Parish of Collessie (Giffordtown and District)

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Reference WMO/276564

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Parish Church

Giffordtown

KY15 7UW

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
About the memorial: Stone obelisk surmounting stepped pediments. Granite tablets set into pediment bear names and inscription. As of October 2020 the Church is for sale- this is unlikely to affect this external memorial
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GIFFORDTOWN AND DISTRICT/ WAR MEMORIAL/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF COLLESSIE PARISH/ WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 1939-1945/ (36 WW1 and 6 WW2 names) BOY SM 1ST CLASS/ JOHN LAWSON/ HMS INDOMITABLE 2ND FEB 1953

WWI ROLL OF HONOUR: AUSTIN THOMAS M. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS PRIVATE/ BARCLAY ROBERT CANADIANS PRIVATE CANADIAN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS?/ BORTHWICK GEORGE SCOTS GUARDS PRIVATE/ BROWN JOHN W. AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F./ CARSTAIRS DAVID BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ CHRISTIE THOMAS ROYAL ENGINEERS LANCE CORPORAL/ FOWLER THOMAS GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE/ FULTON NORMAN MACHINE GUN CORPS PRIVATE/ GIBB DAVID BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ HAXTON PETER A. ARMY CYCLIST CORPS PRIVATE/ HENDERSON ROBERT SOUTH STAFFORDS PRIVATE/ HOWATSON CHARLES ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER/ HOWATSON WILLIAM LOTHIAN & BORDER HORSE LANCE CORPORAL/ JOHNSTON DAVID BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ JOHNSTON ROBERT H.C.B. SERGEANT/ KEITH JOHN W. BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ LAMB JOHN P. BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ LAWSON STEPHEN B. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE GORDON HIGHLANDERS?/ LIDDLE GEORGE S. BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ LOWE JOSEPH ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE/ MACLEOD NORMAN A. ROYAL SCOTS PRIVATE/ MCDONALD GEORGE BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ PATERSON JOHN S. CANADIANS SERGEANT CANADIAN MOUNTED RIFLES/ PATERSON STEWART BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ PATERSON WILLIAM CAMERON HIGHLANDERS LANCE CORPORAL/ PATON JOHN MACHINE GUN CORPS PRIVATE/ REID JOHN W. BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ RUSSELL ROBERT SCOTTISH RIFLES PRIVATE/ RUTHERFORD THOMAS BLACK WATCH SERGEANT/ SPITTAL ROBERT T. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS PRIVATE/ SWINTON ALEXANDER AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE A.I.F./ TAYLOR JOHN EAST SURREYS LANCE CORPORAL/ TRAIL GEORGE BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ TURNER ANDREW CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE/ WALKER ANDREW BLACK WATCH PRIVATE/ YATES JOHN ARMY CYCLIST CORPS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR/ WW2 ROLL OF HONOUR: BLACK GEORGE ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE/ CUNNINGHAM ROBERT ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT/ HUTCHISON ROBERT BLACK WATCH MAJOR ? ?/ IMRIE JOHN SCOTS GUARDS LANCE CORPORAL/ SCOTT JAMES LONDON SCOTTISH PRIVATE OTHER CONFLICTS: LAWSON JOHN H. ROYAL NAVY BOY SEAMAN FIRST CLASS H.M.S. INDOMITABLE DIED 12TH FEBRUARY 1953

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