.C., 15 OCT. 1918

“ WILLIAM HANNAH, R.S., 9 APR. 1917 “ JOHN MILLAR, R.E., 15 JAN. 1919

“ ALEXANDER SWINTON, A. & S.H., 18 MAY 1917 “ HECTOR PEEBLES, A. & S.H., 23 MA 1919

JOHN DUNLOP, A. & S.H., 2 JAN. 1920

“One Sunday in August 1920 an impressive ceremony of unveiling the memorial took place in the

presence of a large and representative gathering of brothers of the lodge, sister lodges, and the

Glasgow executives. The brethren were marshalled in processional order and headed by the Shieldhill

Silver Band marched to Redding, and thence to the Mission Church. The majority of the Shepherds

were in full regalia, save for the feathers in the Balmoral bonnet and the staff, it being understood that

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for a church parade the Shepherd discards his feathers and crook, as a soldier discards his rifle for

such an occasion. The many plaids, together with the picturesque bonnets, were particularly pleasing

to the eye. The sister lodges were arranged next in order to the band, with the local lodge in the rear,

with the chaplain, Rev. Mr Richmond; Bro. The Rev. J. Buchanan Mackenzie, B.D., minister of the

parish; and Bro. Captain A.W. Steven of Redding House. On arriving at the church, the band and

leading lodge divided ranks, through which the two foremost brothers, with joined hands, slowly

marched. Bare-headed they proceeded to the rear, each brother solemnly uncovering as he was

passed. On reaching the end of the line the couple turned, and those at the end fell in behind, and, still

bare-headed, advanced to the door of the church, which they entered under an arch of Shepherds’

crooks, held aloft by office bearers. Inside the church every available seat was occupied, and the

service which was held was conducted by Rev. Mr Mackenzie, assisted by the Rev Mr Richmond.

The choir was at full strength, with Mr Alexander McCraw (Polmont Borstal Institution) as organist

and choirmaster. Brother Captain Steven unveiled the tablet, and read out the inscription and names

of the fallen.

Br. Anderson, treasurer, gave a resume of the efforts of the lodge to aid the widows and dependants of

service members. He stated that in 1915 there had been a movement to form one great fund, but

owing to the failure of some lodges to aid in this way the project fell through, and each lodge had just

to go on alone. They had expended over £68 for sick benefits, etc., and they still had a sum of £82 10s

in the bank. Notice of motion to make a pilgrimage to the memorial annually having been given, the

Worthy Master closed the meeting.” (Falkirk Herald).

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SLAMANNAN

Heroes’ Park (SMR1651)

Three square stone cairns unveiled on 3 April 2010 to commemorate Samuel Frickleton VC (1891-

1971), Alexander Penman MM & Bar (1896-1961) and soldiers since 1945.

Samuel Frickleton was born at the Old Lodge, Slamannan; Alexander Penman at Loanrigg.

Three chamfered stone plinths contain

details of each of the three categories, with

white flagpoles between. The central plinth

is surmounted by a large replica of a Victoria

Cross. They are set in a small public park.