Mar Lodge of the Loyal Order of Shepherds, Ashton Unity (Missing)

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Reference WMO/268528

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Possibly in Credo Centre

Former church of St George in the West

John Street

Aberdeen

Scotland

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Status: Lost/missing

Type: Non freestanding

Location: Unknown

Setting: Unknown

Description: Painting

Materials:

Timber Timber (any)

Lettering: Painted

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)

About the memorial: There is a 1921 newspaper report (Aberdeen Press and Journal 8 August 1921) of unveiling of Mar Lodge Roll of Honour in the United Free Church in Charlotte Street (also known as the Blackfriars Church). "The memorial of the Mar Lodge is a large picture oils with the names of the fallen printed in gold letters on a dark background. The whole is surmounted by the emblem of the Order, while each side is draped with the flags of the Allies. On the right side at the picture is the figure of War with a shield, on which is inscribed 1914. On the left side is the figure of Peace with a shield, bearing the date 1919. At the bottom corner there is a picture of the tanks in action, and at the opposite corner a picture seaplane attack in the North Sea." This Church has long since been demolished but a further newspaper report from 1937 states that the memorial was moved around the corner to St George in the West in John Street. This church in turn was closed in 1969 but is now in use as a community and quasi-religious centre. The congregation used the money from the sale to remove to a new church at St George Tillydrone in Hayton Street but there is no record of whether the memorial went with them. In placing the pin position on the map I have assumed that it is in John Street but may well be wrong. Hopefully someone reading this might be able to visit these two centres to see if the memorial (and another from the Haddo Lodge of the same organisation) is there.

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Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 19 April 1937 -MEMORIAL REMOVED FROM CHURCH -GIFTED TO ANOTHER CONGREGATION The problem of disposing of the war Memorial Tablets belonging to Blackfriars Church, which has been by the Aberdeen Town Council is solved by the proposal that they should be placed in St George's-in-the-West Church. This was decided in view of the close relationship between the two churches, and at yesterday's morning service in St George's-in-the-West they were formally handed over by Mr George Low, session clerk of Blackfriars Church, and accepted by Mr John Strachan, session clerk of St George's-in-the-West. The service was conducted by the Rev. Dr Neil Meldrum, minister of the St George's-in-the-West Church, who preached on the subject of memorials "These memorials warn us of what war is and what it will do," he said, "but the world goes by and fingers and does not care. If the nation wants to play with a toy called war they have to pay an awful price for it. These memorials are significant in three ways. They are a clear and distinct proof of the great thing God has done for this country, they are one of the pathetic but glorious facts of human history, and they are finally conclusive proof that war is wrong." . The tablets now bear the added inscription "On the dissolution of Charlotte Street (Blackfriars) Church this memorial was willingly proffered to and reverently accepted by this congregation."

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