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    Memorial

    Denny and Dunipace- Cemetery

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    Current Location

    Centre of cemetery, Denny Cemetery, A883, Denny, Clackmannan, Central Scotland, FK6 6BU, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NS 82095 82457

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    Type of Memorial
    Allegory (eg: Victory)
    WMR Reference Number
    5774
    Description
    Figure of `youth': young man kneeling on left knee with arms outstretched and palms upward, wearing toga- which was an adaptation of the Burgh Seal. Surmounts a pillar on sloped riser and base, with 4 bronze plaques for WW1- 1 for the dedication and 3 for the names. Bronze wreath on top of front extension, with a plaque on the front face for WW2 and Korea.
    Inscription
    Plaque 1- TO THE MEN/OF/DENNY AND DUNIPACE/WHO FELL IN/THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/NOTHING IS HERE FOR TEARS,/NOTHING TO WAIL/OR KNOCK THE BREAST,/NO WEAKNESS, NO CONTEMPT,/PRAISE OR BLAME,/NOTHING BUT WELL OR FAIR,/AND WHAT MAY QUIET US/IN A DEATH SO NOBLE./MILTON/"SAMSON AGONISES" Plaque 2- [WW1 names] Plaque 3-+/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/[names in 3 columns]/WAR IN KOREA 1950-1953 [name] Plaques 4 and 5- [balance of WW1 names]
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    154
    Died
    154
    Information shown
    Surname, rank, regiment, forenames
    Order of names
    Regiment THEN forename
    Additional Information
    The names are identical to those on report 5775
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    55
    Died
    55
    Information shown
    Surname, rank, service, forenames
    Order of names
    service THEN surname
    Additional Information
    The names are identical to those on report 5775
    War
    Second World War - civilians
    Number Commemorated
    3
    Died
    3
    Information shown
    surname, rank, service, forenames
    Order of names
    surname
    Additional Information
    Merchant Navy- The names are identical to those on report 5775
    War
    Korean War (1950-1953)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname, rank, regiment, forenames
    Additional Information
    The name is identical to those on report 5775
    Maker(s)
    • MR GEORGE HENRY PAULIN ARSA; FRBS; RI, Designer

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    6 May 1922

    The Duke of Montrose KT

    Dedicated

    6 May 1922

    Revd R J Bain of Broompark United Free Church

    Components

    Figure

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Height: 4M

    Width: 1.5 M

    Depth: 1.5M


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Plaques / Panels with names

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=96&mforum=warmemscot
    • (Glasgow Herald 8th of May 1922) "On Saturday afternoon (6th) a monument erected in Denny Cemetery as a memorial to the 154 men of Denny and Dunpice who fell in the war was unveiled by the Duke of Montrose K.T. Provost Lochead presided, and the dedication address was delivered by the Rev. R.J. Bain, of Broompark U.F. church."
    • Falkirk Herald 6 August 2013- article giving the historical background-Residents in Denny and Dunipace are being encouraged to make their voices heard over the future location of the burgh’s war memorial. Falkirk Council intends to temporarily relocate the plaques listing the names of fallen soldiers to the Broompark Centre in Denny while Church Walk is demolished. But a consultation exercise is due to begin to gather opinions of where in the town centre a memorial should be sited on a permanent basis. One option, which was discussed at a recent meeting of the town’s heritage society, and posted on the community council’s Facebook page, is to move the burgh’s original memorial from Denny Cemetery in Herbertshire, near Denny High School, to a more central location. The monument, Victory or Peace, was unveiled by the Duke of Montrose on Saturday, May 6, 1922, and is the work of acclaimed memorial sculptor George Henry Paulin. But the burgh’s annual Remembrance Day service was switched to Church Walk in Denny town centre after concerns that the cemetery was too far for elderly veterans to walk. The plaques listing the burgh’s fallen, which are mounted on the granite base of the monument, were copied and installed on Stirling Street. It is these copies that will be temporarily relocated to the Broompark Centre. Falkirk Council director of development services Rhona Geisler said: “A newsletter will be issued shortly to Denny residents to provide an update on the redevelopment of the town centre. This also includes information on the temporary relocation of the war memorial plaques and all views are welcome.” The bronze figure in Denny Cemetery, a tribute to the 154 men from Denny and Dunipace who were killed during the First World War, cost £1200 and is sited on land gifted by Charles William Forbes of Callendar. Inspired by the motif on the seal of the former burgh of Denny and Dunipace, it is considered a fine example of Paulin’s work. The Clackmannannshire-born artist is acclaimed as one of the finest memorial sculptors who were working in the inter-war period. His work was commissioned across the world. His artistic fame during the 1920s was such that he was commissioned to design the gravestone of the famous Scots-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
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