Holburn Central Church Communion Table

Holburn Central Church Communion Table - Taken by © Holburn South Church (WMR-84078) 05 Mar 2019

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Reference WMO/280401

Address:

South Holburn Parish Church

539 Holburn Street

Ruthrieston

Aberdeen

AB10 7LH

Scotland

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Status: On subsequent site(s)

Type: Freestanding

Location: Internal

Setting: Inside a building - public/private

Description: Table

Materials:

Timber Timber (any)

Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)
Second World War (1939-1945)

About the memorial: Formerly in Holburn Central Church. WW1 Communion Table: There is a deep base and a delicately moulded frieze and cornice. The names are recorded on the tablet in the vestibule. WW1 Tablet: The tablet has a large panel enclosed by a moulded frame and is surmounted by a cornice and pediment. The panel into divided into three columns, on which are inscribed the names and regiments of the falllen. On a pedestal in the pediment stands a figure of Victory, carved in oak, bearing aloft a gilded wreath, and the dedication on a panel in the frieze.

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Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 19 September 1921 -PARISH WAR MEMORIAL. UNVEILED BY SIR J. TAGGART. CONGREGATION'S CAIRN TO ITS 84 DEAD. A memorial to the 84 members and adherents of Holburn Parish who died in the war was unveiled by Sir James Taggart at the forenoon service in the church yesterday. A large number of ex-service men were among the congregation, and the service was also attended by detachments of the Gordon Highlanders from Castlehill Depot and the juvenile organisations connected with the church. The Rev. Henry Coulter officiated. Handsome Memorials. The memorials take the form of a communion table and a large oak tablet on the wall of the vestibule of the church. The communion table j enclosed one with riclily panelled and carved front and ends. It is divided by a fluted pilasters into three panels in front, the centre containing a Latin cross surrounded by a laurel wreath with gilded ribboris, while each of the side and end panels have one of the sacred monograms carved in relief, the cross and the mongrams being also gilded. There is a deep base and a delicately moulded frieze and cornice, the frieze bearing the text in carved, raised and gilded letters, "This do in remembrance of Me." The dedication is carved round the table top as follows: — "To the glory of God and in remembrance of the men of Holburn Parish Church who fell in the war, 1914-1919. Their names are recorded on the tablet in the vestibule. The tablet has a large panel enclosed by a moulded frame and is surmounted by a cornice and pediment. The panel into divided into three columns, on which are inscribed the names and regiments of the fallen, ending with the text --- "I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God . . . and white robes were given unto everyone of them" (Rev. vii. 10-11. On a pedestal in the pediment stands a figure of Victory, carved in oak, bearing aloft a gilded wreath, and the dedication on a panel in the frieze is inscribed on each side of a cross as follows:--- "The communion table of this church is dedicated to the glory of God and in loving and grateful remembrance of the following officers and men of this congregation who died for their country in the Great European European War, 1914-1919." Both communion table and tablet were designed by Mr A. H. L. Mackinnon, architect and are made of wainscot oak. The work was executed in the workshops of Messrs J. and A. Ogilvie cabinetmakers. The gold decoration on the table and the writing on the tablet were done by Mr Mason, Queen Street, and the figure was carved from a model made specially Mr John Macmillan, sculptor, Gray's School of Art. The Roll of Honour. The roll of honour inscribed on the panels of the tablet contains the following names:---

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Table - Around the frieze - This do in remembrance of Me." The dedication is carved round the table top as follows: — "To the glory of God and in loving grateful remembrance of the men of Holburn Parish Church Aberdeen who fell in the war, 1914-1919." Board - The communion table of this church is dedicated to the glory of God and in loving and grateful remembrance of the following officers and men of this congregation who died for their country in the Great European European War, 1914-1919." WW1 (84 names) / I SAW UNDER THE ALTAR THE SOULS OF THEM THAT WERE SLAIN FOR THE WORD / OF GOD … AND WHITE ROBES WERE GIVEN UNTO EVERY ONE OF THEM" Rev. VII. 10-11. WW2 1939-1945 / (36 names) / THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERYMORE Ends with the text - "I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God . . . and white robes were given unto everyone of them" (Rev. vii. 10-11).

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